Eliza A. Poag

CHILDREN OF ZENAS AND PAMELIA 46 (LEWIS) KENT.

114. i. Harriett, was born June 6, 1812, and died January 4, 1887. She married, September 1, 1831, Charles Clapp.

115. ii. Henry A., was born October ar, 1814. He has been twice married. First, to Sarah M. Wells, June 2, 1845; and second, to Mrs. Amelia C. Russell, of Middletown, Conn., in June, 1866. He is a man of exceptional business ability, was for years a merchant in New York, and has acquired a large fortune. He resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.

116. iii. Marvin, was born September 21, 1816. He married, December 24, 1840, Maria Stewart. He resides at Kent, Ohio, where he is interested in large business enterprises. He was one of the original projectors of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad (now the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad), and it was largely owing to his boldness, and his indomitable energy, that the road was built. He now enjoys a large fortune as the result of his life of active labor. His children are as follows:

1. Henry L., was born February 14, 1843. He married, October 12, 1864, Josephine A. Collins. Henry L. Kent has two daughters:

1. Grace Emily, who was born October 28, 1865, and married, October 9, 1889, Charles E. Curtis. They have one child, a great-grandson of Marvin Kent, named Marvin Kent Curtis, who was born October 10, 1890.

2. Ella Southwick, who was born September 7, 1867, and is unmarried.

2. William Stewart, was born August 24, 1847. He married, October 19, 1875, Kittie M. North, who died May 28, 1886, leaving no children.

117. iv. Charles H., was born August 12, 1818, and died February 28, 1887. He married, January 14, 1841, Mary E. Burritt.

118. v. Louisa, was born September 19, 1820, and died in infancy.

119. vi. Edward, was born August 2, 1823. He married, October 24, 1849, Artimesia Streator, He was formerly a merchant in New York, and now lives near Brooklyn, N. Y.

120. vii. Eliza A., was born May 18, 1825, and died July 4, 1864. She married, March 4, 1845, John Poag, who was a merchant in New York, and at one time a partner in business with Henry A. Kent.

121. viii. George L., was bom May 13, 1827, and died at New York City, December 22, 1884. He married, first, June 1, 1852, Matilda Rockwell. He married, second, Virginia G. Tryon, June 6, 1866. He also was for several years a merchant in New York.

122. ix. Frances E., was born November 19, 1830. She married, August 27, 1851, George W. Wells. She now resides at Arlington, Colorado.

123. x. Emily, was born August 13, 1832. She married, September 3, 1872, Robert B. Dennis, and resides at Cleveland, Ohio.

124. xi. Amelia, was bom October 23, 1834. She died in infancy.

125. xii. Amelia L., was born September 26, 1837. She married, October 4, 1863, Joseph W. Shively, and resides at Washington, D. C.

Bibliographic information:

• Title Book VXIII. of the Genealogy of the Lewis Family
• Author Simeon Dunham Lewis
• Publisher C.W. Moulton, 1891
• Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Digitized Apr 16, 2007
• Length 66 pages
• Pages 19 - 26, and 41
• https://books.google.com/books?id=KOswAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=...

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ZENAS,7 son of Zenas,6 Daniel,5 mar. . . . , 1811, Pamelia (b. Feb. 12, 1794), dau. of Oliver and Lucinda (North) Lewis of Farmington, Ct. She d. Kent, O., Oct. 21, 1862; her father and her husband were carpenters and joiners by trade. Zenas went with his father to Mantua, O., in 1812, but soon returned for his wife, and they settled in Hudson, O. In 1815, with Capt. Herman Oviatt, he built a store at Ravenna, O. After a few years Mr. Kent was able from the profits to refund the money he borrowed to start with, and bought out his partner. His success continued, and in 1850 he retired from the then firm of Kent & Brewster. In 1832 he purchased with David Ladd about 600 acres of land in Franklin, which now constitute the village of Kent, and built "Kent's Flouring Mill." From 1849 to 1864 he was President of the Franklin Bank; and from 1864 until his death in Kent, O., Oct. 4, 1865, at the age of 79, he was Pres, of the Kent Nat'l Bank, which succeeded the above bank. In 1850 he built a "Cotton Factory " and private residence in Franklin. In 1853 he was elected Treasurer of the Atlantic & Great Western R.R., and in 1860 he moved to Cleveland.

Zenas and Pamelia Lewis Kent had children:

I. Harriet, b. June 6, 1812 ; mar. Sept. 1, 1831, Charles Clapp; and d. Kent, O., Jan. 4, 1887. aged 74. He d. Union Village, O., Jan. 24, 1892, aged 84.

