Pernina (Farmer) Estes was born on 27 Feb 1817 in Union City, Franklin, Missouri, United States, daughter of Aquila Farmer (1767 - 1851) and Mary (Nail) Farmer (~1782 - 1850).
Pernina married Hiram Estes on 8 May 1837 in Union City. Together they had fourteen children:[1][2][3][4]
Her husband, Hiram, died in 1863. She married Benajah Gentry on 30 Oct 1881 in Newton County, Missouri.[5][6] By 1885 she was living with her son Henry in Johnson County, Nebraska -- without her new husband.[7]
Pernina died on 18 Mar 1909 in Newtonia, Newton, Missouri aged 92.[1] She is buried at Dice Cemetery, Fairview, Newton County, MO.[8]
↑"United States Census, 1850."FamilySearch. 22 December 2020, Hiram Estis, Benton Township, Newton, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑Estes, Thomas. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.
↑"Nebraska State Census, 1885."FamilySearch. 2 March 2021, Pernina Estes in entry for Henry Estes, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M352 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 499,558.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 11 January 2023, memorial page for Pernina Farmer Estes (27 Feb 1817–18 Mar 1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #12777939, citing Dice Cemetery, Fairview, Newton County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Maureen Stewart Barnard (contributor 48063724).
See also:
"United States Census, 1880."FamilySearch. 14 January 2022, Pernina Estes, Franklin Township, Newton, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
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