Emma Green: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Emma Green was born between 1868 and 1869 in Texas; died on 9 Nov 1939 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

It is possible that one of Emma's sisters also married a Gentry.Or the connection could instead by Angie Cordelia Green, who was the mother-in-law of Emory Howell Gentry

Juanita Rainey shows her as the daughter of James Green.

Emma married John Price Gentry on 29 Nov 1886 in Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas. John (son of John Melton Gentry and Pamelia C Harpole) was born on 29 Mar 1862 in Johnson County, Texas; died on 14 Apr 1946 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas; was buried on 16 Apr 1946 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Infant Gentry was born in 1887; died in Nov 1887 in Wise County, Texas.
3. Mabel E. Gentry was born between 1891 and 1892 in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
4. Luther Owen Gentry was born on 5 Feb 1894 in Duncan, Indian Territory; died on 1 Feb 1968 in Wichita County, Texas; was buried in Crestview Memorial Park Mausoleum, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas.
5. Frank W. Gentry was born on 24 Dec 1897; died on 28 Nov 1899; was buried in Alma Cemetery, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
6. Infant Son Gentry was born on 11 May 1900; died on 18 May 1900; was buried in Alma Cemetery, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
7. Gerald Hastings Gentry was born on 3 May 1908 in Oklahoma; died on 21 Nov 1984 in Oklahoma.

Generation: 2

2. Infant Gentry (1.Emma¹) was born in 1887; died in Nov 1887 in Wise County, Texas.

Mabel E. Gentry

(1.Emma¹) was born between 1891 and 1892 in Stephens County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Could this have been the Mabel E. Gentry (18) of Duncan who married James J. Haymaker (21) of Duncan on 9 Jul 1908? It certainly seems possible. Unfortunately the parents were not given in this entry. How could she have married twice in the same year-maybe her first husband, James Haymaker, died shortly after the wedding. That would have given five months. May have divorced by 1910.

She was recorded as living in her parental home.

Mabel was referred to in a list of the surviving children of John Price Gentry as "Mrs. C. S. Kerr - [of] Chula Vista, Calif."

Mabel married William R. Witherspoon on 24 Dec 1908 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. William was born about 1880; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

8. Ruth Hazel Witherspoon was born about 1910 in Oklahoma.

Mabel married C. S. Kerr after 1909. C. was born before 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luther Owen Gentry

(1.Emma¹) was born on 5 Feb 1894 in Duncan, Indian Territory; died on 1 Feb 1968 in Wichita County, Texas; was buried in Crestview Memorial Park Mausoleum, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas.

Notes:

Luther was referred to in a list of the surviving children of John Price Gentry as " L. O. Gentry of Wichita Falls [Texas]".

Did he have an infant son who was born 9 July 1929 in Wichita County, Texas?

Lynell Cordell found the following information:

WWI Draft Registration - 1917
Name: Luther Gentry
City: Duncan
County: Stephens
State: Oklahoma
Birthplace: Duncan, Oklahoma; United States of America
Birth Date: 05 Feb 1894
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1852128
Married or single: Single
Brown eyes, dark hair
(couldn't read occupation)
1930 census Wichita Co. TX ED
11/11 Gentry, Luther J., head, MW, 35, Age when 1st married 29, OK US US
Verma, wife, FW, 35, Age when 1st married 29, KS KS IL
Collier, Emma, mother-in-law, FW, 56, Wd., KS PA OH
Arnold, Hollie, sister-in-law, FW, 34, WD. KS IL KS
Bernadine, niece, FW, 12, KS KS KS
Living in Wichita Falls, TX at time of his father's death, 1946.
SSDI
LUTHER GENTRY 05 Feb 1894 Feb 1968 76301 (Wichita Falls, Wichita, TX) (none specified) 455-09-0220 Texas
TX Death Record
Gentry Luther Owen 02-01-1968 WICHITA M SINGLE

Family/Spouse: Verma Collier. Verma was born on 30 Jun 1894 in Kansas; died on 5 Apr 1984 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas; was buried in Crestview Memorial Park Mausoleum, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5. Frank W. Gentry (1.Emma¹) was born on 24 Dec 1897; died on 28 Nov 1899; was buried in Alma Cemetery, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
6. Infant Son Gentry (1.Emma¹) was born on 11 May 1900; died on 18 May 1900; was buried in Alma Cemetery, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma.

Gerald Hastings Gentry

(1.Emma¹) was born on 3 May 1908 in Oklahoma; died on 21 Nov 1984 in Oklahoma.

Notes:

Gerald was referred to in a list of the surviving children of John Price Gentry as "Gerald H. [Gentry] of Oklahoma City".

Ken Harvey writes that he joined the cavalry, and noted, "Take a fool's advice and never join the cavalry"

Lynell Cordell found the following:

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Gerald H Gentry
Birth Year: 1908
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Oklahoma
State: Oklahoma
County or City: Oklahoma
Enlistment Date: 21 Nov 1945
Enlistment State: Oklahoma
Enlistment City: Oklahoma City
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Staff Sergeant
Grade Code: Staff Sergeant
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Cook
Marital Status: Married
Height: 98
Weight: 244

Gerald was living in Oklahoma City, OK at the time of his father's death in 1946.

SSDI
GERALD GENTRY 03 May 1908 Dec 1984 73109 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK) (none specified) 441-28-3181 Oklahoma

Sunnylane Cemetery, Del City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Section 10 Block 2 Row 1-8
10 2 4 85 GENTRY, Gerald H. May 3 1908 - Nov 21 1984 M Sgt US Air Force WWII

(Research):Census Information:

1930 Census

1930 census Laramie Co. WY ED 11-15 Pg. 218B
Military Reservation in Dist. 3
Fort Francis E. Warren
Randall Avenue
Gentry, Gerald H., private, MW, 27, S, OK TX TX, Soldier, U
S Army

Gerald married Elma Lee Davis on 8 Mar 1939 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. Elma was born on 21 Apr 1922 in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma; died on 14 Mar 2007 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

8. Ruth Hazel Witherspoon (3.Mabel², 1.Emma¹) was born about 1910 in Oklahoma.