> My interest perked up when I read the name Abednego, since I have a bunch o' them in my line. This Alfred > appears to be the s/o Allen Gentry and Sarah "Sally" Brittain. Allen was the s/o Obednigo (or Abednego) > Gentry. Obednigo was the brother of Meshack, my 4th great grandfather. Allen was born 11 Feb 1804 in > Halifax Co VA and died 03 Jan 1878 in Guilford Nodaway Co MO. He m Sarah "Sally" Brittain 24 Mar 1822 in > Surry Co NC. Where this death notice helps me is, I had no children listed for Allen and Sally. Thanks > Norma! Meg > >>From the Holt County Death Notices is the following: > > > >GENTRY, Alfred -- died 15 May 1910 at his home near Oregon, Mo., aged > >77. He was born in N. Carolina, 3 Feb 1834, the son of Allen & Sarah > >Gentry. He was the 5th child of 8 boys & all are dead, except the 2 > >youngest -- Abednego Gentry, of Cloudchief, Okla. & J.D. Gentry, of > >Indianola, Nebr. & a sister, Mrs Sadie Carter, of Guilford, Mo.. He > >came from Nodaway Co., Mo. to Holt Co. in 1851. He married Rachel > >Hobson, 28 Dec 1854 and she survives with her 6 children -- George, of > >Plymouth Falls, Ore.; John B., of Florence, Ore.; Mrs Matilda Reaves, of > >Gardner, Ore.; Mrs Mary E. Porter, of Riverside, Ca.; Mrs Anna A. > >Keeney, of near Oregon, Mo. & Mrs Ada O. Beret, of Belgrade, Nebr.. > >Alfred served in Co. G., 43rd. Mo. Inf. in the civil war. Burial in > >Maple Grove cemetery at Oregon, Mo. > >