Jane Belle (Beaty) Dent (1820 - 1898)

Born 11 Feb 1820 in Marion District, Smyth, Virginia, United States

Wife of James E Dent — married 1840 in Harrison, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1898 at age 78 in Palestine, Wirt, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Parents

Alexander married Mary S. "Molly" CARTER, 27 Jul 1797 Monongalia Co, WV (Minister John Willey). She was born 16 Nov 1779 in DE and died 16 May 1843. They had the following children:

Jane Bell BEATY. Born 14 Feb 1820..^[1]

Marriage

Record submitted to court by David Cunningham on May 17 1841. Date of marriage not clear, and only the year is recorded. 184? Obviously prior to May 17 1841. ^[2] It appears to be 1840, and the date of marriage listed below ^[3] indicates when the marriage was admitted into record in Harrison County.

Jane Bell BEATY. Born 14 Feb 1820. She married James DENT, son of Dudley E DENT and Mahala BERKSHIRE, 17 May 1841.^[4]

1880 Census

Name: Jane B. Dent Event Type: Census Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States Gender: Female Age: 59 Marital Status: Widowed Occupation: Farms Race (Original): W Ethnicity: American Relationship to Head of Household: Self Birthplace: West Virginia, United States Birth Date: 1821 Spouse's Name: Spouse's Birthplace: Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: Ireland Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Maryland, United States Page: 195 Page Letter: D Entry Number: 4218 Affiliate Film Number: T9-1415 GS Film number: 1255415 Digital Folder Number: 004244700 Image Number: 00782 Household Gender Age Birthplace Self Jane B. Dent F 59 West Virginia, United States Son James Dent M 24 West Virginia, United States Daughter Sarah L. Dent F 17 West Virginia, United States^[5]

Find A Grave Memorial# 64848440

Birth: Feb. 11, 1820 Death: Jun. 8, 1898

Married in Harrison County in 1840 James Evans Dent (25 April 1819 - 20 Nov. 1863), a son of Dudley Evans Dent and Mahala Berkshire Dent.

Family links: Spouse: James Dent (____ - 1863)

Children: William B. Dent (1842 - 1863)* Marshall M. Dent (1844 - 1902)* James L. Dent (1858 - 1905)*

• Calculated relationship

Inscription: Jane B. Wife of J.E. Dent

Burial: Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery Palestine (Wirt County) Wirt County West Virginia, USA ^[6]

NOTE: Jane Belle Beaty Dent's gravestone is located in the upper half of the old part of Palestine cemetery. DOD was confirmed at the Wirt County Court house, around 1985. Cause of death was paralysis.

Will

NOTE: The following is quite possibly a different Jane Dent.^[7] Recorded Wirt County Court, Elizabeth, WV. Will Book 4, page 276, Probate May 24 1918, listed two children: Rosie and Morgan.

Alexander BEATY was born 12 May 1772 in NY and died 13 Nov 1832 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV.

Alexander BEATY bought 470 acres on Teverbaugh Creek from Jacob Jacobs in Harrison Co. on 10 April 1797. He bought 400 acres on Buffalo Creek and more acreage on Pyles Fork and Dents Run beginning in 1806. In 1829 he bought 106 acres on Buffalo Creek one mile from Mannington, where, with the help of two slaves and his older sons, he built a red brick house close to the road. That house is still standing, and is owned by Michael Beaty, a g-g-g- grandson.

He farmed and raised cattle for market. On a cattle drive to Baltimore, he became ill with a high fever and died shortly after arriving home.

Alexander married Mary S. "Molly" CARTER, 27 Jul 1797 Monongalia Co, WV (Minister John Willey). She was born 16 Nov 1779 in DE and died 16 May 1843. They had the following children:

10. Jane Bell BEATY. Born 14 Feb 1820. She married James DENT, son of Dudley E DENT and Mahala BERKSHIRE, 17 May 1841.^[8]

Sources

Family History.

Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery Index at: http://cemeteries.wirtcounty.net/Cemeteries/Bethesda%20Baptist%20Church%20Cemetery.htm

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shuman/alexander.html
2. ↑ Record viewable at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=847273&ImageNumber=544
3. ↑ http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shuman/alexander.html
4. ↑ http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shuman/alexander.html
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6TZ-N3C : accessed 10 Aug 2013), Jane B. Dent, 1880.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #64848440
7. ↑ Notes on back of original index card from research and interviews, circa 1985.
8. ↑ http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shuman/alexander.html

Acknowledgments

Findagrave Created by: Marjorie Record added: Jan 29, 2011; Findagrave photo Added by: Crystal