married 1853 Fayette Co WV Eliza C. HARLESS b:1835 Kanawha Co. VA d:1871 July 13 Peytona, Boone WV. dau. Phillip Harless and Eliza Barker
Father of : Willis M. Dent Jr. b.1861 August 1 Boone Co West Virginia d.1932
Charleston Daily Gazette, Friday, April 8, 1898:
[Montgomery, W. Va., April 7
Willis M. Dent, late postmaster here, died last night after a long illness, age sixty-seven years. Mr. Dent was one of Fayette County's pioneer Democrats.
He was a candidate for the Legislature in 1892, but was defeated by the Farmer's Alliance ticket. He was then appointed doorkeeper of the Senate, and was instrumental in getting the screen law and other laws affecting the coal industry. The funeral will occur tomorrow at Lock Two.]
Congressional Record--Senate (January 10, 1898), p. 430:
[A. E. Montgomery, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Fayette and State of West Virginia, in the place of Willis M. Dent, removed.]
Congressional Record--Senate (December 30, 1896), p. 430:
[Willis M. Dent, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Fayette and State of West-Virginia:]
History of the Great Kanawha Valley (1891), Vol. 2, p. 234:
[Daniel G. Dent, one of the principal merchants of Fayette county, W. Va., was born in Boone county, Va., in 1856. His parents were W. M. and Eliza (Harless) Dent, the former of whom was born in Bedford county, Va., in 1831, and the latter in Boone county; she died in 1872. W. M. Dent came to the Kanawha valley in 1848, and until 1870 was engaged in boating on the Kanawha river. Daniel was the second of eight children. He was reared in Boone and Kanawha counties and received a good common school education. In 1875 he married Miss Sarah Ellen Goodwin, of Roanoke, Va. She is a daughter of Abner J. Goodwin. Their one child is, Onvil T. Mr. Dent settled in Coal valley in 1884, and for about five months was in the employ of M. T. Davis & Co., as a coal weigher. He then became the manager of the Union Coal company's store, in which capacity he served for one year. He then went to Cannelton and became the book-keeper and commissary for C. H. Strong & Son, government contractors at Mt. Carbon, W. Va., remaining there until 1886, when he entered the employ of the Great Kanawha Colliery company, as manager of their store. After the expiration of three years, Mr. Dent embarked in his present business enterprise at Coal Valley, and now has a large and increasing business. He is a trustee of the school district in which he resides.]
Father of : Willis M. Dent Jr. b.1861 August 1 Boone Co West Virginia d.1932
Charleston Daily Gazette, Friday, April 8, 1898:
[Montgomery, W. Va., April 7
Willis M. Dent, late postmaster here, died last night after a long illness, age sixty-seven years. Mr. Dent was one of Fayette County's pioneer Democrats.
He was a candidate for the Legislature in 1892, but was defeated by the Farmer's Alliance ticket. He was then appointed doorkeeper of the Senate, and was instrumental in getting the screen law and other laws affecting the coal industry. The funeral will occur tomorrow at Lock Two.]
Congressional Record--Senate (January 10, 1898), p. 430:
[A. E. Montgomery, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Fayette and State of West Virginia, in the place of Willis M. Dent, removed.]
Congressional Record--Senate (December 30, 1896), p. 430:
[Willis M. Dent, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Fayette and State of West-Virginia:]
History of the Great Kanawha Valley (1891), Vol. 2, p. 234:
[Daniel G. Dent, one of the principal merchants of Fayette county, W. Va., was born in Boone county, Va., in 1856. His parents were W. M. and Eliza (Harless) Dent, the former of whom was born in Bedford county, Va., in 1831, and the latter in Boone county; she died in 1872. W. M. Dent came to the Kanawha valley in 1848, and until 1870 was engaged in boating on the Kanawha river. Daniel was the second of eight children. He was reared in Boone and Kanawha counties and received a good common school education. In 1875 he married Miss Sarah Ellen Goodwin, of Roanoke, Va. She is a daughter of Abner J. Goodwin. Their one child is, Onvil T. Mr. Dent settled in Coal valley in 1884, and for about five months was in the employ of M. T. Davis & Co., as a coal weigher. He then became the manager of the Union Coal company's store, in which capacity he served for one year. He then went to Cannelton and became the book-keeper and commissary for C. H. Strong & Son, government contractors at Mt. Carbon, W. Va., remaining there until 1886, when he entered the employ of the Great Kanawha Colliery company, as manager of their store. After the expiration of three years, Mr. Dent embarked in his present business enterprise at Coal Valley, and now has a large and increasing business. He is a trustee of the school district in which he resides.]
married 1853 Fayette Co WV Eliza C. HARLESS b:1835 Kanawha Co. VA d:1871 July 13 Peytona, Boone WV. dau. Phillip Harless and Eliza Barker
Father of : Willis M. Dent Jr. b.1861 August 1 Boone Co West Virginia d.1932
Charleston Daily Gazette, Friday, April 8, 1898:
[Montgomery, W. Va., April 7
Willis M. Dent, late postmaster here, died last night after a long illness, age sixty-seven years. Mr. Dent was one of Fayette County's pioneer Democrats.
