Joseph Gentry (1799 - 1864)

Born 29 Oct 1799 in Madison Co., KY

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Joseph Gentry was born in 1799 to Richard William Gentry and Jane (Harris) Gentry.^[1]

Joseph and Elizabeth Tribble wed and resided on Richard and Jane Gentry's farm for some time prior to acquiring their own farm in Lincoln County, Kentucky.^[1] The couple were Baptists and had several children, including Jane (Gentry) Smith, Mary Frances (Gentry) Parish (b. 1 Jan 1818), Peter Tribble Gentry (19 Dec 1819), Nancy Boone (Gentry) (Woods) Gentry, Joseph H. Gentry (b. 20 Sept 1831, d. 29 Oct 1863), Richard Gentry (d. single Nov 1862), Alexander T. Gentry (b. Oct 1838, d. Aug 1862), Harris F. Gentry (b. 15 Oct 1829 d. 1 Dec 1859), William Harris Gentry, and Overton Harris (b. 16 June 1836).^[1]

Joseph and his brother, Overton Gentry, reportedly were the first to drive hogs from that region of Kentucky to market in Charleston, South Carolina on foot.^[1] Joseph also reportedly owned several slaves.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Richard Gentry, Ph.D., Gentry Family in America 1676 to 1909, pp. 116-118 (Grafton Press, New York 1909). Copy available at https://books.google.com/books?id=TbhYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by triangulation group consisting of Maxine McReynolds (GEDMatch M943864), Private Gentry (GEDMatch A132087), and Private Bright (GEDMatch T125921), sharing a 13.6 cM segment on chromosome 9 from 83,547,892 to 91,931,685.