Absalom
Dent
Born about in Piscataway, Prince George's, Maryland, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Walter Dent
and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Dent
Husband of
Melinda (Matkin) Dent
— married
1820 in St. Francois County, Missouri
Descendants 
Died
at about age 83
in St. Francois Co., Missouri, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2011
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Biography
Absalom was born about 1783 to Walter Dent and Elizabeth Montgomery. He married Malinda Matkin when he was about 40 and raised his family in Missouri. Absalom died in 1868 at 84 years old.
"...the Devines and the Dents were some of the first settlers in this area. There was a post office located along the tracks and was known as "Dents Station". Radford says the group has obtained an actual ledger with names of the people that lived there and traded at a store owned by the Matkin family, another family that was here early on, in the area ... dating back to 1864. This pre-dates Bismarck which was formed in 1868."[1]
Timeline with Sources
- c 1783 - Birth - Maryland
- by 1823 - Marriage to Malinda Matkin
- 1824 - Birth of Daughter Mary Dent - St Francois County, Missouri, USA
- 1827 - Birth of Son Walter Dent - St Francois County, Missouri, USA
- 1831 Apr 14 - Birth of Son Fleming Dent - St. Francois Co., MO.
- 1836 Apr 13 - Birth of Son Leroy Dent --St Francois, St Francois, Missouri
- 1837 Nov 7 - St Francois Co, Missouri - Purchased 80 acres - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907[1] Doc #3999
- 1840 United States Federal Census[2] p family # - Pendleton, St Francois, Missouri
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 - 1 (Leroy); 5 thru 9 - 1 (Fleming); 10 thru 14 - 1 (Walter); 50 thru 59 - 1 (Absalom)
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 - 1 (Mary); 40 thru 49 - 1 (Malinda)
- 1850 United States Federal Census[3] p 390 family #621 - District 80, St Francois, Missouri - Real Estate Value: 3,600 - Household members: Absalom Dent 65; Melinda Dent 45; Fleming Dent 19; Leroy Dent 12
- 1860 United States Federal Census[4] p 49 family #303 - Liberty, St Francois, Missouri, USA - Residence Post Office: Dents Station - Household members: Absalom Dent 75; Malinda Dent 60; Leroy Dent 22; Malinda Hughes 15 (her relation to the family is unclear at this time)
- 1863 Jul 09 - Death of wife Malinda Matkin - Bismarck, St Francois, MO - date unsourced
- 1868 Aug 05 - Death - St. Francois Co., MO.
- 1868 Sep 8 - Probate - St Francois, Missouri - Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988[5] St Francois Administrators Bonds, 1852-1903, p 96 - Son Leroy is the adminstrator
- ↑ The Daily Journal, Park Hills, MO, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008 "Cemetery Cleanup"
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Absalom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Absalom:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Absalom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Absalom:
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Jane (Murtishaw) Lindsey 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M411450 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jmurt1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T634437 [compare], FTDNA kit #166638
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~1.56%
Mike Murtishaw :
23andMe, GEDmatch M710548 [compare]
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~1.56%
Wes Murtishaw :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T765509 [compare], FTDNA kit #241289
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Nina (Sadler) Bell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T008462 [compare], FTDNA kit #370837
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~0.78%
Bob Dent :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kathie (Tubbs) Calhoun :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member katzpauses2018
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Michiel (Cox) Landers :
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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Categories: St. Francois County, Missouri | Piscataway, Maryland
PS: I am trying to find a Vincent Dent who ended up in Indiana and fought in the civil war, if you come across anything, that'd be great.