Emily A. GENTRY

Notas:

James Louis Gentry was born in Indiana. Married to Harriet Louisa Morgan Dec 27, 1866. Was living in Missouri in at least 1867/8 when the first of his 7 children born in Missouri was born. Moved the family to Pope Co, Arkansas btween Nov 1880 and March 1883 - first child born there was in March 1883.

JL Gentry served in the Civil War in the 10th Missouri Infantry, Comp A, Infantry Volunteers, (Col. William Moores) C.S.A., and took part in the Battle of Pea Ridge, March 7-8, 1862.

James L. Gentry (First_Last)
Regiment Name 10 Missouri Infantry
Confederate
Company A
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name J.L. Gentry
Film Number M380 roll 6

He applied for a Confederate Pension from the state of Arkansas on Aug. 26, 1901 from Pope County. Usually, if they received the pension, they got $25 a year.  Later in the 1900's it
was raised to over $100.

According to the "Life Story" of Grandma Gentry (Lona Bell Mercer), James 'Pa' Gentry died in Oct 1917. He would have been 77 years old. She and 'Pa' Gentry were very close back in Arkansas and as early as 1915/16 they often went together to the cemetery to clean 'Ma' Gentry's (Hariett Louisa Morgan) grave.

'Pa' Gentry is buried in McFadden Cemetery, Dover, Pope Co, AR with his wife, Harriet, and son Tom and his wife, Josie.

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From Robert James Chronister ( E-mail: RChron212@worldnet.att.net ):

Found in the 1900 Arkansas Soundex, living in Pope Co, Arkansas:

James L. Gentry born 1840 in Indiana.
Wife: Harriet born Sept 1847 in Arkansas
Children:
Edward born Nov 1880 in Missouri
George W. born Mar 1883 in Arkansas
Charles A. born Oct 1886 in Arkansas
Osco B. born Aug 1888 in Arkansas
Labanuel born Sep 1894 in Arkansas
Sarah J. Hardcastle born Dec 1873 in Missouri (daughter - widow of William Hardcastle)
James L. Hardcastle born Jan 1891 in Arkansas (grandson)
Charley H. Hardcastle born Jan 1896 in Ark (grandson)

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Found in the 1880 census, living in Cedar Creek Township, Wayne County, Missouri:

James Gentry age 39 born in Indiana
Harriet L. age 32 born Arkansas
William L. age 12 born Missouri
Frances E. age 11 born in Missouri (aka: Liz or Lizzie)
Henry C. age 9 born in Missouri
Sarah J. age 6 born in Missouri (aka: Josephine or Phene)
Mary A. age 4 born in Missouri
Thomas J. age 2 born in Springfield, Missouri
Emily H. age 1 born in Missouri
Alfred D. Gentry age 25 (brother of James - youngest child in the family)

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Found in the 1870 census, living in Wayne County, Missouri:

James L. Gentry age 29
Harriet L. age 22
William M. age 2
Francis E. age 1
James age 62 born in Tenn (sic) (father of James L.)
Sarah C. Morgan age 14 born in Arkansas (sister of Harriet)
Jesse Morgan age 16 born in Arkansas (brother of Harriet)
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To: roy.gentry@ping.be
From: "A.R. Elliott"
Subject: Re: Shelton GENTRY - Sally STEATON
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 97 18:06:27 PST

Dear Roy,

My face is red!!!!!! After I wrote you yesterday I printed out your letter
and my reply and found I had not read all of your letter. So here is the
answer for the rest of it:

I checked out my past issues of THE GENTRY FAMILY GAZETTE AND GENEALOGY
EXCHANGE for your James Louis Gentry. Just found two and I am sure you
have that information but never the less here it is:

In August 1984 was an ancestor chart from Grace Josephine (Gentry)
Blissitte. Her gr grandfather was James Lewis Gentry b 07-9-1840 In, m
27-12-1866, d 10-1917 Dover AR. Wife Harriet Louisa Morgan
b 15-9-1847 AR, d 17-9-1903 Dover AR. Grace descends thru son Thomas
Jefferson Gentry and then James Cullen Gentry.

Next one is from December 1984 issue and is a letter.

