Hello, everyone! Here is some of the information I found today on Sam Houston while browsing for family. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Vol. V, Letter H, p. 364-366 HOUSTON, Sam, president of the republic of Texas, was born in Rockbridge County, Va., March 2, 1793; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Paxton) Houston; grandson of Robert and Margaret (Davidson) Houston; great grandson of Samuel and Ann (Dunlop) Davidson, and great2 grandson of John Houston, of lowland Scotch origin, who emigrated from the north of Ireland in 1689 and settled in Philadelphia. The Paxton family immigrated to America at the same time as the Houstons and in their company. Samuel Houston served in General Morgan's brigade of riflemen in the war for independence and was assistant inspector-general of frontier troops with the rank of major at its close. He died in 1806, and his widow with her nine children, Sam at the time being thirteen years old, crossed the Allegheny Mountains and settled in Blount County, where a cabin was built and the family lived the bard life of pioneers. Of the early educational advantages of Sam little is recorded. He could read, however, and his one book was Pope's translation of the Iliad, which he knew nearly by heart. He was a clerk in a trader's store, when he suddenly left home and went to live with the Cherokee Indians, where be was adopted in the family of one of the sub-chiefs of the tribe. He acquired their language, wore their dress and lived apart from his family until 1811, when he returned to civilization in order to pay his debts incurred in the purchase of ammunition and trinkets during his voluntary nomadic life. He taught a country school, and with the money so earned liquidated his debts and paid for his tuition for a session at Maryville academy, his only school attendance. He then enlisted as a recruit in the army organizing for the war of 1812, and was made sergeant of a detachment which joined a regiment marching against the Creek Indians. While the regiment was at Knoxville he received from President Madison a commission as ensign, and be subsequently joined General Jackson's army and took part in the desperate battle of Tohopeka, Ala., March 29, 1814, where be was wounded with a barbed arrow while scaling the enemy's breastworks, and he was ordered to the rear by Jackson. He refused to leave the field, forced his comrades to pull out the arrow by main strength, and with blood flowing from the wound, and unsupported, he answered the call for volunteers to storm the ravine in which the remnant of the Creeks had taken refuge. He reached the entrance, when he fell pierced by two bullets in his right arm and shoulder. He was borne from the field and his wounds were pronounced fatal by the surgeon in attendance. One of the bullets was removed, but the other he carried in his shoulder for two years and the wound had not healed at the day of his death. His gallantry gained for him promotion to a lieutenancy and the lifelong friendship of General Jackson. He resigned his commission in 1818, when his motives in defending his old friends, the Cherokee Indians, from the rapacity of government agents, were questioned. He was admitted to the bar after six months' preparation, his chief recommendation being his eloquence as a speaker and he never claimed to be other than a political lawyer. He was prosecuting attorney of the [p. 364] district which included Nashville, 1820-29; representative in the 18th and 19th congresses, 1823-27, and while in congress fought a duel with Gen. William White, severely wounding his antagonist, while he escaped untouched. This was his only duel recorded, although he was repeatedly challenged and no one questioned his courage. He was elected governor of Tennessee in 1827 by a majority of 12,000, and was a candidate for reelection in 1829. Before the election he was married to Eliza Allen, the daughter of a rich and influential resident of Nashville. The young lady had rejected a lover for the brilliant match with the governor of Tennessee at the urgent request of her parents, and the appearance of the lover at the wedding betrayed her secret to Houston, who noticed her agitation while holding her hand during the ceremony. The same day he questioned her so earnestly that he forced from her the confession that another had her love, and without awaiting the explanation she was anxious to make, the impetuous soldier at once released her from her obligation as a wife and left the presence of his bride. He placed his resignation as governor in the hands of a friend, to be delivered to the proper authorities, and sought seclusion among his old friends, the Cherokees, who had been removed through his influence to a reservation beyond the Mississippi. He never explained his conduct, and the narrative here given the bride confided to a friend, and it was not made public for seventy years. His silence on the subject and his sudden departure did an injury to both the parties, but no word of blame ever escaped from the lips of either. Mrs. Houston long after secured a divorce on the ground of desertion and was married to a Dr. Douglass. Houston remained in seclusion with the Cherokees till 1832, when he visited Washington, wearing the garb of an Indian, was received by President Jackson, and had a street fight with Representative Stunberry, of Ohio. While with the Indians he attempted to forget the world by debasing himself with drink, and the Indians on account of his habits changed his name Colonneh to the more expressive one of "Big-Drunk." He married a half-breed woman named Tyania Rodgers, according to the Indian fashion. They had no children, and his sincere attachment to her was evidenced by his sending for her to join him at Nacogdoches, Texas, but she refused to leave her people and a few years afterward she died. Toward the close of 1839 be went to Texas at the invitation of President Jackson, who gave him a commission to arrange treaties with the Comanches and other tribes of Indians for the protection of American settlers on the borders. He took up his residence at Nacogdoches, and on the outbreak of the struggle for independence he was elected commander-in-chief of the forces of eastern Texas and organized a volunteer force to aid the revolution. He also helped to organize a civil government for the republic at San Felipe de Austin, April 1, 1833. He opposed the declaration of absolute independence and used his influence to conciliate the liberal party in Mexico and to remove the impression that the movement was a conspiracy of slaveholders. Under the provisional government formed, Stephen S. Austin was made a commissioner to the United States, and Sam Houston, commander-in-chief of the army. The delay of the council in passing ordinances providing for a recruiting service paralyzed Houston's efforts and he was unable to raise an adequate army to meet the advance of Santa Anna. The capture of San Antonio, the siege of the Alamo and the massacre of Geliad followed. The fall of the fortress of the Alamo, March 6, 1836, resulted in the destruction of the entire garrison of 145 Texans, who had held at bay 2500 Mexicans until the last defender was killed, and at Geliad 220 prisoners-of-war were murdered. A new convention met, March 2, 1836, a declaration of independence was adopted, and Houston was unanimously reelected commander-in-chief. The inhuman warfare conducted by Santa Anna aroused the people of Texas to desperation and a large army was quickly recruited. General Houston commanded the troops at the battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836, where with 743 men with "Remember the Alamo!" a battle-cry he engaged 1400 Mexicans, completely defeating the enemy, and captured their arms, baggage and camp equipment. The Mexicans lost 630 killed, 208 wounded and those not escaping by flight were made prisoners-of-war. Santa Anna escaped to a swamp, where he secured a disguise, but was captured and his life spared through the powerful influence of Houston, who secured from him a cessation of hostilities, an interchange of prisoners, and secret agreement that the Mexican general would procure the acknowledgment of the independence of Texas. The Mexican congress, however, decreed that all treaties and conventions subscribed by Santa Anna while he was a prisoner should be null and void. Houston was severely wounded [p. 365] at San Jacinto, and was sent to New Orleans for treatment. From there he sent a protest against the execution of Santa Anna by the Texans who clamored for his blood to avenge the Alamo and Goliad; and they allowed him his life according to the terms of the agreement. While absent from the state, Lemur was made commander-in-chief and an election for President of the republic had been ordered by the March convention. Twelve days before the general election, which was held July 22, 1836, General Houston announced himself as a candidate and he was chosen President, receiving 4374 out of a total of 5104 votes. He took possession of the office in October. Santa Anna was then released by him and sent under escort to Washington by way of New Orleans. Texas was recognized by the United States as an independent republic, and the recognition was coupled with the notification that the question of annexation could not be considered. Great Britain and France made special commercial treaties with the new republic. The army became insubordinate and was disbanded and reorganized, Albert Sidney Johnston being made senior major-general. Houston kept up his drinking habits, in spite of which he held the respect of the community. He married as his third wife Margaret M. Lea, of Alabama, in 1841. She finally succeeded in reforming his habits and he abandoned drinking and swearing and became a consistent member of the Baptist church. The constitution of Texas rendered the President ineligible for two succeeding terms, and in 1826 Mirabeau B. Lemur was elected President and General Houston served two terms in the Texan congress as senator, 1839-41, during which time Great Britain, France, Holland and Belgium recognized Texan independence. In December 1841, Houston was inaugurated President of Texas for the second time, and in order to restore financial credit, then greatly impaired, he suggested the reduction of all official salaries one half, which was acted on, his own salary being reduced from $10,000 to $5000, and during his three years' term the treasury paid out less than $440,000. In 1842 Santa Anna undertook to renew the invasion of Texas, which only resulted in a sharp correspondence between President Houston and the Mexican dictator. In June 1843, President Houston directed the Texan minister at Washington to withdraw the application filed with the government for annexation to the United States and then after receiving assurances of protection during negotiation, appointed a special commissioner to renew the proposal for annexation. When it came before the senate with a commendatory message from President Tyler it was rejected by a vote of 35 to 16. Houston then sent instructions to Anson Jones, the Texan secretary of state, to accept the offer of Lord Aberdeen to arrange for the permanent independence of Texas. This action aroused the alarm and jealousy of the United States, and on the issue the Democratic party secured the election of James K. Polk as President. On Feb. 14, 1845, a joint resolution passed congress for the admission of Texas into the Union, and on Oct. 14, 1845, the republic of Texas became one of the United States and Sam Houston and Thomas J. Rusk were chosen US senators. Houston drew the short term and took his seat, March 4, 1846. In January 1847, be was reelected, and again in January 1853, his third term expiring March 3, 1859. In the senate he voted against the introduction of slavery in Oregon; in favor of the admission of California as a free state; for the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia; for the Clay compromise measures; and against the Nebraska bill, being one of the two opponents to the measure from southern states, the other being John Bell, of Tennessee. He received eight votes for Presidential nominee in the Democratic national convention of 1852, three votes in the American national convention of 1856 and fifty-seven votes in the Constitutional Union national convention of 1860. In 1857 he was defeated by Hardin R. Runnels for governor of Texas, and in 1859 he failed of reelection to the US senate. The same year he was elected governor over Runnels, but the Secessionists elected a majority of the legislature and most of the executive officers. He took no part in the presidential election of 1860 but worked against secession and was denounced as a traitor to the South. He vetoed the resolution recognizing the authority of the Texan state convention of Jan. 28, 1861, and the resolution was passed over his veto and the convention carried the state out of the Union by a vote of 167 to 7. As governor he then submitted to the will of the people, rather than involve the state in a civil war. He declined to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and was declared deposed from office and Edmund Clark was sworn in as governor. He declined a commission of major-general in the US army offered him by President Lincoln. He had four sons and two daughters, children by his third wife. His eldest [p. 366] son was a soldier in the Confederate army. See Life of Sam Houston, by Charles Edwards Lester, published anonymously in 1855; revised, l878. His name was in "Class E, Missionaries and Explorers," for a place in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York university, in October 1900, and received sixteen votes, which gave the name a place in the list for election in October 1902. General Houston died at Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, July 26, 1863. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography page 501 HOUSTON, SAM, soldier, statesman, was born March 2, 1793, in Rockbridge County, Va. His mother removed with her family to the banks of the Tennessee, at that time the limit of civilization. He served for a time as clerk to a country trader, and taught school. In 1813 he enlisted in the army and served under General Jackson in the war with the Creek Indians; distinguished himself on several occasions, and, at the conclusion of the war, had risen to the rank of lieutenant. He commenced the study of law at Nashville; and after holding several minor offices in Tennessee, he was, in 1823, elected to congress, and continued a member of that body until 1827, when he became governor of Tennessee. In 1829, before the expiration of his gubernatorial term, he resigned his office, and went to take up his abode among the Cherokee Indians in Arkansas. A militia was organized, and Austin, the founder of the colony, was elected commander-in-chief, in which office he was shortly after succeeded by General Houston. He conducted the war with vigor, and finally brought it to a successful termination by the battle of San Jacinto, which was fought in 1836; in May 1836, he signed a treaty acknowledging the independence of Texas, and in October of the same year was inaugurated the first president of the republic; and at the end of his term of office, as the same person could not constitutionally be elected president twice in succession, he became a member of the Texas congress. In 1841, however, he was again elevated to the presidential chair; during the whole time that he held that office it was his favorite policy to effect the annexation of Texas to the United States. In 1846 Texas became one of the states of the union, and General Houston was elected to the United States senate, of which body he remained a member until 1859. In 1859 he was elected governor of Texas; in a letter that he addressed to the compiler of this volume he said, in his characteristic manner, that he had risen from a sergeant up to president of a republic, and down to a senator of the United States. His name was Sam-not Samuel, as generally printed. He died July 25, 1863, in Huntsville, Texas. Website with information on the women connected to Sam Houston: http://www.shsu.edu/~pin_www/WoHou.html Sam Houston's family picture album: http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/FunStuff/Album/index.html In 1850, the family lived in Walker County, TX, with Sam as a senator. In 1860, they lived in Austin, Travis County, TX, with Sam as the governor. Shena David

