Susannah Gentry

married David Gentry, 8 Jul 1804. Gentry was a brother of Gen. Richard Gentry and a son of Richard Gentry and Jane Harris. Susannah and David Gentry removed to Missouri and located in Monroe County at a very early date. Their children were: a. Elizabeth, m. Michie Maupin (75) in Monroe County. b. Jane, m. Wm. Stevenson. c. Nancy, m. Wm. Means. d. Sidney, m. Margaret Robinson. e. Marcus f. Benjamin, m. Narcissa Wallard; second, Miss McKinzie. g. Martha Ann b. 15 Aug 1815, Madison County, KY, m. Samuel Burris. Died 24 Jan 1879, Buchanan Co. Missouri.

GEDCOM Note

!LAND SALE: Monroe County, MO, Deeds, Vol. K, page 281 (LDS Film # 975065). The document cited shows the sale of land from Susan Gentry to James Owenby on March 30, 1850. This land is near some sold earlier that month to Owenby by two of her sons, James and Sidney. William Stephens, who bought James' land in 1839 and was a Justice of the Peace, witnessed the transaction. Susan's land (40 acres) was originally bought on April 1, 1839. This land was probably near Middle Grove, MO.

!DIVORCE: Susan Gentry filed for divorce from David Gentry in Chancery Court of Monroe County, MO, in the August term of 1836. She accused him of abandonment. Her divorce was granted in December 1836. David is shown living in Boone County, MO, in 1840 (with a younger woman?), while Susan is still in Monroe County in 1840, possibly with her son James and his new wife, Cynthia, and some of Susan's other sons: Marcus Lafayette, Sidney, and Benjamin.

!In 1850, Susan was living with her daughter, Jane, in Monroe County, MO. Jane had remarried to Nicholas Ray after the death of her first husband, William Stephenson. Susan's age in 1850 is shown as 65.