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Caleb L. Trentham[1]  1844 - 1937

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• Birth	8 Feb 1844	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5032254E89B9E64EBC4186DC62C6E9BD9883
  Died	23 May 1937  [3]
  Buried	Trentham Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I2044	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2006
  Father	William Thomas Trentham,   b. 27 Mar 1793, Haywood County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Dec 1848, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Mother	Easter Ogle,   b. 6 May 1806, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Jan 1888
  Married	1826	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F766	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary M. Martin,   b. 10 Jul 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Apr 1927
  Married	15 Sep 1861
  Children	> 1. William Harrison Trentham,   b. 19 Jun 1862,   d. 12 Jul 1925 > 2. Theodosia "Docie" Trentham,   b. 1 May 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Aug 1937 > 3. Easter Sarona Trentham,   b. 28 Sep 1866,   d. 20 Jun 1929 > 4. Martha Viary Trentham,   b. 18 Jun 1868,   d. 22 Jan 1933 > 5. Mary Salinda Trentham,   b. 28 Apr 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Mar 1946   6. Lydia Marriah Trentham,   b. 22 Mar 1873,   d. INFANT   7. Caleb Leevan Trentham,   b. 22 Mar 1873,   d. INFANT   8. Caleb Levator Trentham,   b. 31 Jan 1875,   d. 5 Sep 1883 > 9. James Lacy Trentham,   b. 28 Feb 1879,   d. 28 Nov 1967 > 10. Harvey Holiday Trentham,   b. 29 Mar 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Oct 1975, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee > 11. John Rogers Trentham,   b. 21 May 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Mar 1946 > 12. Amos Turner Trentham,   b. 14 Mar 1885, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Feb 1958
  Family ID	F777	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Birth - 8 Feb 1844 - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Dr. JoAn Trentham submission Caleb L. and Mary Martin Trentham

• Notes

  Serving the Union Army during the Civil War, Caleb Eli Trentham enlisted in Company C, First Regiment of Tennessee Light Artillery Battalion. Their house was in lower Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee. Their sons Amos, Jim, John, and Harve made musical instruments. Buried in Trentham Family Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Donald Reagan lists middle name as "Eli". ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 102, 123, 165. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 23, 148, 149. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 50. Caleb L. Trentham Family Bible, Nelma Inman, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

• Sources

  [S9] Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, Vol. XXVII, No.1, Page 13, 2001. [S95] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 255, page 403b, line 22, 29 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0396a.txt [S71] Sevier County Republican Extracts, Beulah Linn, (http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/Newspapers/newspapers.htm), 26 May 1937. Caleb Trentham - Obit age 91. one of 2 surviving Civil War vets (other Sam “Buglar” Maples) Caleb Trentham, 93, d. PF home of daughter Mrs. J.A. Branam. Civil War. Bur in Trentham Cem. (Long Obit) [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 719.