Mary LouVina Gentry

Brief Life History of Mary LouVina

When Mary LouVina Gentry was born on 29 May 1892, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Joshua James Gentry, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Katherine Hensley, was 32. She married Robert Archibald Webb on 10 April 1910, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Civil District 3, Clay, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Putnam, Tennessee, United States in 1950. She died on 29 December 1972, in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Crest Lawn Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Linus Roscoe Gentry
1886–1974
Mary LouVina Gentry
1892–1972
Marriage: 11 October 1928
Edith Z Gentry
1929–2012
Angie Faye Gentry
1931–2014
Billy James Gentry
1932–1933
Wilma Winell Gentry
1933–2017
Linus Ray Gentry
1938–1941

Sources (16)

  • Viva Gentry, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Louvina Webb - birth-name: Mary Louvina Webb
  • Vina Gentry, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English (Essex and Middlesex): nickname from Middle English, Old French genterie ‘nobility of birth or character’. Compare Gentle .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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