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Jesse Gentry
Abt 1808 - 1862 (~ 54 years)-
Name Jesse Gentry [1, 2] Born Abt 1808 Albemarle County, Virginia 
[1] Gender Male Died 1862 [1, 3] 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
Person ID I5722 Strong Family Tree Last Modified 17 Aug 2014
Family Nancy Payne, b. Abt 1808, Kentucky , d. 1839 (Age ~ 31 years) Married Abt 1835 Missouri [3, 4] - They had three children.
Children 1. James M. Gentry, b. 23 Oct 1835, Marion County, Missouri , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 9 Dec 2006 Family ID F2565 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 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).
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Event Map 
Born - Abt 1808 - Albemarle County, Virginia 
Married - Abt 1835 - Missouri = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S272] Payne, Brooke THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA (Third Printing, C.J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA 1998).
- [S376] St. Louis Historical Society HISTORY OF MONROE AND SHELBY COUNTY (1881), p 916-917 (Reliability: 3).
- [S376] St. Louis Historical Society HISTORY OF MONROE AND SHELBY COUNTY (1881), p 917 (Reliability: 3).
- [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.
- [S272] Payne, Brooke THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA (Third Printing, C.J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA 1998).
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