>From Mrs. Wesley P. Ayres of Los Altos Hills, California
to Ronald L. Gentry of Cordell, Oklahoma:

"Is my great grandmother, Sarah Frances Gentry, a sister to your
grandfather, James Louis Gentry b 07-9-1840 in Tennessee or Indiana?
All I know about her is that she was born 4-10-1838, Indiana and married
22-2-1855 (where?) to William Perry Fouts. She died 10-12-1893 at
Soldier's and Sailor's Home Grand Island Nebraska.

"Their wedding picture is on the cover of the October 1982 issue of the
Gazette, and in Feb. 1983 a query ran concerning her, but I have not had
any nibbles.

"Birth dates and places of the two might mean we have found new cuzzinns."

A reply from the Editor (I think) says:

"The James Gentry family of Macon Co, MO in 1860 appears to be the same as
the James Gentry family of St. Louis Co. Mo in 1850 (pg 369 of census,
house #1381). Since the first six children listed were al born in Indiana
(according to the census) and since your James Louis was born there also in
1840, the head of this family should be one of the James' listed in the
1840 census of Indiana. Only one realy qualifies with the numbers of
children required or thereabouts; James of Sullivan Co. Our records on
Sullivan are incomplete and marriage records prior to 1850 are not extant,
Of course they may not have married there at all. Could you contact other
older family members who might know their place of Marriage?"

They can only be contacted thru the gazette and here is address-----
Richard Hayden Gentry
Box 1055
McLean, VA 22101.

Dorothy

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FROM: Cemeteries of Pope Co., Arkansas
1st addition compiled by Pope Co. Genealogy and Family Group; 4 volumes

Second Edition compiled by J.B. Lemley
1120 N. Detroit Ave.
Russellville, AR; one volume

Privately Printed by:
Mr and Mrs. M.B. Cia (1981)

McFadden Cemetery, Dover, AR

GENTRY, Harriett L. 9/5/1847 - 9/17/1903

GENTRY, James L. C A 10 MO. Inf C.S.A.

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Other Gentrys in this cemetery are:

Emma (1st wife of G.W.) 1/29/1885 - 5/3/1909

Josie 12/12/1877 - 1/10/1935 [Wife of Tom]
Tom 5/25/1877 - 9/8/1943 [Thomas Jefferson Gentry]

More later, time to go to work,
Jan

janette davenport
jdavenport@postoffice.worldnet.att.net

James casado Harriet Louisa MORGAN en 27 Dic 1866 en Madison co. (Missouri, USA). Harriet (hija de William MORGAN y Delpha "Delveny" o "Delphiny" PEARCE) nació en 15 Sep 1847 en Lawrence co. (Arkansas, USA); falleció en 17 Sep 1903 en Dover (Pope co., Arkansas, USA); fue sepultada en McFadden Cemetery, Dover, Pope Co, Arkansas. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Notas:

Buried in McFadden Cemetery, Dover, Pope Co, AR.

Notas:

James first met Harriet in a small church (in Arkansas during the Civil War?).

Marriage License:
Madison County, State of Missouri. Be it remembered that James L. Gentry and Harriet L. Laster were solemnized in the holy bonds of matrimony by me the undersigned minister of the gospel on the 27th day of December, 1866. Pinkney Graham. ...

This information bears out the story that Harriet had been married before and that her husband, a certain Mr Laster, had been killed in the Civil War. There were many Lasters/Lasiters living in the neighborhood where Harriet grew up. Now to find which one!

Otros Eventos:

• Residencia: 12 Jun 1825, Ash Hollow Way Station (Nebraska) -- VERY UNLIKELY
• Residencia: 1833, Sullivan co., Indiana (marriage license likely a HOAX?)
• Residencia: 1840, Geperd Conrad (?) Twp, Sullivan Co, Indiana
• Residencia: 1845, Missouri (birth of son Andrew, 1845)
• Residencia: 1850, Bonhomme, St Louis Co, Missouri - in household of Michael Clarke
• Residencia: 1860, Macon co. (Missouri, USA)
• Residencia: 1870, Cedar Creek (Wayne co., Missouri, USA)

Notas:

1) On June 12, 1825 he applied for a job with the BLM to work at Ash Hollow Way Station on the Oregon Train in today's Nebraska.
A family tradition says he worked there for 5 years until approx 1830. (see BLM Work Appl. below).

