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Martha Harris Dent 1819–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jan 1819

Birth Location: Howard County, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 1898

Death Location: Monroe County, Missouri, USA

Father: Bailey Dent

Mother: Rebecca Harris

Spouse(s): Fountain Swinney

Children(s): Paulina Swinney

Martha Harris Dent was born in 1819 in Howard County, Missouri, USA, the child of Bailey Dent And Rebecca Jane Becky Harris. Martha Harris Dent married Fountain Swinney, and had children including Paulina Lena F Swinney. Martha Harris Dent passed away in 1898 in Monroe County, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Martha Harris Dent was born in 1819 in Howard County, Missouri, USA, the child of Bailey Dent And Rebecca Jane Becky Harris.
  • Martha Harris Dent married Fountain Swinney, and had children including Paulina Lena F Swinney.
  • Martha Harris Dent passed away in 1898 in Monroe County, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Martha Dent's Ancestors

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Martha Dent
1819–1898
Birth Place: Howard County, Missouri, USA
Parents
Bailey Dent
1794–1870
Franklin County, Virginia, USA
Rebecca (Jane "Becky") Harris
1796–1853
Licking County, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Samuel (D) Dent
1755–1835
Newport West Hundred, Charles County, Maryland, USA
Martha (("Patsy")) Harris
1770–1842
Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA
James Harris
1770–1798
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Susannah Gass
1772–
Great-Grandparents
Michael Dent
1712–1795
Henry Harris
1742–1835
Sarah Peters
1736–1831
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Sr
1720–1775
John Peters
1705–1797
Phebe Carleton
1705–1752

Martha Dent's Descendants

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Martha (Harris) Dent (15 Jan 1819–1898) m. Fountain Swinney (1814–16 Jan 1896)
  1. 1. Paulina ("Lena" F) Swinney 1856–1940 m. Samuel (G) Truby 1852–1920
    1. 1. Mae (Mary) Truby 1881–1949 m. Amos (Azariah Paxton) Sr 1885–1930
      1. 1. Audreaman Paxton 1912–1994 m. James (William) Low 1910–1953

Martha Dent's Timeline

2 Records

1819
15 Jan 1819
Birth of Martha Harris Dent in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Howard County, Missouri, USA
1898
1898
Age 79
Death of Martha Harris Dent in Monroe County, Missouri, USA
Monroe County, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1819
    Event Place: Howard County, Missouri, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1898
    Event Place: Monroe County, Missouri, USA

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