JOHN C. "JACKSON" GENTRY was born Abt. 1835 in Alabama, and died 06-26-1862 in Columbus, MS. He married SARAH CORNETT 12-22-1858 in Russell Co., AL. Notes for JOHN C. "JACKSON" GENTRY: John C. Gentry enlisted in Company I, 36th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi volunteers on Feb 24, 1862 in Captain Redmond D. Ogletree's Company (Stephens Guards). He died four months later in the hospital at Columbus, MS. for unknown reasons. Child of JOHN GENTRY and SARAH CORNETT is: NATHANIEL STOVALL GENTRY, b. 05-29-1860, Newton Co., MS; d. 04-25-1947, Newton, MS.