Saw this in the Johnson City (TN) Press. Hope it may be of some service. Mrs. Angela J.G. Goins - KINGSPORT KINGSPORT — Mrs. Angela Jeanne Gentry Goins, 30, 417 Barnette Drive, died Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at her residence. Mrs. Goins was a Sullivan County native and a daughter of Sandra Denton Gentry, Bristol, and the late Kenneth E. Gentry. She was employed by Fairfield Marketing, Johnson City. Mrs. Goins was a member of Cold Spring Presbyterian Church. Survivors, in addition to her mother, include her husband, Alan L. Goins; one daughter, Stephanie Laken Gentry, of the home; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Denton Sr., Bristol; paternal grandfather, Tom Gentry, Bristol; one nephew; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. --- Funeral services for Angela J. Goins will be conducted at 6 p.m. Thursday in Weaver Funeral Home chapel with Dr. Errol Rohr and the Rev. Cecil Sturgill officiating. Graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Shipley Cemetery with Dr. Andrew Spence officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Marvin Goins, James E. Denton, H.M. Denton Jr., Marty Denton, Kevin Denton, doctors and staff of the ETSU Cancer Center, Dr. Ed Griffin and Johnson City Medical Center Hospice staff. Those desiring may make memorials to breast cancer research fund, c/o American Cancer Society, 2513 Wesley St., Suite 4, Johnson City, TN 37601. The family wishes to express thanks and appreciation for all the thoughts and prayers extended to them during this difficult time. The family will receive friends following the funeral service in Weaver Funeral Home. Weaver Funeral Home, Bristol, Tenn., 423-968-2111, is in charge of the arrangements. E-mail condolences may be sent to <A HREF="http://www.weaverfuneralhome.net/"> www.weaverfuneralhome.net</A>.