2) Lived in Indiana from at least c 1832 at time of birth of first child to about 1842-45 (see #5 below).

3) Living in Missouri by 1845 when 7th child, Andrew T. Gentry, was born.

4) In 1850 census, James and Susanna Gentry were living in Bonhomme Twp, St Louis Co, Missouri.
James gives his birthplace as Kentucky, age 42.

5) From the data in this census, the apparently moved to Missouri between 1842-1845:
- their last child born in Indiana was Elisabeth, b. 1842.
- Their first born in Missouri was Andrew J (or T), b. 1845.

6) In 1860 census (July) James and Susana are living in Macon Co, Missouri. James gives his birthplace as Kentucky, age 51.
Must have been born July-Dec 1808.

7) In July 1865, James' son, James Louis Gentry, gives his place of residence as Macon Co, Missouri at the time of his
amnesty from the Civil War.

8) The 1870 census shows James Sr. living in Wayne Co, Missouri with son and daughter-in-law James Louis and Harriet Gentry,
so must assume Susanna has died by then. James Sr's birthplace is given as Tennessee.

9) He no longer appears in James Louis and Harriet Gentry's household in 1880, so he may have died by then (most likely)
or has gone to live with another (unknown) member of the family.

10) Louis Gentry has his death as 1879. Others have it at 7 July 1876, but I have seen no evidence to support these dates,
other than census records that would indicate a death between 1870 and 1880.

BLM WORK APPLICATION - James Gentry
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a. s. a. job appl.
ash hollow way station open
24 hr.

full name "James Gentry 6-12-1825"
age "17"

from "Henderson Kentucky"
d.o.b. "1/8/1808" (possibly 1/9/1808)

exp. tell all " Worked on Farm and wheel wright shop, drove big teams "

running from law "no"

list p.p. "horse?, saddle?, rifle, hand gun, 4 pants, 4 tops?, boots 2 pr.

father "Marle L. Gentry" age "47"
add "Henderson, Kentucky"

mother "Bell Gentry" age "45"
add "Henderson, Kentucky"

keep for record
appl. no. 56

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James casado Susanna HAWKINS en 8 Abr 1833 en Sullivan co. (Indiana, USA) ?. Susanna (hija de Edward HAWKINS y Mary CARTER) nació en 3 Jul 1808 en Tennessee (USA); falleció entre 1860 y 1870 en Missouri USA) ?. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Notas:

Susana and James appear together in the 1860 census, but in 1870 he is living with his son James Louis.
There is no further mention of Susanna, who presumably died between 1860 and 1870.

[ Storie typed here exactly as found in the modern re-typed version received. ]
=================================================================================================
I MAUDIE MYRTLE GENTRY TYPE THESE STORIES OF GRANDFATHER BECASUE HE WROTE THEM DOWN IN OLD
PATCHARCOAL AND IT IS FADDING AND WILL SOON BE GONE. THIS OLD TYPE WRITER DOES NOT WORK TO GOOD. I
BORROWED IT FROM MY TEACHER AT SCHOOL, I WILL TYPE THIS JUST AS HE WROTE IT. IF A WORD IS NOT
SPELLED RIGHT I WILL LEAVE IT JUST AS IT IS.
THIS IS JUNE 12th 1927
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JAMES LOUIS GENTRY
THURSDAY JANUARY 22nd 1892

I BRING MY PIN TO THIS PAPER TO LEAVE THIS STORY FOR MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRAND CHILDREN TO
UNDERSTAND SOME OF HOW IT WAS BEFORE I WAS BORN, AND HOW GREAT WONDERFUL MY MOTHER WAS. SHE
WAS AS PATRIOTIC AS A PERSON COULD BE TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY THE U S A.

SHE WAS NAMED SUSANA HAWKINS BY HER FATHER EDWARD. SHE WAS THE FIRST DAUGHTER BORN TO THE AND
THE LAST CHILD BORN TO THEM FOR 11 YEARS SO SUSANA GOT SOME SPECIAL TRAINING AS SHE GREW UP. SHE
HAD A DREAM WHEN SHE WAS 10 YEARS OLD, AND SAID AN OLD MAN CAME TO HER IN HER DREAM AND SAID SHE
MUST LEARN TO SAFE GUARD HER MFAMILY FOR THEIR WOULD BE TIMES WHEN SHE WOULD NEED TO.

