Individual Details

Christopher Columbus Gentry was the son of Sanderson Damer "Doc" Gentry and Eliza Jane Haney. He was married twice, first to Malinda Eveline Mecham, with whom he had three known children: Elenor Jane, Christopher James and Lorena Gentry. His second marriage was to Rhoda M. Bishop on July 6, 1897 in Gordon Creek, Carbon, Utah.

He is listed as a a Mormon Pioneer although he arrived in Salt Lake City just in time for the 1850 census. There is apparently no proof his parents were Mormon.
1850 Census. Great Salk Lake, Utah Territy, Hh 512
Sanderson Gentry, 23, b. KY
Eliza, 16, b. MO
Christopher, 1, b. MO

1860 Census. San Salvador Twp, San Bernardino Co, CA
Sanderson Gentry, 27, b. KY
ELiza J., 25, b. MO
Cristopher C., 10, b. MO
Wm H, 8 b. Utah Territory
Sarah E, 4, b. Utah Territory
Sanderson G, 2, b. CA

By 1874, Christopher had returned to Utah
1880 Census. Mona Prec, Juab Co, Utah, Hh 79
Christopher Gentry, 31, Laborer, b. MO
Malinda, 24, wife, b. CA
Elenor Jane, 6, dau, b. Utah
Christopher J., 4, son, b. Utah
Lorena, 1, dau, b. Utah

Columbus Gentry, an old resident of Carbon county committed suicide Sunday last by hanging himself. He had been camping with his son, James, about a mile up Clear Creek canyon and was noticed to leave camp about 10 o'clock in the morning, with a piece of rope and some wire. Young Gentry was away at the time, but upon his return his wife, feeling uneasy, as Gentry had spoken at various times about doing away with himself, told him of the circumstances. He immediately began to search for his father and finally found him hanging from a stringer by a rope in a slaughtering pen about 100 yards from camp. The indications are that the old gentleman placed a ladder against the wall, climbed up, removed his hat and shoes and binding his feet together with the bailing wire, secured the rope around the stringer and jumper off the ladder. A wire was found on the left wrist, as though he had thought to bind his hands but was unable to do so. He appears to have strangled to death. Gentry was 50 years of age. He had been married twice, his first wife being dead. His second wife left him about two months ago. He has been in poor health and unable to provide for her. This is given as the reason for his committing the act. An inquest held Sunday evening rendered a verdict in accordance with the above

Birth	1849	Carroll County, Missouri
Death	17 Sep 1899	Clear Creek, Carbon County, Utah
Mormon Pioneer		Unknown Company; in Utah by 1850

Father	Sanderson Darner "Doc" Gentry (1827 - 1897)
Mother	Eliza Jane Haney (1832 - 1882)