Jesse Abram Gentry

Notes:

He would have been aged ca. 10 when his family moved to Hillsboro, Hill Co., Texas.

1860-He is listed as a farmer, age 15, in the Hill Co., Texas, census of 1860 while living with his parents.

1862-Jesse served as a Confederate soldier, based on the application of his second wife and widow, Izora Joan, for a pension, as abstracted below: Widow's Application for a Pension #50300 Name of Applicant: Mrs. Izora Joan Casey Mills County Post office, Mullen Filed October 22nd, 1931 Approved Oct. 22nd, 1931 Pension allowed from Nov. 1st, 1931

The State of Texas,

County of Mills} I, Mrs. Izora Joan Casey, do hereby make application for a pension pursuant to the provisions of Articles 6204 to 6227, inclusive, of the Revised civil Statutes of 1925 as amended by H.B. No. 150, passed by the Forty-second Legislature at its Regular Session and all other laws of this State relating thereto.I am a widow of J. Gentry deceased, who departed this life on the 11 day of May, A.D., 1915 in the county of Brown in the State of Texas.....I do solemnly swear that I was never divorced from my said husband J. Gentry and that I never abandoned him during his life but remained his true, faithful and lawful wife up to the date of his death. I was married to him on the 2 day of Sept.. A.D. 1894, in the county of Mills (note: Brown was typed in and crossed out and Mills written in), in the State of Texas.

My husband, the said J. Gentry, served as a Confederate soldier (or sailor) in the war between the States of the United States; or (that he was a soldier who, under special laws of the State of Texas during said war, served in organizations for the protection of the frontier against Indian raiders or Mexican marauders) or; (that he was a soldier of the militia of the State of ______ who was in active service during said war.) That my said husband served honorable from the date of his enlistment until the close of the war, (or until he was discharged or paroled in some military organization regularly mustered into the army or navy of the Confederate States until the surrender). He was honorably discharged or paroled?..told to go home at the close of the war.

That I have been a bona fide resident of this State continuously since 1871. What is your age, and date of birth? 72 years: born March 27, 1859 How long have you resided in the county of your present location? 58 years. What is your postoffice address? Mullen, Texas Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate pension law and been rejected? no If rejected, state when and where ___ Did your husband draw a pension? no_ If so, give his file number ____ Give, if possible, the postoffice address of your deceased husband at the time of his enlistment. Pilot Grove, Grayson county, Texas. What was your husband's full name? Jesse A. Gentry In what State was your husband's command originally organized? Texas How long did your husband serve? nearly three years. If known to you, give date of enlistment and discharge. enlisted in fall of 1862 What was the name or letter of the company, or number of the regiment in which your husband served? Company C. Ninth Texas Name branch of service in which your husband served, whether infantry, cavalry, artillery, or the navy, or if commissioned as an officer by the President, his rank and line of duty, or if detailed for special service, under the law of conscription, the nature of such service, and time of service: Cavalry

1st Ind.

War Department, A. G. O., July 15, 1931 ? To The Adjutant General, State of Texas, Austin, Texas.

The name Jessie Alvin Gentry has not been found on the rolls on file for soldiers in service in the Confederate States Army. The records show, however, that one J. Gentry enlisted September 26, 1862, at Pilot Grove, Texas as a private in Co. C. 9th Texas Cavalry, C. S. A. The company muster roll for May and June, 1864, the last roll on file, shows him absent, at Hospital wounded June 24. No later record of him has been found. J. E. Bery was captain of Co. C., of the above named regiment. Jos. C. Hart, Jr., was captain of Co. E. 9th Regiment Texas Cavalry.

C.H. Bridges Major General The Adjutant General

The following URL is the 9th TX Cavalry web site. It has a time line for the battles, etc. and I would guess that Jesse was wounded in one of the battles in Georgia. His brother in law, Ed R. Bush, was also in this unit.

http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/9cvbatt.htm


1871-He is listed as an heir to Mary Gentry's estate and received a portion of land west of Sherman in Grayson County, Texas.

In March, 1877, he and one of his brothers, J.M. Gentry, received land in Grayson County from Jesse W. Bell and James K. Blair. The reason for the transfer, and the relationship between these four men, is unknown. (Vol A1, Grayson Co, TX)

On August 19, 1878, he sold 12 acres of Timber land to J.M. Gentry (his older brother) for $75. (Volume 44, Grayson County)

Notes by Charles Strong, Dec. 2002.
"J.A. Gentry purchased (Land Certificates) of Charlie Carson - Book B, Page 516 - November 1902

Reagan County Texas
Book 1 Page 615

I John J. Terrell, Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas do hereby certify that
J.A. Gentry on the 3rd day of July. A.D. 1905, filed proof of three consecutive years residence and occupancy on Section No. 184, Block No. 2. Certificate No. 1/189, Grantee T. & P. Ry. Co. in Reagan County, as required by Article 4218 ? and 4218 ? Revised Civil Statuated of 1895: and said proof is corroborated by the affidavits of F.McG?, C. F. Hilburn and E.L. McMaster whose credibility is certified to by J.B. Lucas as County Clerk Reagan County, Texas, that said land was originally sold to C. W. Carson on 11th day of June, A.D. 1902. In testimony whereof I ? to set my hand and cause to be affixed the seal of the General Land Office.
Done at Austin, Texas, this the 5th day of July, A.D. 1905.

John J. Terrell

Commissioner of the General Land Office

F. 72683

Additional lands
Section 198, Block 2 Cert. 1/210, Grantee T. & P. Ry. Co.

Filed for record the 10th day of July 1905 at 6 o'clock P.M. and duly recorded the 11th day of July 1905, at 10 o'clock A.M.

(This land sold in 1909 to J. Blocke by J.A. Gentry and wife I.J. Gentry - Book 4 Page 151)

(Another sale was on this same page, Book 4 Page 151 in 1905)

(Research):
Census Information:

1870 Census
Grayson Co. TX Pg. 17B
86/86
Gentry, J.A., 26 MW Farmer 250 200 KY
". Sarah, 18 FW Keeps House KY
". Calumy(?), 1 MW TX

1880 census Coleman Co. TX
ED 44 Pg. 546D
Jessee A. GENTRY Self M Male W 36 KY Farmer KY KY
Sarah A. GENTRY Wife M Female W 29 KY Keeping House KY KY
Calaway D. GENTRY Son S Male W 10 TX Works On Farm KY KY
David S. GENTRY Son S Male W 5 TX KY KY

1900 census Mills Co. TX
ED 113 Pg. 191
117/118
Gentry, Jesse A., head, WM Nov. 1844 55 M 5(married 5 yrs) KY Ky Ky
Gentry, I. J., wife, WF March 1859 41 M 5 0children LA SC AL
Tolson/Folson, Attie, d-in-law, WF Feb. 1881 19 S TX LS MS (Probably step-dau.)
Gentry, Dennis, son, W M Oct. 1880 19 S TX KY KY
Gentry, Evi, daugh W M Aug 1883 16 S TX KY KY
Gentry, Etta, niece, W M Aug 1889 10 S TX TX TX

Jesse married Sarah Anise Wilkins on 5 Sep 1868 in Grayson County, Texas. Sarah (daughter of C.S. Wilkins and Elizabeth ???) was born on 17 Nov 1851 in Kentucky; died on 3 Feb 1894 in Mills County, Texas; was buried in Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Izora Joan Traylor on 2 Sep 1894 in Mills County, Texas. Izora was born on 27 Mar 1859 in Louisiana; died on 28 Jun 1941 in Mullin, Mills County, Texas; was buried in Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]