Nena -Thanks for the Shiloh Cemetery list. I visited the spot a number of years ago. I'm sure that somewhere in my files I have the info on Mathew and wife Nancy (he was the brother of my Agnes Gentry who married John Phillips). It is nice to have a complete listing for the Gentrys who are buried there. I'll put the pages in my miscellaneous Warrick info. One small correction. The cemetery is not in Folsomville, IN. It is west of the small town and is a very peaceful country cemetery-BE _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Subject: David Gentry fr Bryant fr Bryant on David Gentry -Elisha was a son of David (aka "Long David") who m Sarah Brooks. David b l7l4/18 Hanover Co Va son of Samuel Gentry>son of Nicholas I. David and Sarah were living Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co Va 1743 where his father-in-law (Richard Brooks) had given them land on Dirty Creek. They moved Lunenbury Co Va abt l749 and then Johnston Co NC early l760's where David d abt l764. His widow given land grant SC Edgefield Dist and she moved family there l766. She got 100acs for herself and 50ac for each 7 minor children. There is a listing in the Ga rec's of a "David Gentry who is deaf and dumb" It does not show that he is son/o Elisha but its in correct area of Ga and in correct time frame to been son/o Elisha. 1840 Census rec's Benton Co Ark lists Cain Gentry hh lists another male (older than Cain) living with them. WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE HIS BROTHER DAVID, but we have NO PROOF of this. This man not listed again anywhere at anytime that we find. We also believe Cain his bro Micajah and ?? David d same time. We do not know what they did for a living. Cain did not own any land at the time, he is listed on the census as having several "neat animals", which I understand are oxen. Micajah did own land Benton Co Mo but farming did not seem to be his main occupation. There is some thought that they might have been "freighters" on Santa Fe Trail. They died or disappeared totally between Oct of l840 and Apr l84l. Best regards,Bryant Gentry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

