Hello, My Aunt (not the wife of Colyce) tells me Cloyce was from Boone Iowa. She tell me that Cloyce's Father committed suicide before he was born, and his Grandparents raised him alone with his Mom. Thinking his Mom was his sister. Cloyce learned this from his school mates and left home at 16. And then at some point in time joined the B&B Circus. My cousin Billy has his trumpet Also she tells me he went to school with Mamie Eisenhower, Cloyce has told the family many times that he use to dip Mamie's pig tales in the ink wells. It is sad that can tell you all this and not even know when he was born or died. He did die in Cleveland, Ohio. But I am still searching. I also went to school with a Dale Bently, from Berlin Center, Ohio. Penny >From: "C. Turner" <CoachTurner@softhome.net> >Reply-To: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com >To: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [CIRCUS-FOLK] Cloyce BENTLY >Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:40:11 -0500 > >Am interested in your Uncle Cloyce Bently. Was his family from western >North Carolina by chance... > >CoachT >CoachTurner@softhome.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: Pennola Nolan [mailto:penodi@hotmail.com] >Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 2:24 AM >To: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CIRCUS-FOLK] Cloyce BENTLY > > >Hello, >I am new to the list and am very happy to of found it. >I have been told over and over again about my Uncle Cloyce BENTLY played >trumpet for the Barnum Bailey Circus. Is there pictures or any >documentation >of such people? > Penny >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I live in Iowa and will do some searching for Cloyce Bently when I go to the library next time. If you know anything else about him or his family , it would help. Dawn ---------- From: "Pennola Nolan" <penodi@hotmail.com> Reply-To: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 01:40:59 To: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [CIRCUS-FOLK] Cloyce BENTLY Resent-From: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com Resent-Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:41:01 -0700 Hello, My Aunt (not the wife of Colyce) tells me Cloyce was from Boone Iowa. She tell me that Cloyce's Father committed suicide before he was born, and his Grandparents raised him alone with his Mom. Thinking his Mom was his sister. Cloyce learned this from his school mates and left home at 16. And then at some point in time joined the B&B Circus. My cousin Billy has his trumpet Also she tells me he went to school with Mamie Eisenhower, Cloyce has told the family many times that he use to dip Mamie's pig tales in the ink wells. It is sad that can tell you all this and not even know when he was born or died. He did die in Cleveland, Ohio. But I am still searching. I also went to school with a Dale Bently, from Berlin Center, Ohio. Penny >From: "C. Turner" <CoachTurner@softhome.net> >Reply-To: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com >To: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [CIRCUS-FOLK] Cloyce BENTLY >Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:40:11 -0500 > >Am interested in your Uncle Cloyce Bently. Was his family from western >North Carolina by chance... > >CoachT >CoachTurner@softhome.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: Pennola Nolan [mailto:penodi@hotmail.com] >Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 2:24 AM >To: CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CIRCUS-FOLK] Cloyce BENTLY > > >Hello, >I am new to the list and am very happy to of found it. >I have been told over and over again about my Uncle Cloyce BENTLY played >trumpet for the Barnum Bailey Circus. Is there pictures or any >documentation >of such people? > Penny >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB