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GEORGE CARGILL BENTLEY was born Apr 27, 1801 in Bentley Creek, Bradford Co, PA; and died at age 60 on Dec 26, 1861 (One Tree has Dec 16) in South Dansville, Steuben County, NY.  He married Lucinda Cleveland Sep 9, 1821 in Millport, Chemung County, NY. She was born July 15, 1802 in Sugar Creek, Bradford Co., PA; and died July 14, 1856 in South Dansville, NY (death notices, Steuben Courier, Bath, NY per “Death Notices from Steuben County, New York, Newspapers 1797-1884” compiled by Mary S. Jackson and Edward F. Jackson).

He later married Phebe Ann Welcher  Thomas in 1859 in South Dansville.  She was born abt 1817 in NY.

George C. Bentley and Lucinda Cleveland Bentley along with infant daughter Lucia are buried at Lakeside Cemetery, Steuben Co, Wayland, NY.,  Route 21 on Loon Lake.  This is very near South Dansville.  Also near them is the tombstone of a Green Bently who is likely the first child of George C. and Lucinda.

Their tombstone as photographed by H. Ross Glover May 1, 2007 reads:

                BENTLEY
            GEORGE C. 1801 – 1861
                HIS WIFE
            LUCINDA C. 1802 – 1856

the fourth of 9 children of Ephraim Cleveland (b Jul 21, 1773, Salisbury, CT ; died Jan 5, 1815, Chemung Co, NY) and Keziah Noble (b Nov 22, 1774, Salisbury, CT; died May 10, 1814, Cincinnati, OH).  One World Tree/ancestry.com traces the Clevelands to Richard Cleveland, b abt 1555, St Mary Elms, Ispwich, England; died abt 1655, Ispwich.  The first of the Cleveland line to immigrate was Richard’s grandson Moses who was born Feb 2, 1620 in Ispwich, England; died Jan 9, 1702 in Woburn, MA.

*CENSUS REPORTS ON GEORGE C. BENTLEY

The 1820 Census shows three males ages 16+ living with George C.’s father, Green Bentley, Jr., in the Town of Catharine, Tioga Co, NY.

The 1830 Census has George C. and Lucinda living in Catlin, Tioga Co, NY with one male age 5-10, 2 females under age 5, 1 age 5-10,

The 1840 Census has George C. and Lucinda living in Dix, Chemung Co, NY  with one male under 5, two age 5-10, one 15-20; and two females under 5, 3 age 12-15, one age 15-20.  

*1843 Lucia buried Wayland, NY ; abt 1845/1846 son Green believed to be buried in Wayland

The June 1, 1850 Census shows George (a farmer) and Lucinda in South Dansville with Loretta, Cherry, Ephraim, Isaac (a farmer), Eliza, and George E.  Thus sometime between 1845 and 1850 George C. moved to South Dansville with his family, including George E.

According to the June, 1860 Census, George C., a year before he died, lived in South Dansville with his second wife Phebe Ann (age 43),  four children (Isaac, John, Eliza and 16 yr old George E.) from his first marriage; Phebe’s children Charles and Mary, and 3 ½ month old child Sidney E. Bentley (likely a grandchild).  ????????WHERE IS ERNEST AT 3 MONTHS OLDGeorge C. was listed as a farmer, whose land is worth $6,000. And he was listed as born in PA

In 1880, 63 yr old widow Phebe lived in Decatur, MI with their son Ernest.

***14 CHILDREN OF GEORGE C. BENTLEY—see ages vs Censu

George C. Bentley  fathered 13 children with Lucinda, one with Phebe--ERNEST???, and was the step-father to two of Phebe’s children.
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The children of George C. Bentley and Lucinda Cleveland Bentley (per Bates, One World, Sergent---not all fully documented) were:

NOTE:  BATES lists several of the earlier children as born in Bradford Co., PA

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(30)—Popovich sources for names, spouses, birth dates etc.

XX1.GREEN BENTLEY, b Oct 27, 1822, Millport, NY (30);  died Mar 19, 1846, Millport, NY.  He was named after his grandfather and great grandfather Green Bentley.  These dates are posted on websites and not documented so there is room for error.  No further info has been found on him.  

