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Samuel * Gentry 1816 – 1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 AUG 1816

Birth Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 1 May 1885

Death Location: Fairplay, Panola County, Texas

Father: Hugh d52-24

Mother: Mary Lane

Spouse(s): Mary Waldrop

Children(s): Tennessee Gentry

The story of Samuel * Gentry began in 1816 in Franklin County, Tennessee, USA. Samuel * Gentry married Mary Eliza Jane * Waldrop, and had children including Tennessee Gentry. Samuel * Gentry passed away in 1885 in Fairplay, Panola County, Texas.

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Biography

  • The story of Samuel * Gentry began in 1816 in Franklin County, Tennessee, USA.
  • Samuel * Gentry married Mary Eliza Jane * Waldrop, and had children including Tennessee Gentry.
  • Samuel * Gentry passed away in 1885 in Fairplay, Panola County, Texas.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh d52-24
1769 – 1840
Birth Location: , Hanover, Virginia, USA
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Mary Lane
1775 – 1849
Birth Location: Sullivan, Tennessee, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Waldrop
1846 – 1919
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States of America
MW

Children(s)

Tennessee Gentry
1877 – 1971
Birth Location: Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA
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Samuel Gentry's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Gentry
1816 – 1885
Birth Place: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Hugh Gentry NJ122 d52-24
1769 – 1840
, Hanover, Virginia, USA
Mary (Martha "Polly" ***) Lane
1775 – 1849
Sullivan, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
John Gentry
1720 – 1779
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Mary Green
1730 – 1786
Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Hugh Green
1687 – 1786
Agnes Reid
1689 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Reid
1666 – 1724
Margaret Alexander
1668 – 1739

Samuel Gentry's Descendants

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Samuel (*) Gentry (16 AUG 1816 – 1 May 1885) m. Mary (Eliza Jane *) Waldrop (8 March 1846 – 4 March 1919)
  1. 1. Tennessee Gentry (12 October 1877 – 15 Dec 1971) m. Robert (Walter "Bob") Patterson (30 Oct 1873 – 19 Oct. 1952)
    1. 1. Rosie Patterson (Dec 1897 – BET 1901 AND 1909)
    2. 2. Vestus Patterson (30 Dec 1902 – 15 Feb 1997)
    3. 3. Leonard (Robert) Patterson (1903 – 15 Feb 1997)
    4. 4. Glen (Allen) Patterson (27 October 1907 – 7 Nov 1991) m. Kathryn (L) Stamps (14 Jul 1921 – 30 Nov 2020) m. Annie (Lee "Polly') Davis (abt 1907 – 2 Jan 2003)
      1. 1. Glen (Allen) Patterson (20 Feb 1943 – 5 Jun 2010) m. Brads (Mum) Williams
        1. 1. Brad (Allen) Patterson (5 Feb 1972 – 1 Sep 2016) m. Lorie Owen
      2. 2. Lynette (Rae) Patterson (abt 1947 – ) m. Ralph (E) Wood m. Paul (Spencer) Gill (abt 1947 – ) m. Gerald (Raymond (Jerry)) Poirot (17 Sep. 1946 – 23 Sep. 2015)
      3. 3. Jeanette (Kay) Patterson (abt 1947 – ) m. Jerry (Dwayne) Lee
        1. 1. Jerry (Dwayne) Lee (21 Sep 1966 – ) m. Danelle (Charlene) Columbus
        2. 2. Jennifer Lee
      4. 4. Robert (E) Patterson (abt 1948 – ) m. Gloria Prince
        1. 1. Patterson
        2. 2. Patterson
    5. 5. Reene Patterson (abt 1908 – )
    6. 6. Walter (Lee) Patterson (28 Jun 1911 – 5 Jan 1949)

Samuel Gentry's Timeline

2 Records

1816
16 AUG 1816
Birth of Samuel * Gentry in Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
1885
1 May 1885
Age 69
Death of Samuel * Gentry in Fairplay, Panola County, Texas
Fairplay, Panola County, Texas

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 AUG 1816
    Event Place: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1885
    Event Place: Fairplay, Panola County, Texas
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