John was a Shoemaker. After his wife died, he lived with their daughter, Abigail Kent-Propst in Hickory, Catawba, NC. He was blind at the end of his life.[1][2]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6F-CRJ : 13 November 2020), John Kent in household of Wallace A. Propst, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 41, sheet 389D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,957.
↑US Federal Census, 1880; Census Place: Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina; Roll: 957; Family History Film: 1254957; Page: 389D; Enumeration District: 041; Image: 0245
"Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD77-K4X : 8 December 2014), John Kent and Sarah Reynolds, 09 Feb 1821; citing Greene,Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 944,386.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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.
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