Mysterious is the tombstone next to that of George C. Bentley, Lucinda Cleveland Bentley and their daughter Lucia at Lakeside Cemetery, Loon Lake, Wayland, NY.  It reads as photographed by H. Ross Glover in 2007:

            Green Bently

        ---this Green Bently would have been born in 1787 or 1793 and these dates do not fit with Green Bentley, Sr. and Green Bentley, Jr. or any of their children or siblings that we can determine.  It would seem that with the unusual name of “Green”  and that the George C. Bentley family was buried near him, that this man was somehow related.  But wait---the stone says this Green Bently died at aged 23 yrs.  That is about right for the dates of the son of George C.   

I say that Green Bentley, son of George Cargill Bentley, died 2 or so  years after his sister Lucinda and since George C. was still alive he buried them together on the family plot.

SEE TRIPP WEBSITE FOR MORE---see websites as doc.

Much of the below information from U.S. Census,  “The Genealogy of the Tripp Family: The Family and Descendants of James Tripp”  written in 1897 by Lucinda Ruth Tripp Avery and published in the “Cohocton Index” newspaper, and the Descendants of Alexander Tripp website by Herman Tripp :
http://home.frognet.net/~bobt/Herman/d8302.html#P8302

and the Tripp Family Web Site by Bob Tripp:

2.  MARY BENTLEY TRIPP, b Mar 6, 1824, (30) Millport, NY; died 1902. she married Simeon Simon (Sim) Tripp (b Dec 1, 1809 per tombstone math), Galen, Wayne Co, NY; d Mar 25, 1877 in South Dansville).  

Simeon born Mar 25, 1877 minus 67 yrs 3 mos 24 da=   Dec 1, 1809

DAR records of Viola state Simeon 1809-1877, Mary 1824-1902

http://home.frognet.net/~bobt/Sources%20of%20Additonal%20Info/Trippdar/Tripdar11.htm

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 103

[p.170] Mrs. Viola Tripp Weber.

Mary and Simeon were buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville, NY.  On a tall Tripp marker there are inscriptions on three sides:  one for Simeon Tripp and Mary Bentley Tripp, one for Mary S. Tripp (their daughter-in-law),  and M. D’Etta Tripp (daughter of Mary S. Tripp and Simeon Lewis Tripp).   On one side of the marker are two simple, small stones as headstones for each marked “S.T.” (Simeon Tripp), and “M.T.” (Mary Tripp); and on the other stones marked “M.S.T” (Mary S. Tripp) and “M.D.T.” (M. D’Etta Tripp).

Their marker as photographed July, 7, 2007 by H. Ross Glover reads (as best the weathered stone can be read):

            SIMEON TRIPP
                    Died
            March 25, 1877
                Age 67 yrs
                3 months & 24 d’s

                MARY

Mary and Sim settled on part of the Charles Tripp homestead, according to Avery. In the 1850 Census, Mary and Simeon lived in South Dansville with Simeon listed as age 40 and Mary as age 25.  Son (Simeon) Lewis was age 4.  They lived next to Simeon’s parents’ property and near that of Mary’s sister Loretta Bentley Bullock and Eliza Bentley Root.  In 1860 they lived in South Dansville where he was a carpenter/farmer with 13 yr old Lewis, 7 yr old Austin and 2  ??? yr old Mary Tripp.  In 1870 they lived in South Dansville, NY, where he was a farmer, with their children 17 yr old Austin, 8 ?????(12)yr old (Mary) Viola, and 5 yr old Alma.

According to Avery, Sim and Mary lived on the Tripp homestead until Sim died Mar 25, 1877, aged 67 years.  In 1880, the widow Mary lived in South Dansville with children 17 yr old Viola, 15 yr old Alma plus 27 yr old son Austin Jay Tripp  ---who ran the family farm after the death of his father---and his 27 yr old wife Elizabeth Moon Tripp and 1 yr old daugher Elena.  

The children of Mary and Simeon, according to Tripp Avery, and Herman Tripp combined:

    1.  DeEtta Tripp was b. abt 1841; d. before 1847.  She was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville.??????   Mary b 1824 thus 1841 was 17.  Simeon not born until 1846   Avery:  When Simeon died 1877 “death had taken little DeEtta”---not mean she was the oldest child at all.

