Rowan County, NC - Frederick M. Kent Bible The following bible record is found on the LAGenWeb Archives at the following http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/state/bible/lghsbible/ This record is "bible3-1.txt" in the list of records Bible Records Published by Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society. Be it Known And Remembered: Vol. II, Bible Records 1961: Pages 1 - 60 Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by LGHS, Jun. 1998 FREDERIC M. KENT FAMILY BIBLE Published in New York by Harper and Brothers, 82 Cliff St., 1846. Inscribed from "my husband." Originally owned by Margaret Rivers Erwin, presented to her by her husband, Frederic M. Kent. Now in possession of her great granddaughter, Charlie Holcombe Pitcher (Mrs. Sargent Pitcher, Jr.), Baton Rouge, La., who copied the record for the Society on Jan. 18, 1962. MARRIAGES Frederic M. Kent and Margaret Erwin were married January 20th, 1838 Thomas W. Burst and Mary M. Kent were married May 10th, 1866 by the Rev. J.E.C. Doiereus (?) Charles Didier Favrot and Fanny S. Kent were married March 18th, 1868 by the Rev. A. R. Graves S. B. Jones and Maggie R. Kent were married by the Rev. M. Patterson, Dec. 22nd, 1875. Arthur Boyer and Maime Hurst were married by the Rev. Dr. Smith on Jan. 20th, 1891 George Kent Favrot and Josie Hart Holt were married April 26, 1893 by the Rev. J. J. Comish. Minnie Grieves Jones married Franklin Nutting Parker on Dec. 20, 1899. Sterling Johnson Gates and Ada Favrot were married January 12, 1898 by Rev. J. J. Comish. Margaret Erwin Jones and Frank Brockenbrough Preston were married on Aug. 22, 1917. Charles Andrews Holcome and Rachel Jones were married June 5, 1907 by Dr. F. N. Parker in Baton Rouge, La. Ray Jones Holcombe and Bert Edmonds Durrett were married Sept 2, 1931 by Dr. F. N. Parker in Baton Rouge, La. Charlie Holcombe and Sargent Pitcher, Jr. were married Sept. 2. 1936 by Dr. F. N. Parker in Baton Rouge, La. Margaret Kent Holcombe and Alan Adair Wright were married March 7, 1938 by Dr. F. N. Parker in Atlanta, Ga. Nell Burruss Parker and John Gordon Stipe were married on Sept 20, 1941 Margaret Kent Parker and William Swoll Winn were married on Sept. 4, 1946. Rachel Holcombe Durrett and John McKowen Taylor were, married on June 5, 1954 Margaret Kent Preston and James Marius Newton were married on May 4, 1946 in Fin castle, Va. Frank Brockenbrough Preston, Jr. and Pauline Widen were married on, March 31, 1951 in Williamstown, Mass. Frances Holcombe Pitcher married George Christian Crosby, Jr. on October 30, 1958. Married by Dr. John Melton in Baton Rouge, La. Rachel Holcombe Durrett married Kenneth Murrah on July 19, 1958 in Atlanta, Ga. Olive Manson Pitcher married David Lon French in Baton Rouge, La. on September, second, 1961. Dr. John Melton officiated. Page 55 BIRTHS Adolph Kent was born December 9th, 1839 Frederic Kent was born August 6th, 1842 Mary McGregor Kent was born December 26th, 1844 Fanny Smith Kent was born November 26th, 1847 Margaret Rivers Kent was born September 15th, 1852 Charles Gordon Atherton Kent was born October 12th, 1854 George Morse Kent was born March 15th, 1857 Lizzie Rivers Kent was born May 21st, 1860 George Kent Favrot was born November 26, 1868 Ada Favrot was born January 8, 1872 George Kent Favrot, Jr. was born March 20, 1894 Sterling