Virginia E. "Jennie" Gentry

1859 - Aft 1930  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Virginia E. "Jennie" Gentry  [1]
  Nickname	Jennie
  Birth	Jun 1859	Missouri   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1930	Oklahoma
  Notes	Known as Ginny. Later in life she had a large goiter or growth on her neck. She believed that she was born in Missouri. She recorded that she had six children, five of whom were still alive in 1910. As she only recorded five children in 1900, the sixth, who died, must have been born circa. 1895 when she would have been 36 years of age.
  Person ID	I5967	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	Columbus "Lum" Parsons,   b. 3 Mar 1854, Missouri d. 16 Jun 1943, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1878  [3]
  Children	1. Charles Parsons,   b. Jul 1881, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Hardy Parsons,   b. Jan 1884, Missouri d. Yes, date unknown   3. Edwin Malcolm Parsons,   b. 28 Sep 1887, Missouri d. Aug 1910, Amber, Grady County, Oklahoma (Age 22 years)   4. Edgar Ray Parsons,   b. 28 Sep 1887, Ashley, Pike County, Missouri d. Jan 1976, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 88 years)   5. Arthur George Parsons,   b. 19 Nov 1891, Pike County, Missouri d. Jul 1966, Oklahoma (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F3077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jun 1859 - Missouri Death - Aft 1930 - Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, 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 1860 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 June 1859 in Missouri (Reliability: 3). [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.