Harriette May Dent

Brief Life History of Harriette May

When Harriette May Dent was born on 14 November 1890, in Snow Creek, Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, Rev Alanson Harris Dent, was 32 and her mother, Iris Augusta Paxton, was 20. She married Henry Clevelin 'Doc' Dunham on 30 December 1912, in Bonneville, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Election District 13, Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Big Piney, Sublette, Wyoming, United States in 1940. She died on 11 October 1969, in Wyoming, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Big Piney, Sublette, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Clevelin 'Doc' Dunham
1885–1950
Harriette May Dent
1890–1969
Marriage: 30 December 1912
Cleveland Dunham
1914–1926
Otho Halbert Dunham
1916–1917
Robert Clair Dunham
1918–1986
Iris Alida Dunham
1920–1932
Flora Helen Dunham
1922–2006

Sources (13)

  • Hattie Dent in household of A H Dent, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Harriette May Dent - Published information: birth-name: Harriette May Dent
  • Harriette M Dent, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

World Events (8)

1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.

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.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

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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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