N@aol.com wrote: 23 Apr 2002 11:25:50 EDT To: medicinewoman_1943@yahoo.com I got another book - The Raven (Sam Houston) by Marquis James - this one won a Pulitzer Prize for Biography. So I am sending you information about Sam, Tiana, his wives and children. It will either help or confuse the issue further! :-) p. 75 At candle-light on the twenty-second day of January, 1829, Colonel Allen conducted his daughter down the great staircase to her place beside the Governor of Tennessee..............Reverand William Hume, pastor to the Presbyterian aristocracy of Nashville, Eliza Allen and Sam Houston exchanged wedding vows. p. 77 April 11, 1829 - After leaving a meeting between himself and ex-governor Carroll, being over seen by Col. Willoughby Williams, Houston and Carroll left. Williams didn't return to Nashville for five days and returned there April 11. Williams went to the Nashville Inn where Houston and Eliza were staying. Williams was asked if he had heard the news and when he replied what news, the clerk, Dan Carter, told him, "General Houston and his wife have separated and she has gone to her father's house." I am synopsing the book. Rumors abound, as usual in a situation like this, and of course the main one was Houston had "wronged" his wife. Friends and confidantes pleaded with him to explain what had happened. Houston would not as "a lady's honor" was a stake. He resigned as Governor and headed West. He never uttered a word against Eliza Allen Houston and refused to discuss it. He let it be known if anyone "dared utter a word against the purity of Mrs. Houston he would come back and write the libel in his heart's blood." Houston went West and returned to the one family he knew he could count on, the Cherokees. And it was during this time Houston began drinking. While Houston was in the West trying to help the Cherokees, back in Tennessee rumors still abounded and by April, 1830, bottom line, Eliza wanted her husband back. History has told the story (I am assuming due to what Eliza and others have said) that on their wedding night,Houston sensed an extreme nervousness in Eliza and she admitted to Houston her affections were with someone else, but due to filial duty, had married him. The spent the night apart. The second day of their marriage, Eliza made the comment to Mrs. Robert Martin, at Locust Grove where they were staying, upon observing Houston getting the worst of a snowball fight, "I wish they would kill him." Mrs. Martin kept the secret of what Eliza had said and the Houston's journeyed on towards Nashville. They spent their days in seclutions. Houston made a journey home to Chickasaw Bluff. The story goes he found Eliza crying over old love letters - another she was found in another man's arms - whatever it was, Houston accused Eliza of infidelity. And immediately regretted it. This was when Eliza returned to her father's home. Eliza, too, regretted leaving, but she had to "save face". It was during the time with his Cherokee family, Houston met Tiana., p. 150 Tiana Robers was a living link with Oo-loo-te-ka's island in Tennessee, where a runaway boy with a copy of the Iliad and a rifle had learned the meaning of love and much of the meaning of life.............He (Houston) remembered her as a half-naked sprite not more than ten years old, a part of the vague backgound of the halcyon interlude on the enchanged island. She was a half-sister of The Raven's chums, John and James Robers, her mother being Jennie Due, whereas John's and Jame's mother was Elizabeth Due, Jennie's stepmother. Old Headman Rogers had confirmed his selections of wives to one wigwam. so had John and James, barring Jame's earlier misadventure with Susy. Their wives were the Coody sisters, Lizzie and Nannie. Indeed, nearly every on The Raven had known in the old days - the girls to whom he had made love, the boys with whom he had roamed - had married by now, some of them rather often. But Tiana was free. She had been married, it is true - to David Gentry, a blacksmith, and consequently a man of affairs. She was David's second wife, his first having been Mary Buffington, Tiana's aunt. David was no longer a factor, however. What had become of him I do not know: whether he had fallen in battle with Osages, or whether he and Tiana had simply "divided the blanket." Tiana, however, was more than a mere marriageable widow of thirty about whom crept the wraith of old desires. She was tall and slender and, on testimony from impartial white sources, she was beautiful. The whites sometimes called her Diana. Moreover she was socially eligilbe to become the wife of an adopted son of the Supreme Chief. The Rogers were of distinguished tribal linegage, their name and their strain of Caucasiam blood coming, by tradition, from a British officer. Tiana's half brother, Captain John succeeded Oo-loo-te-ka as first chief, and his grandson, William Charles Rogers, was the last chief to rule the Cherokee Nation........ In the summer of 1830 The Raven left his foster-father's lodge for one of his own with Tiana to cheer the hearth. Where the marriage ceremony took place, or whether there was any ceremony, is not know. Tiana was a widow and custom did not require a great to-do over a lady's second mating, which is one of the things that raises the study of Cherokee genealogy above the commonplace. But the Cherokees considered Sam Houston and Tiana Rogers to be man and wife, and this under no inability to discriminate between a marriage and a liaison.In the Fall of 1832, Houston was given the opportunity to go to Texas to help deal with Texas wanting to pull away from Mexico. p. 185-6 Houston passed the next three months settling his affairs........The Raven said farewell to Tiana and left her possessed of the Wigwam Neosho, its field, and two slaves. Houston entered the society and politics involved in dealing with the situation in Texas. He had had some "dealings" with Anna Raquet. p. 299 Houston was now free. Tiana was dead (this is the only reference to her death) and Cherokee roses bloomed on her grave. (Footnote from book: Tiana died of pneumonia. Although much courted, for she was rather well-to-do, and the tradition is, still handsome, she did not remarry. In the National Cemetery at Fort Gibson is a stone with this legend: Sacred to the memory of Tahlihina Cherokee Wife of Gen. Sam Houston Liberator of Texas Died at Wilson's rock, C.N. In the Year 1838 Removed to Fort gibson May 30, 1905 If Narcissa Owen, Cherokee mother of the former US Sen. from OK is correct in her recollection, it is likely that the body resting beneath this slab is that of Sam Houston's wife. Mrs. Owne remembered as a girl seeing the roses on Tiana's grave at Wilson's Rock. Professor Emmett Starr, the native Cherokee historian, and others contend, however,that the body is that of another, Tiana having been buried forty miles from Wilson's Rock. W. Wilson, a white man from whom the Rock takes it name, was an unsuccessful suitor for Tiana's hand. In any event, the name on the gravestone is incorrect. Tah-li-hina is a Chocktaw word.) Eliza Allen had been divorced - on the Presiden't petition, presented by his attorneys before District Judge Shelby Corzine of San Augustine. Mrs. Houston was represented by counsel, but there was no contest of the charge of abandonment. Even though it was done quietly, the news leaked out and all the old rumors surfaced once again. And even though he tried to make things right with Anna Raquet, the relationship was over. As he progressed with his work and travels, he was in Alabama on his way to Mississippi and was staying at Spring Hill, the home of William Bledsoe. It was here during a party he met Margaret Lea. p. 308 General Houston visited Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage, and moved on to East Tennessee where he sojourned with a cousin, Judge Wallace of Maryville. One evening a roomful of relatives were discussing Eliza Allen, who to everyone's surprise had married a wealthy widower. Someone made an unflattering comment about her Houston got up with his eyes flashing and said,"Whoever dare says a word against Eliza shall pay for it." Houston again visited the Bledsoe's and Margaret Lea. p. 309 When the General departed, Margaret wept. She had promised to be Sam Houston's wife. Many years later Margaret's pastor asked her how a girl of her environment could have risked her life's happiness in face of the warnings she received of Gen. Houston's history and habits. Margaret's answer covered everything. "He had won my heart." p. 313 .....the wedding was set for May 9, 1840, at the Lea residence in Marion. The guests arrived, the minister arrived and the musicians were ready to play when one of the men of the Lea family took General Houston aside. He said that unless Houston gave a satisfactory explanationof his separation from Eliza Allen the ceremony could not take place. Sam Houston's tone was courteous, but it did not disquise the feeling that the manner of this ultimatum seemed calculated to place him in a trap. He told his questioner that there was nothing to add to what he had already said. The cause of the setrangement was something he had never told. If the wedding depended upon his telling now, Margaret's kinsman might "call his fiddlers off." The wedding took place much to the dismay of many there. But over the next months Houston was the model of propriety and devoted to his wife. There are mentions of his children and some dates of birth: Sam, Jr. b 1843? Nannie b. Sep 6, 1845/6 A Baby Girl b 1848 Maggie b. 1850 Temple b 1850 I know there were more, but there isn't a definitive reference to all the children. What seems to be overall in the books I have looked at, is the only person he had children with was Margaret. Hope this helps..R. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Gist" <tiger@mail.gorilla.net> To: "Bill Gentry" <gntry.srch@att.net> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [Gentry] Re: GENTRY-D Digest V02 #44 > Barry: > Here is what I have on Gentry family. George G. Gentry was married two > times. First to Betsey Browder, second to Martha (Patsey) Carson. > Hope this helps. > Doris > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Descendants of Nicholas Gentry > > 1 Nicholas Gentry b: 1740 in Louisa County, VA d: 1782 in Ft. Nashboro, > NC (later TN) > . +Elizabeth P. Gibson > .. 2 George G. (Gibson? Guypson?) Gentry b: Abt. 1775 in Colleton > District, SC d: Abt. 1860 in Eutaw Cemetery - Limestone County, TX > ...... +Betsey Browder m: in Bef 1813 > ...... 3 John B. (Browder?) Gentry b: 1801 d: February 24, 1845 in Dyer or > Gibson County, TN > .......... +Letsy Mayfield d: in Gibson County, TN m: 1836 in TN > ...... 3 George J. Gentry b: 1803 > ...... 3 Nicholas Gentry b: 1805 > ...... 3 Samuel Gentry b: Abt. 1813 d: 1850 > .......... +Emaline Payne b: Abt. 1813 in TN d: 1850 in TX m: Abt. 1836 > .. *2nd Wife of George G. (Gibson? Guypson?) Gentry: > ...... +Martha (Patsey) Carson b: 1793 in VA d: in Texas m: July 02, 1813 > in Williamson County, TN > ...... 3 Nicholas C. Gentry b: 1815 in TN d: in Dyer County, TN > .......... +Eunis ? > ...... 3 Gipson C. Gentry b: 1818 in TN > .......... +Margaret > ...... 3 Sina Malinda Gentry b: 1818 in TN d: Aft. 1850 in Limestone > County, TX > .......... +Mark J. Thurman b: 1808 in TN m: 1834 in TN > ...... 3 Susan Gentry b: 1819 in Dover, Stewart County, TN d: November 06, > 1860 in LaGrange, Fayette County, TX > .......... +Fredrick Browder Waddill m: 1837 > ...... 3 Nancy Ann Gentry b: 1821 > .......... +Caleb Wilburn m: June 20, 1947 in Austin, TX > ...... 3 Drucilla H. Gentry b: 1825 in TN d: July 1878 in Limestone > County, TX > .......... +William R. Howard b: Abt. 1820 in TN d: 1876 in Limestone > County, TX m: December 26, 1844 in Colorado County, TX > ...... 3 Mary H. Gentry b: 1825 in TN > .......... +Mathew Kuykendall m: April 19, 1840 in Austin County, Texas > ...... 3 Mary Jane Gentry b: Abt. 1832 in Illinois d: November 13, 1876 in > Limestone County, Texas > .......... +Jonathan Allen d: Bef. 1858 m: October 27, 1845 in Colorado > County, TX > ...... *2nd Husband of Mary Jane Gentry: > .......... +James D. Stapleton b: Abt. 1826 in Louisiana d: Abt. 1864 in > Kosse, Limestone County, Texas m: October 27, 1845 in Colorado County, TX > ...... 3 Elias Marion Gentry b: Abt. 1833 d: March 1909 in Rochelle, > McCulloch County, TX > .......... +Malissa Jane Lowery b: May 06, 1838 in Cobb County, GA d: March > 1909 in Rochelle, McCulloch County, TX m: February 1855 in Limestone County, > TX > ...... 3 William Gentry b: Abt. 1836 > .. 2 Nicholas Gentry, Jr. b: September 15, 1776 d: September 27, 1843 in > Washington County, TX > ...... +Sarah Tennessee Browder d: December 1812 in Williamson, County, TN > m: February 19, 1805 in Williamson County, TN > ...... 3 Elizabeth P. Gentry b: June 27, 1806 d: July 11, 1887 in Dyer > County, TN - Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery > .......... +Wilson Y. Wynne m: September 26, 1826 in Williamson County, > TN > ...... 3 George Washington Gentry b: November 06, 1808 in Franklin, > Williamson County, TN d: January 05, 1883 in Comanche County, TX > .......... +Jane Smiley m: June 01, 1848 in Washington County, TX > ...... *2nd Wife of George Washington Gentry: > .......... +Martha Jane Spratt m: January 01, 1860 > ...... 3 Frederick Browder Gentry b: January 10, 1810 in Williamson, > County, TN d: April 18, 1877 in Hamilton County, TX > .......... +Rebecca Patton Barnett m: October 26, 1840 in Washington > County, TX > ...... 3 Caroline Gentry b: December 1812 in TN > .......... +Dr. Joseph Fuqua m: February 04, 1834 in Gibson County, TN > .. *2nd Wife of Nicholas Gentry, Jr.: > ...... +Mary 'Polly' Nunn b: March 29, 1795 in SC d: July 23, 1871 m: > October 26, 1815 in Williamson County, TN > ...... 3 James R. Gentry b: October 22, 1819 d: January 27, 1848 > .......... +Amanda m: July 05, 1868 in Fayette County, TX > ...... 3 Thomas Newton Gentry b: October 02, 1821 > .......... +Martha Jane Shannon m: July 15, 1856 > ...... 3 William Nicholas Gentry b: December 10, 1823 > .......... +Sarah I. Edmondson m: May 18, 1872 > ...... 3 Sarah Tennessee Gentry b: December 18, 1825 > ...... 3 Mary America Gentry b: March 20, 1829 d: February 24, 1847 > ...... 3 Francis F. Gentry b: December 25, 1832 > ...... 3 Rebecca I. Gentry b: September 08, 1834 > ...... 3 Nancy Louisa Gentry b: February 06, 1836 > ...... 3 Emily 'Mandy' Gentry b: March 24, 1841 d: October 21, 1844 > .. 2 Samuel A. Gentry b: February 24, 1778 in SC d: 1816 in Bedford > County, TN > ...... +Frances Uphamey Cannon b: September 12, 1788 m: 1803 > ...... 3 Minos Gentry b: Abt. 1801 > ...... 3 Sina Gentry b: Abt. 1805 > .......... +Richard T. Long > ...... 3 Letitia Gentry b: November 09, 1805 > .......... +Wiley Perry > ...... 3 John R. Gentry b: Abt. 1811 > .......... +Elvira Adams > ...... 3 Elizabeth Gentry b: Abt. 1813 > .......... +James A. Gregory > ...... 3 Nancy Gentry b: March 24, 1814 > .......... +Dorrington Garrett > ...... 3 Samuel Gentry II b: February 24, 1816 > .......... +Mary A. Bailey > .. 2 Nancy Gentry b: Abt. 1772 in Williamson County, TN d: 1828 in > Williamson, County, TN > ...... +James Boyd d: May 24, 1821 in Williamson, County, TN - (Section > which became Williamson County). m: Abt. 1794 in Davidson County, TN (?) > ...... 3 Abner Boyd b: November 08, 1796 in Davidson County, TN - later > Williamson County, TN d: May 26, 1854 in Weakley County, TN - Obion Chapel > .......... +Rebecca Finney Caldwell b: 1803 d: 1865 > ...... 3 Elizabeth Boyd b: July 27, 1798 in Davidson County, TN - later > Williamson County, TN d: April 25, 1875 in Travis County, TX > .......... +James Gibson Swisher b: 1794 d: 1864 m: September 1815 in > Williamson County, TN > ...... 3 Mary 'Polly' Boyd b: April 27, 1799 in Williamson, County, TN d: > Abt. 1850 in Williamson, County, TN > .......... +Samuel Pratt b: 1788 d: Bet. 1853 - 1854 m: September 07, 1814 > in Williamson County, TN > ...... 3 George Gentry Boyd b: February 20, 1821 in Williamson, County, TN > d: 1841 in Williamson, County, TN > .......... +Martha Ann Walker b: 1799 > ...... 3 Sinia Boyd > .......... +Henry Harry Swisher m: June 06, 1820 in Williamson County, TN > ...... 3 Nancy Boyd b: Abt. 1809 in Williamson, County, TN d: January 1830 > in Williamson, County, TN - Boyd Graveyard > .......... +Jonathan Amis b: 1800 d: 1869 m: December 21, 1825 in > Williamson County, TN > ...... 3 John G. Boyd b: Abt. 1807 in Williamson, County, TN d: Bet. > 1850 - 1854 in Williamson, County, TN > .......... +Caroline K. Collins d: 1845 m: March 10, 1827 in Williamson > County, TN > ...... *2nd Wife of John G. Boyd: > .......... +Mary Jane Buck m: January 05, 1848 in Williamson County, TN > ...... 3 James Washington Boyd b: Abt. 1809 in Williamson, County, TN d: > May 30, 1847 in Williamson, County, TN > .......... +Mary Ann Collins b: 1814 m: July 07, 1832 in Williamson > County, TN > ...... 3 Mira L. Boyd > ...... 3 Nicholas H. Boyd b: November 26, 1813 in Williamson, County, TN > d: March 25, 1894 in Davidson County, TN > .......... +Emeline M. Campbell b: 1815 d: 1883 m: November 12, 1835 in > Davidson County, TN > .. 2 William Gentry b: Abt. 1765 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Gentry" <gntry.srch@att.net> > To: <GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:01 AM > Subject: [Gentry] Re: GENTRY-D Digest V02 #44 > > > > At 09:00 PM 4/28/02 -0600, you wrote: > > >Hello, > > >Looking for info on the family of Mary Elizabeth Gentry, born 4/16/1841 > in > > >Gibson Co., TN and died 1/24/1879 in Gibson Co. She married Carson J. > > >Patterson, son of Carson Patterson and Cassa Carlton. > > >Mary was the daughter of John B Gentry and Letsy Mayfield. John was the > son > > >of George and Betsy Browder, Letsy was the daughter of Elias and Jane > > >Flemmon(Flemming) > > >Any info will be appreciated > > >Barry > > > > Do you have some mixed families here? George Gentry married Patsy > > (Martha?) Carson in 1813 in Williamson Co. His brother Nicholas married > > Sally Browder in 1805, also in Williamson Co., then Nicholas married > again, > > to Polly Nunn, in 1818. Nicholas was in Gibson Co. in 1840, while George > > was in Dyer Co., although neither one of them appear to have had your John > > and Letsey's family living with them. (George's children appear again in > > Dyer Co. in 1850 while George went on to TX). Not knowing the age of > John, > > but estimating that he would be about the same age as Letsey (born about > > 1815), this would place him will within a time period when he could have > > been a son of Nicholas and Sally. This all suggests that Nicholas was the > > father of your John rather than George. > > > > Both of them were sons of the Nicholas Gentry who died in Davidson Co. in > > about 1783, presumably killed by Indians, and granted land by the North > > Carolina legislature in 1784 as a patriot who helped defend Davidson > > Co. Nicholas Sr. in turn was the son of David and Sarah (Brooks) Gentry. > > > > > > ==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== > > Genforum Gentry forum: > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/gentry/ > > > > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gentry" <gntry.srch@att.net> To: <GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:01 AM Subject: [Gentry] Re: GENTRY-D Digest V02 #44 > At 09:00 PM 4/28/02 -0600, you wrote: > >Hello, > >Looking for info on the family of Mary Elizabeth Gentry, born 4/16/1841 in > >Gibson Co., TN and died 1/24/1879 in Gibson Co. She married Carson J. > >Patterson, son of Carson Patterson and Cassa Carlton. > >Mary was the daughter of John B Gentry and Letsy Mayfield. John was the son > >of George and Betsy Browder, Letsy was the daughter of Elias and Jane > >Flemmon(Flemming) > >Any info will be appreciated > >Barry > > Do you have some mixed families here? George Gentry married Patsy > (Martha?) Carson in 1813 in Williamson Co. His brother Nicholas married > Sally Browder in 1805, also in Williamson Co., then Nicholas married again, > to Polly Nunn, in 1818. Nicholas was in Gibson Co. in 1840, while George > was in Dyer Co., although neither one of them appear to have had your John > and Letsey's family living with them. (George's children appear again in > Dyer Co. in 1850 while George went on to TX). Not knowing the age of John, > but estimating that he would be about the same age as Letsey (born about > 1815), this would place him will within a time period when he could have > been a son of Nicholas and Sally. This all suggests that Nicholas was the > father of your John rather than George. > > Both of them were sons of the Nicholas Gentry who died in Davidson Co. in > about 1783, presumably killed by Indians, and granted land by the North > Carolina legislature in 1784 as a patriot who helped defend Davidson > Co. Nicholas Sr. in turn was the son of David and Sarah (Brooks) Gentry. > > > ==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== > Genforum Gentry forum: > http://genforum.genealogy.com/gentry/ > >