SHE TOLD THIS DREAM TO EDWARD MANY TIMES, AND FINALLY HE SAID DAUGHTER I WILL TEACH YOU AS I WOULD
YOUR BROTHER, TO FIGHT AND SHOOT JUST AS SHARP AS A MAN, AND HE DID.

AND WHEN SUSAN WAS 14 HER FATHER AND MOTHER DECIDED TO TAKE A TRIP INTO THE WEST, WERE VERY FEW
WHITE MEN LIVED. EDWARD HAD A OLDER BROTHER THAT HAD BEEN AFTER HIM TO MOVE WERE HE LIVED AND FILE
ON 160 ACRES. SO THE PLANS WERE ALL MADE AND THE DAY SOON CAME FOR THEM TO TRAVEL WEST. EDWARD
MARY BUCK SUSANA, AND LITTLE BETTY LOADED INTO THEIR BEST WAGON AND THE TRAVELING STARTED. DAY
LIGHT HOURS WERE LONG AND EDWARD MADE SURE THE WAGON WAS ROLLING MOST OF THESE HOURS. ABOUT
THE ONLY TIME THE WAGON STOPPED WAS TO CHANGE HORSES THAT WRE GEING LED AT THE BACK OF THE WAGON
TO THE HARNESS.

NOW BUCK AND SUSANA TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS TIME AND PICKED UP THEIR BLACK POWER RIFLES AND WENT
HUNTING FOR FRESH MEAT. THEY BROUGHTBACK EVERY THING FROM RABBITS TO DEAR. SUSANA ALWAYS SEEMED
TO OUT HUNT BUCK, BUT HE TOOK THIS VERY WELL BECAUSE SHE HAD OUT SHOT HIM AS LONG AS HE COULD
REMEMBER. SHE WAS NOT ONE TO BRAG, SO SHE AND HER BROTHER WERE VERY CLOSE AND GOOD FRIENDS. IT
HAD BEEN JUST OVER TO MONTHS 66 DAYS WHEN EDWARD FOUND HIS BROTHER AND FAMILY. THEY LIVED IN A
BEAUTIFUL PLACE 160 ACRES THAT FRONTED ALONG A RIVER ABOUT HALF IN GOOD POLE TIMBER WITH A FEW
SCATTERED HUGE ONE TREES HIS BROTHER DOVER HAWKINS HAD BUILT A LARGE LOG HOUSE, LOTS OF ROOM FOR
YOUR FAMILY TO SAY BROTHER HE SAID, UNTIL WE HAVE TIME TO BUILD ONE FOR YOU.
EVERY ONE WAS VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED TAHT THEY HAD MADE THE LONG JOURNEY AND HAD HAD NO BAD
INCIDENT.

THE EVENING MEAL WAS OF FRESH PORK AND BREAD, OF COURSE GRAVE. THE MEN TALKED OF TOMORROW AFTER
DENNER AND FILING ON LAND FOR EDWARD. THE WOMEN TALKED AOBUT WHAT FINE GARDEN COULD BE GROWN
AND HOW TO CARD BOTH SHEEP AND GOAT WOOL.

