Jesse Gentry

Abt 1808 - 1862  (54 years)

• Name	Jesse Gentry  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1808	Albemarle County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1862  [1, 3]
  Notes	Jesse Gentry, a contractor and builder by occupation in early life, was a pioneer into Missouri, and built the first really respectable dwelling erected in St. Louis. It was the residence of Gov. Bates. Subsequently he came to Palmyra and there he built the first frame house put up in town. In 1835, having married in the meantime, he entered land in Shelby county, to which he removed, where he improved a farme, and resided until his death. He died in 1862. His wife, whose maiden name was Miss Nancy Payne, died in 1839. She was related to the early family of Paynes, for whom Paynesville, in Pike county, was named. (HISTORY OF MONROE AND SHELBY COUNTY, St. Louis Historical Society, Missouri: 1881, pp 916-917). The 1840 Shelby County, MO Census shows the following Gentry, Jesse 2-0-1-0-0-0-0-1/1-2-1 A George Gentry was also a head of household in Shelby County in 1840 Gentry, George 1-0-0-0-1/2-1-0-0-1
  Person ID	I5722	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Nancy Payne,   b. Abt 1808, Kentucky d. 1839 (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1835	Missouri   [3, 4]
  	They had three children.
  Children	1. James M. Gentry,   b. 23 Oct 1835, Marion County, Missouri d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1808 - Albemarle County, Virginia Marriage - Abt 1835 - Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S272] Payne, Brooke THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA (Third Printing, C.J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA 1998). [S376] St. Louis Historical Society HISTORY OF MONROE AND SHELBY COUNTY (1881), p 916-917 (Reliability: 3). [S376] St. Louis Historical Society HISTORY OF MONROE AND SHELBY COUNTY (1881), p 917 (Reliability: 3). [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.