HI, Can you give us a little more information? Do you know where he was born, his parents, where did he live,etc. Norma At 11:45 AM 4/29/2002 -0400, Edmargiepc@aol.com wrote: >I am looking for the children of Jessie E. Gentry. >Jessie would have been born in the twenties. >Margie > > >==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== >SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBING: The only thing that should be in the message >body is the single word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE. Don't even put your >name. Send mail to: Gentry-L-Request@Rootsweb.com from - Middletown, Ohio Family Page: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes Gentry Records Page: http://members.tripod.com/~nanny_4/index.html Mail lists I manage: WERNER-L, KYPERRY-L, BAKER-L, OHBUTLER-L, SE-KENTUCKY-L, GENTRY-L

I am looking for the children of Jessie E. Gentry. Jessie would have been born in the twenties. Margie

At 09:00 PM 4/28/02 -0600, you wrote: >Hello, >Looking for info on the family of Mary Elizabeth Gentry, born 4/16/1841 in >Gibson Co., TN and died 1/24/1879 in Gibson Co. She married Carson J. >Patterson, son of Carson Patterson and Cassa Carlton. >Mary was the daughter of John B Gentry and Letsy Mayfield. John was the son >of George and Betsy Browder, Letsy was the daughter of Elias and Jane >Flemmon(Flemming) >Any info will be appreciated >Barry Do you have some mixed families here? George Gentry married Patsy (Martha?) Carson in 1813 in Williamson Co. His brother Nicholas married Sally Browder in 1805, also in Williamson Co., then Nicholas married again, to Polly Nunn, in 1818. Nicholas was in Gibson Co. in 1840, while George was in Dyer Co., although neither one of them appear to have had your John and Letsey's family living with them. (George's children appear again in Dyer Co. in 1850 while George went on to TX). Not knowing the age of John, but estimating that he would be about the same age as Letsey (born about 1815), this would place him will within a time period when he could have been a son of Nicholas and Sally. This all suggests that Nicholas was the father of your John rather than George. Both of them were sons of the Nicholas Gentry who died in Davidson Co. in about 1783, presumably killed by Indians, and granted land by the North Carolina legislature in 1784 as a patriot who helped defend Davidson Co. Nicholas Sr. in turn was the son of David and Sarah (Brooks) Gentry.

