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Emory Howell Gentry, Sr.

Male 1893 - 1967  (74 years)


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  • Name Emory Howell Gentry  [1, 2
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 26 May 1893  Stephens County, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Aug 1967  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Fairview Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Emory was issued a delayed certificate of birth. The supporting evidence was his application for employment with the Oklahoma Railway company and the birth certificate of his daughter, Ruth Hazel Gentry. The informant for his death certificate was Lillie R. Gentry of 3409 Campbell.

      According to the 1928 Duncan City Directory, Emory and Lilly lived at 101 Elm Street.

      World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      Name: Emory Howell Gentry
      City: Arthur
      County: Stephens
      State: Oklahoma
      Birthplace: Oklahoma;United States of America
      Birth Date: 26 May 1893
      Race: Caucasian
      Roll: 1852128
      Occupation: Farming
      Next of kin: Wife and 2 children
      Height/Build: Medium/Medium
      Color of Eyes/Hair: Gray/Brown
      (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)
    Person ID I5836  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father William Miller Gentry,   b. 23 May 1851, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1929, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary "Molly" Evelyn Mounts,   b. 27 Aug 1857, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1940, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 12 Jul 1872  Grayson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 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."
    Family ID F1107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lillie Letticia Rowe,   b. 21 Dec 1896, Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1978, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1912  Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Vol. 3, Stephens County Marriage Book: , Lic. # 80
      Emory Gentry to Lilly Rowe, 12-22-1915 (sic)

      "Stephens Co. Marriages" shows Emory Gentry, 19, of Arthur and Lillie Rowe, 18, of Arthur, married on December 22, 1912 by J.J. Ward
    Children 
     1. Ruth Hazel Gentry,   b. 29 Aug 1913, Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1979, Manti, Sanpete County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Living
     3. Emory Howell Gentry, Jr.,   b. 18 Sep 1917, Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1975, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Living
     5. Mary Lee Gentry,   b. 19 Sep 1928, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1991, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2011 
    Family ID F3008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Dec 1912 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Aug 1967 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S1113] Carter, Sandi "Fairview Cemetery Grady County, Oklahoma" ; http://www.okcemeteries.net/grady/fairview/g1fairview.htm.

    3. [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).