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Martin Elijah Bentley 1843 – 1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jul 1843

Birth Location: Caldwell, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 17 Jan 1918

Death Location: Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Father: Moses Bentley

Mother: Annie Bentley

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Peter Bentley

Martin Elijah Bentley was born in 1843 in Caldwell, North Carolina, USA, the child of Moses Bentley and Annie C. Bentley. Martin Elijah Bentley had children including Peter N Bentley. Martin Elijah Bentley passed away in 1918 in Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Martin Elijah Bentley was born in 1843 in Caldwell, North Carolina, USA, the child of Moses Bentley and Annie C. Bentley.
  • Martin Elijah Bentley had children including Peter N Bentley.
  • Martin Elijah Bentley passed away in 1918 in Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Moses Bentley
1800 – 1883
Birth Location: Rocky Face Mountain, Iredell County, North Carolina
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Annie Bentley
1805 –
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Peter Bentley
1878 – 1927
Birth Location: Watauga, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
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Martin Bentley's Ancestors

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Martin Bentley
1843 – 1918
Birth Place: Caldwell, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Moses Bentley
1800 – 1883
Rocky Face Mountain, Iredell County, North Carolina
Annie (C.) Bentley
1805 –
North Carolina
Grandparents
Moses Bentley
1766 – 1827
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
Mary Campbell?
1775 – 1870
Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America
Peter Sloop
1788 – 1863
Barbara Eisenhower
1774 – 1873
North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Martin Bentley's Descendants

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Martin (Elijah) Bentley (Jul 1843 – 17 Jan 1918)
  1. 1. Peter (N) Bentley (Jun 1878 – 1927)
    1. 1. Elijah Bentley (1 Jan 1910 – 17 Nov 1999)
      1. 1. Dora Bentley (1935 – 2003) m. Robert Hanson (1938 – 1979)
        1. 1. Joseph Hanson (5 Jan 1960 – 19 Sep 2012)

Martin Bentley's Timeline

2 Records

1843
Jul 1843
Birth of Martin Elijah Bentley in Caldwell, North Carolina, USA
Caldwell, North Carolina, USA
1918
17 Jan 1918
Age 75
Death of Martin Elijah Bentley in Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jul 1843
    Event Place: Caldwell, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Jan 1918
    Event Place: Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
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