Emily Trent 1818 - 1884

Emily (Purcell) Trent of Wapella, Illinois United States was born in 1818 in Concord, KY to John Purcell, Sr. and Mary Purcell. She had siblings Harriet Purcell, Alcinda Purcell, John B Purcell, William C Purcell, Elizabeth Jane Purcell, Charles Purcell, Benjamin Purcell, Margaret Purcell, and George L Purcell. She married Woodson Trent in 1836, and they were married until Woodson's death on December 15, 1859. She had a child Adalaide Elizabeth "Ida" Parsons. Emily Trent died at age 65 years old on April 8, 1884 in Wapella, IL, and was buried in Wapella, De Witt County.