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Sallie A Gentry

Female 1856 - 1876  (20 years)


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  • Name Sallie A Gentry  [1
    Birth 29 Jul 1856  Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 Sep 1876  Johnson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Oakland Cemetery, Grandview, Johnson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • On 1860 census but not 1870.

      Lynell Gentry emailed, in April 2006, that Sallie was listed in "History of Johnson Co. TX" as one of the first students to attend the Oakland College, which was chartered Nov. 2, 1866. Unfortunately, Sallie became the first person buried in the new Oakland Cemetery next to the school. People who later canvassed the cemetery for the genealogical society were unable to read Sallie's death date but it was later posted as: GENTRY, Miss Sallie A. 29 Jul 1856 14 Sep 1876.

      (Miltenberger's Report copied 1969)

      A photo of this headstone is posted. The year of death is extremely difficult to verify, but it appears more likely to be either 1860, making Sallie only four at the time of her death. This would account for her absence at the time of the 1870 census, and would also mean that she was not the same Sallie Gentry who was a student at Oakland College. It could also be 1880, putting her age of death at 24.
    Person ID I6424  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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Jul 1856 - Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Sep 1876 - Johnson County, 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, Sallie
    Gentry, Sallie
    Sallie was listed in "History of Johnson Co. TX" as one of the first students to attend the Oakland College, which was chartered Nov. 2, 1866. Unfortunately, Sallie became the first person buried in the new Oakland Cemetery next to the school. People who later canvassed the cemetery for the genealogical society were unable to read Sallie's death date but it was later posted as: GENTRY, Miss Sallie A. 29 Jul 1856 14 Sep 1876.
    The year of death above is difficult to read, but it appears more likely to be either 1860, making Sallie only four at the time of her death, or 1880, making her 24.

  • Sources 
    1. [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.).

    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.

    3. [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.).