Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Trent, Richard Henderson September 14, 1867 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

RICHARD HENDERSON TRENT, Financier. From “printer’s devil” to the head of one 
of the largest trust companies in Hawaii describes briefly the career of 
Richard H. Trent, president and manager of the Trent Trust Co., Ltd. He has 
also been active in politics of the Territory and has held public office.
  Mr. Trent began his career in Hawaii as a printer for the Evening Bulletin 
in 1901, having learned the trade on newspapers in Tennessee, where he started 
in the offices of the Somerville “Falcon.” He became foreman of the mechanical 
department of that newspaper when he was only 14 years old.
  Remaining with the Honolulu newspaper only a short time, Mr. Trent became 
affiliated with Henry Waterhouse Trust Co., Ltd., until 1904, when he began an 
agency business known as Trent & Co., which was incorporated as the Trent 
Trust CO., Ltd., in 1907. He served as first treasurer of Oahu County from 
1905 to 1910, being twice re-elected to this office.
  In 1907 Mr. Trent organized the Trent Trust Co., Ltd., which has developed 
so rapidly that at present it is one of the leading institutions of the 
Territory. The company publishes a popular financial journal known 
as “TrenTrusTics.”
  Mr. Trent has been active in community welfare and church work. He served as 
president of the Y.M.C.A. from 1908 to 1915. He was a member of the 
Territorial Board of Public Lands from 1910 to 1914. In politics he has been 
prominent in the Democratic party.
  During the World War Mr. Trent was personal representative of the U. S. 
Alien Property Custodian in Hawaii and the Trent Trust Co., Ltd., was chief 
depository for the islands. Through this agency enemy property to the value of 
about $20,000,000 was handled.
  Mr. Trent was a member of the Board of Regents, University of Hawaii, for 
several years, is a trustee of the Bernice P. Bishop Estate, the Bishop 
Museum, and the Kamehameha Schools.
  Born in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, Sept. 14, 1867, Mr. Trent is 
the son of William Clough and Mary Virgin (Bonner) Trent. He only attended 
public school until he was 12 years of age, and is a self-educated and self-
made man.
  Mr. Trent married Marcia Potter Ireland in Honolulu, Sept. 16, 1919. They 
have one daughter, Mary Belle Trent. He is a 32nd degree Mason, Shriner, Odd 
Fellow and Knight of Pythias.


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