He was a candidate for the Legislature in 1892, but was defeated by the Farmer's Alliance ticket. He was then appointed doorkeeper of the Senate, and was instrumental in getting the screen law and other laws affecting the coal industry. The funeral will occur tomorrow at Lock Two.]
Congressional Record--Senate (January 10, 1898), p. 430:
[A. E. Montgomery, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Fayette and State of West Virginia, in the place of Willis M. Dent, removed.]
Congressional Record--Senate (December 30, 1896), p. 430:
[Willis M. Dent, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Fayette and State of West-Virginia:]
History of the Great Kanawha Valley (1891), Vol. 2, p. 234:
[Daniel G. Dent, one of the principal merchants of Fayette county, W. Va., was born in Boone county, Va., in 1856. His parents were W. M. and Eliza (Harless) Dent, the former of whom was born in Bedford county, Va., in 1831, and the latter in Boone county; she died in 1872. W. M. Dent came to the Kanawha valley in 1848, and until 1870 was engaged in boating on the Kanawha river. Daniel was the second of eight children. He was reared in Boone and Kanawha counties and received a good common school education. In 1875 he married Miss Sarah Ellen Goodwin, of Roanoke, Va. She is a daughter of Abner J. Goodwin. Their one child is, Onvil T. Mr. Dent settled in Coal valley in 1884, and for about five months was in the employ of M. T. Davis & Co., as a coal weigher. He then became the manager of the Union Coal company's store, in which capacity he served for one year. He then went to Cannelton and became the book-keeper and commissary for C. H. Strong & Son, government contractors at Mt. Carbon, W. Va., remaining there until 1886, when he entered the employ of the Great Kanawha Colliery company, as manager of their store. After the expiration of three years, Mr. Dent embarked in his present business enterprise at Coal Valley, and now has a large and increasing business. He is a trustee of the school district in which he resides.]
Father of : Willis M. Dent Jr. b.1861 August 1 Boone Co West Virginia d.1932
Charleston Daily Gazette, Friday, April 8, 1898:
[Montgomery, W. Va., April 7
Willis M. Dent, late postmaster here, died last night after a long illness, age sixty-seven years. Mr. Dent was one of Fayette County's pioneer Democrats.
He was a candidate for the Legislature in 1892, but was defeated by the Farmer's Alliance ticket. He was then appointed doorkeeper of the Senate, and was instrumental in getting the screen law and other laws affecting the coal industry. The funeral will occur tomorrow at Lock Two.]
Congressional Record--Senate (January 10, 1898), p. 430:
[A. E. Montgomery, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Fayette and State of West Virginia, in the place of Willis M. Dent, removed.]
Congressional Record--Senate (December 30, 1896), p. 430:
[Willis M. Dent, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Fayette and State of West-Virginia:]
History of the Great Kanawha Valley (1891), Vol. 2, p. 234:
[Daniel G. Dent, one of the principal merchants of Fayette county, W. Va., was born in Boone county, Va., in 1856. His parents were W. M. and Eliza (Harless) Dent, the former of whom was born in Bedford county, Va., in 1831, and the latter in Boone county; she died in 1872. W. M. Dent came to the Kanawha valley in 1848, and until 1870 was engaged in boating on the Kanawha river. Daniel was the second of eight children. He was reared in Boone and Kanawha counties and received a good common school education. In 1875 he married Miss Sarah Ellen Goodwin, of Roanoke, Va. She is a daughter of Abner J. Goodwin. Their one child is, Onvil T. Mr. Dent settled in Coal valley in 1884, and for about five months was in the employ of M. T. Davis & Co., as a coal weigher. He then became the manager of the Union Coal company's store, in which capacity he served for one year. He then went to Cannelton and became the book-keeper and commissary for C. H. Strong & Son, government contractors at Mt. Carbon, W. Va., remaining there until 1886, when he entered the employ of the Great Kanawha Colliery company, as manager of their store. After the expiration of three years, Mr. Dent embarked in his present business enterprise at Coal Valley, and now has a large and increasing business. He is a trustee of the school district in which he resides.]
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