John Price Gentry b. 29 Mar 1862 Johnson County, Texas d. 14 Apr 1946 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas: Strong McLemore Ancestry

1862 - 1946 (84 years)

Name	John Price Gentry [1]
Birth	29 Mar 1862	Johnson County, Texas [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Death	14 Apr 1946	Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
Burial	16 Apr 1946	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Notes	1862-His funeral record states place of birth as Hill Co., Texas, but he could actually have been born in Johnson Co. Maybe the information is correct and the family moved to Johnson Co. shortly after the birth. 1886-Was this marriage in Woodville, Tyler Co., as there is no Woodvine in Texas? Could Woodvine have been a town that disappeared? Maybe the son who supplied the information simply didn't know the name of the town. 1887, 12 Nov. - "Mr Price Gentry's little child died last week." The Weekly Duncan Banner July 28, 1905 "J.P. Gentry and family left for Loco yesterday to attend the 5th Sunday meeting, after which they will visit relatives and friends in Wyse county, Texas for a week or two." (Courtesy Lynell Cordell) Stephens County Historical Society Interviews with Pioneers Pioneer Memories The R. B. Frensley Family History Added Memories of the Frensley Family by Bob Frensley - (excerpt) "One day in May 1908 there were eight tornadoes around Duncan in one afternoon. The first one hit out west of town around Oil City. Most of the others we could just see out on the prairie, but one did clip the edge of Duncan. It came through the south edge of town and tore up some stuff down at the oil mill on 7th and Bois d'arc. You could have done most anything in downtown Duncan that afternoon and nobody would have known it. Everyone was down in storm cellars. Fuqua Park used to be a big cotton patch. It belonged to a man named Price Gentry. Us kids used to take our sacks and go over there after school every afternoon to pick cotton. Some used regular cotton bags and others used tow or burlap sacks. There were kids of all ages and sizes. Worst mistake Mr. Gentry ever made was planting citron or pie melons along the rows one year. From then on, we kept the old man busy searching the sacks when he weighed them in. He'd have to hunt through each sack to be sure us kids didn't have a melon in there to be weighed." Funeral home record from Duncan, Stephens Co. OK (Courtesy Lynell Cordell) John Price Gentry died April 14, 1946 at Wichita Falls Clinic at Wichita Falls, Texas. Had been in ill health for a number of years, however, death was unexpected. Born March 29, 1862 at Hill County, Texas, son of John Milton and Pamelia Harpole Gentry. Was carpenter by trade. Married 1886 in Woodvine, Texas to Emma Green, now deceased. Was a member of Baptist Church and Odd Fellows Lodge. Surviving children; L.O. Gentry of Wichita Falls, Texas; Gerald H. Gentry of Okla. City, Oklahoma; Mrs. C.S. Kerr, Chula Vista, Calif. 1 brother, J.E. Gentry of Duncan Community. Funeral will be at 2:30 Tuesday April 16 at Emanuel Baptist Church. Rev. J.C. Dodson officiating. Internment in Duncan Cemetery Duncan Cemetery, Duncan, OK (computerized cemetery records show name as John Pierce) Section 3, Block 21, Lot 12, Spaces 5 & 6: John Price Gentry 84 b. ? TX d. 14 APR 1946 Wichita Fall, TX. Died of Leukemia. Mrs. Emma G. [Green] Gentry 71 b. ? TX d. 8 NOV 1939 Duncan, OK Parent of Emma was James Green. The South 1/2 of Lot 12 is owned by J. P. Gentry. (Research):Census Information: (Courtesy Lynell Cordell) 1910 census Comanche Co. OK Cache Twp., ED 38 Pg. 10B 142/144 Gentry, John P. 48, Married for 24 yrs., TX KY TN Emma, 41, M 1, 24, 8 children/3 children living, TX TN TX Witherspoon, Mable E., dau., 18, M 1, 2 yrs. 1/1 children , OK TX TX Gentry, Luther J., son 16 OK TX TX Gentry, Gerald J. son, 1, OK TX TX Witherspoon, Ruth H., g-dau., 4/12, OK MO OK 1920 census Stephens Co. OK ED 248 Pg. 1A 7/ Gentry, J.P., 58, cotton buyer, TX TN TN Emma, 51, TX US US Gerald, son, 12 OK TX TX Kerff (?), L.G., son-in-law, 27, NY NY NY (can't read last name) Mable, daughter, 26, OK TX TX Louis W., grandson, 2 6/12, OK NY OK Witherspoon, Hazel, granddaughter, 10, AZ AZ OK 1930 census Oklahoma County, OK ED 55-62 Pg. 162A Oklahoma City North Central - House # 1223 202/290 Smith, Samuel T., head, MW, 53, M, age when first married 37, KY KY KY Maude E., wife, FW, 45, M, age when first married 29, TX MS TX Gentry, John P., lodger, MW, 68, M, age when first married 24, TX KY TN Emma, lodger, FW, 61, M, age when first married 17, TX TN TN Austin, Willard, lodger, MW, 24, S, MO IL MO
Person ID	I5945	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

