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Lewis Dozier Kent

Birth: 3 Sep 1813
Saint Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
Death: 22 Jan 1857 (aged 43)
Dillard, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
Burial: Civil Bend Cemetery

Winston, Douglas County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 9724694 View Source

Emigrated to Oregon in 1852. His neice, Lorena A Kent (later Owings - see Find A Grave Memorial# 98415007) emigrated to Oregon with the family. Later her father (Robert, brother of Lewis) also emigrated to Oregon.

"Reminiscences of an Old Timer" by Colonel George Hunter; published by H.S. Crocker, San Francisco and Company, 1887, mentions the family briefly.

Third Sheriff in Douglas County

Private in Capt. Nolands Co. in War with Indians (24 Feb 1856-28 Jun 1856)

Drowned crossing the river after going to town to obtain medicine for his children

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sproed/ui24.htm lists his family with many of their descendants

Emigrated to Oregon in 1852. His neice, Lorena A Kent (later Owings - see Find A Grave Memorial# 98415007) emigrated to Oregon with the family. Later her father (Robert, brother of Lewis) also emigrated to Oregon.

"Reminiscences of an Old Timer" by Colonel George Hunter; published by H.S. Crocker, San Francisco and Company, 1887, mentions the family briefly.

Third Sheriff in Douglas County

Private in Capt. Nolands Co. in War with Indians (24 Feb 1856-28 Jun 1856)

Drowned crossing the river after going to town to obtain medicine for his children

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sproed/ui24.htm lists his family with many of their descendants

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Nancy Anne Collard Kent

1816–1903 (m. 1834)

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Maintained by: Denise Sproed
Originally Created by: Ida Baker
Added: Oct 29, 2004
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9724694/lewis_dozier-kent: accessed ), memorial page for Lewis Dozier Kent (3 Sep 1813–22 Jan 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9724694, citing Civil Bend Cemetery, Winston, Douglas County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Denise Sproed (contributor 46945777).

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