Elliot Newton Dent (1906 - 1948)

Born 3 Sep 1906 in Elizabeth Magisterial District, Wirt, West Virginia, United States

Died 1 Jul 1948 at age 41 in McConnelsville, Morgan, Ohio, United States

Biography

Elliot Newton Dent

Obituary

Elliott N. Dent, aged 41, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dent of Route 4, Elizabeth, was drowned on Thursday night in the Muskingum river at McConnelsville, Ohio. According to some reports, he was in a boat running a trot line about 10:00 p.m. Thursday. The body was recovered a short time later but efforts to revive him failed.

Mr. Dent was a veteran of World War II. A former Wirt County teacher, he was a member of the Two Ripple Baptist Church and of the American Legion.

Final rites were conducted Monday afternoon from the Two Ripple Baptist Church. The Reverend H.L. Short of Littleton officiated and was assisted by the Reverend Ross McCoy of Route 4, Elizabeth. Interment followed in the church cemetery with members of Wirt Post No. 55, the American Legion, in charge of a military burial.

Surviving in addition to his parents are a daughter, Mrs. John Huffman of Parkersburg; three brothers, Caswell Dent of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, Ralph Dent of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Adrian Dent of Butte, Montana; a half-brother, Howard Conrad, of Belpre, Ohio; and two sisters, Mrs. John Wilson of Weirton, and Mrs. John Murray of Grafton.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Unknown source of obituary from FindAGrave

• "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMH4-14W : 10 February 2018), Elliott Newton Dent, 1906; citing Wirt, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 849,407.
• "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRX2-PS5 : 7 December 2018), Elliott Newton Dent, 03 Sep 1906; citing Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,810.
• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5PT-19B : 12 December 2019), Elliott Newton Dent, 1906.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJ7-X28 : accessed 27 February 2021), Elliott N Dent in household of Milton Dent, Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 6A, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1699; FHL microfilm 1,375,712.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2Q-GP5 : 4 February 2021), Elliot N Dent in entry for Milton Dent, 1920; Wirt, West Virginia, United States
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCB-J65 : accessed 27 February 2021), Elliott Dent in household of Milton Dent, Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 3A, line 27, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2559; FHL microfilm 2,342,293.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K787-CMH : 8 January 2021), Elliot Dent in household of Milton Dent, Elizabeth Magisterial District, Wirt, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-4, sheet 13A, line 34, family 251, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4452.
• "District of Columbia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ1-HJJW : 13 March 2020), Elliott Newton Dent, Washington, , District of Columbia, United States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, 16 Oct 1940, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FHL microfilm .
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8TS-6ST : 5 December 2014), Elliott N Dent, enlisted 07 Jul 1942, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX9M-GXH : 10 July 2020), Elliot N Dent, 01 Jul 1948; citing , reference non-certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,491.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX9M-GX7 : 10 July 2020), Elliott Dent, 01 Jul 1948; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,491.
• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-4HVP : 11 January 2021), Elliott N Dent, 1948.
• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-4HVG : 11 January 2021), Elliott N Dent, 1948.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #80936588 Elliott Newton Dent (3 Sep 1906–1 Jul 1948), Two Ripple Baptist Church Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA

See also:

• Dent Family History
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8FK-GB2