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Mary "Polly" ???

Female 1805 - 1869  (64 years)


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  • Name Mary "Polly" ???  [1
    Nickname Polly 
    Birth 23 Jan 1805  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 13 Jun 1869  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Oakland Cemetery, Grandview, Johnson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • 1850-She is recorded in the census of 1850 as Polly Gentry, born in Kentucky in 1805,

      1860-She is recorded as Mary Gentry. Polly is a familiar form of the formal name Mary.

      1870 - "Mary Gentry, 65 years of age, born in Kentucky, died in August of this year in Grayson Co., Texas." Was this Preacher William's wife? It certainly seems highly likely.

      1871-Land records from Grayson County, Vol 38 pg 442 dated November 6, 1871 show that Mary Gentry owned, with her husband William G., 20 acres of land situated about one mile west of Sherman on the Gainsville and Sherman road at the time of her death. (Grayson Co, TX Vol 38 pages 442, 443 & 444)

      Charles Strong located the following probate record:

      Grayson Co, TX Vol 38, pgs 442-444

      The State of Texas, County of Grayson

      Whereas on the 13th day of June, 1869, Mary Gentry, Wife of William G. Gentry, departed this life in said County and State leaving as her sole & only heirs the following named children to wit, John M. Gentry, James C. Gentry, Cyrus M. Gentry, Minerva A. Gentry wife of William J. Gentry, Sally M. Hodges wife of Benjamin F. Hodges, Jesse A. Gentry and Mary E. Gentry; and also the said Mary, dec'd, at the time of her death owned as community property with William G. Gentry, a certain tract of land situated in said County and State about one mile West of Sherman on the Gainsville x Sherman road and more particularly detailed as follows.....now the said Gentry suriviving Matrimonial partner of said Mary Gentry, desceased, as well as the heirs of the said Mary above named and who are all the lawful age to contract---being mutually desirous of settling the estate of said Mary and partitioning the same among themselves...have agreed with each other to partition said lands and to invest the title to the part set apart to each heir named in the portion so set apart and divest said heir of all interest in the remaining portion and they, the parties aforesaid, mutually agree that the followig plat and division of said lands illustrates substantially the division and partition agreed upon.

      Witness our hands at Sherman this 6th day of November 1871

      Signed by W.G. Gentry, J.A. Gentry, J. William Gentry, Minerva A. Gentry, Sarah M. Hodges, B.F. Hodges, J.M. Gentry, M.E. Gentry, C.M. Gentry and attested be L. Hare and Joseph Bledsoe

      Could Mary's surname have been Miller? Her grandson by her son John Melton Gentry, William Miller Gentry, was clearly not given his mother's, Harpole surname, as his middle name. On the other hand it would have been quite reasonable for him to have received his paternal grandmother's surname.

      Oakland Cemetery of Johnson Co., TX Miltenberger's Report, copied 1969 GENTRY, Mary Mrs. 23 Jan 1805 - 13 Jun 1869

      The later recording of that cemetery is the one we found first:

      Sacred to the Memory of M. Mary Gentry Jan. ?, 18?5 ? , 1869
    Person ID I6158  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2014 

    Family Preacher William G. Gentry,   b. Bef 1804, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1882, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1826  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. 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)
     2. James C. Gentry,   b. Abt 1830, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1883 (Age ~ 54 years)
     3. Mitchell Cyrus Gentry,   b. Abt 1832, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1883 (Age ~ 52 years)
     4. Minerva A. Gentry,   b. 9 Oct 1837, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1890, Grayson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     5. Sarah M. "Sally" Gentry,   b. Abt 1838, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Wesley Gentry,   b. Abt 1842, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Jesse Abram Gentry,   b. 27 Nov 1844, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1915, Mullin, Mills County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     8. Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Gentry,   b. 20 Feb 1850, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1933, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F2981  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Jan 1805 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1826 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Jun 1869 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Oakland Cemetery, Grandview, Johnson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Gentry, Mary
    Gentry, Mary

  • Sources 
    1. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 22092531 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email.