    2.  Simeon Lewis Tripp (b Dec 13, 1846, South Dansville, NY) first married  Mary S. Thomas (b 1847; d. Mar 8, 1880) on Oct 19, 1875 in Decatur, MI.   Avery noted: “She was a lovely woman, and lived only a few short years, leaving one daughter, Anna May.”   Anna was b July 21, 1878 per Tripp website and married Truman J. Paine.  But in conflict with DeEtta tombstone.  Lewis, as he was called, is listed in the 1880 Census  as a 33 yr old widower,  a carpenter and a boarder with the Roger Carroll family in Avon.  

Mary Thomas Tripp’s tombstone (on the other side of the Simeon Tripp marker) photographed July 7, 2007 by H. Ross Glover reads (as best the weathered stone can read):

                MARY S.

                Wife of
            Lewis Tripp
                Died
            March 8, 1880
                  Age 33 ‘ys
            3 m’s & 13 d’s

On one side of the Tripp marker it is inscribed:

            M. DeETT.

    This DeEtta Tripp must be the daughter of Simeon Lewis Tripp and Mary S. Tripp, not the first DeEtta Tripp, the daughter of Simeon and Mary Bently Tripp.  The daughter of Simeon and Mary Tripp #1 also died young, in the 1840s.  Mary Bentley Tripp would have been 54 years old when this DeEtta was born, whereas Mary S. Tripp would have been 31 yrs old.  Further, the M.S.T. marker is next to the M.D.T. marker as most likely that of mother and daughter.    To add to the confusion, Viola Mary Tripp Weber, daughter of Simeon Tripp and Mary Bentley Tripp, had a daughter D’Etta born in 1889.

We assume that this M. DeEtta Tripp is Mary DeEtta Tripp who was born abt May 29, 1878.  Thus Anna May could not have been born July 21, 1878

WHY Anna May nd/or D’etta not in 1880 Census when Lewis a widow?  D’Etta died 16 months after her mother?

Avery wrote in 1897:  “Lewis is an architect in Avon, NY.”  Herman Tripp noted he was also a banker.

Lewis’  second wife was  Italia Emily Abbey (b Apr 10, 1847, South Lima, NY), whom he married abt 1864 in Seneca Co, NY.  In 1900, Lewis lived in Avon with Italia, 17 yr old son Walter L. (b Mar 16, 1883), 14 yr old Bella (or Belle) Abbey (b Nov 10, 1884; d June 7, 1912), and 13 yr old Lois L. Tripp (b Feb 23, 1887).  According to the 1910 Census, he lived in Avon with Italia, 27 yr old son Walter L. and 23 yr old daughter Lois L. Tripp.  Lewis lived in Avon as a farmer with Italia and 33 yr old daughter Lois in 1920.  In 1930 at age 83 he is listed with 43 yr old daughter Lois but without Italia who must have died by then.

    3.  Austin Jay Tripp (b Sep 8, 1852 in South Dansville, NY; died Feb 24, 1917 in Avon, NY).  He married Elizabeth “Libby” Moon (b 1848, Wayland, NY, daughter of Reynolds Moon) on July 3, 1875.  In 1880, Austin, Elizabeth and 1 yr old Elena Tripp lived with his widow mother Italia and ran the family farm in South Dansville.  Lucinda Tripp Avery wrote in 1897 of Austin and Libbie: “They have had five children, Edith being the only one living.  Their home is in Avon, NY.  He has been in the detective business a number of years.”  Avery notes Edith was b Jan 22, 1883 and all the others died before 1896.  

In 1910, 57 yr old Austin lived in Avon with Libby and worked with heavy machinery.

    4. Viola Mary Tripp, according to the South Dansville historian and 1900 Census, was born in July 1862 in South Dansville; d. 1939 in South Dansville.  She married Valentine Weber (b May, 1862, d. 1949) of South Dansville on Nov 28, 1883.

Their tombstone at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville photographed July 7, 2007 by H. Ross Glover reads:

                  WEBER

    Valentine                    Viola M.

She is listed various places as Mary or Viola. The 1860 Census notes a 2 yr old Mary Tripp.

According to Census Records, Valentine’s parents were John H. (b Jan 1840, Ontario, Canada) and Mary Kurtz (b May 1841 in NY).  John’s father was born in France or Germany; his mother in PA. Mary’s parents, John J. and Mary Kurtz, were born in Prussia in abt 1798 and 1801.