This may be a little off subject but can anyone tell me what Gentry line several landmarks in Arizona were named after? There are three, Gentry Canyon, Gentry Mountain and Gentry Lookout Tower. They are located along the Mogollon Rim county, in and by the west side of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. I found a reference to a Gentry Ranch at the foot of Gentry Mountain in about 1900 but nothing else. Just curious, Jim Franklin

FYI Nesbitt Memorial Library Colorado County Cemetery Records http://www.columbustexas.net/library/GK.htm Gentry, Allie; born: unknown; died: unknown; cem: Cheetham Née Britton, married Claude Gentry in 1905 Gentry, Earnest; born: unknown; died: unknown; cem: Cheetham Gentry, Francis M.; born: Nov 1, 1849; died: Jul 5, 1910; cem: Cheetham Daughter of Alfred and Mary (Shivers) Wooliver...married T.B. Gentry Gentry, M.T.; born: c. 1820; died: Feb 13, 1881; cem: Pleasant Grove Veteran of the Mexican War Gentry, Mrs. M.E.; born: unknown; died: Sep 1913; cem: unknown Gentry, Pearl; born: c. 1873; died: Jul 3, 1903; cem: Cheetham Gentry, Robbie; born: Oct 5, 1902; died: May 10, 1975; cem: Good Hope _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

Hello, Looking for info on the family of Mary Elizabeth Gentry, born 4/16/1841 in Gibson Co., TN and died 1/24/1879 in Gibson Co. She married Carson J. Patterson, son of Carson Patterson and Cassa Carlton. Mary was the daughter of John B Gentry and Letsy Mayfield. John was the son of George and Betsy Browder, Letsy was the daughter of Elias and Jane Flemmon(Flemming) Any info will be appreciated Barry

Hello, I am looking for information on William Patterson and his wife, Margaret Branch. Barry Descendants of Willam Patterson Generation No. 1 1. WILLAM1 PATTERSON was born 1750 in Virginia, and died July 1816 in Williamson County, Tennessee. He married MARGARET BRANCH 1774 in Virginia. She was born June 24, 1762 in Virginia, and died August 21, 1839 in Gibson or Williamson County, Tennessee. Children of WILLAM PATTERSON and MARGARET BRANCH are: i. ELIZABETH2 PATTERSON, b. Tennessee; m. WILLIAM BREEDEN, August 20, 1818, Tennessee. ii. MARY PATTERSON, b. Tennessee; m. JOHN BARNETT, July 9, 1821, Tennessee. iii. WILLIAM PATTERSON, b. May 27, 1786, Virginia; d. September 24, 1846, Gibson County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH MAYFIELD, October 1, 1805, Williamson County, Tennessee; b. Abt. 1786; d. February 1844, Gibson County, Tennessee. iv. JOHN PATTERSON, b. 1787, Virginia; d. Lafayette County, Arkansas; m. NANCY READ, May 7, 1810, Williamson County, Tennessee; d. Lafayette County, Arkansas. v. ROBERT CARSON PATTERSON, b. November 23, 1789, Virginia; d. June 25, 1873, Perry County, Tennessee; m. MALINDA CARSON, February 20, 1815, Williamson County, Tennessee; b. January 28, 1800, Tennessee; d. October 2, 1850, Perry County, Tennessee. vi. JAMES PATTERSON, b. 1794, Virginia; m. POLLY HERRIN, Williamson County, Tennessee. vii. CARSON PATTERSON, b. August 27, 1804, Williamson County, Tennessee; d. March 29, 1874, Gibson County, Tennessee; m. CASSA CARLTON, September 28, 1823, Tennessee; b. October 28, 1806, North Carolina; d. February 25, 1883, Gibson County, Tennessee. viii. THOMAS CARSON PATTERSON, b. December 23, 1806, Williamson County, Tennessee; d. July 19, 1873, Gibson County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH WARD, November 5, 1827, Rutherford County, Tennessee; b. November 10, 1811, Rutherford County, Tennessee; d. April 8, 1858.

Shiloh Cemetery is located in Folsomville Ind Warrick Co. 6 Miles East of Boonville Ind Also Known As Matthew Gentry Cemetery James H Gentry 1864-1941 Cora Gentry 1868-1938 Henry L Gentry 1869-1906 4 Mths 18 Days S/O WL & ME Nancy C Gentry 1870-1955 Hazel M Gentry 1903-1903 Hattie M Gentry 12/18/1892 2 Yrs 2 Mths 28 Days D/O H & NC Minea Ann Gentry 2/7/1889 4 Mths D/O J & S Mary C Gentry 6/3/1861 5 Mths 3 Days D/O J& S John Gentry -CO D 12 KY CAV William Gentry 1857-1893 Nancy J Gentry 1853-1898 Lessie Gentry 1889-1909 Leo E Gentry 1903-1976 Willard E Gentry 12/10/1866 S/O H & PE 1Yr 7 Mths 9 Days Harden Gentry 3/20/1830-7/28/1914 Mason Patsy C Gentry 4/22/1832-9/24/1904 Jahue Gentry 5/30/1881 48 Yrs 5 Mths 8 Days Infant Gentry 1/11/1893-1/11/1893 S/O H & N Sarilda Gentry 3/14/1858 D/O H & E 6 Mths 8 Days Samuel Gentry 7/25/1842-10/6/1923 Catharine Gentry 9/30/1844-10/21/1910 Traves C Gentry 12/6/1880 S/O S & C Veany Gentry 1/8/1869 D/O S & C 8 Days William T Gentry 1/25/1868-1/25/1968 100 Yrs S/O S & C Arvel E Gentry 7/21/1892 S/O AT & D 2 Yrs 24 Days Amos T Gentry 1866-1907 Theodosia Gentry 1865-1932 J T Gentry 8/1/1890 33 Yrs 7 Mths 14 Days Nettie Gentry 11/25/1883-4/30/1916 W/O Milborn Milborn Gentry 4/13/1871-4/17/1938 Nellie Gentry 5/15/1873-11/7/1907 W/O Milborn Hazel M Gentry 5/6/1899-2/19/1901 D/O M & N Jahu H Gentry 1/13/1883 24 Yrs 4 Mths 18 Days Matthew Gentry 1800-1887 Nancy Gentry 1799-1876 Manford F Gentry 1874-1929 Evie Lena Gentry 1876-1952 Alvis Gentry NO DATES HUSBAND Emma Gentry NO DATES WIFE Lowell Gentry NO DATES SON Hattie Gentry NO DATES Wife Opha Merle Gentry 1/1/1898-8/28/1908 D/O A & C James A Gentry 4/14/1868-3/1/1914 Christena Gentry 12/19/1872-8/14/1955 Nora Gentry 3/1/1901-7/17/1922 W/O Clarence R Rev Elijah Gentry 1880-1965 Amanda Gentry 1888-1975 Paul W Gentry 1913-1972 Leola V Gentry 1921-? Elijah Earl Gentry 8/3/1917-8/5/1960 Earl Gentry 1954 Bettye Gentry 1956-1960 Bernie Gentry 1958-1960 Inos Gentry 1908-1909 Johnny Gentry 1887-1910 James Gentry 1837-1912 Maryann Gentry 1828-1912 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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User unknown Last-Attempt-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:43:21 -0400 (EDT) --QAA27951.1019335401/imo-d09.mx.aol.com Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: from RGentry522@aol.com by imo-d09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.5.) id e.1a7.1100993 (4505) for <GENTRY-L.@rootsweb.com>; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:43:11 -0400 (EDT) Return-path: <RGentry522@aol.com> From: RGentry522@aol.com Message-ID: <1a7.1100993.29f32cdf@aol.com> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:43:11 EDT Subject: Fwd: vivian gentry To: GENTRY-L.@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_1a7.1100993.29f32cdf_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 121 --part1_1a7.1100993.29f32cdf_boundary Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_1a7.1100993.29f32cdf_alt_boundary" --part1_1a7.1100993.29f32cdf_alt_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/20/02 9:16:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, cann3229@webtv.net writes: > Hello. > my husbands mother was vivian gentry, she married wallace stephens, > about 1940 > then garnet graves, she died 1952 > do you have any info. onwallace merle stephens? thanks > > clair > --part1_1a7.1100993.29f32cdf_alt_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/20/02 9:16:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, cann3229@webtv.net writes:<BR> <BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Hello.<BR> my husbands mother was vivian gentry, she married wallace stephens,<BR> about 1940<BR> then garnet graves, she died 1952<BR> do you have any info. onwallace merle stephens? thanks<BR> <BR> clair<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_1a7.1100993.29f32cdf_alt_boundary-- --part1_1a7.1100993.29f32cdf_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <cann3229@webtv.net> Received: from rly-xd03.mx.aol.com (rly-xd03.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.168]) by air-xd05.mail.aol.com (v84.10) with ESMTP id MAILINXD54-0420091604; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 09:16:04 -0500 Received: from mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net [209.240.198.119]) by rly-xd03.mx.aol.com (v84.10) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXD35-0420091546; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 09:15:46 -0400 Received: from storefull-2195.public.lawson.webtv.net (storefull-2195.public.lawson.webtv.net [209.240.213.69]) by mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F532BD9 for <RGentry522@aol.com>; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from production@localhost) by storefull-2195.public.lawson.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/mt.gso.26Feb98) id GAA20506; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 06:15:44 -0700 (PDT) X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAuAhUAtIQDGuDOCWZhrxgObS2Y+ogOrlcCFQC6Q65XNSV4d0vFWDEV7ZWXguk26w== From: cann3229@webtv.net (Clair Stephens) Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 09:15:44 -0400 (EDT) To: RGentry522@aol.com Subject: vivian gentry Message-ID: <8563-3CC16A00-2207@storefull-2195.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Hello. my husbands mother was vivian gentry, she married wallace stephens, about 1940 then garnet graves, she died 1952 do you have any info. onwallace merle stephens? thanks clair --part1_1a7.1100993.29f32cdf_boundary-- --QAA27951.1019335401/imo-d09.mx.aol.com-- --part1_1a4.10fb813.29f32e09_boundary--

