Robert Johnson Stearman Kent

Brief Life History of Robert Johnson

When Robert Johnson Stearman Kent was born on 17 March 1897, in Randolph Township, Ohio, Indiana, United States, his father, William Stearman, was 34 and his mother, Liona A. Davis, was 35. He married Naomi Wood on 28 July 1925, in Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 5 years and Highland Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 4 October 1972, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Johnson Stearman Kent
1897–1972
Naomi Wood
1894–1984
Marriage: 28 July 1925
Robert Stanley Kent
1928–2024
Richard Hubert Kent
1930–1992
Betty Jean Kent
1932–2018
Arthur Ray Kent
1934–2016
Bill J. Kent
1937–2017

Sources (23)

  • Robert Kent Ingram, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Robert J Kent, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Robert Kent, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

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.

1911 · People's State Bank of American Fork

The People’s State Bank of American Fork was built in 1911. The Bank of American Fork operated out of the two story, classical revival building until the Great Depression, when the Consolidated Holding Company took over. The building still stands and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

English:

occupational name chiefly from Middle English stere(s)man (Old English stēor(es)mann) and Middle English stereman, stireman (Old Norse stȳreman) ‘one who steers a ship, skipper, sea-captain’.

occasionally perhaps an occupational name for someone responsible for tending cattle, from Middle English steer (Old English stēor) ‘bullock’ + -man.

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

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I'm 86 years old and my wife Suzanne decided I should write my history. I was born on July 5, 1928 to Robert J. Kent and Naomi Wood. My mother was married to Joe Ingram who was killed in the Castle Ga …

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