DESCENDANTS
OF JOHN
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Rick
Dent and Don Norman
1.JOHN
John Dent was born
20, 1840 in
Captain John Dent wrote on his application
for a Revolutionary War
pension that he
was born
the spring of 1776
when he was 21 years old, he crossed the
Shenandoah, and
A pension
certificate dated
The Dent family lived in Monongalia county
– a sparsely settled,
thickly forested
wilderness in the valley of the Monongahela
river. They were
among the first settlers in the area. Quoting from “The Making of
"These
pioneers left the ease and security of well ordered settlements to encounter
the perils of unknown forests inhabited by wild beasts, and rivers unspanned by bridges, to found a civilized community in the
heart of the
wilderness untrodden by civilized man and remote from
the
settlements of the
East. Armed with axe and rifle and with intense
individualistic
spirit, but bound by certain community of interests, they built their log
cabins and promptly turned to the conquest and subjugation of the primeval
wilds which the Indians had sought to retain unconquered.
John owned a large amount of land at
Granville, about six
miles from
him. Here he built
a house later known as "the old Dent homestead. He was a member of the VA
Assembly, justice of the peace, and according to tradition, the first sheriff
of Monongalia county.
The Dent plantation is described in reminiscences of a
granddaughter Emma Jane (Dent) Pattett, sometime in
the 1890’s.
My grandfather was Captain John Dent, a captain in the
Revolutionary War,
My mother's father was William Berkshire. My mother was
born at
on the
the Dent home in WV. Both of my grandfathers owned
beautiful
homes and large plantations in WV. The work was done by
negro
slaves, superintended by over-seers. The principal
productions were corn,
wheat, tobacco, buck-wheat and flax. Large flocks of
sheep were raised. All
the clothing blankets were made at home. Yarn was spun,
colored and knit
into stockings. From the flax was made all the household
linen, even the
thread that was used being made from the finest of flax.
Although but a little girl of twelve, when I last saw my
grandfather Dent's
home, well do I remember it. The house was a wooden
structure with a large
double porch on the front. It was surrounded by trees,
and nestled among the
beautiful rolling hills. On some of the hills were trees,
on others the
fields of flax, corn, tobacco and buck-wheat, while
others were covered with
grazing sheep and cattle.
The memory of the interior of the house is especially
well preserved in my
mind. In the parlor was a large brick fireplace, with
brass andirons and
brass knobbed tongs and shovel. The floor was carpeted
with a beautiful
homemade carpet that my grandmother made herself of wool.
The chain for it
was so that the chain made it striped. A few pictures
hung on the wall, a
fine large clock stood on the floor, a corner cupboard
with glass doors and
filled with china and silverware, used only for company,
stood in one corner
and over the fireplace was a nice mantelpiece with high
brass candlesticks
and ornaments. Among these ornaments was often found a
ripe tomato, called
in those days, a love-apple and considered unfit for
food. The chairs were
made of hard wood, high-backed, painted pink with green
flowers on the upper
part of the backs. A few small tables stood in different
parts of the room,
and the windows were curtained with hanging curtains of
white goods.
Grandmother Dent's bedroom opened from both parlor and
sitting-room. It was
carpeted similar to the parlor. The bed stood at one
side. It was a high
posted bed with curtains looped back with ribbon. It was
a corded bed, with
small rope laced back and forth in the place of the slats
and springs of
today. Over the cord was a tick filled with straw, then a
large feather bed,
linen sheets, bolster with fine linen case and knit lace
from linen thread,
quilts and homemade blankets and a homemade coverlid of
linen knotted in
patterns. The other furnishings of the room were a small
stand, two bureaus,
one small and one a six foot chest of drawers, so tall
that one had to stand
on a chair to look into the upper drawer, a cushioned
rocking-chair, a plain
chair and a large looking glass.
The sitting room was quite large with a corner fireplace
and grate. It was
around this fireplace that the family loved to gather in
the evenings and it
was in the light of the bright coals from its grate that
I remember seeing,
on one occasion, my grandfather Dent and my
great-grandfather Evans, who at
that time was ninety-five years old and who was visiting
my grandfather
Dent, and hearing them tell stories of the Revolutionary
War, in which they
both had taken part. A large dining table stood in this
room but it was only
used when company came. There were high-backed splint
bottomed chairs and
also cushioned rocking-chairs. The floor was carpeted
with a home-made
carpet. Half curtains, such as are used now, hung at the
windows.
Back of this sitting-room was a large hallway from which
the stairway
ascended. There were three rooms upstairs.
The kitchen was four or five feet lower than the other
house and had an
entry between. It was two stories high. The negro cooks
slept upstairs over
the kitchen. It was called the negro cook's quarters. The
cooks were Uncle
Jess, wife and family. The other negros
had Septemberarate houses, a short
distance from the main house. In the kitchen was a large
fireplace where the
cooking was done. Chestnut, hickory and oak were used for
fuel. Fire was
kept overnight by laying thick pieces of bark on the
coals then covering
them thickly with ashes. If the fire went out it had to
be started with a
flint as there were no matches in those days. There was a
crane in the
fireplace which had several hooks so that two or three
kettles could hang
over the fire at one time. The bread was baked in ovens
and on the hearth.
There were two cook tables and plenty of cooking utensils
in the kitchen. A
little way from the kitchen, on the bank of a small
creek, called "Dent's
Run", was a large stone milk-house. There was a
spring close by, and the
water trickled from it across the floor of the
milk-house, keeping the milk
always cool. On the upper shelves of the milk-house were
kept all the
preserves and butter.
In this beautiful home were raised a large family
consisting of eight boys
and four girls. Their names were: John, George, Dudley,
Enoch, James (my
father), Nimrod, Marmaduke,
Evans, Betsy, Nancy, Margaret and Ann Arrah. As
the children grew up and married, they usually made homes
for themselves on
or near the plantation of their father, but early in the
thirties the spirit
of the West came among them and in 1831 my uncle John
Dent, came to
and in 1832 my Uncle Enoch followed. Then it was that the
messages coming
from these brothers so filled by (sic) father with the
idea of making a home
for himself and family in the West that in the fall of
1834 he decided to
leave his VA home and settle on the prairies of
Children of John and Margaret (Evans) Dent.
2. (1).
m. Rawley Martin
3. (2). John Evans b.
m. Rebecca Hamilton
4. (3). George W. b.
