Mahalath (Berkshire) Dent (abt. 1795 - abt. 1884)

Born about 23 Aug 1795 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Dudley Evans Dent Sr. — married 1 Oct 1812 in Monongalia, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died about 1884 at about age 88 in Kanawah River, Wood, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Married in Harrison County in 1840 James Evans Dent (25 April 1819 - 20 Nov. 1863), a son of Dudley Evans Dent and Mahala Berkshire Dent.

Sources

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173828521/mahalath-dent : accessed 25 May 2022), memorial page for Mahalath “Mahala” Berkshire Dent (23 Aug 1795–1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 173828521, ; Maintained by Christopher M Watson (contributor 47369733) Burial Details Unknown.

"Pedigree Resource File", database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SB99-STP : accessed 2013-07-23), entry for Mahala /Berkshire/.

Footnotes

NOTE: This reference indicates that Mahala was born 1795 , Monongalia, West Virginia, USA and that her father's name was John.????^[1]

NOTE:Reference to a son of Jno (John) Berkshire in Monongalia, WV ^[2]

NOTE: 1830 Census shows a John A. Berkshire in Monongalia, WV, as well as two other Berkshires of the same count.^[3]

1. ↑ "International Genealogical Index (IGI)", database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M3RK-Y2V : accessed 2013-07-23), entry for Mahala Berkshire.
2. ↑ "West Virginia, Deaths, 1853-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMV1-8J2 : accessed 23 Jul 2013), M. Berkshire in entry for Robt. E. Berkshire, 21 Aug 1873.
3. ↑ https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Aberkshire~%20%2Bfilm_number%3A004411235

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