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Benjamin Gililland Gentry 1907–1984 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Jul 1907

Birth Location: Lincoln County, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 3 May 1984

Death Location: Polk County, Florida; SSA Last Residence: Macomb, McDonough, Illinois

Father: Benjamin Gentry

Mother: Jennie Gililland

Spouse(s): Royce Rooks

Children(s): Benjamin Gentry

Benjamin Gililland Gentry was born in 1907 in Lincoln County, Missouri, USA, the child of Benjamin Franklin Gentry And Jennie Lee Gililland. Benjamin Gililland Gentry married Royce Etheling Rooks, and had children including Benjamin Lyndon Francis Gentry, Joy Ann Evelyn Gentry, Mary Carol Gentry. Benjamin Gililland Gentry passed away in 1984 in Polk County, Florida; SSA Last Residence: Macomb, McDonough, Illinois.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Gililland Gentry was born in 1907 in Lincoln County, Missouri, USA, the child of Benjamin Franklin Gentry And Jennie Lee Gililland.
  • Benjamin Gililland Gentry married Royce Etheling Rooks, and had children including Benjamin Lyndon Francis Gentry, Joy Ann Evelyn Gentry, Mary Carol Gentry.
  • Benjamin Gililland Gentry passed away in 1984 in Polk County, Florida; SSA Last Residence: Macomb, McDonough, Illinois.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Gentry
1865–1953
Birth Location: Lincoln County, Missouri, USA
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Jennie Gililland
1868–1951
Birth Location: Lincoln County, MO, USA
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Spouses(s)

Royce Rooks
1903–1977
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Benjamin Gentry
1940–2002
Birth Location: Bowling Green, Pike County, Missouri, USA
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Benjamin Gentry's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Gentry
1907–1984
Birth Place: Lincoln County, Missouri, USA
Parents
Benjamin Franklin Gentry
1865–1953
Lincoln County, Missouri, USA
Jennie (Lee) Gililland
1868–1951
Lincoln County, MO, USA
Grandparents
Jackson (John) Gentry
1812–1897
Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
Joanna (Amanda) Birkhead
1827–1901
Bullitt, Kentucky, USA
David (Presley) Gililland
1828–1873
Lincoln, Missouri
Virginia (Ann) Wommack
1827–1890
Lincoln County, Missouri
Great-Grandparents
GEORGE GENTRY
1780–1835
Elizabeth Dunn
1789–1844
Abraham Birkhead
1782–1849
Joanna Nixon
1793–1873
John Gililland
1793–1852
Elizabeth Presley
1807–1872
Richard Wommack
1804–1880
Cynthia Smiley
1807–1830
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Gentry
1757–1851
MARY HICKS
1763–1835
JAMES DUNN
1759–1848
Dolley Harvey
1758–1870
Jesse Birkhead
1750–1817
Mary Crume
1756–1817
John Gillilin
1765–1849
Charity Richardson
1772–1845
David Presley
1772–1852
Mary Tucker
1780–1846
Richard Wommack
1762–1811
Catharine Streatman
1767–1835
Samuel Smiley
1778–1844

Benjamin Gentry's Descendants

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Benjamin (Gililland) Gentry (26 Jul 1907–3 May 1984) m. Royce (Etheling) Rooks (18 JUL 1903–07 JUN 1977)
  1. 1. Benjamin (Lyndon Francis) Gentry 1940–2002 m. Joyce Powell 1939–2015

Benjamin Gentry's Timeline

2 Records

1907
26 Jul 1907
Birth of Benjamin Gililland Gentry in Lincoln County, Missouri, USA
Lincoln County, Missouri, USA
1984
3 May 1984
Age 77
Death of Benjamin Gililland Gentry in Polk County, Florida; SSA Last Residence: Macomb, McDonough, Illinois
Polk County, Florida; SSA Last Residence: Macomb, McDonough, Illinois

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Jul 1907
    Event Place: Lincoln County, Missouri, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 May 1984
    Event Place: Polk County, Florida; SSA Last Residence: Macomb, McDonough, Illinois
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