5. (4). Dudley Evans b.
m. Mahala
Berkshire
6. (5). Nancy Ann b.
m. Felix Scott 1808
7. (6). Nimrod b.
m. Susan Graham
8. (7). Margaret b.
m. John Rochester
m. Peter Smith
9. (8). Enoch M. b.
m. Judith Gapen Apr 1817
10. (9). James Evans b.
m. Dorcas Berkshire
11. (10). Marmaduke b.
m. Sarah Price Aus 2 1827
12. (11). Anarah Catherine b.
m. Peter Fogle
13. (12). Rawley Evans b.
m. Maria Miller
m. Nancy Barker
2.
Elizabeth Dent, a daughter of John
and Margaret (Evans) Dent, was born
Children of Rawley and
14. (1). George b. 1801
d. 1873
m. Charlotte Bassett
15. (2). Henry F. b. 1800
d.
16. (3). Rawley b.
17. (4).
18.
(5).
m. James Scott
19 (6). Gillie
m. John
May
20 (7). Eliza
m. John Hiner
21 (8). Frank
3.JOHN EVANS
John Evans
Dent, a son of John and Margaret (Evans) Dent, was born
John went to
Children of John Evans and Rebecca (
22. (1). Sally Gillia b. 1805
m. William Cowen 1824
23. (2). George Washington b.
m.
Comfort Ijams,
24. (3). Zilpha b. 1810
25. (4). Margaret b. 1814
Children of John Evans and Mary (Cowen) Dent.
26 (1).
5.
Dudley Evans Dent, a son of John
and Margaret (Evans) Dent, was born
Children of Dudley Evans and Mahala
(
27. (1). George Berkshire b.
m. Catherine Young
m. Sarah M. Beaty
28. (2).
29. (3). Mariah Bessie b.
M. James C. Beaty
30. (4). James Evans b.
m. Belle Jane Beaty
31. (5). Sarahann
Catherine b.
m. Oliver P. Ice
32. (6). Zerlda A. b.
m. Elisha Pettry
33. (7). Cornelius
m. Juliana King
34. (8). Oliva M. b.
35. (9). Anarah F. b.
m. Henry Minor Ice
36. (10). Marmaduke b.
m. Mary Ellen Snider
37. (11). Margaret b.
m. Joseph W. Strong
38. (12). Dudley
Evans Jr. b.
m.
Mary Humphreys
39. (13). Richard
M. b.
6.NANCY
Nancy Ann Dent, a daughter of
John and Margaret (Evans) Dent, was born
Children of Felix and Nancy Ann (dent) Scott.
40. (1). Lyndian b.
41. (2). Lucinda b.
42. (3). Tasewell b.
43. (4). George b.
m.
Harriett Phillips
44. (5). Presley b.
45 (6). Hermacintha b.
46 (7). Maria b.
7.NIMROD
Nimrod Dent, a son of John and
Margaret (Evans) Dent, was born
Children of Nimrod and Susan (Graham) Dent.
47. (1). Marmaduke b. 1819 d.
m. Almira Devers
48. (2). Nimrod b.
1821
49. (3). Eucebia b. 1823 d.
50. (4). Annie
51 (5).
52. (6). William
8.MARGARET
Margaret Dent, a daughter of John and Margaret (Evans)
Dent, was born
Children of John and Margaret (Dent)
53. (1).
m. James Thomas
54. (2). Emily b. 1815 d. 1909
55 (3). Anarah
m. Nathan B. Whitney
56. (4). Margaret Ann b.
m. George C. Smyth
57. (5). James
58. (6). Josephine
b. 1838
m. William Helms
Children of Peter and Margaret (Dent) [
59. (1). Martha E.
9.ENOCH M.
Enoch M. Dent,
a son of John and Margaret (Evans) Dent, was born
Children of Enoch M. and Judith (Gapen)
Dent.
60. (1). Minerva M. b.
m.
Abraham Baker
61. (2). John Orville b.
m. Harriette Francis Spencer
62 (3). Rawley Evans b.
m. Anna McCollum
63. (4).
64. (5). Marmaduke b.
65. (6). Felix Scott b.
66. (7). Margaret b.
67. (8). Enoch b.
68. (9). Zilpha Ann b.
m. Horace Porter Graves
69. (10). Lewis
Dudley b.
70. (11). Thomas
Benton b.
71. (12). Sarah
Ellen b.
10.JAMES EVANS
James Evans Dent, a son of John
and Margaret (Evans) Dent, was born
In the 1890’s, daughter Emma
Jane wrote the story of the family’s trek to
“It was on the morning of Octoberober 5, 1834, that we started overland from
“There were nine of us. Father,
mother and seven children. My parents names were: James and Dorcas
Dent, the children were: Nancy Ann--14, Emma Jane, (myself)--12, John
William--8, Nelson Bershire (sic)--6, Margaret
Rebecca--4, James Benone--3,
and Helen Mary--11 months.”
“Just as we were ready to start
my little brother Ben, came running out
saying, "I want to ride Old Dick, and carry the johnny-cake board."’
“We had always
lived near
Grandfather Dent, and when the time came to leave our old
VA home, it
seemed very hard to go. Grandfather and Grandmother Dent
were frantic with
grief at the thought of the Septemberaration
from their son and grandchildren. I can remember seeing my grandfather with his
cane in his hand, walking up and down the walk, unable to keep quiet. My aunt,
Ann Arrah and several uncles and cousins were there
to bid us good-bye. The darkies all cried and waved their handkerchiefs.
Everyone thought we were going to the end of the world and stood small chance
of escaping being killed by Indians. When we were just ready to start one of
our cousins came on horseback to see us start, and my father being so overcome
with grief at the Septemberaration and sorrow of the
family took the cousins horse and rode several miles ahead, telling the cousin
to drive that far for him.”
“We stopped overnight in a small
town where we had friends. In the morning we started in earnest on our long
journey which now-a-days people travel in less than twenty hours but which at that
time took us five weeks with our double team. Margaret and William were the
only ones of our family that ever visited the east. Benona
was there during the Civil War. We always stopped at inns or farm houses for
our night's rest. My mother used her own bedding and did all her own cooking.
We always had a warm breakfast and a warm supper so that our
“My father generally did so, but
when he would get too tired one of the boys, usually William, would ride while
father walked. Nothing happened to alarm us until after we had crossed the
frightened but my father jumped off the horse he was
riding, picked up a
large stone and put it under the wheel to keep the wagon
from pushing on the
horses. Then he loosened the horses from the wagon and
helped Tammeny up.
