SOURCE: From her G-G-G-Grandson: David W. Jent-March 2011)
Sarah "Sally" Londay Drusley (Harris) Gent-Vandevier was the daughter of Michael Harris and Sally (Green) Harris.
On July 20, 1837, she was married to James "Matt" Madison Gent (Ghent) in Cheatham County, Tennessee. (Prior to 1856, Cheatham County did not exist, but was a part of what then was Robertson, Davidson, Montgomery, and Dickson Counties in Tennessee[Source: History of Cheatham County] After his death in 1879, Williamson County, Illinois, she then married William H. Vandevier. This marriage occurred on September 18, 1884 in Williamson County, Illinois.
With her marriage to James "Matt" Madison Gent the following children were born:
1) Martha M. (Jent) Forbes- 1838
2) William H.H. Jent - 1840
3) Sarah "Sallie" Ann (Jent) True- 1842
4) Susan Londay Drusely (Jent) True - 1844
5) J.M. "Matt" Jent - 1846
6) Mary E.(Jent) Burns - 1847
7) Nancy Tennesse (Jent) Avery - 1850
8) Robert Jackson "R.J." or "Uncle Bob" Jent - 1851
9) Rebecca J. (Jent)Blankenship - 1854
10) Benjamin David "B.D." Jent - 1856
11) Georgeann Charlottie "Lottie" (Jent)Hendrickson - 1861
12) Elias Selkirk "Sell" Jent - 1864
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(SOURCE: Williamson County Divorce Records)
Sally L. Vandiever divorced William Vandiever in 1887. [Divorce File # DV-003]
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SOURCE: From her G-G-G-Grandson: David W. Jent - April 2015)
The year of her death has not been ascertained nor the location of her burial. It is assumed that she was either buried at the Harris Cemetery or the Gent-True Cemetery both located approximately 1 mile directly north and south of eath other in Lake Creek Precinct, Williamson County, Illinois, in an unmarked grave. There have not been gravestones located for her in either cemetery, but there are or were several sandstones used as grave markers at one time in both cemeteries that may have been markers for her burial site. Her second husband, William Vandiever, is buried in a marked grave at the Harris Cemetery.
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SOURCE: From her G-G-G-Grandson: David W. Jent-March 2011)
Sarah "Sally" Londay Drusley (Harris) Gent-Vandevier was the daughter of Michael Harris and Sally (Green) Harris.
On July 20, 1837, she was married to James "Matt" Madison Gent (Ghent) in Cheatham County, Tennessee. (Prior to 1856, Cheatham County did not exist, but was a part of what then was Robertson, Davidson, Montgomery, and Dickson Counties in Tennessee[Source: History of Cheatham County] After his death in 1879, Williamson County, Illinois, she then married William H. Vandevier. This marriage occurred on September 18, 1884 in Williamson County, Illinois.
With her marriage to James "Matt" Madison Gent the following children were born:
1) Martha M. (Jent) Forbes- 1838
2) William H.H. Jent - 1840
3) Sarah "Sallie" Ann (Jent) True- 1842
4) Susan Londay Drusely (Jent) True - 1844
5) J.M. "Matt" Jent - 1846
6) Mary E.(Jent) Burns - 1847
7) Nancy Tennesse (Jent) Avery - 1850
8) Robert Jackson "R.J." or "Uncle Bob" Jent - 1851
9) Rebecca J. (Jent)Blankenship - 1854
10) Benjamin David "B.D." Jent - 1856
11) Georgeann Charlottie "Lottie" (Jent)Hendrickson - 1861
12) Elias Selkirk "Sell" Jent - 1864
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(SOURCE: Williamson County Divorce Records)
Sally L. Vandiever divorced William Vandiever in 1887. [Divorce File # DV-003]
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SOURCE: From her G-G-G-Grandson: David W. Jent - April 2015)
The year of her death has not been ascertained nor the location of her burial. It is assumed that she was either buried at the Harris Cemetery or the Gent-True Cemetery both located approximately 1 mile directly north and south of eath other in Lake Creek Precinct, Williamson County, Illinois, in an unmarked grave. There have not been gravestones located for her in either cemetery, but there are or were several sandstones used as grave markers at one time in both cemeteries that may have been markers for her burial site. Her second husband, William Vandiever, is buried in a marked grave at the Harris Cemetery.
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Family Members
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Sarah Ann ""Sally Ann"" Jent True
1842–1936
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Susan C. "Gent" Jent True
1844–1877
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James Madison Jent
1846–1925
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Mary E. Jent Burns
1847–1935
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Nancy Tennessee "Gent" Jent Avery
1850–1936
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Robert Jackson "R.J." "Uncle Bob" Jent
1851–1947
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Benjamin David "B.D." Jent
1856–1916
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Georgeann Charlottie "Lottie" Gent Hendrickson
1861–1935
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Elias Selkirk "Sell" Jent
1864–1922
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