Bios: Hiram Kent, 1847-aft 1888: Greene County

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HIRAM KENT, of the firm of Kent & Driscoll, carriage manufactures, 
Waynesburg, Penn., was born in Center Township, this county, July 27, 1847, 
and is a son of John and Keziah (Shields) Kent.  His ancestors were among the 
early settlers of Greene County.  His father, a farmer, had a family of 
thirteen children, of whom Hiram is the eighth, and was reared in his native 
township.  He attended the common schools, and in early life learned the 
wagonmaker's trade, at which he worked until 1880, when he began his present 
business.  In 1871 Mr. Kent married Miss Lucy A., daughter of Dawson 
McClelland, and they have three children--Minnie R., Nancy Maria and Z. 
Wilber.  Mr. Kent is a Democrat, and a prominent member of the I.O.O.F.  He 
is now Noble Grand of the Lodge No. 469, in Waynesburg.

From "History of Greene County, Pennsylvania"
Nelson, Rishforth & Co.; Chicago, IL (1888) [1993]
By Samuel P. Bates (Samuel Pennimann) Pg. 677-8