James Lahmen Leamon Dent (1856 - 1905)

Born 24 Apr 1856 in Wirt, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Claudia Esther (Townsend) Dent — married 13 Dec 1890 (to 28 Feb 1905) in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1905 at age 48 in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States

Biography

James Lehman Dent, born in 1856, he was my great uncle, however he did not die in the Civil War, he was at most 9 years old when the conflict ended, and as you have indicated, your James married and had children.

His father, James Evans Dent, died in the Union Prison Camp at Point Lookout, MD. One of James E. Dent's sons William B. Dent was killed in the same engagement that James was captured. They were serving with the 19th Virginia Cavalry. I do believe that he was not the only James Dent killed in the Civil War. James's wife was named Jane Beaty.^[1]

Birth

April 24 1856.

Dent, James Leamon, Born Apr 24 1858 in Wirt County Virginia, Died 1905 in Wirt County West Virginia^[2]

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

Father's Birthplace: Ireland

Mother's Birthplace: Maryland, United States Page: 195 Page Letter: D Entry Number: 4218

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^[3]

Mariage

Married by Rev. W.C. Leech at age of 34.

Occupation listed as Farmer.

Consent of marriage given in person by George W. Townsend, Claudia's father.^[4]

To view image click HERE, line 55.

Death

February 28 1905.

James died at the young age of 49 from pneumonia. His occupation is listed as Merchant. The next two entries in the record book are for two of his sons.

To view death record click HERE. Note: Entries 3-5 are father, son, and son.

Find A Grave Memorial# 80936731

Family History.

Birth: 1858 Death: 1905

Family links: Parents: James Dent (____ - 1863) Jane B. Beaty Dent (1820 - 1898)

Spouse: Claudia E. Townsend Dent (1873 - 1953)

Children: James Roy Dent (1891 - 1906)* Dessie Pearl Dent Lockhart (1894 - 1974)* Maggie Ester Dent Walcutt (1897 - 1989)* Ralph Beatty Dent (1898 - 1906)* Lulu A Dent Parchman (1902 - 1986)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Two Ripple Baptist Church Cemetery Elizabeth Wirt County West Virginia, USA ^[5]

Will

Jame's will was probated March 27 1905, Wirt County Courthouse, Elizabeth, WV. Book 2 page 292.

Sources

• https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=75&query=%2Bgivenname%3AJames~%20%2Bsurname%3Adent~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AWV~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1855-1860~%20%2Bdeath_year%3A1905-1905~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3Aclaudia~%20%2Bspouse_surname%3Atownsend~ Death, Marriage, Birth of Clara Belle Dent (daughter). 1880 Census, showing a Sarah Dent listed as other.

• "West Virginia, Deaths, 1853-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMJ3-R3V : accessed 10 Aug 2013), James L. Dent, 28 Feb 1905.

• Birth Date: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DENT/2001-05/0990981249 ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvkanawh/FamilyData/dent.html

Footnotes

1. ↑ From: Bill and/or Evelyn <evnbilw@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [DENT] Dents Info Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DENT/2001-05/0989672941
2. ↑ http://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/familytree?uid=dent2005&surname=Dent
3. ↑ Affiliate Film Number: T9-1415 GS Film number: 1255415 Digital Folder Number: 004244700 Image Number: 00782 "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.
4. ↑ "West Virginia, Marriages, 1853-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FBZN-H4Z : accessed 10 Aug 2013), James L Dent and Claude E Townsend, 1890.
5. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80936731

Acknowledgments

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