David Simon Gentry

Notes:

Research by Jerry Tyson BARTON of Georgetown, Texas: Texas Death Certificate # 27059.

"Sixty Three Years of Married Life on the West Texas Plains" by Nora GENTRY LOCKLIN, September 1987, McCamey, Texas: "My father, David Simon Gentry, 'Papa', died August 6, 1926, in Scott and White Hospital at Temple, Texas, with a tumor on his brain. Sam Holmes and I were with him. He had fierce headaches all summer and was in the Shannon Hospital in Sasn Angelo. We took a Pullman car on the Santa Fe railroad. I knew he was worse whin we got to Brownwood. His death was a blow to me. He was buried in the Sherwood Cemetery by Alvin, my brother." "Papa was elected County Tax-Assessor and collector (Irion County) in 1914. Myrtle and I had to help him make up the Tax Assessor's roll during the summer vacation....Papa was elected County Judge in 1922. He served two years as County Judge and six years as Tax-Assessor."

"A History of Irion County Texas", Irion County Historical Society, published by Anchor Publishing Company, San Angelo, Texas: - Article by daughter Nora: "David Simon Gentry was born 30 June 1874 in Grayson County, Texas. His family moved to Mills County, Texas and he attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood. He married Maude Mae Tyson, another HPC student, in 1894. After the marriage Dave helped his father, J A Gentry run a livery stable and wagon yard in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas." "In 1902, J A Gentry homsteaded four sections in Reagan County and as he wished Dave to be near him, Dave bought a half section of unimproved land at Arden in Irion County. He and a hired hand drove a covered wagon to Sam Angelo and bought supplies and lumber to build a one room house on the land."

"In January 1906, the Gentry family: wife, Maude, daughters Myrtle and Nora, and son Alvin, joined Dave in his pioneer home. The family traveled by the Santa Fe Railroad from Mullin to San Angelo. There Dave met the wife and children in a wagon with a team of horses as there were many more supplies to be bought and carried to their home fifteen miles away." "In May 1906 another girl, Ilene, was added to the pioneer family. Doctor Williams came in his buggy from Sherwood, fifteen files away, to deliver the baby. The neighbor women helped the Gentry couple during this time. After one year and making a good crop on the farm, Dave realized that he was too far, three miles, from school, so he sold the land in 1906 and bought a house in Sherwood, and an irrigated farm in Spring Creek." "January 1907, Myrtle, Nora and Alvin began school in Sherwood." "A baby boy, Tyson, came to the Gentry family in July 1909." "All five Gentry children graduated from Sherwood High School and attended colleges. Dave always said that he wanted five High School Diplomas and would like very much to have five college ones also. Alvin died at college in Abilene, December 1918, during the World War I flu epidemic." "Dave was elected Irion County Tax-Assessor in 1915 and served until 1922. Myrtle and Nora helped him make up the tax roll in the hot summer months during vacation. The office was on the west side of the courthouse and there was no air-conditioning nor ice." "1923, Dave was elected County Judge. He died in August 1926. His children have each lived a productive life as was his ambition."

"Mrs Maude (TYSON) GENTRY was ninety-one when she passed away and was active in church and civic affairs up to the time of her death."

Above furnished by Mrs Dee LOCKLIN.

Civilian registration cards completed in 1917-1918"

Some men do not have birth locations listed because they registered on the final draft registration day in 1918 when this information was not recorded.

Name - Birth date - Ethnic Group - Birth Location - Location of Registration

Gentry, David S. 30 Jun 1873 W x Irion TX

(Research):Census Information:

1900 US Census, Mills County, Texas

Gentry, David S Head Age 25 Farmer Born TX f-b MO m-b TX
Gentry, Maude A Wife 24 TX TX TX
Gentry, Martha A Dau 4 TX TX TX
Gentry, Nora B Dau 2 TX TX TX
Gentry, Jesse A Son 3/12 TX TX TX

1910 US Census, Irion County, Texas

Gentry, David S Head Age 35
Gentry, Maude A Wife 34
Gentry, Martha A Dau 14
Gentry, Nora B Dau 12
Gentry, Jesse A Son 10
Gentry, Claris J Dau. 3
Gentry, Earl Son 5/12

1920 US Census,
Irion Conty, Texas

Gentry, Dave Head Age 45 Born TX
Gentry, Maud Wife 44 TX
Gentry, Ilene Dau. 13 TX
Gentry, Tyson Son 10 TX

David married Maude Mae Tyson on 7 Nov 1894 in Mullin, Mills County, Texas. Maude was born on 10 Jul 1875 in Maysfield, Milam County, Texas; died on 24 Feb 1967 in Rankin, Upton County, Texas; was buried in Sherwood Cemetery, Sherwood, Irion County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death from Social Security record for number 450-56-4529 issued in Texas. Last known residence was Rankin, Upton County, Texas.

