Individual Details

Benjamin J. and John Fritz Gentry escaped the Civil War by deserting in Knoxville, Tennessee and walking all the way home. They hidout in Bell Gentry hollow and made shoes during the war of 1861-1865.

1880 Johnson County, Tennessee census, District 1, #29.

Birth	August 19, 1834	Johnson County, Tennessee
Marriage	September 15, 1863	Johnson County, Tennessee - Mary Anne Hawkins
Marriage	November 23, 1893	Ashe County, North Carolina - Rachel (Jenkins) Cress
Marriage	August 24, 1900	Wards Forge, Johnson County, Tennessee - Susie Jenkins
Death	June 23, 1919	Johnson County, Tennessee
Burial		Phillipi Cemetery, on Highway 421, 1 mile from Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee

Spouse	Mary Anne Hawkins (1837 - 1889)
Child	Emma Jane Gentry (1864 - 1918)
Child	Richard Henry Gentry (1866 - 1933)
Child	Sophronia E. Gentry (1868 - 1870)
Child	Albert C. Gentry (1870 - 1895)
Child	Cleopatria Josephine Gentry (1878 - 1942)
Child	Charles Sumner Gentry (1878 - 1959)
Child	Jessie R. Gentry (1882 - 1890)

Spouse

Rachel (Jenkins) Cress ( - )

Spouse

Susie Jenkins ( - )

Father	William "Billy" Gentry (1803 - 1892)
Mother	Mary "Polly" Greer (1808 - 1898)
Sibling	Andrew "Andy" Gentry (1830 - 1862)
Sibling	Joseph Calloway Gentry (1832 - )
Sibling	Frances A. Gentry (1833 - 1889)
Sibling	William Peter "Pee" Gentry (1836 - 1916)
Sibling	Robert T. Gentry (1838 - 1862)
Sibling	Nancy Jane Gentry (1840 - 1912)
Sibling	Jesse Gentry (1842 - 1863)
Sibling	Hannah Charlotte Gentry (1844 - 1920)
Sibling	Rhoda Elvira Gentry (1846 - 1929)
Sibling	John H. Gentry (1848 - 1914)
Sibling	Isham L. "Isom" Gentry (1850 - 1925)
Sibling	General George Washington "G. W." Gentry (1852 - 1938)
Sibling	Carrie Gentry (1857 - )