Susan Ethel Wood

Brief Life History of Susan Ethel

When Susan Ethel Wood was born on 10 January 1892, in Granby, Newton, Missouri, United States, her father, Jesse Tipton Wood, was 30 and her mother, Mary Caroline Barnett, was 23. She married Jesse Housley Trent Jr. on 4 March 1908, in Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Granby Township, Newton, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Missouri, United States in 1935. She died on 7 November 1966, in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Boulder City, Newton, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Housley Trent Jr.
1888–1962
Susan Ethel Wood
1892–1966
Marriage: 4 March 1908
Mary Ruth Trent
1909–1909
Eunice Trent
1910–1910
Clarence Melvin Trent
1911–2003
Marion Lee Trent
1913–1999
Rachel Ann Trent
1915–2010
Everett Francis Trent Sr.
1917–2001
Dorothy Aileen Trent
1921–2008
Ralph Wilbur Trent
1923–

Sources (13)

  • Susa E Trent in household of Jess H Trent, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Susan E. Wood & Jesse H. Trent Marriage Record
  • Susan Ethel Wood Trent, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .

English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).

Americanized form of French Gadbois .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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