The horse was unhurt so all the horses were re-hitched
and we were soon on
our journey again. Nothing of note happened until we came
to the
“We crossed the river on a
little ferry at a little town called
my father considerable trouble but we got safely over and
stopped overnight
a few miles from where we crossed. At
wagon bridge. It was the first bridge we had crossed. All
the other rivers
had been forded or crossed on ferries.”
“We stayed all night about a
mile from the bridge at
gingerbread. After getting it, instead of going straight
back to our hotel,
we ran up another wooden bridge and seeing a little house
on the bridge, we
ran and looked in. A man inside saw us and told us if we
did not run away
quick we would have to pay toll. At this we scampered
back in a hurry to mother with our bread and gingerbread. It was somewhere near
we struck the turnpike road where we had to pay toll. We
traveled the rest of the way through
“At
Lazier's in
and baked. We started on toward
laid out before he left home. My Uncle Enoch and John
Dent had mapped out
the road they had taken and sent it to him. As we went
into
were crossing a wooden plank bridge, one of the horses,
Bet, got her foot
into a hole in the bridge and ran a splinter into it.
Father took her to a
blacksmith who took the shoe off and removed the
splinter. Father then led
her to the river and bathed her foot but we had to stop a
whole day until
her foot was better. When we came to the
and the river was too deep to ford and the ferry was on
the
The ferryman had gone home. Father called and called but
could not until it
was almost dark make him hear. He then ferried us over
and we stayed all
night at his house. The next day we started in on our
last week's journey.
The ferryman, Mr. Filson, told
us we would have to pass through a twenty
mile stretch of prairie and for us to take drinking water
along in jugs. My
father also bought a supply of turnips and potatoes at
his place.”
“We started from Filson's ferry and in a short time came out on the prairie.
This prairie was a wonderful sight to us. Nothing in sight excepting the trees
we had passed near the river, but high waving grass. We were all day crossing
this twenty mile strip and during the day we saw no living thing but a lone
wolf and a few prairie chickens. We children got out of the wagon for a rest
and breaking off rosin weeds, used them for playing guns and shot imaginary
Indians and prairie chickens, as we ran along by the side of the wagon.”
“In the afternoon my father
discovered a prairie fire and that it was coming toward us. He hardly knew what
to do but decided it would be best to keep in the road and go on til we met it. He told us to cover up the middle of the
wagon. Mother was with us. In a few minutes the fire met us, father, sitting on
his horse driving, whipped up the horses and drove through the fire with all
his family crying in the wagon, frightened nearly to death and wishing that
they could turn and start back. When we got through the fire father took his
blacksnake whip and beat the fire out in the grass that had already been burned
and they rubbed down the horses and petted them and let them rest awhile. Then
we traveled on until we came to the home of a family named
“For several days we traveled
along with nothing of importance happening until we reached the head of
Painter's Creek, from there we were to start across a fifteen mile tract of
prairie. We stopped at the creek to water the horses and noticed a great many
little willow switches. My father cut off some and gave them to us children. My
mother, William and my oldest sister Nancy, all got out of the wagon leaving us
little children in the wagon alone. The lines were fastened in some way to the
harness when the horses became frightened at something, probably a switch in
the hands of one of the children, and started to run away. My father tried to
catch them but was unable to do so. They ran for four or five miles, we
children frightened
nearly to death.”
“ In some way the end-gate
opened up and the package of bedclothes kept there being jolted out. Father
kept running, trying to keep the team in sight. Mother followed him with the
two older children, picking up the things that had dropped out and carrying
them until her arms were full, then they made a little pile of them and sat
down to wait until they could know the result of the run-away.”
“We younger children, in the
wagon, thought of the brilliant idea of following the example of the packages
and dropping out of the back of the wagon too. We first dropped into the feed
trough and then the jolting of the wagon soon jolted us to the ground. I let
the younger children jolt out first, as I was holding the baby and finally when
I did drop out in my effort to shield the baby, I hurt my arm so badly that I
could not use it for several weeks. My father met my brother and asked him how
he got out. He replied, "I fell out." Then in response to the
question as to whether he was hurt or not, he replied, "No I rolled away
from the wagon." Finally the team grew tired and stopped running along the
road and began running in a circle being on the prairie. My father hastened to
them. He then turned them back and picked up his scattered family and household
goods. This put us back so that we made only fifteen miles that day.”
“We arrived at Crow Creek and
stayed all night there. The next morning we were anxious to start as it would
be the last day of our long journey. We
soon struck the
Dent's stone quarry, on
and when we came in sight of the house we saw two of the
boys, John and
Evans, unloading corn from a wagon into a corn crib. When
they saw us one
said to the other, "There comes Uncle Jimmy."
Then Evans ran to the house to
tell his parents of our arrival.”
“By the time we reached the
house they were all out to greet us and to
welcome us. It was
Enoch's. There was great rejoycing
(sic) over our safe arrival. Then the men
went to care for the horses and Aunt Judith went to
getting dinner, with
mother helping her and visiting while they worked. Of
course the dinner was
a fine one and after dinner the boys brought in two fine
watermelons that
they had been saving for us. The year had been prosperous
and they had
plenty of prairie hay, corn and vegetables that they had raised.
In those
early days everyone choose (sic) timberland, little
knowing the value of the
prairie land at the time.”
“Uncle Enoch lived in a one-room
log cabin with a garret above which was reached by means of a ladder and as his
family was large, as also was ours, we did not stay long with him but as soon
as we could arrange it, moved to a home of our own nearby and into a similar
structure, to that of Uncle
Enoch's. It was almost impossible to get furniture
anywhere without going
twenty miles for it, either to Laconer
or Hennepin and then only the
cheapest, crudest kind and as father had to lay in a
supply of feed for the
horses for the winter and wood and provisions for his
family before the
weather grew too cold, he didn't have time to go, so he
made a table out of
the dry goods boxes that we had brought along. We had two
chairs that we
brought with us and father made three-legged stools. Then
Uncle Enoch loaned
us a few chairs to use until father could go after
furniture. Mother made
curtains of the sheets and calico, divided the upper room
into bedrooms. She
made little draw-string curtains for the two windows.
Everything looked real
cozy.”
