Photos: Gentry, William G., ca 1870-1880: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Preacher William G. Gentry

Bef 1804 - Abt 1882 (~ 78 years)

Gentry, William G., ca 1870-1880

William G. Gentry was a Baptist Minister on the frontiers of Tennessee and Texas, and as was noted by Ken Harvey, "Frontier settlers demanded personality rather than diplomas from the men who called them to God. Kentucky was famous for the pathological intensity of the religious revivals that shook the populous at the turn of the century. Revivalists knew their hell intimately---geography, climate, and vital statistics---and painted the sinners fate so hideously that shuddering crowds surged forward to the bushel-box alters to be born again."

Owner of original	Karen Russell Burks
Date	Between 1870-1880
Place	Texas
Linked to	Preacher William G. Gentry

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