Melvin Ernest Kent

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Melvin Ernest Kent

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Birthplace: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: March 03, 1961 (85)
Lewiston, Cache, Ut
Place of Burial: Lewiston City, Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Sidney Benajah Kent and Teresa Rose Kent
Husband of Helen Viola Kent
Father of Melvin Lloyd Kent
Brother of Joseph Bramen Kent; Amasa Leslie Kent; Rosella Kent; Jesse Clarence Kent; Roy Smith Kent and 4 others
Half brother of Samuel Benajah Kent; Henry Chauncey Kent; Thomas Jefferson Kent; Johanna Layne; Dexter Dean Kent and 13 others

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About Melvin Ernest Kent

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Birth: May 22, 1875 Bountiful Davis County Utah, USA

Death: Mar. 3, 1961 Cache County Utah, USA

Melvin Kent, 85, died Friday at home here after long illness. Born May 22, 1875, Bountiful, to Sidney B. and Tressa Rose Reynolds Kent. Married Helen Viola Jackson Nov. 15, 1899, Logan Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Farmer, Former Lewiston City councilman. Served two terms as representative in Utah Legislature. Active LDS Church. Survivors; widow, Lewiston; son, daughters, Dr. M. L., Mesa Ariz; Mrs. Richard (Edith) Layne, Mrs. (Elna) Bergeson, Mrs. West (Grace) Lindsey, Ogden; Mrs. Verland (Ethel) Leavitt, Cove; Mrs.. W. P. (Myrtha) Westover, Lewiston; 25 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; brother, J.R. Kent, Lewiston. Burial, Lewiston City Cemetery.

Salt Lake Tribune (UT) March, 1961.

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Spouse:
  • Helen Viola Jackson Kent (1879 - 1971)*
Children:

*Laverna Payne Taylor (1902 - 1998)*

Burial: Lewiston City Cemetery Lewiston Cache County Utah, USA
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Melvin Ernest Kent's Timeline

1875
May 22, 1875
Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
1900
November 22, 1900
Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States
1961
March 3, 1961
Age 85
Lewiston, Cache, Ut
March 6, 1961
Age 85
Lewiston City, Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States