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| abt 1846 | Isaac ALLEN, son of William and Rachel (PERSINGER) ALLEN, married 11 Jun 1846
in Gentry Co MO to Mary Jane BAXTER, daughter of William and Malinda (PIGG)
BAXTER. Their children:
| Sarah Ann | born 1847 MO |
| Melinda Elizabeth | 1849 Warren Co IA |
| Mary Ellen | 1851Warren Co IA |
| Rachel Sophronia | 1853 Madison Co IA |
| Susanna Isabelle | 1855 Madison Co IA |
| Orinda Frances | 1857 Madison Co IA |
| William Norval Spencer | 1857 Madison Co IA |
| Eliza Jane | 1862 |
| Isaac Wesley | 1863 |
Pat Lorentzen, Santa Barbara, CA plorentzen@aol.com
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| 1844 | Mathew CHILDERS moved from Morgan Co, Illinois to Missouri in 1840, settling first in Livingston County (Source: 1840 Federal Census), then moving to Gentry County in 1844 (Source: History of Gentry and Worth Counties, 1882). He and his wife Maria Hart had 10 known children:
William Patterson, b. 1837, Jacksonville, Morgan Co, IL; m. Sarah Elizabeth Fitzhugh
Martha Ann, b. 1841, MO; m. Jerry Davis
James Hiram, b. 1843, Grundy Co, MO; m. (1) Laura Gore, (2) Anna Barbarie, (3) Matilda Harris
Emaline, b. 1845, MO; m. Jacob Van Hoosier
Francis M., b. 1847, MO; m. Martha Fitzhugh
Matthew Lilburn, b. 1850, Gentry Co, MO; m.Cora Jane Hill
Mary, b. 1853, MO; m. Joe Flax
Rachel, b. 1855, MO; m. (1)Tom Gore, (2) ?? Webb
Robert Moses, b. 1857, Gentry Co, MO; m. (1) Mary Jane Colvin, (2) Cynthia Ann Chenoweth
Eliza, b. 1859, MO; m. Andrew Cash.
Allan Childers
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| 1848 (or 1843) | Willam R JAMES and his wife Isabelle WILLARD arrived in Gentry County in
1848 (or 1843). They came from Cannon County,Tennessee, starting with Ox
teams in April and arrived in Gentry county, MO in June. They had eleven children:
Rufus B. b. April 22, 1935 m Nancy J Gearhart
Nancy E. b. October 22, 1836 m Pleasant Strange
Emily James b. February 9, 1838 m Nathaniel Cooper
Mary J b. December 06, 1839 m William Brown
John D b. October 28, 1841
Martha b. May 05, 1843
Latta b. June 28, 1845
William R. b. July 08, 1848 Gentry County m. Nancy Lykins
Joab Neal b. December 01, 1850 Gentry County m. Flora Blumfield
Eliza L b September 1851 m. Dallas White
Harriett L b. April 02, 1855, Gentry County m William R. Moore
Kari Montagriff
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| Before 1850 | Lemuel D. SEGO moved from Kentucky to Missouri in the late 1830s, settling first in Daviess County (Source: The Charles Blackley Family of Knoxville, Tennessee, 1991), then moving to Gentry County before 1850 (Source: 1850 Federal Census). Lemuel and his wife Elizabeth Blakely had 11 known children:
Emily Margurite, b. 1825, m. Henry Harrison Akes
Granville, b. 1827, m. Almira Shoemaker
Mary Ann, b. 1829, m. Jonathan Chenoweth
James, b. 183?, m. Martha ??
Almeda Jane, b. 1834, m. John Patton
Permelia, b. ca 1836, m. Eli Colvin
Margaret, b. ca 1840, m. Branch Simpson
Elizabeth, b. ca 1844
Jessie B., b. ca 1848
Valinda, b. ca 1850
Francis Marion, b. 1852, m. Laura Ellen Jones.
Allan Childers
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| 1850 | Overton B. Ferguson and his wife Mary (Long) moved to Gentry Co., MO in March of 1850. Overton was born in Knox Co., KY on Jan.14,1815 to William Ferguson and Nancy (Ross). Overton Ferguson was the grandson of Thomas
Ferguson and Nancy (Gillespie). Overton and Mary moved to Missouri from
Greene Co., Indiana. The children of Overton and Mary Ferguson are:
Thomas Ferguson - b.12/23/1839 - d.3/20/1916
m.Nancy Jane Henry - 1863
Temperance Ferguson - b.5/31/1841 - d.2/20/1889
m.Samuel W. Marsh - 1873
John Ferguson - b.7/19/1843 - d.1/5/1893
m.Margaret Ann Marsh - 7/2/1866
Nancy Ferguson - b.1845 - d.1882
m.Jackson Clark
James Ferguson - b.1847 - d.1863
Additional information on the Ferguson Family is available.
Bob Ferguson
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| 1853 | Benjamin L. SNEAD (b. 1802) and his wife Elocky W. arrived in Gentry County from Jefferson County, Tennessee, in 1853 and settled in Howard
Township near the Lone Star community. Information on this family can
be found in the library at Albany. Benjamin and Locky had the following
children:
Sarah "Sally" Snead (b. 1826 Va.) m. George W. Lockhart
Josiah " Joe" Snead (b. 1828/29) m. Nancy Boulton
Micajah Snead (b. 1833) m. Lucinda Long
Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Snead (b. 1834) m. Bethiah Boulton
James Snead (b. 1837 TN) (never married)
Mary Snead (b.1838) m. William King
Rebecca Snead (b. 1850 TN) (never married)
Abby Snead (d. infancy)
Grover W. Snead
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| 1854-1857 | Thomas S. GILLESPIE (1807-1857) and his wife Maria PEERY came to Gentry Co., MO from Tazewell Co., VA between 1854-1857. They had the following
children:
Jane m. John Spratt
Crockett b. 1830 m. Sarah
Rees b. 1831
Samuel b. 1833
Polly b. 1834 m. Oliver Crabtree; William Walker
Thomas b. 1836
James b. 1838
Pamelia b. 1840 m. William Witten
John b. 1841 m. Mary Thompson
Joseph b. 1843 m. Lizzie Pike
William Whitman b. 1846 m. Mary Catherine Ward
Rufus b. 1852 m. Mary Catherine Pike
Mike and Diane Wills
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| Before 1860 | Leander Whitfield Jones and his wife Elizabeth (Potter) Jones arrived in Gentry County prior to 1860 and settled in the far NE part of the county.
Leander Jones had the following children:
Ann Melissa Jones b. 1831 m1. Jeptha Rickman m2. Tommy Dwyer
Wilson Wesley Jones b. 1833 d. 1853
Susan Elizabeth Jones b. 1836 m1. Hiram Henderson m2. Bill Persinger
Sarah Adaline Jones b. 1839 m. John V. VanHoosier
Mary Jane Jones b. 1841 d. about 1859
John W.D.L.F Jones b. 1843 m. Rebecca Davis
Marvel M. Jones b. 1845 m. Mary Jane Steele
Ruena Mahala Jones b. 1847 m. Tom Allen
Bashabe Beldeiva Jones b. 1849 m. Charles Harden
Leander Washington Jones b. 1855 m. Purlina Cooper
Alice Ellen C. Jones b. 1857 m. Lewis Nash
Alexander Doniphan Jones b. 1861 m. Sarah "Bettie" Weathermon
Martha E. Jones b. 1863 m. Edmund Ford
Cindy Wilbur
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