“Occasionally, though, Mother
would feel so homesick for her VA
home that she would take a good cry. The first one was
when she did her
first washing. She had always been used to soft water and
did not know how
to break hard water.”
“There was no school near that
winter and so we all stayed home. It was
nearly Christmas time when there came quite a snowstorm.
Captain Hawe and
wife, who lived three miles from us, and our Uncle Johnny
Dent and his
daughter Susan came to spend the evening. Father sent
over for Uncle Enoch
and Aunt Judity to cover over
too. Captain Hawe and Uncle John Dent both
told wonderful stories of the Black Hawk War, in which
they both had served.
We older children listened with great interest and while
the story-telling
was going on in one part of the room, mother was
preparing a fine supper by
the fire-place, consisting of warm biscuits, roasted
spare-ribs, homemade
sausage, coffee, doughnuts and pie.”
“And such was life in the new
country. It was a life of privation and
hardships in many ways but after all a happy life. Many
changes have
occurred since then and I can scarce realize, when I look
around me now that
such changes could have been accomplished even in the
seventy years that
have passed. The waving prairie grass can be seen no
more, but we cannot
regret its loss, when we see the beautiful farms, homes
and cities that
stand where it once waved.”
Children of James Evans and Dorcas
(Berkshire) Dent.
72. (1). Nancy Ann b. 1820
m. John Shields
73. (2). Emma Jane b. 1822.
74. (3). John William b. 1824
m. Elizabeth -----
75. (4). Nelson Berk b. 1827
76. (5). Margaret Rebecca b. 1830
m. Robert Irwin
77. (6). James Benone b.
78. (7). Helen Mary b. 1833
79. (8). Gilia Sophia b.
m. Isaac Newton Taylor
80. (9). Strother E b.
m. Ella K. Darling
m. Blanche Bancroft
11.MARMADUKE
Marmaduke Dent, a son of John and Margaret (Evans) Dent,
was born
Marmaduke
was the first resident physician of Preston County WV
Children of Marmaduke and Sarah
(Price) Dent.
81. (1). Marshall Mortimer b.
m. Caroline Roberts
m. Louisa Ann Holden
m. Mary J. Warder
82. (2). William Marmaduke
b.
m. Harriette Jane
Hess
83. (3). Margaret Lucinda b.
m. Frank Ghaffart
84. (4). John Evan b.
85. (5). Felix Jackson b.
m. Josephine Harrison
86. (6). Sarah Victoria b.
m. Thomas P. Reay
87. (7). George Washington b.
m. Virginia Scott
88. (8). James M. B.
m. Louvenia Henderson
12.ANARAH CATHERINE
Anarah Catherine Dent, a daughter of John and Margaret
(Evans) Dent, was born
She married Peter Fogle
Children of Peter and Anarah
Catherine (Dent) Fogle.
89. (1). George b.
90. (2). John T. b.
91. (3). Evan Dent b.
92. (4). Robert b.
93. (5). Imiah Marmaduke b.
94. (6). William b.
95. (7). James Beatle b.
96. (8). Garett Thomas b.
13.RAWLEY EVANS
Rawley
Evans Dent, a son of John and Margaret (Evans) Dent, was born
Children of Rawley Evans and
Maria (Miller) Dent.
97. (1). Sally Jane "Smiley" b.
1834
98. (2). Annie Anna b. 1838
Children of Rawley Evans and
Nancy (Barker) Dent.
99. (1). Margaret Elizabeth b.
1840
100. (2). Mary Jo b. 1842
101. (3). Edward
C. b. 1845
102. (4). James C. b. 1847
23.GEORGE
WASHINGTON
George Washington Dent, a son of John Evans and Rebecca (Hamilton) Dent, was born
The family moved from Muskingum County OH
to Putnam County IL in 1831. George served in the Black Hawk War in 1832. In
1847 George was elected clerk of the county commissioners' court and recorder,
and removed to the county seat, Hennepin, and there resided until the spring of
1869, filling meanwhile, among other positions, the office of clerk of the
circuit court for some years; also the office of county judge for one term; and
the office of member of the house of representatives in the general assembly,
for the district composed of Putnam, Woodford and Marshall county for one term.
Children of George Washington and
Comfort (Ijams) Dent.
103. (1). John Evans b.
104. (2). Thomas Ijams b. Nov 14 1831
d.
105.
(3). Lewis Marshall b. Nov 22 1833
d.
106. (4). Henry Clay b.
107. (5). Amelia Ann b. Nov 17 1839
d.
108. (6). Comfort Amanda b. Jan 8
1842
109. (7). William Hamilton b. Nov 24 1843
110. (8). George Washington Jr. b.
111. (9). Charles Howard b.
28.ALPHEAUS WILSON
Alpheaus
Wilson Dent, a son of Dudley Evans and Mahala
(Berkshire) Dent, was born in Marion County Va
Alpheaus married
Sarah Ivey Dulin in Marion County VA
Children
of Alpheaus and Sarah Ivey (Dulin)
Dent.
112. (1). Elizabeth b.
113. (2). Lucinda b.
M.
Andrew Jackson ROBERTS on
112. (1). Elizabeth b.
113. (2). Lucinda b.
M.
Andrew Jackson ROBERTS on
114. (3). Cornelius Berkshire b.
m. Sina
Jane Roberts
115. (4). Olive b.
m. Francis Marion ROBERTS on
116. (5). Myria Ann "Rathbone" b. 1847
117. (6). Coleman b. 1851
118. (7). Alpheaus D. b. 1853
29.MARIAH BESSIE
Mariah Bessie Dent, a daughter of Dudley
Evans and Mahala (Berkshire) Dent, was born
Children
of James C. and Mariah Bessie (Dent” Beaty.
119. (1). Newton S. b.
m. Margaret Blackshire
120. (2). William b.
m. Sarah Furbee.
121. (3). James C. b.
122. (4). Mary b.
m. Mary married James Hough
123. (5). Alexander b.
m. Belle Myers.
124. (5). Alpheus b.
125. (6). Marshall b.
m. Laura Scott
126. (7). Sarah b.
127. (8). Laura b.
30.JAMES EVANS
James Evans Dent, a son of
Dudley Evans and Mahala (Berkshire) Dent, was born
James married
Belle Jane Beaty, a daughter of Alexander and Mary
(Carter) Beaty
Children of James Evans and Belle Jane (Beaty) Dent.
