Sheldon L. Kent

HENRY AUGUSTUS,8 son of Zenas,7 Zenas,6 moved to New York City in 1835, where, as a wholesale grocer, he became a prominent business man. He mar. 1st, June 2, 1845, Sarah M. Wells, who d. May 11, 1856, aged 32. He mar. 2d Amelia C., widow of Geo. O. Russell of Middletown, Ct.

Henry A. and Sarah M. Wells Kent had children :

I. Susan Wells, b. Jan. 20, 1846 ; mar. Oct. 10, 1872, Henry C. Hopkins, a banker and broker.

They had chil. :

• 1. Henry Kent. b. Aug. 16, 1873.
• 2. Gerald Wells, b. Oct. 8, 1875.
• 3. Ethel Hopkins, b. Nov. 28, 1881.

II. Henry A.,9 b. Apl. 28, 1848 ; d. San Francisco June 6, 1878 ; unmarried ; aged 30.

III. Fanny E., b. Dec. 2, 1850; mar. Dec. 27, 1877, Col. Joseph P. Sanger, U.S.A. and had chil. :

• 1. Edith Kent, b. Jan. 1, 1879.
• 2. Walter Prentiss, b. Aug. 14, 1881.

IV. Sheldon L.,9 b. Jan. 25, 1853; mar. Dec. 25, 1882, Sarah Foster. He is a broker, and member of the N.Y. Stock Exchange, 1897.

V. Walter L.,9 b. Aug. 11, 1855; an accountant; mar. Nov. 17, 1880, Caroline Humphreys. They have children:

• 1. Percy George,10 now a manufacturer.
• 2. Sarah Wells.
• 3. Henry Augustus.10

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 217
• Identifier-access http://www.archive.org/details/genealogiesdiff00briggoog

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