Franklin Melton Gentry

1880 - 1928  (48 years)

• Name	Franklin Melton Gentry
  Birth	24 May 1880	Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jun 1928	Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Burial	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Notes	He is listed as living with Ada his wife and their two children in Parks township, Stephens Co., in 1910. Ref: DWL 88/Family 88 He later inherited from his father and he farmed the family land east of Duncan. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Frank Melton Gentry City: Arthur County: Stephens State: Oklahoma Birth Date: 24 May 1880 Race: White Roll: 1852128 DraftBoard: 0 Age: 38 Occupation: Farming Nearest Relative: Ada Gentry, Arthur, Stephens Co. OK Height/Build: Medium/Slender Color of Eyes/Hair: Blue/Black Duncan Eagle, June 14, 1928, Page 7 Frank Gentry Laid to Rest County Resident for 38 Years Passed Away at Age of 48. Services Wednesday. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for Frank M. Gentry, who had passed away at 6 o'clock Monday evening, a victim of pneumonia. Arrangements were made by the Beeson Grantham Funeral Home, and services were held in the First Baptist Church, with Rev. Elmer Ridgeway officiating. Burial was in the Duncan Cemetery. Born in Texas on May 24, 1880, Mr. Gentry came to this section at an early age, and had resided in Stephens County for 38 years. His home was 12 1/2 miles east of Duncan. His long residence here had made him widely and favorably known throughout this section. Surviving are the widow; three sons, Rene, John and Freeland; and two daughters, Frankie and June. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gentry, live at 721 Spruce Avenue. There are also two sisters and three brothers. Ken Harvey related a story about Frank and his wife decided to replace all their living room furniture so he headed to town with a bale of cotton to sell. The old furniture was meanwhile presented to the neighbours. Unfortunately instead bought an Edison record player with records and put it in his wagon and took it home. The family heard him singing as he arrived home late at night and Ada was none too pleased to discover what their money had been spent on. They now had a bare room with a phonograph. This was the old ground floor bedroom on the south side of the house. His son Glen really enjoyed the new machine as he was a fun loving young man and liked to dance to the music played on the Edison. One of the records was "The Irish Washer Woman" and Glen was able to do a jig to that!
  Person ID	I1600	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Miller Gentry,   b. 23 May 1851, Tennessee d. 23 Sep 1929, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary "Molly" Evelyn Mounts,   b. 27 Aug 1857, West Virginia d. 10 Sep 1940, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1872	Grayson County, Texas   [2]
  	Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gentry Celebrate their "Golden Wedding Day" Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gentry of this city [Duncan] celebrated their "Golden Wedding Day" Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Payne, a few miles east of this city, surrounded by their sons and daughters, grand children, great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Married 50 years ago in Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Gentry came to Oklahoma before there was any Stephen's county of a city of Duncan. They have resided in Stephens county, near Duncan, for the last 33 years and in the city of Duncan for three years. Mr. Gentry, who has passed the 72nd milestone of life, was born in Tennessee, and moved to Texas when that state was young. Mrs. Gentry was born in West Virginia and grew to womanhood in Illinois after which she moved with her parents to Texas. Eight children were born to this union, six of whom are living. They are J.W. Gentry of Alpine, Texas; Mrs. Marvin Payne of Chickasha; Mrs. S.B. Hall of Garber, Oklahoma; and three sons who live on farms east of Duncan. There are 24 grandchildren and five great grand children. Mr. Gentry carries his age exceedingly well, as does also Mrs. Gentry and to see them as they go about their daily lives one would never suspect that they had travelled a-down the rosy pathway of love and life together for half a century. (GOLDEN WEDDING REPORT Newspaper clipping cut from unidentified Duncan City, Oklahoma newspaper, probably the Banner) Ken Harvey had the following to report about their union: Will married Mary Evelyn Mounts on Saturday, 12th July 1873 in Grayson Co., Texas. The marriage licence merely states that they were married by M. F. Cole. The marriage licence gives no further information. The day was incorrectly recorded as 13th. The question does arise as to why Will's grandfather, Preacher William Gentry, did not conduct the ceremony. His father-in-law William J. Mounts did not approve of young Will as a husband for his daughter Molly. He told his young daughter that "Will was just a Tennessee farm boy, and though pleasant enough, he would never amount to anything." She was not dissuaded. Will, it was always generally agreed, was evidently not very ambitious and rather easy going. Much later on, after her husband, Will's, death, Molly used to remonstrate with her young grandson Lewis Adair Payne "Get up and get going, you are just like Will sitting there for half an hour on your bed before making a move."
  Family ID	F1107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ada Carol Jones,   b. 1880, Texas d. 23 Apr 1929 (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	17 Sep 1905	Arthur, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  	CHICKASAW NATION MARRIAGES ARDMORE COURTHOUSE GROOM INDEX 1895 - 1907 THRELKELD, W R 23 TRAWICK, IDA 24 23 DEC 1900 ALMA TRAWICK, G A 28 McCAULEY, BELLE 19 13 JUN 1902 ALMA GENTRY, FRANK M 35 JONES, ADA 26 17 SEP 1905 ARTHUR CANDREN, THOMAS 23 GENTRY, CARRIE 21 13 FEB 1896 DUNCAN http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgarvin/kinard/chicmarriageindex.htm
  Children	1. Rene Hubert Gentry,   b. Abt 1907, Oklahoma d. Abt 1942 (Age ~ 35 years)   2. Glenn William Gentry,   b. 1909, Oklahoma d. Abt 1927, Oklahoma (Age 18 years)   3. Frankie Gentry,   b. 1911, Oklahoma   4. June Margarete Gentry,   b. 22 Jun 1913, Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 11 Jun 2002, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma (Age 88 years)   5. John Vernon Gentry,   b. 11 Mar 1915, Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 22 Jul 2004, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 89 years)   6. Freeland Norman Gentry,   b. 8 Feb 1918, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 13 Dec 1995, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 77 years)
  Photos		Gentry, Franklin and Ada, ca 1905 Franklin Melton Gentry and Ada Carol Jones were married on 17 September 1905 in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.
  Family ID	F1106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 May 1880 - Texas Marriage - 17 Sep 1905 - Arthur, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Death - 11 Jun 1928 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Burial - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S315] Rainey, Juanita (sparklestree@aol.com) "Juanita's Family Tree" Ver. Jun 23 22:39:06 2003; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentry536. [S315] Rainey, Juanita (sparklestree@aol.com) "Juanita's Family Tree" Ver. Jun 23 22:39:06 2003; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentry536, Other researchers show the date of marriage as being in 1873 (Reliability: 3).