Permelia Gertrude Gentry

1876 - 1906  (~ 30 years)

• Name	Permelia Gertrude Gentry
  Birth	Aug 1876	Texas
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Sep 1906	Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Burial	Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Notes	Gertie, as she was known, died following the birth of her sixth or seventh child. The baby girl, Louise, who survived, was not expected to live. Marlow Review Friday, Sept. 14, 1906 Mrs. Gertie Payne: Wife of Walter Payne of Arthur, I. T. died Tuesday morning and was laid to rest in the city cemetery Wednesday. Rev. Burgess conducted religious services. She leaves a husband and several small children. Mr. Payne is a brother of Mr. W. H. Payne of this place. The funeral was largely attended by friends and relatives from Arthur and Duncan. To all the sorrowing ones we extend our sympathy. (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)
  Person ID	I5675	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   [1]
  	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	Walter Winkle Payne,   b. Mar 1867, Shelby County, Missouri d. 26 Mar 1929, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1894	Stephens County, Indian Territory
  Children	1. Emma Blanch Payne,   b. Nov 1895, Stephens County, Indian Territory d. Bef 1907, Stephens County, Indian Territory (Age ~ 11 years)   2. Harry Carl Payne,   b. 4 Feb 1898, Stephens County, Indian Territory d. 19 Feb 1957, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 59 years)   3. Mary Ethel Payne,   b. 13 Sep 1898, Stephens County, Indian Territory d. 23 Apr 1948, Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma (Age 49 years)   4. Vera Payne,   b. 12 Aug 1901, Stephens County, Indian Territory d. 23 Mar 1962, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico (Age 60 years)   5. Virginia Callie Payne,   b. 23 Aug 1903, Stephens County, Indian Territory d. 21 Apr 1971, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 67 years)   6. John Earl "Dukey" Payne,   b. 3 Jan 1905, Stephens County, Indian Territory d. 5 Jun 1953, Oklahoma (Age 48 years)   7. Gertrude Louise Payne,   b. 24 Aug 1906, Stephens County, Indian Territory d. 6 Apr 1969, Pampa, Gray County, Texas (Age 62 years)
  Headstones		Payne, Walter and Permelia (Gentry)
  Family ID	F1052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Aug 1876 - Texas Death - 11 Sep 1906 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Burial - - Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, 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, Other researchers show the date of marriage as being in 1873 (Reliability: 3).