Thought this very intriguing information to share, if anyone has any more info on David Gentry and Tiana Rogers, let me know thanks..Medicine Woman From: NPTX@aol.com 10 Apr 2002 23:00:56 EDT Hi, I got a couple of books from the library on Sam Houston and have asked them to locate a couple of more in our system. Wanted to see what they had to say about his marriages and children. I am going to send some info from the books just to see what you think. Here goes. Sam Houston American Giant by M.K. Wisehart (I am not going to cite pages as much of the information is spread over many pages and chapters) On the marriage to Eliza Allen:they were married Jan 22, 1829. She was 20 yrs of age and he 36. They separated after 12 weeks of marriage. He resigned as Governor in April of 1829 and headed West back to the Cherokee Nation. After he got there, he evidently met Tiana Rogers GENTRY, the widow of blacksmith, DAVID GENTRY, who had been highly respected by the Cherokees. No children mentioned. Tiana was in her mid 30's when she met Houston. Houston knew as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation he wasn't subject to the U.S. laws governing marriage. At this point, there had been no divorce from Eliza. So in accordance with tribal customs, he "married: Tiana and within the tribe was recognized as a real marriage. Over the years, he spent his time trying to aid the Cherokees and then the opportunity to go to Texas presented itself. Anticipating a long abscence or whatever, he settled his Cherokee domestic affairs with finality. Diana, as she was called by white men, may have understood the Marriage within the tribe raised their relationship status above that of a mere liaison. But she must have realized if Houston was ever to return to public life, she could not go with him. Their relations were resolved in accord with tribal rule - when a white man separated from his Cherokee wife she should be "compensated for her pain and anquicsh." He gave her property and slaves, horses. >From her he received a power of attorney which identified her not as her wife but as the "widow of DAVID GENTRY." It is surmised this was in lieu of a divorce. Referring to her as GENTRY'S "widow" indicated the marriage relationship had terminated. About 1838 he finally divorced Eliza. Whether Eliza every tried to divorce him or not is not noted, but it is noted when he divorced her she had remarried and had children. Houston met Margaret Moffatt Lea in 1839, got to know her, wooed her, and married her at the home of her eldest brother,Henryin Marion, Perry County, Alabama, on May 9, 1840. She was 21 and he 47.Children born to them:Sam Houston, Jr. born May 25, 1843 Nancy Lea Houston born 1846 Nettie Houston Daughter born April 9, 1850 (4th ch, 3rd dau Antoinette Power Houston born January 20, 1852 (5th ch, 4th dau) Andrew Jackson Houston born June 21, 1854 William Rogers born May 25, 1858 Temple Lea Houston born August 20, 1860 (8th ch, 4th son) The Eagle and The Raven by James A. Michener The book mentions his marriage to Eliza and separation. p 98. Among the Cherokees, Houston, the drunken exile, opened a little store, as a hundred white squaw men had done before, and lived most happily, when not drunk, with a Cherokee woman named Tiana Rogers. He never married Tiana in any legal christian ceremony, for he was still legally married to Eliza allen, but he certainly married her in the Cherokee tradition and was known throught the Nation as her husband. p 128 In 1833 he arrived in Nacagdoches, took up temporary residence and even represented the area in a constitutional convention,where he performed as a bober, responsible voice preaching caution. There was a rumor that he sent back to Arkansas for his Indian wife, Tiana Rogers, but she did not join him and thus passes from history. (Until the arrival of a later member of her distinguished Cherokee family, the political humorist, Will Rogers.) pp 168-7 The postwar record of Houston, however, was brillant: 1836, first US Senator from the new state of Texas; 1859, withdrawal from the US Senate to become governor. And in 1840 he finally found married happiness in the person of a charming Alabama woman, twenty-six years younger than himself and the daughter of a Baptist preacher. Through her effors and pleading, Sam was finally baptized a Christian, as were the eight children he and Margaret had. The second book written by Michener glossed over quite a bit and was written more as a story than a biography. But in both books, they do seem to agree on one thing, there was no legal marriage between Houston and Tiana. And no children born of the first two marriages. Eight to his third and final marriage. Will wait for the other books. Have three more coming. Very interesting getting the take from different authors. Have found no mention of any other children at all. Until later, enjoy my friend. RS ===== Medicine Woman's Vision Researching: Pocohantas>Powhatan >Ashby>Gentry "I will fight no more" Chief Joseph __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

