Family: William Miller Gentry / Mary "Molly" Evelyn Mounts (F1107)

• Father | Male William Miller Gentry

  
  

  Born	23 May 1851	Tennessee
  Died	23 Sep 1929	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Married	12 Jul 1872  [1]	Grayson County, Texas  [1]
  Father	John Melton Gentry | F164 Group Sheet
  Mother	Pamelia C Harpole | F164 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary "Molly" Evelyn Mounts

  
  

  Born	27 Aug 1857	West Virginia
  Died	10 Sep 1940	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Father	William J. Mounts | F2835 Group Sheet
  Mother	Salinda Galloway | F2835 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Carrie Francis Gentry

  
  

  Born	Abt 1875	Texas
  Died	1899	Oklahoma
  Buried
  Spouse	Thomas Condren | F2943
  Married	13 Feb 1896	Stephens County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Permelia Gertrude Gentry

  
  

  Born	Aug 1876	Texas
  Died	11 Sep 1906	Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Walter Winkle Payne | F1052
  Married	Abt 1894	Stephens County, Indian Territory

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Franklin Melton Gentry

  
  

  Born	24 May 1880	Texas
  Died	11 Jun 1928	Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Ada Carol Jones | F1106
  Married	17 Sep 1905	Arthur, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Edgar Jeffery Gentry

  
  

  Born	26 Dec 1882	Decatur, Wise County, Texas
  Died	5 Jan 1967	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Sarah Frances "Fannie" Kincannon | F3003
  Married	26 Sep 1909	Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Child 5 | Male John William Gentry

  
  

  Born	9 Aug 1885	Decatur, Wise County, Texas
  Died	20 Oct 1972	Alpine, Brewster County, Texas
  Buried
  Spouse	Rena W. Bunch | F3026
  Married	15 Jun 1911	Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Julia Zumwalt | F3006
  Married	Between 1912 and 1917

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Grace Ellen Gentry

  
  

  Born	3 Nov 1888	Decatur, Wise County, Texas
  Died	16 Dec 1966	Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Marvin Walter Payne | F1112
  Married	22 Jan 1907	Stephens County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Emory Howell Gentry, Sr.

  
  

  Born	26 May 1893	Stephens County, Indian Territory
  Died	1 Aug 1967	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Fairview Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Lillie Letticia Rowe | F3008
  Married	22 Dec 1912	Stephens County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Ruth Pearl Gentry

  
  

  Born	19 Dec 1896	Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Died	27 Dec 1987	Pampa, Gray County, Texas
  Buried		Fairview Cemetery, Pampa, Gray County, Texas
  Spouse	Scott Phillip Hall | F3012
  Married	3 Jun 1918	Stephens County, Oklahoma

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gentry Celebrate their "Golden Wedding Day" Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gentry of this city [Duncan] celebrated their "Golden Wedding Day" Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Payne, a few miles east of this city, surrounded by their sons and daughters, grand children, great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Married 50 years ago in Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Gentry came to Oklahoma before there was any Stephen's county of a city of Duncan. They have resided in Stephens county, near Duncan, for the last 33 years and in the city of Duncan for three years. Mr. Gentry, who has passed the 72nd milestone of life, was born in Tennessee, and moved to Texas when that state was young. Mrs. Gentry was born in West Virginia and grew to womanhood in Illinois after which she moved with her parents to Texas. Eight children were born to this union, six of whom are living. They are J.W. Gentry of Alpine, Texas; Mrs. Marvin Payne of Chickasha; Mrs. S.B. Hall of Garber, Oklahoma; and three sons who live on farms east of Duncan. There are 24 grandchildren and five great grand children. Mr. Gentry carries his age exceedingly well, as does also Mrs. Gentry and to see them as they go about their daily lives one would never suspect that they had travelled a-down the rosy pathway of love and life together for half a century. (GOLDEN WEDDING REPORT Newspaper clipping cut from unidentified Duncan City, Oklahoma newspaper, probably the Banner) Ken Harvey had the following to report about their union: Will married Mary Evelyn Mounts on Saturday, 12th July 1873 in Grayson Co., Texas. The marriage licence merely states that they were married by M. F. Cole. The marriage licence gives no further information. The day was incorrectly recorded as 13th. The question does arise as to why Will's grandfather, Preacher William Gentry, did not conduct the ceremony. His father-in-law William J. Mounts did not approve of young Will as a husband for his daughter Molly. He told his young daughter that "Will was just a Tennessee farm boy, and though pleasant enough, he would never amount to anything." She was not dissuaded. Will, it was always generally agreed, was evidently not very ambitious and rather easy going. Much later on, after her husband, Will's, death, Molly used to remonstrate with her young grandson Lewis Adair Payne "Get up and get going, you are just like Will sitting there for half an hour on your bed before making a move."

  
  

• Sources

  [S315] Rainey, Juanita (sparklestree@aol.com) "Juanita's Family Tree" Ver. Jun 23 22:39:06 2003; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentry536, Other researchers show the date of marriage as being in 1873 (Reliability: 3).