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Lou Emma Gentry

Female 1866 - 1939  (73 years)


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  • Name Lou Emma Gentry  [1, 2
    Born 20 Jun 1866  Johnson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 10 Dec 1939  Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Cottonwood Cemetery, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Her children were listed by Ruth Pearl Gentry and given to Lewis Adair Payne in about 1969.

      One of Lou's boys may have had a middle name "Gerald" that he was known by and referred to as. This could have been Doyle Williamson i.e. he would have been Doyle Gerald Williamson.

      Lewis Adair Payne remembers a Gerald Williamson saying to him "Take a fool's advise and never join the cavalry." He also vividly remembers him recounting to him that while he was in the cavalry he used to attempt to cut pillows in half with the sabre and the secret was to draw the highly sharpened blade across the falling pillow as it was being slashed. Apparently they used to hold competitions about this.
    Person ID I5978  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2020 

    Father John Melton Gentry,   b. 19 Dec 1827, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1904, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Pamelia C Harpole,   b. 20 Mar 1827, Obion County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1903, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married Abt 1850  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Fay Payne Yeager reports they had another daughter, named Mary. "She is not on a census but family history tells that John and Pamelia had a daughter named Mary that died young. An old saying was, "If a person is sitting by a window and a bird comes and sits on the window sill, that person is going to die." This happened to Mary." Ken Harvey is adament their is not daughter Mary. It was thought that a gravestone in the Oakland Cemetery in Johnson Co. TX that reads: "Sacred to the Memory of M. Mary Gentry Jan. ?, 18?5 (1865?) -- 1869" might be hers. However, an earlier transcription of the cemetery proves that this headstone was for the wife of Preacher William Gentry, whose date of birth was 1805, and who died in 1869.
    Family ID F164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jeremiah M. "Jerry" Williamson,   b. 3 Apr 1858, Cooper County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1960, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years) 
    Married 2 Nov 1884  Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Mattie Williamson,   b. 13 Oct 1885, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1957  (Age 71 years)
     2. Claude Lee Williamson,   b. 11 Mar 1887, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1964, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. James Homer Williamson,   b. 10 Dec 1888, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1963, Decatur, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Jason "Jake" C. Williamson,   b. 19 Nov 1890, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1969, Lubbock County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     5. Elmer Williamson,   b. 8 Mar 1892, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1964, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     6. Alvis Milton Williamson,   b. 28 Jan 1894, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Luther J. Williamson,   b. 29 Dec 1895, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1972, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. Calvin Weaver Williamson, Sr.,   b. 2 Sep 1898, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1976, Decatur, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     9. Stewart Doyle Williamson,   b. 17 Oct 1901, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1954, Haskell Cemetery, Haskell County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     10. Irving Williamson,   b. 20 Sep 1904, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1986, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     11. Ellen Williamson,   b. 21 Sep 1907, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1930, Greenwood, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F2212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jun 1866 - Johnson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Nov 1884 - Wise County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Dec 1939 - Wise County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Cottonwood Cemetery, Wise County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S207] 1870 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003., (United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census.).

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 6759211 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email.