128. (1). William Beaty b.
Killed by sniper fire during a civil war
battle
129. (2). Marshall
M. b. Feb 29 1844
Served in 19th VA Cavalry during the civil war
130. (3). Cyrus M. b.
131, (4). George
L. b.
132. (5). Newton Raemer b.
m. Olive Victoria Deveise
133. (6). James L. b.
m. Claudia Esther Townsend
134. (7). Anna
Gail b.
m.
Elliot Edwards
135. (8). Sarah
Lee b.
m. Joseph Edward Whims
31.SARAHANN CATHERINE
Sarahann
Catherine Dent, a daughter of Dudley Evans and Mahala
(Berkshire) Dent, was born
Children of Oliver P. and Sarahann
Catherine (Dent) Ice.
136. (1). Zerlda ICE b.
137. (2). George
R. b.
138. (3). James K. b.
139. (4). Sheba
Elizabeth "Beth" b. 1848
140. (5).
Charlotte Belle b.
1850
141. (6). Sarah E.
33.CORNELIUS BERKSHIRE
Cornelius Berkshire Dent, a son
of Dudley Evans and Mahala (Berkshire) Dent, was born
Children of Cornelius Berkshire and Juliana (King) Dent.
142. (1). William
Thomas b.
143. (2). James
Dudley b.
144. (3). George
A. b.
m. Nancy Rucker
145. (4). Nicodemos b.
146. (5). Sarah
Elizabeth b.
m. William
Allen Johnson
147. (6). Albert
Frederick b.
148. (7). Cornelius
H. b.
149. (8). Virginia
Ann b.
m.
James SMITH.
m. James
Polk Sloan
150. (9). Isaac
Layman b.
151. (10). Okey J. b.
35.ANARAH F.
Anarah
F. Dent, a daughter of Dudley Evans and Mahala
(Berkshire) Dent, was born
Children of Henry Minor and Anarah
F. (dent) Ice.
152. (1). Pliney W. b.
153. (2). Ulysses
B. b.
154. (3). Cassius
H. b.
155. (4). Alva B. b. 1856
156. (5). Dermaus K. b.
157. (6). Palmyra
Jane b.
158. (7). Harlan
M. b.
36.MARMADUKE
Marmaduke
Dent, a son of Dudley Evans and Mahala (Berkshire)
Dent, was born
Marmaduke married Mary Ellen
Snider. His second wife was Margaret Reed.
Children of Marmaduke Dent.
159. (1). Marmaduke b. 1873
160. (2). Dudley b. 1875
d. 1971
161. (3). Thomas
Jefferson b. 1876
162. (4). Silvey Agnes b.
1881
163. (5). James
Blain b. 1883
164. (6). Homer
Lee
165. (7). Allis
166. (8). Mary
47.MARMADUKE
Marmaduke
Dent, a son of Nimrod and Susan (Graham) Dent, was born in 1819 in Monongalia
County VA and died
Children of Marmaduke and Almira (Devers) Dent.
167. (1). Harry
Wayne b.
168. (2). Julia
May b.
m. David Bumgardner
169. (3). John Grayham b.
170. (4). Mary b.
m. Tom Evans
171. (5). James
Warren b.
m. Sarah MnNeil
172. (6). Arthur Devers b.
173. (7). Susan
Catherine b.
174. (8). Walter
Ramsey b.
m. Margaret Stewart
175. (9). Myra
Belle b.
m. James Harvey Hall
176. (10). Duke Herbert b.
m. Lucretia Vandervort
61.JOHN ORVILLE
John Orville Dent, a son of
Enoch M. and Judith (Gapen) Dent, was born
Children of John Orville and Harriette
Frances (Spencer) Dent.
177. (1). Frances
Minerva b.
m. Albert R. Taylor
178. (2). Antionette b.
179. (3). Mary
Spencer b.
m. Augustine Morris
180. (4). Marmaduke Orville b. 1858 d.
181. (5). Horace
Francis b.
m. Nattie Duke
182. (6). Rosella
Stewart b.
m. Murry Kohler
183. (7). Eva
Louise b.
m. Guy Richedy
184. (8). John
Orville Jr. b.
m.
Inez Wingate
185. (9). Judith
G. b.
m.
Frank Lonzo Sanford
74.JOHN WILLIAM
John William Dent, a son of
James Evans and Dorcas (Berkshire) Dent, was born
1824 in Monongalia County VA. John married Elizabeth -----.
Children of John William and Elizabeth Dent.
186. (1). Sidney
William b,
187. (2). George
Washington b.
m. Mary Catherine Cook
188. (3). Lorrie
Kaye b.
79.GILIA SOPHIA
Gilia
Sophia Dent, a daughter of James Evans and Dorcas
(Berkshire) Dent, was born
Children of Isaac Newton and Gilia
Sophia (dent) Taylor.
189. (1). Louisa
190. (2). Sylvia
191. (3). Ralph
192. (4). Orlando
193. (5). Monogalia I.
194. (6). Minnie Ann
195. (7). William
196. (8). Gilla
197. (9). Maude
198. (10). Lynn
199. (11). Isaac R.
200. (12). Nellie
80.STROTHER E.
Strother
E. Dent, a son of James Evans and Dorcas (Berkshire)
Dent, was born
Strother
enlisted first in the First Illinois Cavalry. He was captured at Lexington, MO.
Aabout a year later the regiment was mustered out. He
went to Nashville in the Sixth United States Infantry, and served until the
surrender. He was captain of Company F, Sixth Regiment, at the time of the
battle of Nashville. After being mustered out he went home, and in March, 1867,
came to Woodruff County, AR and has since been engaged in tilling the soil. In
September, 1885, he embarked in mercantile pursuits at Riverside, carries a
large and select stock of goods, and also buys and sells cotton and cotton
seed. He will handle about 1,000 bales of cotton this season.
Children of Strother and Ella
K. (Darling) Dent.
201. (1). Emma
202. (2). Robert
Children of Strother and
Blanche (Bancroft) Dent.
203. (1). Major
204. (2). Olga
81.MARSHALL MORTIMER
Marshall Mortimer Dent, a son
of Marmaduke and Sarah (Price) Dent, was born
Children of Marshall Mortimer and Caroline (Roberts)
Dent.
205. (1). Marmaduke Herbert b.
Children of Marshall Mortimer and Louisa Anna (Holden)
Dent.
