Edwards, Rev. Jonathan. "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington." San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900. p. 719 MRS. J. A. NARUP postmistress at Trent, is a native of Minnesota. She lived in that state until 1889, then came to Spokane county and opened a store at Latah. Her first husband, Mr. J. A. Stegner, was a commercial salesman and traveled for the Singer Sewing Machine Company over a territory covering this state and Idaho, until three years before his death, which occurred in 1895. In 1890 Mrs. Stegner and her husband moved from Latah and opened a general merchandise store at Trent, where she is now located. She is a lady of great energy and has built up a large and prosperous business. She has a fine store building, tastefully and conveniently arranged and filled with a large stock of general merchandise. In 1897 Mrs. Stegner was married to Mr. J. A. Narup, and she and her present husband together are now owners of about seven hundred and fifty acres of land in the vicinity of Trent. Mr. Narup is a blacksmith by trade and followed that business formerly, but has now become so extensively interested in farming that he can no longer spare time for any other pursuit. Mrs. Narup has five children by her marriage with Mr. Stegner, namely: Conrad, Mary, Howard, Sarah and Guy, and by her second marriage she has one daughter, Violet Louise. Mrs. Narup is a member of the Congregational church. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in October 2008 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.