Jesse Gentry

Notes:

Jesse Gentry, a contractor and builder by occupation in early life, was a pioneer into Missouri, and built the first really respectable dwelling erected in St. Louis. It was the residence of Gov. Bates. Subsequently he came to Palmyra and there he built the first frame house put up in town. In 1835, having married in the meantime, he entered land in Shelby county, to which he removed, where he improved a farme, and resided until his death. He died in 1862. His wife, whose maiden name was Miss Nancy Payne, died in 1839. She was related to the early family of Paynes, for whom Paynesville, in Pike county, was named. (HISTORY OF MONROE AND SHELBY COUNTY, St. Louis Historical Society, Missouri: 1881, pp 916-917).

The 1840 Shelby County, MO Census shows the following

Gentry, Jesse 2-0-1-0-0-0-0-1/1-2-1

A George Gentry was also a head of household in Shelby County in 1840

Gentry, George 1-0-0-0-1/2-1-0-0-1

Jesse married Nancy Payne about 1835 in Missouri. Nancy (daughter of William C. Payne and Sarah "Sally" Hamilton) was born about 1808 in Kentucky; died in 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They had three children.

1. James M. Gentry was born on 23 Oct 1835 in Marion County, Missouri; and died.