Father	John Melton Gentry, b. 19 Dec 1827, Kentucky d. 3 Mar 1904, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Age 76 years)
Mother	Pamelia C Harpole, b. 20 Mar 1827, Obion County, Tennessee d. 19 Jul 1903, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Age 76 years)
Marriage	Abt 1850	Tennessee
	Fay Payne Yeager reports they had another daughter, named Mary. "She is not on a census but family history tells that John and Pamelia had a daughter named Mary that died young. An old saying was, "If a person is sitting by a window and a bird comes and sits on the window sill, that person is going to die." This happened to Mary." Ken Harvey is adament their is not daughter Mary. It was thought that a gravestone in the Oakland Cemetery in Johnson Co. TX that reads: "Sacred to the Memory of M. Mary Gentry Jan. ?, 18?5 (1865?) -- 1869" might be hers. However, an earlier transcription of the cemetery proves that this headstone was for the wife of Preacher William Gentry, whose date of birth was 1805, and who died in 1869.
Family ID	F164	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Emma Green, b. Between 1868 and 1869, Texas d. 9 Nov 1939, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age ~ 71 years)

Marriage 29 Nov 1886 Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas [3, 4]

Children

	1. Infant Gentry, b. 1887 d. Nov 1887, Wise County, Texas (Age 0 years)
	2. Mabel E. Gentry, b. Between 1891 and 1892, Stephens County, Oklahoma
	3. Luther Owen Gentry, b. 5 Feb 1894, Duncan, Indian Territory d. 1 Feb 1968, Wichita County, Texas (Age 73 years)
	4. Frank W. Gentry, b. 24 Dec 1897 d. 28 Nov 1899 (Age 1 year)
	5. Infant Son Gentry, b. 11 May 1900 d. 18 May 1900 (Age 0 years)
	6. Gerald Hastings Gentry, b. 3 May 1908, Oklahoma d. 21 Nov 1984, Oklahoma (Age 76 years)

Family ID F2905 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 9 Dec 2006

Event Map

	Birth - 29 Mar 1862 - Johnson County, Texas
	Marriage - 29 Nov 1886 - Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas
	Death - 14 Apr 1946 - Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
	Burial - 16 Apr 1946 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma

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Photos

Trawick and Gentry Reunion, ca 1939
L-R: Emma (Green) & John Price Gentry, Mary (Trawick) Rennels, George and Belle (McCauley) Trawick, James Edwin and Zada (Trawick) Gentry, Columbus and Virginia (Gentry) Parsons, John O. and Susie (Trawick) McMinn, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN.

PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN COUPLE.

Headstones

Gentry, John Price and Emma (Green)

Sources

[S207] 1870 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003., (United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census.).
[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, Shows POB as Hill County, Texas (Reliability: 3).
[S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.
[S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email, She cites FHL Number 1290677 Dates: 1882-1890 (Reliability: 3).