Interesting story -this is from the Washington Post, April 7, 2002: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7677-2002Apr6.html re 18-year crusade by Edwin F. Gentry, a Culpeper lawyer and Civil War buff determined to honor Farley's final request. -Read his poem at the end. [bold added at Gentry] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Confederate Captain Is Finally Going Home Group Honors Civil War Officer's Wish To Be Carried Back to South Carolina By William Branigin Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 7, 2002; Page C05 CULPEPER, Va., April 6 -- As he lay dying on the road to Brandy Station, his right leg severed by a ricocheting cannonball, Capt. William Downs Farley called to his fellow Confederate officers to bring him his missing limb. "It is an old friend, gentlemen, and I do not wish to part from it," he explained with a smile as he clutched it to his chest. Although that dying wish was granted, another wish was not. Days before the June 1863 battle that cost him his life at age 27, historians say, the dashing scout for Gen. J.E.B. Stuart told a lady friend in Culpeper that if he died, he wanted to be wrapped in his new uniform overcoat and sent to his mother in his native South Carolina. Now, nearly 139 years after he was buried in a Culpeper family's plot, the remains of Capt. Farley are finally going home. In a solemn ceremony today in this Piedmont town, about 120 people, including men in Confederate uniforms and women in period dresses, turned out to witness the formal transfer of Farley's remains to a delegation from his home town of Laurens, S.C. There, on April 27, the group plans to bury the remains next to the graves of his parents and three brothers. After dedicating a plaque to Farley at Culpeper's Fairview Cemetery, about 30 members of Sons of Confederate Veterans chapters from Virginia and South Carolina snapped to attention as a simple cedar casket was loaded onto a caisson drawn by two Clydesdales. Wearing the gray uniforms they use for battle reenactments and carrying replica Enfield rifles with fixed bayonets, the descendants of Civil War veterans paraded with Confederate flags as they accompanied the casket to the antebellum St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, where Gen. Stuart once worshiped. Following the caisson was a riderless horse with boots placed backward in the stirrups. The transfer marked the culmination of an 18-year crusade by Edwin F. Gentry, a Culpeper lawyer and Civil War buff determined to honor Farley's final request. "There's an awful lot of satisfaction in being able to accomplish this," said Gentry, a former president of the Museum of Culpeper History. "You can't help being fascinated by Farley's story. It's just something I felt like needed to be done." Farley, a law graduate of the University of Virginia who carried works by Shakespeare in his saddlebags, served as a volunteer on Stuart's staff, drawing no pay and providing his own horses and equipment, all captured from Union forces. A fellow officer wrote that Farley was "as handsome as a picture, his seat and pose in the saddle being perfect," and impressed those who knew him with his "splendid chivalric nature." In an emotional letter to Farley's mother, Stuart said of his aide, "No nobler champion has fallen." Shortly before his death, according to a contemporary account, Farley give his new uniform coat to "a lady of Culpeper" and told her, "If anything befalls me, wrap me in this and send me to my mother." Although the request has been mentioned in several history books, the lady in question has never been identified. "It's a big mystery to us at this time," said Virginia B. Morton, author of "Marching Through Culpeper," a historical romance novel in which Farley is a character. He might have had a romantic relationship with the woman, but even that is not certain, she said. The story captured the imagination of Gentry, who located Farley's grave and began researching his life in 1984. Gentry obtained permission from Farley's closest living relative, a great-great-niece in South Carolina, now 90 years old, to exhume his remains. But he was not able to find a descendant of the family that owned the Culpeper burial plot until January last year. Once permission was obtained from that family, Gentry enlisted the help of Douglas Owsley, a forensic anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution, and Malcolm Richardson, an archaeologist and historian from Reston, to excavate Farley's grave and write a report for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Owsley, a leading expert on Civil War remains, had previously helped identify victims of mass murderer Jeffery Dahmer and followers of Branch Davidian leader David Koresh who perished in a fire during a shootout with federal authorities in Waco, Tex. He currently is working to identify remains recovered from a Confederate submarine off Charleston, S.C., and skeletons found in Jamestown's "Starving-Time Cemetery." In October, Owsley's nine-member team of anthropologists from the National Museum of Natural History dug up Farley's grave, but they found little left of the Confederate scout. His crude pine coffin had disintegrated, and the acidic soil had dissolved his bones, leaving only some teeth, a few skull fragments, some porcelain buttons and a strip of leather, apparently a horse's bridle that had been used as a tourniquet on his leg. But the anthropologists found stains on the soil beneath his body that showed where his skeleton had dissolved, including the severed right leg that had been placed in the coffin. There was, however, no evidence that his coat had been buried with him. Although a campaign by descendants of Southern soldiers to celebrate April as "Confederate History Month" has stirred controversy in Virginia and opposition from black civil rights groups, the gray-uniformed reenactors in today's ceremony insisted that they were simply honoring their heritage. Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) decided last month to end his Republican predecessors' practice of declaring the history month. Dressed in the gray and red uniform of a Confederate artillery officer, Dwight Parker, the commander of Culpeper's Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter, said he and his comrades were marching and flying the Confederate flag "not in defiance, or to demean anybody else, but to honor our ancestors, nothing more and nothing less." As he eulogized Farley in St. Stephen's Church, Gentry said the ceremony was about a soldier's homecoming. Reading from a poem he wrote last fall, he said: Forgive us the time it took To grant your final wish. But now is the time, and Hand in hand, heart to heart You're making the long journey home. © 2002 The Washington Post Company

Looking for the line of Sandy Fitzsimmons ARMSTRONG b. 31 Aug 1891 Red Clay, Bradley Co, TN m. 10 Feb 1914 to Daisy Pearl Henry GENTRY d. 16 Dec 1955 Dalton, Whitfield Co. GA father: Thomas A ARMSTRONG b. TN mother: Virginia Louise(a) FITZSIMMONS b. TN I would appreciate any info on this line especially the parents, they are very elusive. Thanks for your assistance. Dara Dara Armstrong Lehner sciencelady@voyager.net

To all Gentry Cousins, My question concerns William Granvil Gentry. The following chain of ancestry was found on the web and I offer it only to: Find out if anyone knows if this is the correct chain of ancestry of William Granvil Gentry starting from Samuel Gentry to William Granvil Gentry. Find out if the below information is correct as stated and, I would like to find out if anyone out there knows what happened to William Granvil Gentry? Do you know who he married and if he had any children and where he died? 1. Samuel Gentry was born about 1628 in Thaxted or Essex, England. 3. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg01.htm#12903C">Nicholas Gentry</A> (<A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg01.htm#12901">Samuel</A> ) was born on 22 Aug 1655 in Thaxted, Essex, Sussex, England. He died in 1736 in Hanover, Va. He was endowed on 26 Jan 1922. 7. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg02.htm#12912C">Nicholas Gentry</A> (<A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg02.htm#12903">Nicholas</A> , <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg01.htm#12901">Samuel</A> ) was born on 30 May 1697 in New Kent, Va and was christened on 30 May 1699 in St Peter Parish. He died on 20 Feb 1779 in Albermarle, Va. 31. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg03.htm#12966C">Nicholas Gentry</A> (<A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg03.htm#12912">Nicholas</A> , <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg02.htm#12903">Nicholas</A> , <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg01.htm#12901">Samuel</A> ) was born in 1726 in Hanover, Va. He died on 13 Dec 1787 in Louisa Co., VA/Adair Co., Ky. 103. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg04.htm#13392C">John Gentry</A> (<A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg04.htm#12966">Nicholas</A> , <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg03.htm#12912">Nicholas</A> , <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg02.htm#12903">Nicholas</A> , <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smokymtnman/gentry/pafg01.htm#12901">Samuel</A> ) was born on 1 Apr 1758 in Louisa, Va. He died in Hardin Co., Ky. John married Mildred "Milly" Edwards on 1 Apr 1780 in Louisa, Va. Mildred was born in 1762 in Louisa, Va. She died in Hardin Co., Ky. They had the following children: 395 M vi William Granvil Gentry was born on 23 Jan 1786 in Licking Hole Cre, St. James Parish, Goochland, Va and was christened on 10 Apr 1786 in William was chri. Licking Hole Creek, St. James Parish, Goochland, VA William was christened at the St. James Parish. I am fully aware that John Gentry had more wives and more children. I am only interested in William Granvil Gentry. If anyone knows anything about him will you please let me hear from you? Thanks for taking the time to read this query. Hoping for some feed back on this. Thank you, Juanita Rainey Miss Sparkle <A HREF="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentry536">RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Juanita's Family Tree</A>