206. (1). Alfred
B. b.
82.WILLIAM MARMADUKE
William Marmaduke
Dent, a son of Marmaduke and Sarah (Price) Dent, was
born
Children of William Marmaduke
and Harriette Jane (Hess) Dent.
207. (1). Frank Montimer b.
m. Ida Latimer Frazier
208. (2). Marmaduke Evans b.
m. Mabel Travis
85.FELIX JACKSON
Felix Jackson Dent, a son of Marmaduke and Sarah (Price) Dent, was born
Children of Felix Jackson and Josephine (Harrison) Dent.
209. (1). Harry S.
87.GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington Dent, a son
of Marmaduke and Sarah (Price) Dent, was born
George married Virginia Scott.
Children of George Washington and Virginia (Scott) Dent
210. (1). John E. b.
211. (2). Margaret
Virginia b.
212. (3). William
Morrison
213. (4). Thomas
P. b.
214. (5). Harrison
Price b.
m. Emma R. Maxson
215. (6). Lawrence
C. b. 1875
m. Minnie Summers
88.JAMES M.
James M. Dent, a son of Marmaduke and Sarah (Price) Dent, was born
Children of James M. and Louvenia
(Henderson) Dent.
216. (1). Sarah
Isabelle
m. ------
Lewellen
217. (2). James H.
218. (3). Fannie Calamese
m. James M. Kirk
219. (4). Samuel
M.
114.CORNELIUS
BERKSHIRE
Cornelius Berkshire Dent, a son
of Alpheaus and Sarah Ivey (Dulin)
Dent, was born
Children of Cornelius Berkshire and Sina
Jane (Roberts) Dent.
220. (1). Jeanette
V. b.
221. (2). Laura
Frances b.
222. (3). Leona Icaphine b.
223. (4). Lillian
Mae b.
224. (5). Laramie
C. b.
225. (6). Nora b.
m. Guy H BROWN
m. John W
STRICKLING
114.CORNELIUS
BERKSHIRE
Children of Cornelius Berkshire and Sina
Jane (Roberts) Dent.
226. (7). Rosa
Burma b.
m. Arthur Monroe Ferree
227. (8). Morgan
B. b.
132.NEWTON
RAEMER
Newton Raemer
Dent, a son of James Evans and Belle Jane (Beaty)
Dent, was born
Children of Newton Raemer and
Olive Victoria (Deveise) Dent.
228. (1). William
E. b.
229. (2). Nettie Mae b.
m. Oscar Everett Crawford
230. (3). Minnie
Pearl
231. (4). Milton b.
m. Ida Amanda Steele
232. (5). Rosa
Maude b. 1882
233. (6). Nellie
Mary b.
1885 d. 1951
234. (7). Della
Sarah b.
1888
235. (8). Everett
Scott b. 1895
135.SARAH
Sarah Lee Dent, a daughter of James
Evans and Belle Jane (Beaty) Dent, was born
Children of Joseph Edward and Sarah Lee (dent) Whims.
236. (1). Leona
Bell b.
237. (2). Verna
Ethel b.
238. (3). Bazel Lehman "Lee" b.
239. (4). Charles
Oscar b.
240. (5). Bertha
Olive b.
241. (6). George
Forrest b.
242. (7). Edward
Hill b.
144.GEORGE A.
George A. Dent, a son of
Cornelius Berkshire and Juliana (King) Dent, was born
Children of George A. and Nancy (Rucker) Dent.
243. (1). Juddie b. 1878 d. 1879
244. (2). Carrie b. 1885
187.GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington Dent, a son
of John William and Elizabeth Dent, was born
George was
reportedly shot to death by Perry Christian in Fayette County WV.
Children of George Washington and Mary Catherine (Cook)
Dent.
245. (1). James
William b.
246. (2). Annie
May b.
m.
Charles Gates
m. William
L. Huddleston
247. (3). George
F. b.
248. (4). Minnie
Ellen b.
249. (5). Benjamin
Franklin b.
m. Sadie Jane Tatum
m. Barbara Ann Pritt
250. (6). Alfred
Michael b.
251. (7). Katie
Lee b.
252. (8). Laura Ellan b.
207.FRANK MORTIMER
Frank Mortimer Dent, a son of William
Marmaduke and Harriette
Jane (Hess) Dent, was born
Children of Frank Mortimer and Ida Latimer (Frazier)
Dent.
253. (1). Nellie Gertude b.
m. Ralph Bernard Fairfax
254. (2). Frank
Mortimer b.
255. (3). Gaylord
208.MARMADUKE EVANS
Marmaduke
Evans “Duke” Dent, a son of William Marmaduke and Harriette Jane (Hess) Dent, was born
Children of Marmaduke Evans and
Mabel (Travis) Dent.
256. (1). Marmaduke b.
Served in the US Army in Europe in World War
I.
257. (2). Aldine b.
m. Ernest Mudd
258. (3). William
Travis b.
m.
Teresa Catherine Hiplkins 1922
259. (4). Arthur
Edward b.
214.HARRISON PRICE
Harrison Price
Dent, a son of George Washington and Virginia (Scott) Dent, was born
Children of Harrison Price and Emma R. (Maxson) Dent.
260. (1). Lou Maxson b.
261. (2). James
Madison b.
262. (3). George
Evans b.
215.LAWRENCE C.
Lawrence C. Dent, a son of
George Washington and Virginia (Scott) Dent, was born in 1875 in Monongalia
County WV. Lawrence married Minnie Ssummers.
Children of Lawrence C. and Minnie (Summers) Dent.
263. (1). Felix
Jackson b.
1898
264. (2). Marshall
Lawrence b.
m. Hester Lillian Towles
226.ROSA BURMA
Rosa Burma Dent,
a daughter of Cornelius Berkshire and Sina Jane
(Roberts) Dent, was born
Known child of Arthur Monroe and Rosa Burma (Dent) Ferree.
265. (1). Arthur
Ray b.
m. Ava Grace
Gainer
229.NETTIE MAE
Nettie
Mae Dent, a daughter of Newton Raemer and Olive
Victoria (Deveise) Dent, was born
Children of Oscar Everett and Nettie
Mae (Dent) Crawford.
266. (1). Doris
Nina b.
