John Gentry (1783 - 1857)

Born 1783 in Hanover, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Patsy (Hicks) Gentry — married 25 Nov 1804 in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States

Died 30 Dec 1857 at about age 74 in Greene County, Virginia, United States

Biography

Rev John Gentry served in the War of 1812
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Military Service: War of 1812 Buried on Gentry Farm; service in War of 1812, m. 1) 25 Nov 1804 Albemarle Co., VA Patsey HICKS b.c. 1784; d. bef 1848 d/o Anderson HICKS

m. 2) 20 Apr 1848 Greene Co., VA Olley SHIFLETT b.c. 1800 Orange Co., VA, d. aft. 1880 d/o Richard and Elizabeth SNOW SHIFLETT

Parents: James Gentry (1757 - 1851) Mary Hicks Gentry (1763 - 1835)

Siblings: John Gentry (1783 - 1857) Dorothy Gentry Harvey (1786 - 1857)* James Gentry (1794 - 1876)* JOHN GENTRY, of Green Co., Va.

(186) June* IV. George III. James IL

Born in Albemarle Co., Va.; died Dec. 30, 1857. He married Patsey Hicks, Nov. 25, 1801. Lived in Green Co., Va. John, a preacher of the Christian church; had sons James, John, David, Nicholas, Everett and Benjamin, and Sarah F., who married True.

192. JOHN GENTRY, of Green Co., Va. (186) James IV, George III, James II. Born in Albemarle Co., Va. ; died Dec. 30, 1857. He married Patsey Hicks, Nov. 25, 1801. Lived in Green Co., Va.

Children :

1. Fountain; married Ann Knight, Feb. 9, 1823. He moved to Missouri, where he died.

Children : a. Isaac. b. George ; settled in Pennsylvania. c. B. Frank; Rockingham Co., Va. d. Andrew; Rockingham Co., Va. e. Silas ; lived in West Va.

2. Austin, born in Green Co., Va., Oct. 11, 1809; died Aug. 14, 1870; married Frances V. Naylor of Albemarle Co., Jan. 3, 1833.

Children : a. Thomas ; d. in 1889. b. H. B. C. Gentry; b. Sept. i, 1853; resides at Elkton, Va.

3. John, married Carolina Douglass, Dec. 5, 1840, and lived in Green Co., Va. ; died about a. George; died 1871; age 30 years.

b. Dr. John M. ; practicing physician ; Stoney Fork, Tioga Co., Pa. c. Dr. C. Clark; practicing physician in Hoj^ville, Tioga Co., Pa. d. William Benjamin; lives at the old homestead at Smithton, Va., on a part of the land owned by his great grandfather, James Gentry.

4. James, married Luthana Sandridge, Nov. 6, 1845, lived in Rockingham Co., Va., and had: William and Henry.

5. Elizabeth; died May 27, 1848.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #131541851
• Burial: Non-Cemetery and is buried on old Gentry Farm.
• George Gentry of Virginia

Virginia Records