Mary "Polly" ???

1805 - 1869  (64 years)

• Name	Mary "Polly" ???  [1]
  Nickname	Polly
  Birth	23 Jan 1805	Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Jun 1869	Texas   [1, 2]
  Burial	Oakland Cemetery, Grandview, Johnson County, Texas   [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 d. Abt 1882, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1826	Kentucky
  Children	1. John Melton Gentry,   b. 19 Dec 1827, Kentucky d. 3 Mar 1904, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Age 76 years)   2. James C. Gentry,   b. Abt 1830, Illinois d. Aft 1883 (Age 54 years)   3. Mitchell Cyrus Gentry,   b. Abt 1832, Illinois d. Aft 1883 (Age 52 years)   4. Minerva A. Gentry,   b. 9 Oct 1837, Kentucky d. 25 Jun 1890, Grayson County, Texas (Age 52 years)   5. Sarah M. "Sally" Gentry,   b. Abt 1838, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown   6. Wesley Gentry,   b. Abt 1842, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown   7. Jesse Abram Gentry,   b. 27 Nov 1844, Kentucky d. 11 May 1915, Mullin, Mills County, Texas (Age 70 years)   8. Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Gentry,   b. 20 Feb 1850, Tennessee d. 6 Oct 1933, Comanche County, Oklahoma (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F2981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2007

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Jan 1805 - Kentucky Marriage - Abt 1826 - Kentucky Death - 13 Jun 1869 - Texas Burial - - Oakland Cemetery, Grandview, Johnson County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Gentry, Mary

  
  

• Sources

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