Edward Kent, Jr.

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Edward Kent, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Death: April 26, 1892 (41)
Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Kings County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Kent, Sr. and Artimesia Kent
Husband of Malvina Christopher Kent
Father of Katheryne Moore Van Iderstine; Artemesia Louise Warner; Edward Nicoll Kent; Ruth Federer; Ralph Moore Kent and 1 other
Brother of Frank Worthy Kent; Robert Streator Kent; Helen Kent; Clara Kent; Henry Russell Kent and 2 others

Occupation: Lawyer, clerk-patent office
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About Edward Kent, Jr.

EDWARD,8 son of Zenas,7 Zenas,6 Daniel,5 was for many years a wholesale merchant in N.Y. City, a banker, and also engaged in the construction of railroads with Henry A. Kent and Dr. W. S. Streator. He mar. Oct. 24, 1849, Artemesia Streator, by whom he had children :

I. Edward,9 b. . . . ; mar. Melvina Moore, and has chil. :

1. Katherine Moore, b. Apl. 7, 1880.

2. Artie Louise, b. Mch. 17, 1881.

3. Edward Nichols,10 b. Feb. 18, 1886.

4. Ruth, b. Oct. 18, 1887.

5. Ralph,10 b. Oct. 14, 1889.

6. Richard J.,10 b. Sept. 13, 1892.

II. Frank W.,9 b. Aug. 15, 1854; a prominent insurance manager of N.Y. City ; mar. Jan. 25, 1873, Anna Julian.

III. Robert S.,9 b. June 15, 1857 ; in the Erie R.R. office 1897 ; mar. Sarah Holden, by whom he has chil. :

1. Henry Streator, d. young.

2. Emily, b. Jan. 27, 1895.

3. Henry Lewis,10 b. Jan. 8, 1897.

IV. Helen, b. Feb. 13, 1860; d. Jan. 24, 1861.

V. Clara, b. Jan. 30, d. Aug. 11, 1864.

VI. Henry R.,9 b. Feb. 1, 1866 ; mar. Feb. 9, 1893, Agnes Maud Dickenson, and had one child,

b. Nov. 28, 1893: Henry Russell ;10 d. Mch., 1894.

VII. Arthur L,9 b. June 25, 1869 ; a lawyer.

VIII. Emily, b. Jan.( ? ) 31, 1872 ; mar. June 12, 1895, Rev. David North Kirkby and has child:

1. Kent Shirly, b. Apl. 7, 1896.

Bibliographic information:

  • Genealogies of the Different Families Bearing the Name of Kent in the United States Together ...
  • by Lloyd Vernon Briggs
  • Published 1898
  • Publisher Rockwell & Churchill press
  • Year 1898
  • Pages 387
  • Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
  • Language English
  • Digitizing sponsor Google
  • Book from the collections of Harvard University
  • Collection americana
  • Page 219
  • Identifier-access http://www.archive.org/details/genealogiesdiff00briggoog

Possible marriage record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLH7-GJ8

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Edward Kent, Jr.'s Timeline

1850
December 22, 1850
Ohio, United States
1880
April 7, 1880
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
1881
March 17, 1881
(or NY?), Washington, D.C., United States
1886
February 18, 1886
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1887
October 18, 1887
1889
October 14, 1889
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1891
September 13, 1891
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1892
April 26, 1892
Age 41
Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
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Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States