Atherton Gates, born July 20, 1899. James McGregor Jones born Jan. 21, 1877 (Baton Rouge, La.) Minnie Grieves Jones born August 26, 1878 (Baton Rouge, La.) Benjamin Jones born July 15, 1880 (Baton Rouge, La.) Rachel Jones born Sept. 3, 1883 (Baton Rouge, La.) Stephen Bangs Jones, Jr. - Nov. 6, 1886 (Baton Rouge, La.) Margaret Erwin Jones - Dec. 1, 1890 (Baton Rouge, La.) Margaret Kent Holcombe - born Jan. 14, 1909 (Baton Rouge, La.) Ray Jones Holcombe - born Dec. 26, 1910 (Baton Rouge, La.) Charlie Holcombe - born Dec. 22, 1916 (Baton Rouge, La.) Frances Kent Holcombe - born Dec. 1, 1921 (Baton Rouge, La.) Rachel Holcombe Durrett born Aug. 9, 1934 (Baton Rouge, La.) Frances Holcombe Pitcher born Dec. 11, 1938 (Baton Rouge, La.) Bert Edmonds Durrett born May 28, 1941 (Baton Rouge, La.) Walter Charles Wright born Jan. 15, 1941 Alan Adair Wright, Jr. born July 10, 1942 Olive Manson Pitcher, born Jan. 30, 1943 (Baton Rouge, La.) Ann Glover Durrett - born Oct 18, 1944 Charles Seymour Pitcher IV born April 23, 1945 (Baton Rouge, La.) Rachel Ann Pitcher - born Aug. 26, 1949 (Baton Rouge, La.) Margaret Kent Newton born April 13, 1947 Laura Preston Newton born July 7, 1950 Margaret Kent Parker born Jan. 10, 1907 Nell Burruss Parker born Nov. 1904 Margaret Kent Preston born (no date) Frank Brockenbrough Preston, Jr. born (no date) DEATHS Was killed at the battle of Murfreesboro. Adolph Kent - aged 23 years January 1st, 1863. Died March 15th 1863 - Lizzie Kent - aged two years and nine months. Died at Salisbury, North Carolina, April 2nd, 1864 - Frederic M. Kent aged 49 years. Died Sept. 27th, 1867 - George M. Kent, aged 10 years and six months. Died Oct. 23rd 1872 - Charles G. A. Kent - aged 17 years twelve days. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery. Page 56 Fanny Kent Hurst - died February, 1869, aged two years. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Frederick M. Kent, Jr. died in Porterville, California, January, 1889, aged 47 years. Died in Baton Rouge, La. Jan. 2nd, 1897, Mrs. Margaret Ervin Kent, aged 77 years and nine months. Mrs. Martha Erwin Larguier died May 2, 1898 (age 68) Margaret Kent Jones - died May 5, 1916. Fanny Kent Favrot - Died January 30, 1924. Charles Didier Favrot - Died May 9, 1902. George Kent Favrot, Jr. died in Paris. April 27, 1925. Stephen Bangs Jones died July 7, 1906. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La. Rachel Jones Holcombe died July 19, 1928. Buried in Magnolia. Minnie Jones Parker died July 15, 1937. Buried in Magnolia. Benjamin Jones died October 1937. Buried in Roselawn, in Baton Rouge, La. Margaret Jones Preston died Sept. 11, 1943. Buried in Fen castle, Va. Died Miami, Fla. Stephen Bangs Jones II died July 1, 1947. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery. Ada Favrot Gates died May 23, 1957 in Baton Rouge, La. Judge Charles Andrews Holcombe died November 8, 1957 in Baton Rouge, La. He was 73 years old. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery. Alan Adair Wright, Sr. died Sept. 25, 1959 in Orange, N.J. Buried in Spartanburg, S.C. Dr. Franklin N. Parker died March 1, 1954 in Atlanta, Ga. (age 86). Buried in New Orleans, La. Dr. James McGregor Jones died in New Orleans, La. on November 2nd, 1961. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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