William Alexander "Teak" Gentry,
Was born near the Hanging Dog Creek in Cherokee County, North Carolina on August 15,1851. He was the fourth son of ten children born to William S. and Nancy Thompson Gentry.
Toward the close of the Civil War on the llth day of September 1864, William S. Gentry and two of his sons, John N. and Stephen M., were taken prisoner by rebel soldiers, at their farm on the Hanging Dog Creek.
They were then taken to the Tomotla Community, tied to a mulberry tree and shot to death. Like many settlers in Cherokee County, the Gentry family detested slavery. When the Civil I War broke out, they had remained faithful to the United States of America and were executed for their beliefs.
These tragic deaths left William Alexander, who was twelve years old, his eldest brother Christopher, who had just returned from the war, their younger sister Phoebe Caroline, and mother Nancy, to run the family farm.
William, who attended school, when possible, worked very hard to help repair their shattered lives.
On February 2l,1869, William A. and Mary M. Burgess were joined together in marriage by H. Lovingood. Mary was born near the Ogreeta Community in Beaverdam Township on March 10, 1846. She was the second daughter of Green Y. and Sarah A. Thompson Burgess.
After their marriage, William and Mary continued to live and work on the Gentry farm. William A., Mary M. and their son William moved to the Shreveport, Louisiana area in the late 1890s.
William ran a boarding house and continued to work as a carpenter. It was here that Mary "Polly" M. Burgess Gentry would die between 1900 and 1905 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
William remarried, a lady named Ida, in 1906. They lived on a small farm in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
William Alexander Gentry returned to his birthplace in Cherokee County, North Carolina, where he died of cardiac arrest on July 18, 1924. He is buried in the Hanging Dog Cemetery, where both of his parents are buried.
Was born near the Hanging Dog Creek in Cherokee County, North Carolina on August 15,1851. He was the fourth son of ten children born to William S. and Nancy Thompson Gentry.
Toward the close of the Civil War on the llth day of September 1864, William S. Gentry and two of his sons, John N. and Stephen M., were taken prisoner by rebel soldiers, at their farm on the Hanging Dog Creek.
They were then taken to the Tomotla Community, tied to a mulberry tree and shot to death. Like many settlers in Cherokee County, the Gentry family detested slavery. When the Civil I War broke out, they had remained faithful to the United States of America and were executed for their beliefs.
These tragic deaths left William Alexander, who was twelve years old, his eldest brother Christopher, who had just returned from the war, their younger sister Phoebe Caroline, and mother Nancy, to run the family farm.
William, who attended school, when possible, worked very hard to help repair their shattered lives.
On February 2l,1869, William A. and Mary M. Burgess were joined together in marriage by H. Lovingood. Mary was born near the Ogreeta Community in Beaverdam Township on March 10, 1846. She was the second daughter of Green Y. and Sarah A. Thompson Burgess.
After their marriage, William and Mary continued to live and work on the Gentry farm. William A., Mary M. and their son William moved to the Shreveport, Louisiana area in the late 1890s.
William ran a boarding house and continued to work as a carpenter. It was here that Mary "Polly" M. Burgess Gentry would die between 1900 and 1905 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
William remarried, a lady named Ida, in 1906. They lived on a small farm in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
William Alexander Gentry returned to his birthplace in Cherokee County, North Carolina, where he died of cardiac arrest on July 18, 1924. He is buried in the Hanging Dog Cemetery, where both of his parents are buried.
William Alexander "Teak" Gentry,
Was born near the Hanging Dog Creek in Cherokee County, North Carolina on August 15,1851. He was the fourth son of ten children born to William S. and Nancy Thompson Gentry.
Toward the close of the Civil War on the llth day of September 1864, William S. Gentry and two of his sons, John N. and Stephen M., were taken prisoner by rebel soldiers, at their farm on the Hanging Dog Creek.
They were then taken to the Tomotla Community, tied to a mulberry tree and shot to death. Like many settlers in Cherokee County, the Gentry family detested slavery. When the Civil I War broke out, they had remained faithful to the United States of America and were executed for their beliefs.
These tragic deaths left William Alexander, who was twelve years old, his eldest brother Christopher, who had just returned from the war, their younger sister Phoebe Caroline, and mother Nancy, to run the family farm.
William, who attended school, when possible, worked very hard to help repair their shattered lives.
On February 2l,1869, William A. and Mary M. Burgess were joined together in marriage by H. Lovingood. Mary was born near the Ogreeta Community in Beaverdam Township on March 10, 1846. She was the second daughter of Green Y. and Sarah A. Thompson Burgess.
After their marriage, William and Mary continued to live and work on the Gentry farm. William A., Mary M. and their son William moved to the Shreveport, Louisiana area in the late 1890s.
William ran a boarding house and continued to work as a carpenter. It was here that Mary "Polly" M. Burgess Gentry would die between 1900 and 1905 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
William remarried, a lady named Ida, in 1906. They lived on a small farm in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
William Alexander Gentry returned to his birthplace in Cherokee County, North Carolina, where he died of cardiac arrest on July 18, 1924. He is buried in the Hanging Dog Cemetery, where both of his parents are buried.
Was born near the Hanging Dog Creek in Cherokee County, North Carolina on August 15,1851. He was the fourth son of ten children born to William S. and Nancy Thompson Gentry.
Toward the close of the Civil War on the llth day of September 1864, William S. Gentry and two of his sons, John N. and Stephen M., were taken prisoner by rebel soldiers, at their farm on the Hanging Dog Creek.
They were then taken to the Tomotla Community, tied to a mulberry tree and shot to death. Like many settlers in Cherokee County, the Gentry family detested slavery. When the Civil I War broke out, they had remained faithful to the United States of America and were executed for their beliefs.
These tragic deaths left William Alexander, who was twelve years old, his eldest brother Christopher, who had just returned from the war, their younger sister Phoebe Caroline, and mother Nancy, to run the family farm.
William, who attended school, when possible, worked very hard to help repair their shattered lives.
On February 2l,1869, William A. and Mary M. Burgess were joined together in marriage by H. Lovingood. Mary was born near the Ogreeta Community in Beaverdam Township on March 10, 1846. She was the second daughter of Green Y. and Sarah A. Thompson Burgess.
After their marriage, William and Mary continued to live and work on the Gentry farm. William A., Mary M. and their son William moved to the Shreveport, Louisiana area in the late 1890s.
William ran a boarding house and continued to work as a carpenter. It was here that Mary "Polly" M. Burgess Gentry would die between 1900 and 1905 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
William remarried, a lady named Ida, in 1906. They lived on a small farm in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
William Alexander Gentry returned to his birthplace in Cherokee County, North Carolina, where he died of cardiac arrest on July 18, 1924. He is buried in the Hanging Dog Cemetery, where both of his parents are buried.
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