They had chil. :

1. Harriet L.. b. Oct. 16, 1832; d. Jan. 28, 1842.

2. Charles H., b- June 2, d. June 28, 1834.

3. Charles K., merchant and manufacturer, also for many years Cashier of the Kent National Bank, b. July 15, 1838 ; mar. Mary Eliza Wood Nov. 26, 1872.

They had chil., viz. :

• 1. Charles W., b. Aug. 6, 1874.
• 2. Frank S., b. Aug. 22, 1876; d. Mch. 23, 1888.
• 3. Leon K., b. Mch. 6, 1877.
• 4. Harold M., b. Apl. 25, 1879.

4. Ella M., b. Aug. 14, 1840; mar. John C. Southwick, wholesale merchant, New York city, Nov. 1, 1864.

They had chil.:

• 1. John C, Jr., b. Dec. 2, 1865.
• 2. Susie K., b. July 24, 1868.
• 3. Horace C, b. June 28, 1871.
• 4. Clifford, b. June 16, 1875.

5. George A., b. Mch. 3, 1843 ; mar. Mary S. Beasley June 18, 1881.

They had child :

• 1. Aline M., b. Aug. 14, 1882.

6. Edward L., b. Aug. 3, 1845; mar. Margaret Snowden Dec. 25, 1876; d. in San Francisco, Cal., July 24, 1887.

II. Henry Augustus,8 b. Oct. 21, 1814, Hudson, O.

III. Marvin,8 b. Sept. 21, 1816, Ravenna, O.

IV. Charles H.,8 b. Aug. 12, 1818.

V. Louisa, b. Sept. 9, 1820 ; d. young.

VI. Edward,8 b. Aug. 2, 1823.

VII. Eliza A., b. May 18, 1825 ; mar. Mch. 4, 1845, John Poag, a merchant of N. Y. city. She d. July 4, 1864. He d. Dec. 17. 1867.

They had 3 chil. :

1. Lizzie K., b. Apl. 8, 1846; d. Nov. 24, 1886; mar. 1st, W. H. Langley Jan. 9. 1866 ; 2nd, James L. Sherman, U.S. Army, Feb. 20, 1869, who d. May 15, 1880, and by whom she had 4 chil. :

• 1. Charles E., b. Jan. 18, 1870.
• 2. Alyn P., b. Mch. 8, d. Mch. 22, 1872.
• 3. Daisey, b. Sept. 14, 73 ; d. Apl. 30, 1874.
• 4. Cecil K., b. Apl. 3, 1878.

2. Emily K., b. Aug. 5, 1851; mar. Lt. Henry L. Harris, U.S.A., Aug. 19, 1872, and had chil. :

• 1. Dora A., b. Aug. 29, 1873.
• 2. Henry L., b. Aug. 20, 1875.
• 3. Emily S., b. Nov. 30, 1885.

3. John, b. Feb. 28, 1854 ; unmarried ; a lawyer at Toledo, who was killed by runaway horse.

VIII. George Lewis,8 b. May 13, 1827.

IX. Frances E., b. Nov. 19, 1830; mar. George W. Wells Aug. 27, 1851.

They had chil. :

1. Helen A., b. June 13, 1852; mar. W. H. C. Parkhill Oct. 10, 1876, and has child:

   Francis Kent, b. Jan. 12, 1878.

2. Harriet K., b. June 9, 1858; mar. P. L. Heffron May 12, 1892, and has child:

   Francis Kent, b. May 7, 1893.

3. George P., b. Sept. 15, 1862 ; mar. Nellie Jones Jan. 21, 1889, and has child :

   Francis Kent, b. June 17, 1890.

4. Frank K., b. Feb. 2, d. Mch. 13, 1868.

5. Frederic L., b. Feb. 1, d. 19, 1871.

X. Emily, b. Aug. 13, 1832 ; mar. Robt. B. Dennis, a lawyer, Sept. 3, 1872.

XL Amelia, b. Aug. 23, 1834.

XII. Amelia L., b. Sept. 26, 1837 ; mar. Joseph W. Shively Oct. 5, 1863, surgeon U.S. Navy and medical examiner in Pension Office, Washmgton, D.C. ; d. Feb. 14, 1897.

They had chil. :

1. Emily J., b. Aug. 26, 1864.

2. Millie K., b. Mch. 6, 1869; d. Apl. 25, 1882(?), aged 13.

3. Joseph K., b. Oct. 11, 1873.

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 203
• Identifier-access http://www.archive.org/details/genealogiesdiff00briggoog