In 1870, 8 yr old Valentine lived in Dansville, Livingston Co.  with his 40 yr old father John Weber (who worked in a saw mill), 28 yr old mother Mary, and 3 younger siblings. John and Mary lived in South Dansville, Steuben Co. in 1880, in 1900 in Hornellsville, Steuben Co. The 1900 Census indicated that John H. Weber immigrated from Canada to the USA in 1859 and was married to Mary abt 1861.

In 1880, Valentine was a carpenter’s apprentice in South Dansville, living with his father (a farmer), mother and her parents, and his 5 siblings near the property of George E. Bentley and his wife Susan and 9 yr old son Wilbur (father of Adelia Bentley Burger).

In 1900, 37 yr old Viola, 38 yr old husband Valentine, and their 13 yr old Milton, 11 yr old De Etta, 7 yr old Archie J., and 3 ½ month old Bertha V. Weber  lived in South Dansville where he was a farmer.   In 1910 the Webers were farmers in South Dansville.  In 1920, 56 yr old Viola M. Weber and 57 yr old Valentine Weber lived in South Dansville with their 19 yr old daughter Bertha V. Weber.  In 1930, 68 yr old Valentine and Viola lived in South Dansville where he was a carpenter in his own shop.

Viola and Valentine had 4 children according to the 1900 Census:

    (1.  MILTON ELI WEBER was b. Sept 29, 1886 according to his June 5, 1917 WWI draft registration card, and was a farmer in South Dansville with 3 children.  In 1910, 1920, 1930 he lived in South Dansville with his wife Clara Mae Conrad Weber (b abt 1887).  They married Jan 20, 1910 in Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada according to the Ontario marriage records.  She was from Wayland, NY.

Milton and Clara had 3 children:  De Myrl C. Weber (b ab 1911), Helen I. Weber (b. abt 1913), and Thelma M. Weber (b. abt 1915).

    (2.  DeETTA WEBER was born Jan 1889

    (3.  ARCHIE J. WEBER was born Feb 1893; d. at age 8 in 1901; bur. Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville.

    (4.  BERTHA V. WEBER was b. in Feb 1900; d. 1952.  We assume her middle name was Viola after her mother.   She married Carl E. Rieke (b 1897) after 1920.  It is believed he is the same noted in the Social Security Death Index as b. Apr 28, 1897; d. July 1976; with last residence of Rochester, NY.  His death year is not noted on Bertha’s tombstone so he may or may not be buried with her.

Their tombstone at Forest Lawn Cemetery in South Dansville photographed by H. Ross Glover on July 7, 2007 reads:

                RIEKE

BERTHA WEBER            CARL E.

Bertha V. Weber was the maid of honor for the wedding of her cousin Adelia Bentley (granddaughter of George E.) to Carl Burger in 1922.

We have a photo of Mary Bentley Tripp with her brothers George E. and Ephraim and sisters  Eliza and Adelia; and a photo of Bertha Weber as part of the Adelia Bentley Burger wedding party.  That is, the granddaughter of Mary Bentley Tripp stood up for the granddaughter of Mary’s brother George E. Bentley.  

    5.  Alma Annetta Tripp (b Apr 1866) was a teacher who married William H. Ingalls (b May 1867).  In 1900, they lived in Livonia, NY with 8 month old Harold Ingalls (b 1899). He was a farmer.  In 1930, 64 yr old Alma and 63 yr old William lived in Leicester, NY, where he was a farm laborer.

ANCESTORS OF SIM TRIPP

According to Lucinda Tripp Avery, the great grandparents of Simeon were William and Philadelphia.  Simeon’s grandfather, James Tripp, was born to them in Rhode Island.  He married Margaret Green, b abt 1767 in Rhode Island. Note:  William Bentley, Jr (G4) married Bathsheba in Rhode Island and she is thought to be a Green and perhaps that is where the name Green Bentley came from.

