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Tennessee Gentry 1877–1971 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 October 1877

Birth Location: Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA

Death Date: 15 Dec 1971

Death Location: Dawson, Navarro County, Texas, United States of America

Father: Samuel Gentry

Mother: Mary Waldrop

Spouse(s): Robert Patterson

Children(s): Glen Sr., Walter Patterson, Rosie Patterson, Vestus Patterson, Reene Patterson, Leonard Patterson

Tennessee Gentry was born in 1877 in Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA, the child of Samuel Gentry And Mary Eliza Jane Waldrop. Tennessee Gentry married Robert Walter Bob Patterson, and had children including Glen Allen Patterson Sr, Leonard Robert Patterson, Reene Patterson, Rosie Patterson, Vestus Patterson, Walter Lee Patterson. Tennessee Gentry passed away in 1971 in Dawson, Navarro County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Tennessee Gentry was born in 1877 in Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA, the child of Samuel Gentry And Mary Eliza Jane Waldrop.
  • Tennessee Gentry married Robert Walter Bob Patterson, and had children including Glen Allen Patterson Sr, Leonard Robert Patterson, Reene Patterson, Rosie Patterson, Vestus Patterson, Walter Lee Patterson.
  • Tennessee Gentry passed away in 1971 in Dawson, Navarro County, Texas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Tennessee Gentry's Ancestors

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Tennessee Gentry
1877–1971
Birth Place: Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA
Parents
Samuel * Gentry
1816–1885
Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
Mary (Eliza Jane *) Waldrop
1846–1919
Tennessee, United States of America
Grandparents
Hugh (Gentry NJ122) d52-24
1769–1840
, Hanover, Virginia, USA
Mary (Martha "Polly" ***) Lane
1775–1849
Sullivan, Tennessee, USA
James (Calvin) Waldrop
1822–1900
Christian, Kentucky, USA
Lucretia (M Harris) Waldrop
1827–1906
Gibson Co., Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Jr
1720–1779
Mary Green
1730–1786
Johanius Waldrop
1789–1859
Mary Attaway
1791–1876
John Harris
1792–1842
Aisley Brown
1795–1873
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hugh Green
1687–1786
Agnes Reid
1689–
John Harris
1767–1851
Candice Harris
1773–1865
Tuckalawsee Cherokee
1776–1860
Tuckanesene (Cherokee)
1778–1860

Tennessee Gentry's Descendants

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Tennessee Gentry (12 October 1877–15 Dec 1971) m. Robert (Walter "Bob") Patterson (30 Oct 1873–19 Oct. 1952)
  1. 1. Glen (Allen Patterson) Sr. 1907–1991 m. Polly Davis 1907–2003 m. Kathryn (L) Stamps 1921–2020
    1. 1. Glen (Allen) Patterson 1943–2010
  2. 2. Walter (Lee) Patterson 1911–1949
  3. 3. Rosie Patterson 1897–1901
  4. 4. Vestus Patterson 1902–1997
  5. 5. Reene Patterson 1908–
  6. 6. Leonard (Robert) Patterson 1903–1997

Tennessee Gentry's Timeline

3 Records

1873
12 Oct 1873
Birth of Tennessee Gentry in Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA
Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA
1877
12 October 1877
Birth of Tennessee Gentry in Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA
Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA
1971
15 Dec 1971
Age 94
Death of Tennessee Gentry in Hubbard, Hill, Texas, United States of America,
Hubbard, Hill, Texas, United States of America,

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1873
    Event Place: Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 October 1877
    Event Place: Fair Play, Panola, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1971
    Event Place: Hubbard, Hill, Texas, United States of America,
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dawson, Navarro County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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