1913
267. (2). Austin
Dent b. 1915
268. (3). Lester
Lyle b. 1919
269. (4). Mary
Lois b. 1927
231.MILTON
Milton Dent, a son of Newton Raemer and Olive Victoria (Deveise)
Dent, was born
Children of Milton and Ida Amanda (Steele) Dent.
270. (1). Elliot
N. b.
271. (2). Delmar
P. b.
272. (3). Caswell
S. b.
273. (4). Henry A. b.
274. (5). Sybial Arlene b.
275. (6). Ella Mae b.
m. Park Riddle
249.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Benjamin Franklin Dent, a son
of George Washington and Mary Catherine (Cook) Dent, was born
Benjamin’s
second wife was Barbara Ann Pritt, a daughter of John
Pritt.
Children of Benjamin Franklin and Sadie Jane (Tatum) Dent.
276. (1). Neal
Addison b.
m. Alice Petry
277. (2). Oather Bayes b.
b. Lydiabelle
Kathryn Canterbury
278. (3).
Charlotte Jane b.
m. John “Big Johnny” Pinson
279. (4). Mary
Jane b.
m. Sam Arthur
280. (5). George
Washington b.
m. Betty Jean Nutter
Children of Benjamin Franklin and Barbara Ann (Pritt) Dent.
281. (1). Reva Ann b.
m. Harold Hobbs
282. (2). William
Frederick b.
M. Emogene -----
283. (3). Barbara
Ellen b.
284. (4). Benjamin
Franklin Jr. b.
285. (5). Virginia
Rose b.
m. Thurmond Fitzwater
253.NELLIE GERTRUDE
Nellie Gertrude Dent, a
daughter of Frank Mortimer and Ida Latimer (Frazier) Dent, was born
Children of Ralph Bernard and Nellie Gertrude (Dent)
Fairfax.
286. (1). Margaret
Gay b.
287. (2). William
Dent b.
288. (3). Mary
Virginia b.
289. (4). Frances
Gaylord b.
264.MARSHALL LAWRENCE
Marshall Lawrence Dent, a son of Lawrence C. and Minnie
(Summers) Dent, was born
Children of Marshall Lawrence and Hester Lillian (Towles) Dent.
290. (1). Lawrence
Marshall b.
m. Vonda Grace Moats
291. (2). Hester
292. (3). Lillian b.
265.ARTHUR
Arthur Ray Dent, a son of
Arthur Monroe and Rosa Burma (Dent) Ferree, was born
Children of Arthur Ray and Ava
Grace (Gainer) Dent.
293. (1). Alvin R. b.
m. Romanie Morse
m. Norma
Jean Shafer
294. (2). Thomas
A. b. 1943
m. Jeanie Tennant
295. (3). William
G. b. 1946
m. Linda Fike
275.ELLA MAE DANT 231.MILTON
Ella Mae Dent, a daughter of
Milton and Ida Amanda (Steele) Dent, was born in Braxton County WV
Children of Park and Ella Mae (Dent) Riddle.
296. (1). Darrell
m. Dorothy ----
276.NEAL ADDISON
Neal Addison Dent, a son of
Benjamin Franklin and Sadie Jane (Tatum) Dent, was born
Children of Neal Addison and Alice (Petry)
Dent.
297. (1). Neal
Addison Jr. b.
298. (2). Betty
Carol
277.OATHER BAYES
Oather
Bayes Dent, a son of Benjamin Franklin and Sadie Jane
(Tatum) Dent, was born
Oather married Lydiabelle Kathryn Canterbury
Children of Oather Bayes and Lydiabelle Kathryn (Canterbuty) Dent.
299. (1). Ray
Arthur b.
300. (2). James
Franklin b.
m. Tina Sue Bunting
301. (3). Mary
Jane b.
m. Albert Haskett
302. (4). Harvey Bayes b.
303. (5). Cecil
Lee b.
m. Joyce June Settle
304. (6). David b.
305. (7).
Elizabeth Ann b.
m. Ted Hamrick
306. (8). Benjamin
Franklin b.
307. (9). Paul
Edward b.
m. Kathy Howard
308. (10). James Franklin b.
278.CHARLOTTE JANE
Charlotte Jane Dent, a daughter
of Benjamin Franklin and Sadie Jane (Tatum) Dent, was born
Children of John and Charlotte Jane (dent) Pinson.
309. (1). Ann b. 1936
310. (2). Betty b. 1937
311. (3).
Katherine Jo b. 1939
312. (4). John
Rollin b. 1945 d. 1997
279.
Mary Jane Dent, a daughter of
Benjamin Franklin and Sadie Jane (Tatum) Dent, was born
Known child of Sam and Mary Jane (Dent) Arthur.
313. (1). Tonya
Jane b.
280.GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington Dent, a son of Benjamin Franklin and
Sadie Jane (Tatum) Dent, was born
Children of George Washington and Betty Jean (Nutter)
Dent.
314. (1). George
Michael b.
m. Gisela Jeschke
m. Kay Skinner
315. (2). Joel
Patrick b. Feb 29 1943
m. Connie Lou White
316. (3). Aloma Jane b.
m. Robert Blaisdell
m. Gerald Violette
317. (4). Gregory
Alan b.
318. (5). Drema Tammy Renee b.
m. Randall Potter
281.REVA
Reva Ann Dent, a daughter of
Benjamin Franklin and Barbara Ann (Pritt) Dent, was
born
Children of Harold and Reva Ann
(Dent) Hobbs.
319. (1). Linda
m. R.C HUFFNER
320. (2). James
321. (3). Edward
282.WILLIAM FREDRICK
William Fredrick Dent, a son of
Benjamin Franklin and Barbara Ann (Pritt) Dent, was
born
Children of William Fredrick and Emogene
Dent.
322. (1).
Frederick Wayne
m. Kimberly Masters
323. (2). Barbara
Ann
324. (3). Sandra
325. (4). Kenny
326. (5). Elaine
327. (6). Glen
328. (7). Keith
329. (8). Steven
285.VIRGINIA ROSE
Virginia Rose Dent, a daughter
of Benjamin Franklin and Barbara Ann (Pritt) Dent,
was born
Children of Thurmond and Virginia Rose (Dent) Fitzwater.
330. (1). Debbie
331. (2). Billy
Ray
332. (3). John
290.LAWRENCE MARSHALL
Lawrence Marshall Dent, a son
of Marshall Lawrence and Hester Lillian (Towles)
Dent, was born
Lawrence married Vonda Grace Moats. Vonda was born
Children of Lawrence Marshall and Vonda Grace (Moats)
Dent.
