Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Kent, Thomas R. 1831 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 5, 2007, 9:55 pm Author: William Henry Perrin (1883) THOMAS R. KENT, farmer, P. O. Heathville, was born December 13, 1831, in Orange County, Ind. He is a grandson of Thomas Kent, born in North Carolina. His son, Needham, was born in the same State, where he was also married to Mary Lafferty, who was the mother of eight children. Our subject came to this county with his father in 1833; he was educated in this county, and here he was married to Nancy Wesner, who died in 1868; she is the mother of Franklin J., born November 19, 1862. Mr. Kent was married a second time to Mary E. Coe, born March 26, 1835; she was the widow of Albert Coe and the daughter of John and Lucinda (McGahey) Fox. Mr. Kent has a fine farm of 160 acres of good land with good buildings. He keeps it in a high state of cultivation. He is identified with the Democratic party, and has been Township Supervisor for six years, four of which he was chairman of the board; he has also been School Trustee. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but he is connected with the Christian Church. Additional Comments: Extracted From: HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, LAKESIDE BUILDING. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/crawford/bios/kent1283gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb