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William Pinkney GENTRY 1866–1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 NOV 1866

Birth Location: Texas

Death Date: 3 OCT 1904

Death Location: Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas

Father: Martin GENTRY

Mother: Almarinda [MAT-JUDY]

Spouse(s): Beaura BARNETT

Children(s): Horace GENTRY, Bernice GENTRY, Ethel GENTRY, Martin I, Roy GENTRY, Lorine GENTRY

The story of William Pinkney GENTRY began in 1866 in Texas. In 1870, William Pinkney GENTRY was recorded in the census in Red River, White Co., Arkansas. William Pinkney GENTRY married Beaura H Beaury Barnett, and had children including Bernice Gentry, Ethel Parylee Gentry, Horace Galloway Gentry, Lorine Gentry, Martin Barnett Gentry I, Roy Gentry. William Pinkney GENTRY passed away in 1904 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas.

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Biography

  • The story of William Pinkney GENTRY began in 1866 in Texas.
  • In 1870, William Pinkney GENTRY was recorded in the census in Red River, White Co., Arkansas.
  • William Pinkney GENTRY married Beaura H Beaury Barnett, and had children including Bernice Gentry, Ethel Parylee Gentry, Horace Galloway Gentry, Lorine Gentry, Martin Barnett Gentry I, Roy Gentry.
  • William Pinkney GENTRY passed away in 1904 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William GENTRY's Ancestors

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William GENTRY
1866–1904
Birth Place: Texas
Parents
Martin Van Buren GENTRY
1838–1906
Alabama
Almarinda (SMITH) [MAT-JUDY]
1845–1914
St. Francis, Wayne Co., Missouri
Grandparents
Cornelius (GENTRY) I
1803–1842
South Carolina
Mary JOHNSON
1810–1895
South Carolina
William (‘Billy’ SMITH [MAT-JUDY]) I
1790–
Lincoln Co., North Carolina
Nancy TANKERSLEY
1807–1845
Lincoln City, North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
John I
1764–1836
Estor [HUFFMAN]
1757–
Charles TANKERSLEY
1765–1839
Susannah HANKS
1769–1861
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William [MAT-JUDY]
1740–1817
Mary [DAVAULT]
1739–1820
Hans I
1716–1789
Margaretha [BEST]
1718–
William TANKERSLEY
1742–

William GENTRY's Descendants

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William (Pinkney) GENTRY (6 NOV 1866–3 OCT 1904) m. Beaura (H. ‘Beaury’) BARNETT (14 SEP 1870–11 JUN 1942)
  1. 1. Horace (Galloway) GENTRY 1890– m. Elsie (B. JAMES) [MAT-JUDY] 1894–1989
    1. 1. William (Carroll) GENTRY 1920–2004 m. Mary (Elizabeth ‘Mary Beth’) O’GUIN 1925–2002
  2. 2. Bernice GENTRY 1892–1922
    1. 1. William (Gentry) NORTON 1919–1949
    2. 2. Edward NORTON 1917–1981
  3. 3. Ethel (Parylee) GENTRY 1894–1987 m. Walter (Jelks) COWARD 1891–1973
  4. 4. Martin (Barnett GENTRY) I 1896–1958 m. Retta (Jewel ‘Rettie’) GILREATH 1897–1992
  5. 5. Roy GENTRY 1900–
  6. 6. Lorine GENTRY 1903–1904

William GENTRY's Timeline

4 Records

1866
6 NOV 1866
Birth of William Pinkney GENTRY in Texas
Texas
1870
1870
Age 4
William Pinkney GENTRY appeared in census in Red River, White Co., Arkansas
Red River, White Co., Arkansas
1880
1880
Age 14
William Pinkney GENTRY appeared in census in Clay, White Co., Arkansas
Clay, White Co., Arkansas
1904
3 OCT 1904
Age 38
Death of William Pinkney GENTRY in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas
Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 NOV 1866
    Event Place: Texas
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, I am using Nicole Millette’s Ancestry tree.
    [2] 1870 U.S. Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: ABT 1867
    Event Place: Texas
    Record Source: 1880 U.S. Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Red River, White Co., Arkansas

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Clay, White Co., Arkansas

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 OCT 1904
    Event Place: Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, I am using Nicole Millette’s Ancestry tree.

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