FIRST LIGHT CAME SOON ENOUGH AND ALL THE MEN FOLK LEFT TO FIND THE LAND. THE WOMEN WORK FAST
GETTING THE MORNING WORK DONE SO'S THEY COULD SET AND TALK. THEY HAD JUST FINISHED WHEN THEY
HEARD HORSES JUMPING AND RUNNING. MAY DOVER'S WIFE LOOKED OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. OH NO
SHE EXPLAINED NOT AGAIN ITS INDIANS,. THEY HAVE COME TO LOOT THE STOCK THE LAST TIME THEY HIT US THEY
TOOK THE SHEEP AND CHICKENS. THIS TIME THEY ARE DOWN AT THE BARN. WE WILL NOT LET THEM GET AWAY
WITH THIS SAID SUSANA I CAN SHOOT AND I WILL SHE SAID AS SHE RAN AND GRABBED HER RIFLE, AND SHE GETS
WHAT SHE SHOOTS AT SAID HER MOTHER. WE CAN LOAD SIAD THE TOW WOMEN YOU SHOOT THOSE THREE
HOLDING THE HORSES AT THE TROFT. YOU ALL BETTER GET OUT OF HERE SHE SAID SCREAMING OUT OF THE
BARREL WHOLE THAT WAS MADE IN EVERY OPENING IN THE HOUSE. THE JUST LAUGHTED AT THE WOMEN SO
SUSANA TOOK AIM AT ONE OF THE BUCKS AT THE HORSE TROFT, AND DOW HE DROPED. BY NOW THE INDIANS
WERE PUTTING PIGS IN FEED BAGS AND TRYING SHORT PIECES FO RAW HIED BETWEEN THEMAND THROWING THEM
OVER THE HORSES. POP WENT SUSANA'S RIFLE DOWN WENT ANOTHER, FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES OR SO SHE
SHOT JUST AS FAST AS THE WOPMEN COULD LOAD AND FINALLY TWO INDIANS RAN AND GRABBED HORSES AND
ROAD THROUGH THEIR FIELD UNTIL THEY WERE OUT OF SITE. THEY DID NOT GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING. SUSANA
AND HER MOTHER WENT OUT TO CHECK EVERYTHING MAY STAYED WITH THE KIDS. SUSANA FOUND SHE HAD
KILLED 10 AND WOUNDED THREE. AND IT WAS SOON DECIDED THEY HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THE WOUNDED. THERE
WAS A EMPTY WOOD SHED NEAR THE HOUSE SO THE TWO OF THEM TOWED ONE INDIAN AT A TIME AND PUT THEM
IN THE WOODSHED. SUSANA INSISTED SHE BE THE ONE TO CARE FO RTYHEM ANDTHE REST OF THE FAMILY
RESPECTED HER WISHES. ONE BY ONE SHE HEELED AND HELPED THEM ON ONE OF THEIR HORSES.

THIS WAS IN THE YEAR 1823 ABOUT 69 YEARS AGO THE INDIAN IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY WERE VERY EASY
STIRED UP. IT HAS BEEN TOLD NOW FOR 69 YERAS THAT WHAT SUSANA DONE BY CARING FOR THE THREE
WOUNDED THAT THE INDIANS NEVER EVER BOTHERED THE TWO FAMILIES AGAIN. WHEN THE LAST ONE WAS READY
TO LEAVE SUSANA TELTHERD THE 10 HORSES TOGETHER THAT WAS LEFT AND GAVE THEM TO THE LAST ONE TO
LEAD HOME. NOW TH EMEN HAD LOADED THE WAGON WITH THE BODIES, AND HAD TAKEN THEM DOWN BEHIND THE
BARN TO THE EDGE OF THE CORN FIELD AND LAID THEM OUT, AND STUCK A LANCE IN THE GROUND THAT HAD
RUNNERS BLOWING IN THE WIND. THE BODIES DISAPPEARED THE FIRST NIGHT.

THIS HAS BEEN TOLD TO ME BY MY MOTHER MANY TIMES AND HER SISTER IN LAW MAY ALSO, OF COURSE
SUSANA'S GREAT GRAND FATHER WAS THE HAWKINS THAT DEVELOPED THE NOW FAMOUS RIFLE.
WRITTEN BY JL GENTRY.

Notas:

"I found in notes of John Gentry, son of Uncle Charlie, that James and Susanna stood before a preacher and were married in late 1830, then got Married with license in 1833."
SOURCE: Chris = autocadmonkey@yahoo.com (originally from Louis Gentry??)

This would explain the discrepancy between the official wedding date in 1833 and the birth of their first son in 1832.

24 Sept 2010:
HOWEVER: All earñy records were destroyed in the 1850 courthouse file in Sullivan, so how did this one survive.

Also, the typeface on the printed form is identical to that of the Ash Hollow job application. I SMELL A HOAX!!

