When Robert J Gentry was born about 1827, in Columbia, Adair, Kentucky, United States, his father, Robert Gentry, was 44 and his mother, Julia Simpson, was 43. He married Serilda Ashby on 20 August 1846, in Carroll, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hurricane Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States in 1870. He died about 1850, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 25.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Information: 1833: Carroll, Missouri, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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