Curtis
Gentry
Born in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Susan A. (Rubles) Gentry
— married
19 Dec 1871 in Estill County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Maud (Gentry) Combs and Beulah (Gentry) Bicknell
Died
at age 74
in Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Dec 2014
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Biography
Curtis Gentry lived in Appalachia, in Kentucky.
Curtis was the son of Pleasant and Maria (Park) Gentry of Estill County, Kentucky, and the brother of Albertus, Malinda, and William. He was born in July, 1851, in Richmond, Kentucky. His father was a farmer in Madison and Estill Counties, Kentucky, and Curtis followed in his father's footsteps.
Curtis married Susan Rubles on December 19, 1871, in Estill County. Their children were Lucy, Maud, and Beulah. They lived and farmed in the Crooked Creek area of Estill County. Susan died in 1881 while the children were still young.
Curtis married Betty Bruce in 1889. In 1900, they were living in the Red Lick area with children Giles, Glendon, and Guston. By 1910, the family had moved to Grant County, Oklahoma.
In 1920, Curtis and Betty were living in Palm Beach County, Florida. Curtis died there in 1924.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBL-3LT : 30 December 2015), Curtis Gentry in entry for Pleasant Gentry, 1860.
- marriage record for Curtis Gentry and Susan Rubles, 1871
- "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4SJ-FTB : accessed 22 December 2014), Curtis Gentry in entry for Ennis Combs and Maud Gentry, 05 Mar 1896; citing Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, reference b 24 p 261; FHL microfilm 1,760,336.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCX-C2P : 11 August 2016), Curtis Gentry, Crooked Creek, Estill, Kentucky, United States.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M949-SNZ : accessed 26 April 2017), Curtis Gentry, Magisterial District 5, Red Lick, Estill, Kentucky, United States.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7C-KM3 : accessed 26 April 2017), Curtis Gentry, Berry, Grant, Oklahoma, United States.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBW-ZZ5 : accessed 26 April 2017), Curtis Gentry, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, United States.
- Curtis Gentry on Find a Grave
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