Otros Eventos:

• Residencia: 1828, Myatt Twp. (Lawrence co., Arkansas, USA)
• Residencia: 1830, Myatt Twp. (Lawrence co., Arkansas, USA)
• Residencia: 1840, Myatt Twp. (Lawrence co., Arkansas, USA)
• Residencia: 1850, Myatt Twp. (Lawrence co., Arkansas, USA)

Notas:

Name: William Morgan
State: AR
County: Lawrence County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1828
Record Type: Tax List
Database: AR 1819-1829 Tax Lists Index

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1830 CENSUS -- Miatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
MORGAN, WILLIAM 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
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M: 0-5=1, 5-10=1, 20-30=1 // F: 30-40=1
William's 4 older children are not listed as living in this household. (They seem to appear in the 1840 census, below.)
Missing are: Allen-14, Hugh-11, William M-8 and Martha-4.
Accounted for are: James-3 and Henderson-1.
Also, William is down as being under 30, making his birthday 2nd half of 1800 (which coincides with later census records), while his wife is down as over 30, making her birthdate 1799/1800 or earlier.
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1840 CENSUS -- Miatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
MORGAN, WILLIAM 1 1 1 1 2 1 / 1 1 0 2 0 1 / 0
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males: 00-05: 1 - John (2)
05-10: 1 - Henderson (5)
10-15: 1 - James (13)
15-20: 1 - William M (18)
20-30: 2 - Allen (24) and Hugh (21)
30-40: 1 - William (40)
females:0-5: 1 - Emily (5)
5-10: 1 - Mary (7)
10-15: 0
15-20: 2 - -?- and -?- (possibly Allen's and Hugh's wives??)
20-30: 0 -
30-40: 1 - Wife
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Next Door:
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1840 CENSUS -- Miatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
NIGHTON, AMMON 0 0 0 0 1 0 ... / 0 0 0 1 0 0 ... / 0
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males: 20-35: 1 - Ammon (20yrs)
females:15-20: 1 - Martha (15yrs)
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FROM THE 1850 CENSUS -- Myatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
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Household 746: [older children of William from a previous marriage]
Morgan, James, 23
Henderson W, 21
Mary, 17

(Older married children living in separate households would include:
Allen, Hugh, Martha (Nighton), William M.)

HOUSEHOLD 747:
Morgan, William, 51
Delveny, 24
Emily, 16
John, 12
Rodney, 11
Hariett, 5 (eldest child of Delveny)
Alford, 2
Morgan, 3/12
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- Alford and Morgan do not appear again in the census and apparently died as toddlers..
- Two more children follow: Sarah Catherine in 1856, Jesse in 1854. They are found in the 1860 Census living with relatives. In 1870 they are found living in Wayne Co, MO, with their older sister, Harriet, now the wife of James Lewis Gentry.

William has apparently died by 1860 as he doesn't appear in the census that year and the children are living with other families at that time.

They lived in Myatt township, which today is in Sharp County, north west of Walnut Ridge and south of Mammoth Spring, near the Missouri border.

In the 1850 census, William and Delveny (Pearce) Morgan lived with their children (from both marriages) near the Pearces (probably Delveny's family), the Brackens (Delveny's mother's family), and the Lasiters. Hariett married a Lasiter (or Laster) who was killed during the Civil War, before she met and married James Louis Gentry.

Further research is necessary to determine if Hariett's first husband was one of the neighboring Lasiter boys
(there were several her age and older - see below).

As seen from the list below, the Morgan, Bracken, Pearce, Ferguson and Lasiter families were very intermixed, living almost communally in what was probably one very large extended family of parents, children, grandchildren, cousins and in-laws. This pattern was apparently common in Arkansas during this era. See, for example the McMillans and Kuykendalls in Faulkner County.

