WNC History Timeline

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www.childers-shepherd.org, 5 Feb 2011
            John Norment Gentry + Sarah [unknown]                     Sampson Harrison Ball + Rosanna Norman
                |                                                     |  
John Holmes Gentry             +           Sarah R. Ball
    1816   -   1907                         1836             1816   -  1889
  Bunc Co NC    Bunc Co NC                                      Iredell Co NC  Bunc Co NC
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                    William Sampson Gentry (Elmira V. Elkins), 1837 - 1870
                         Rosanna E. Gentry (Columbus Bryant), 1840 - 1932
                         Thomas Jefferson Gentry (Synthia Angelia Elkins), 1841 - 1917
                         Lucinda "Lucy" Gentry (?), 1846 - 1930
                         Elizabeth A. Gentry (Robert H. Fox), 1848 - 1909
                         Harriet Jane Gentry (Hughey Columbus Wallin), 1850 - 1932
                         Laura Emmeline Gentry (James A. Evans), 1852 - 1930
                         George William Gentry (Myra Adaline Elkins), 1854 - 1934
                         Elijah Young Gentry (Dorcas Rebecca Morgan), 1856 - 1949
                         Josephine Sophrone Mary Gentry (Marshall J. Black), 1858 - 1944
                         Mary E. Gentry, 1862 - 1910
                         Sarah Katherine Gentry, 1863 - after 1869
                         John R. Gentry , 1866 - after 1879
                         Sallie B. Gentry (Leroy Gaston Morgan), 1873 - 1900
Sources: US Census, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, Bunc Co NC;
           Ancestry.com's Ball family tree; Campbell family tree; Robinson family tree; Thompson family tree;
           NC Death Certificate, Rosanna Bryant, 1932;
           NC Death Certificate, Mary Josephine Gentry Black, 1944;
           
          
Notes: In 1870, this family resided at house #92, township 11, in Buncombe County, NC, with Rosanna, Elizabeth, Harriet, Laura, George,
Elijah, Sophrone, Sarah, Mary, and John still at home. Nearby, at house #93, Was T. J. Gentry, age 28.

In 1880, the family was at house #78 in Flat Creek, Buncombe County, NC, with Rosanna, George, Elijah, Mary, John, and Sallie still at home.
Nearby were James and Laura Gentry Evans at house #76, and Columbus and Harriet Gentry Wallin at house #77.

By 1900, John H. Gentry, widower, resided at Flat Creek, still head of household. Residing with him were daughter Rosanna Gentry Bryant, 60,
a widow; and grandson William H. Evans, 29, single.
Morgan Hill Baptist Church,
north Buncombe County, NC.
Photo by Mona Robinson.