Charlene Kay "Bisy" GENTRY

Foye casado Donna Faye ? [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Labanuel casado Lona Bell "Loney" MERCER [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

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!

William casado Columbus Savannah "Van" MCMILLAN [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]