333. (1). Johnny
Lee
334. (2). Carolyn
335. (3). Lawrence
Marshall Jr.
336. (4). Hester
Grace
337. (5). Diana
338. 6). George
Emory b.
m. Rebecca Ann Boore
293.ALVIN R.
Alvin R. Dent, a son of Arthur
Ray and Ava Grace (Gainer) Dent, was born
Children of Alvin R. and Romanie
(Morse) Dent.
339. (1). Gregory
Alan b. 1960
m. Rholda Diane
Patterson
340. (2). Steven
Douglas b. 1961
Children of Alvin R. and Norma Jean (Shafer) Dent.
341. (1). Eric Ray
b.
342. (2). Kelly
Sue b.
294.THOMAS A.
Thomas A. Dent, a son of Arthur
Ray and Ava Grace (Gainer) Dent, was born 1943 in
Wood County WV. Thomas married Jeanie Tennant.
Children of Thomas A. and Jeanie (Tennant) Dent.
343. (1). Angie
344. (2). Jason
295.WILLIAM G.
114.CORNELIUS
BERKSHIRE
William G. Dent, a son of
Arthur Ray and Ava Grace (Gainer) Dent, was born in
1946 in Wood County WV. William married
Linda Fike.
Children of William G. and Linda (Fike)
Dent.
345. (1). Nathan b. 1973
299.
Ray Arthur Dent, a son of Oather Bayes and Lydiabelle Kathryn (Canterbuty)
Dent., was born
Children of Ray Arthur Dent.
346. (1). Robert Lee
347. (2).
Christopher
300.JAMES FRANKLIN
James Franklin “Bubby” Dent, a son
of Oather Bayes and Lydiabelle Kathryn (Canterbuty)
Dent, was born
Bubby married Tina Sue Bunting.
Children of James Franklin and Tina Sue (Bunting) Dent.
348. (1). James Oather
349. (2). Susan Arbutis
301.
Mary Jane Dent, a daughter of Oather Bayes and Lydiabelle Kathryn (Canterbuty)
Dent, was born
Known child of Albert and Mary Jane (Dent) Haskett.
350. (1). Tammy
Lynn
303.CECIL
Cecil Lee Dent, a son of Oather
Bayes and Lydiabelle
Kathryn (Canterbuty) Dent, was born
Children of Cecil Lee and Joyce June (Settle) Dent.
351. (1). Cecil
Lee Jr.
352. (2). Persilla Ann
305.ELIZABETH
Elizabeth Ann Dent, a daughter
of Oather Bayes and Lydiabelle Kathryn (Canterbuty)
Dent, was born
Known child of Tend and Elizabeth Ann (Dent) Hamrick.
353. (1). Frank
Dean
307.PAUL EDWARD
Paul Edward Dent, a son of Oather Bayes and Lydiabelle Kathryn (Canterbuty)
Dent, was born Decenber 20, 1951 in
Child of POaul Edward and Kathy
Harold) Dent.
354. (1). Edward
Robin
314.GEORGE MICHAEL
George Michael Dent, a son of George Washington and Betty
Jean (Nutter) Dent, was born
Children of George Michael and Gisela (Jeschke) Dent.
355. (1). Michael
Peter
356. (2). Linda
315.JOEL PATRICK
Joel Patrick “Pat” Dent, a son
of George Washington and Betty Jean (Nutter) Dent, was born
Pat married Connie Lou White
Children of Joel Patrick and Connie Lou (White) Dent.
357. (1). Richard
Ivan b.
m. Mary Regina "Jeanie" Cantrell
358. (2). Sonya
Jane b.
m. Michael B. Dolan
359. (3). John
Patrick b.
m. Tabitha Kay Barker
316.ALOMA JANE
Aloma
Jane Dent, a daughter of George Washington and Betty Jean (Nutter) Dent, was
born
Children of Robert and Aloma
Jane (Dent) Blaisdell.
360. (1). Kimberly
Ann
361. (2). Erica
Sue
322.FREDERICK WAYNE
Frederick Wayne Dent, a son of
William Fredrick and Emogene Dent, married Kimberly
Masters.
Children of Frederick Wayne and Kimberly (Masters) Dent.
362. (1). Steven
363. (2). Timothy
338.GEORGE EMORY
George Emory Dent,
a son of Lawrence Marshall and Vonda Grace (Moats) Dent, was born
Known children of George Emory and Rebecca Ann (Boore) Dent.
364. (1). Michelle
b.
339.GREGORY
Gregory Alan Dent, a son of
Alvin R. and Romanie (Morse) Dent, was born 1960 in
WV. Gregory married Rhonda Dianne Patterson.
Children of Gregory Alana and Rhonda Diane (Patterson)
Dent.
365. (1). Whitney b. 1986
366. (2). Ashley b. 1988
341.ERIC
Eric Ray Dent, a son of Alvin
R. and Norma Jean (Shafer) Dent, was born
Children of Eric Ray Dent.
367. (1). Eric Ray
II b. 1995
368. (2). Ethan
William b. 1996
342.KELLY SUE
Kelly Sue Dent, a daughter of
Alvin R. and Norma Jean (Shafer) Dent, was born
Child of Kelly Sue Dent.
369. (1). Taylor
Sue Bock b. 1991
348.JAMES OATHER
James Oather
Dent is a son of James Franklin and Tina Sue (Bunting) Dent.
Child of James Oather Dent.
370. (1). Courtney
351.CECIL
Cecil Lee Dent Jr. is a son of
Cecil Lee and Joyce June (Settle) Dent.
Known child of Cecil Lee Dent Jr.
371. (1). Cecil
Lee
358.SONYA JANE
Sonya Jane Dent, a daughter of
Joel Patrick and Connie Lou (White) Dent, was born
Children of Michael B. and Sonya Jane (dent) Dolan.
372. (1). Sarah
Jane b.
373. (2). Morgan
Michelle b.
374. (3). Cory
Patrick b.
359.JOHN PATRICK
John Patrick Dent, a son of
Joel Patrick and Connie Lou (White) Dent, was born
Known children of John Patrick and Tabitha Kay (Barker)
Dent.
375. (1). Jordan
Patrick b.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Dent, Richard I., “Descendents of Captain John Dent”
“Braxton County WV Citizen’s News,