Research by Jerry Tyson Barton:

Texas Death Certificate # 118259

(Research):Census Information:

1920 census Pecos Co. TX ED 161 Pg. 254A
Ft. Stockton
88/89 Holmes, Sam B., head, MW, 34, M, TX US US
Myrtle A., wife, FW, 24, M, TX TX TX
Sam A., son, MW, 7/12, TX TX TX

1930 census Pecos Co. TX ED 186-7 Pg. 71A
242/248 Holmes, Sam, head, MW, 44, M, age first married 32
, TX TX TX
Myrtle, wife, FW, 34, M, age first married 22, TX TX TX
Sam, Jr., son, MW, 10, TX TX TX
Eugene, son, MW, 8, TX TX TX
Frances, dau., FW, 4, TX TX TX

Myrtle married Sam Burdette Holmes on 29 Sep 1917 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. Sam was born on 7 Feb 1884 in Rocksprings, Edwards County, Texas; died on 19 Nov 1962 in Rankin, Upton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Texas Highways, October 1994, Speaking of Texas

In the early 1920's Frank Pickrell, vice president and general manager of Texon Oil and Land Company, found that nobody wanted to buy an oil lease in Reagan County. Though there was no sign of oil in the county, Pickrell and others were convinced it was there for the taking. The plan was to drill a "wildcat" oil well in hopes of making the venture more attractive to investors. Pickrell traveled to New York to try to raise money for his scheme. The potential backers included a Catholic women's society. Hesitant about investing, the women consulted their priest, who suggested they ask Santa Rita, patron saint of the impossible and hopeless, for guidance. They did so, decided to invest, and gave the priest an envelope full of dried rose petals. The priest blessed the petals, then gave them to Pickrell with instructions from the women to sprinkle them over the proposed drilling site. When Pickrell returned to the site, on University of Texas land between Big Lake and Rankin, he climbed to the top of the derrick as directed, crumbled the rose petals into the breeze, and declared, "I christen thee Santa Rita." The Santa Rita gusher blew in on May 28, 1923, providing the University of Texas with unexpected wealth. Of the adults who watched the liquid gold begin to flow, 96-year-old Nora Locklin of Knickerbocker, whose husband, Dee, worked for the driller, is the only living witness. --- Barbara Barton, Knickerbocker.

Furnished by Jerry Tyson BARTON, 21 October 1994

December 21, 1998 Permian Basin Death Notices

Nora Locklin

MCCAMEY - Nora Bernice Locklin, 101, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998, in a McCamey nursing home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Christian Church with the Revs. David Gentry and Paul Evans officiating. Graveside services will follow at 2 p.m. in the Sherwood Cemetery in Sherwood. Arrangements made by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. She was born in Goldthwaite and had lived in McCamey since 1931. She was a member of First Church Church. SURVIVORS: Sons, Ronnie Locklin of Denver City and Billy Dee Locklin of McCamey; five grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

(Research):Census Information:

1920 census Pecos Co. TX ED 161 Pg. 253A
Ft. Stockton
51/51 Locklin, Dee, head, MW, 23, TX TX TX
Nora B., wife, FW, 22, TX TX TX

1930 census Crockett Co. TX ED 53-1 Pg. 23A
542/601 Locklin, Dee, head, MW, 33, M, age first married 22
, TX TX TX
Nora, wife, FW, 32, M, age first married 21, TX TX TX

Nora married Dee Locklin on 19 Apr 1919 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. Dee was born on 18 Jan 1896 in Sherwood, Irion County, Texas; died on 21 Feb 1983 in Rankin, Upton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Nora GENTRY LOCKLIN 1987:

"The dreadful flu of 1918 struck the United States....On December 15, 1918, my brother Jesse Alvin died. He was in Draughon's Business College in Abilene. He went to visit a school friend out of town for the week-end. He lay down in the train staition to wait for the next passenger train, fell asleep and missed his train. He took a cold and developed pneumonia. He lasted only a week. Papa and I were with him at the end."

Texas Death Certificate # 58764.

Civilian registration cards completed in 1917-1918"

Some men do not have birth locations listed because they registered on the final draft registration day in 1918 when this information was not recorded.

Name - Birth date - Ethnic Group - Birth Location - Location of Registration

Gentry, Alvin Jesse 11 Feb 1900 W x Irion TX

Notes:

Death from Social Security record for number 450-26-1300 issued in Texas. Last known residence was Reagan County, Texas.

Texas Death Certificate # 055388

(Research):Census Information:

1930 census Regan Co. TX ED 192-2 Pg. 191B
Big Lake
133/133 Jacobs, Paul, head, MW, 25, M, age first married 24
, OK AR AR
Ilene, wife, FW, 23, M, age first married 23, TX TX TX

Clarice married Paul Jacobs on 20 Oct 1929 in Big Lake, Reagan County, Texas. Paul was born on 10 Feb 1905 in Indian Territory; died on 22 Oct 1977 in Big Lake, Reagan County, Texas; was buried in Big Lake Cemetery, Reagan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

TX Death Record - Gentry Tyson E 03-22-1971 TOM GREEN M SINGLE

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sam married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His headstone has a masonic symbol. His name is inscribed as E. M. "Gene" Holmes, Sr.

Family/Spouse: Jeanette Martin. Jeanette was born on 5 Dec 1924; died on 17 Sep 2002 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas; was buried in Restland Cemetery, Iraan, Pecos County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]