Born in Putnam Co TN
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Wood Maxwell
and Mary Elizabeth Shanks
Sister of
Martha Ann (Maxwell) Allison, Margaret Frances (Maxwell) Patton, Joel Whitten Maxwell Sr, Elizabeth Jane (Maxwell) Crawford, William Cullom Maxwell, James Thomas Maxwell, Tennessee Bell Maxwell, Andrew McClain Maxwell and David Wood Maxwell Jr.
Wife of
John Whitley Gentry
— married
28 Nov 1878 in Baxter, Putnam CO TN
Descendants 
Mother of
Willis Norman Gentry, Naomi Ethel (Gentry) Hickey, Monroe Gentry, Laura Frances (Gentry) Maxwell, Benajmin Harrison Gentry Sr., Eliza Gertrude (Gentry) Sliger, Betty Alice (Gentry) Elmore, Ida Mae (Gentry) Johnson, William D. Gentry, Amanda Fern (Gentry) Elmore and Velma Margaret (Gentry) Moss
Died
at age 70
in Putnam CO TN
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Nov 2013
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Biography
Had 11 children
Sources
- Buried Maxwell Cemetery Putnam Co TN
- Year: 1870; Census Place: District 7, Putnam, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1554; Page: 150A; Image: 306; Family History Library Film: 553053
- Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
- Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 20, Putnam, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1516; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0095; FHL microfilm: 1375529
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/53994258/laura-josephine-gentry : accessed 30 July 2021), memorial page for Laura Josephine “Josie” Maxwell Gentry (18 Aug 1862–28 Mar 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53994258, citing Samuel Maxwell Cemetery, Baxter, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Joyce Parker (contributor 47124390) .
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