Louis Addison Dent

Male6 October 1863–11 March 1947

Brief Life History of Louis Addison

When Louis Addison Dent was born on 6 October 1863, in Baltimore City, Maryland, United States, his father, Addison Isaac Dent, was 38 and his mother, Mary J. Suman, was 34. He married Catherine Estelle "Kate" Yost on 3 June 1884, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in District of Columbia, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1887. He died on 11 March 1947, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Louis Addison Dent
1863–1947
Catherine Estelle "Kate" Yost
1864–1933
Marriage: 3 June 1884
Roy Albert Dent
1885–1945
Edna Eugenie Dent
1888–1967
Edward Addison Dent
1891–1973
Katharine Estelle Dent
1900–1981
Louis Addison Dent Jr.
1906–

Sources (17)

  • Louis Estelle Dent in entry for Dent, "District of Columbia Births and Christenings, 1830-1955"
  • Louis A Dent, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Louis Addison Dent in entry for William Gosenll Tomlinson and Katharine Estelle Dent, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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  • Marriage
    3 June 1884District of Columbia, United States
  • Children (5)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1865

    Age 2

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    1865 · Assassination Plot

    Age 2

    On April 14,1865, an assassination plot takes place. The first shot is President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth while at Ford's Theater. The second is the secretary of State William H. Seward who is stabbed multiple times. The final is suppose to be the vice president Andrew Johnson but the would be assassin got cold feet.

    1886

    Age 23

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    habitational name from Dent in Yorkshire, possibly from a British hill name cognate with Old Irish dinn, dind ‘hill’.

    variant of Dunt, from Middle English dunt, dent ‘blow (of a weapon or implement); combat’ (Old English dynt).

    English:

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

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