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John Price Gentry

Male 1862 - 1946  (84 years)


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  • Name John Price Gentry  [1
    Birth 29 Mar 1862  Johnson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Apr 1946  Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 16 Apr 1946  Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1904, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Pamelia C Harpole,   b. 20 Mar 1827, Obion County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1903, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1850  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1939, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Marriage 29 Nov 1886  Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Infant Gentry,   b. 1887   d. Nov 1887, Wise County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Mabel E. Gentry,   b. Between 1891 and 1892, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Luther Owen Gentry,   b. 5 Feb 1894, Duncan, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1968, Wichita County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1984, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F2905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Mar 1862 - Johnson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Nov 1886 - Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Apr 1946 - Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 16 Apr 1946 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Trawick and Gentry Reunion, ca 1939
    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)
    Gentry, John Price and Emma (Green)

  • Sources 
    1. [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.).

    2. [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).

    3. [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.

    4. [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).