Records:  GENTRY, James S., Unknown Co., KY
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 20:18:38 -0700

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Subject: BIO: James S. GENTRY, Born in KY

Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.
Monroe County Biographical Sketches, Bean Blossom Township, p. 615

  GENTRY  WARE  GRAHAM  CAMPBELL  COSNER
 
James S. GENTRY, an old settler, as well as an enterprising farmer and stock-
raiser of this county, was born on January 9, 1813, in Kentucky, and is the 
second of three children given to Elijah and Elizabeth (WARE) GENTRY, natives 
of Tennessee and Virginia, and of English and Scotch origin, respectively.  
James S. was reared on a farm, attended school in Indiana about eleven months, 
and so learned to read and cipher. His parents brought him into Indiana in 
1816, and settled in Harrison County.  About 1817, his father died, and his 
mother moved, first to Lost River, Orange County, in 1822, and then to
Morgan County, and, about 1838 or 1839, James S. entered eighty acres of land, 
where he now lives, and to which he has added, until the number of acres 
amounts to 253, all cultivated, with residence, out-buildings and orchard.  
On February 8, 1838, Mr. Gentry married Eliza, daughter of Joseph and Mary 
(GRAHAM) CAMPBELL, of Monroe County.  Her parents came here in 1818, and her 
mother drew a silver medal for being the oldest settler represented at the 
old settlers’ meeting, August 9, 1883..  By this union, Mr. GENTRY had 
the following children; William C., Lemuel K. (deceased), Norman J., Mary J. 
(COSNER), Joseph P., James M., David D. and Thomas H.  Two of Mr. GENTRY’s 
sons, William C. and Lemuel K. were in the late war.  Mr. GENTRY was a member, 
formerly, of the I.O.O.F. and of the Grange.  He and wife are members of the 
M.P. Church, and are very benevolent in disposition.  He served on the Board 
of Trustees five years, and in 1859, was elected, when the law was changed, 
and served until 1873.  In the spring of 1878, he was again elected for a 
term of two years.  He is a Democrat.  In forty years, Mr. GENTRY has not 
lost three days of time on account of illness.  he lives in a house, a part 
of the lumber in the building of which was made by his hands in 1837, being 
sawed out with a whip-saw, and he has worked with a whip-saw for a month at 
a time, for 50 cents per day, thinking this large pay.  In using this saw, 
two men could saw 400 feet of lumber per day.  Mr. GENTRY built rafts at 
Mt. Tabor at an early day, and labored thus, until the construction of the 
New Albany Railroad, at which time rafting ceased.

Data Entry Volunteer - Linda Jenkins Wensel
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