He died prior the 1850 census, living behind his young widow, Rebecca, and three sons, William, John and James. Who were his parents?

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Preacher William Gentry moved from Kentucky to Texas after the Civil War. DNA of his descendants indicate he is a descendant of Nicholas Gentry, an early immigrant to Virginia. His exact line of descent is not currently known.

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Thomas Payne, Mollie's widower, registered in the Chickasaw Tribe based on his marriage to her. She was Chickasaw by blood. Viki Anderson, on her website http://www.roark-family.org/Loves/TheLoves.asp, shows that John David Hardwick and his first wife, Sarah Dunephin had a child (name and sex not listed) that would be the correct age. Mollie was born not quite nine months after the date of their marriage.

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Born in Bornholm, Denmark, James was a mariner. He married Mary McKnight in Liverpool, England in 1836, and they moved to New York and later to New Orleans, Louisiana.

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He lived near the Alabama/Tennessee state border, and may have been the son of Charles and Margaret McGwier of White County, Tennessee. Charles McGwier can be found on the 1820 White County, TN Census as a head of household.

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He was born in 1822 in North Carolina, and can be found in Decatur Co., Georgia, with his wife and in-laws, the Morgan's. The Morgan family was from Sampson County, NC, so John might be as well. Could be be the son of Tobias McLemore of Sampson County? The DNA of direct descendants indicates he is related to Abraham Macklemore, one of the presumed immigrants to the colonies.

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He was born in Kentucky ca. 1809, and can be found living near a Wright McLemore in Arkansas in 1830. Descendants of both men share the same DNA. He lived near a Nicholas McLemore in 1850 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, and later moved to Texas, leaving a large family. DNA also indicates he is related to Abraham Macklemore, one of the presumed immigrants to this county.

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He was born in ca 1800 North Carolina, and was in Arkansas before 1830. DNA of his descendants indicate he is related to Abraham Macklemore, one of the presumed immigrants to this country.

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Top Row: Thought to be from left to right, standing, Will (age 17), Sam (age 19), John (age 22), and George (age 27) Bottom Row: from left to right, seated, Ben Sr. (age 15), Louisa (age 25), Catharine (55) and Adam (53). It was probably taken near the families farm in Tuscola County, Michigan, or possibly at the Benkelman ranch, near the borders of Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado, where their eldest son George was working. The exact location is unknown. Identification made by Dot Williams and Melinda Strong based on comparison to other photos and on the makeup of the family. PLEASE HELP US VERIFY THESE ASSUMPTIONS

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Alvin Benkelman, through both memory and photo comparison, believes the brothers are standing in the following order, L to R: George, Ben Sr., John, Samuel and William. All five were sons of Adam and Catherine Benkelman of Cass City. PLEASE HELP US VERIFY THESE ASSUMPTIONS.

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Front Row, L to R: Thought to be Alice McDougall Benkelman, Mary Striffler Benkelman, Augusta Krehl Benkelman, Possibly Barbara Rommel Benkelman, Minnie Jesse Benkelman and Samuel Benkelman Back Row, L To R: Thought to be George, William, John, and Ben Sr. PLEASE HELP US VERIFY THESE ASSUMPTIONS.

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This photo was identified as "son of Big George (of Denver)." It is unknown which of the three sons of George Benkelman and Christina Rommel that lived into adulthood this is. It is most likely their eldest son, George W. Benkelman, who lived through the middle 1920's. His younger brothers were Frank, Charles, and Henry. WHICH SON IS THIS?

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This photo was in the album of John Adam Benkelman of Cass City, Michigan, and was taken in Denver, Colorado

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From the Photo Album of John Adam Benkelman of Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. Please help us identify.

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This photo was taken at Gray Studios in Houston, Texas, and belonged to George and Cora Striffler of Cass City, Michigan. It is thought to be a photo of the daughters of George's nephew, Paul Bien, of Houston. This is unknown with certainty however. If this is true, it would have been taken in the early 1940's. PLEASE HELP US PROVE OR DISPROVE THIS ASSUMPTION.

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Is this the father of Royal Cutting? It was among a group of Cutting tintypes given to a descendant. The tintypes were said to be photos of Royal Cutting and his son, Glenn Cutting, Sr. It is possible that this an early photo of Royal Cutting. However the color of the subject's eyes appear much lighter than Royal's eyes do in other photos. It was therefore assumed this might be a photo of Glenn Cutting, Sr. However, Janice Cutting Stevens, Glenn Cutting, Sr.'s granddaughter, says this is not a photo of her grandfather. She writes that although it might be of Royal, she suspects this is actually a photo of Royal's father, Abraham Cutting. The photo itself also appears to be older than the others in the group, which would support this conclusion. Cindy Kapiton suggested that this might instead be a photo of Royal's older brother, also named Abraham. The exact identity, however, is still unknown.

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Taken in Sabine County, Texas, probably between 1910 and 1920. John Fullen and his wife Jane Allen are the elderly couple in the left of the photo. It appears the others pictured are family members, but exactly who is who is unknown. PLEASE HELP US INDENTIFY EVERYONE IN THIS PHOTO

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Unknown members of the Gentry, Bush, Adams or Russell family. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THESE PEOPLE.

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The children of John and Ella (Elliott) Herbert, Odessa Township, Michigan, with two unidentified children, assumed to be cousins, (L to R): Cevilla, Gurtha, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, and John Bernard. ANY HELP ON IDENTIFYING THE TWO UNKNOWN CHILDREN WOULD BE GREATLY

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Please help us identify these three women.

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James Knox Polk McLemore and his wife, Margaret Jackson are seated. HELP US IDENTIFY EACH OF HIS CHILDREN BY NAME AND FACE.

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