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FROM THE 1850 CENSUS -- Myatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
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Household 746: [older children of William from a previous marriage]
Morgan, James, 23
Henderson W, 21
Mary, 17

HOUSEHOLD 747:
Morgan, William, 51
Delveny, 24
Emily, 16
John, 12
Rodney, 11
Hariett, 5
Alford, 2
Morgan, 3/12

HOUSEHOLD 752:
Ferguson, William, 30
Elizabeth, 30
Lavina, 6
Thalia, 5
Manerva, 4
William A, 2
Brewer, William, 13
Bracken,William, 6
Lasiter, John, 20

HOUSEHOLD 753:
Lasiter, Johnathan, 44
Emily, 30
George, 19
William, 18
Rachel, 14
Jane, 10
Jasper, 8
Daniel 1

HOUSEHOLD 755:
Pearce, William A, 53
Lucy, 53
Catherine, 18 (Delveny could be her older sister)
Clarinola, 13
Grimes, Jesse, 40
Bracken, Nancy, 69 ? (possibly Lucy Pearce's mother. Her age is not very legible in the census)

HOUSEHOLD 756:
Pearce, John A, 30
Hellen K, 25
William, 9
Decy J, 1 (F)
Bracken, John, 10
Sarah A., 9
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William casado Delpha "Delveny" o "Delphiny" PEARCE en 8 Jun 1845 en Lawrence co. (Arkansas, USA). Delpha nació circa 1825 en Tennessee (USA); falleció entre 1856 y 1860 en Lawrence co. (Arkansas, USA). [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Notas:

Apparently died by 1860 as she doesn't appear in the census and the kids are living with other families.

Notas:

Lawrence Co marriages, book A-2 page 134:

William Morgan Marriage

I Elisha Ivie an acting and commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Lawrence in the state of Arkansas, do hereby certify that on the 8th day of June AD 1845 at the county of Lawrence in the state of Arkansas I did duly join in marriage William Morgan of said county aged 44 years, and Delpha Pearce of the same county in said state aged 19 years and then there declared them to be husband and wife given under my hand this 11th day of June 1845

(signed) Elisha Ivie, J.P.

Filed June 20th 1845
(signed) LBWit...th, clerk

I found this in the Lawrence Co, AR Marriage Records, Book, Vol.I - 1821-1883 Grooms list:

Morgan, William m. Pearce, Delpha BK A2- pg 134, 6-8-1845
There was no probate listed in the Book of Loose Probate Paper.

Otros Eventos:

• Ocupación: 1840; Wheelwright

Notas:

According to a family story, Marle Lee was the twin brother of John Pleasant Gentry (son of Moses Gentry). The twins were born in 1778 in Albemarle Co, Virginia, and Marle was given to a family of friends (Rob and Josie Parker) for care as his mother was unable to nurse both. They tried to reincorporate him into the family at age 5, but he resisted and was returned to the Parkers. At age 14 Marle was apprenticed to a family acquaintance in Kentucky who was a blacksmith. He never returned to his original family, and was not mentioned in the will of Moses Gentry.

Subsequent records (tax records, James work application, census) have Marle as residing in Henderson, Kentucky.

The evidence that he was married to Bell (Mercer?) and that they were the parents of Marle and lived in Henderson, Kentucky is James' BLM work application in 1825.

This story about Marle's family background requires further research for verification and documentation.

Marle Lee and Bell Gentry, age 62 (b. 1778), occupation wheelwright, appears in the 1840 US Census for Henderson County, Kentucky, Barlebo Township with wife Bell Gentry, age 58 (b. 1782), occupation wife. Birthplace for both is listed as Kentucky. Address listed as "Corner of Day and Potter (or Putter / Polter / Pulter ) Road.

NOTE: This is only a handwritten transcription of the 1840 census (not a photocopy), and it lists Bell Gentry, which is odd, as only heads of household are listed in the 1840 census... I have also not been able to find any reference to Barlebo Township or to Marle and Belle Gentry in any census records for Henderson County or city.

NOTES from Louis Gentry (for further research):
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Marle was s wheelwright...Was living near Henderson Kentucky in 1802
He was the owner of slaves Named---Ace Black---Jo Jo---and a female---Doro.
Proof And Source. Kentucky State Poll Tax On Slaves, Henderson Co. Township Barlebo, Henderson, Kentucky,
7/3/1822 Marle Lee Gentry Paid On 3, Ace Black, Jo Jo, And A Female Doro.-$6 Paid.. Due 7/1823

Marle L. is on work Application of James Gentry, Listed as Father.

Marle casado Bell MERCER entre 1799 y 1802. Bell nació en 1782 en Kentucky or Tennessee (USA). [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Edward casado Mary CARTER. Mary nació en en Indiana (USA). [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]