James and Margaret located in Washington Co,, NY where they built a home of logs.  Their children were Charles, Benjamin, Zina, Perigo, Samuel, Job, and Charity.  Zina was the father of Lucinda Tripp Avery, who wrote the Tripp Family History.   The James Tripp family moved to Junius (now Waterloo), Seneca Co.  For the move, James drove the horse team that carried the family and Charles, the oldest son, drove the ox team and the cattle.  The younger boys had charge of the sheep and hogs on the move—not an easy job. .  After their house burned, they moved to a farm in Galen, Wayne Co.  and late in life to the town of Tyre, Seneca Co. where James died Apr 27, 1835 at age 72. He was buried in the Quaker burying ground in the town of Galen,Wayne Co. After his death, Margaret and the kids moved to South Dansville, Steuben Co. Margaret died while on a visit to her son Job’s home in Cohocton on Sept 1, 1844 at age 77.  James was a Quaker, Margaret remained an active Methodist.  They used to engage in long disputes over religion.

Charles Tripp, the father of Simeon, and his brother Zina married daughters of Nathaniel Bonnell of Waterloo.  Charles (b abt 1785)  married Permelia (also Pamelia) Bonnell (b abt 1785) in abt 1807 and they lived for many years in Galen, Wayne Co.  They then bought a farm in South Dansville, where they lived the rest of their lives.  Permelia died Dec 17, 1858, aged 73 years.  Charles turned the South Dansville farm over to his oldest son Daniel, who was a doctor, and lived there with him until he died.  Charles died June 13, 1867, aged 82 yrs, in the Town of Fremont.  Charles and Permelia had 6 children:  Daniel, Simeon, Uriah, Elizabeth, Charles, and George.  

Uriah Tripp, brother of Simeon, and his wife Harriet were buried at Loon Lake Cemetery, Wayland, Steuben Co., NY. Likely other Tripp's are buried there.  This the cemetery where Mary Bentley Tripp’s parents George C. Bentley (G7)and Lucinda Cleveland Bentley, her sister Lucia,  and her brother Green Bentley are buried.

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According to the Herman Tripp website, the Tripps can be traced to Alexander (Nathaniel?) Tripp b abt 1552-1560 in Horkstow, Lincolnshire, Co., Eng. His son was John Tripp b in Horkstow in 1587, d. 1629.  His son was John Tripp, “The Founder,” the first to immigrate to America in abt 1635/1638 to the Newport, RI area. He trained as a carpenter, and was chr. Sep 11, 1611, and d. Feb 12, 1678 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.   John the Founder had 11 children.  According to “Ancestral Records and Portraits, Volume I”  published in 1910 by the Colonial Dames of America and posted at ancestry.com:

 “John Tripp (1610-1678), was of Portsmouth, RI.  He was Deputy for thirteen terms…He was repeatedly a member of the Town Council.  His wife, Mary, the daughter of Anthony Paine, died Feb 12, 1687. “

John is also listed in the “Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors of Members of the Colonial Dames:  “Tripp, John (1610-78) R.I.; m. Mary Paine.  Founder; Councillor.”  For more on John Tripp go to the Herman Tripp web site.

Next in our line was Abiel, Abiel (a ferry master), and Thomas of Portsmouth, RI.  Thomas the father of William, b 1739 in RI.  Thomas and family the first to move to New York State—to Queensbury, Washington Co.  William and Philadelphia Wilcox were the parents of James William Tripp, the subject of the Lucinda Tripp Avery work.  

James Tripp, was b. Jan 15, 1765 (perhaps in Queensbury, NY rather than RI as stated by Avery) and d. Ap 22 rather than Apr 27, 1835.  Herman Tripp lists the wife of James as Margaret Greene, daughter of Benjamin Greene and has her death date as May 1, 1844 in Cohocton.

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XX3.  LORETTA BENTLEY BULLOCK (b Feb 8, 1827) (30), Dix, Chemung Co, NY; died Sep 13, 1908, Dix or Iowa???.  Married Calvin Rouland Bullock (b Nov 24, 1823, Saint Lawrence, NY; died after Jan 1, 1885, and before 1895 Wayne Co., Iowa) on Mar 24, 1844 in South Dansville.   

In 1830, 7 yr old Calvin lived in Saint Lawrence, NY with his father Calvin.  In 1840 , the Bullocks lived in South Dansville, NY.  In 1850, 23 yr old Loretta and Calvin lived in South Dansville with 16 yr old farmer Isaac, 14 yr old John, 12 yr old Eliza, 7 yr old George., 5 yr old Ervin, and 2 yr old Mary.  They lived near her sister Mary Bentley Tripp.

In 1860, Loretta and Calvin lived in Milo, Illinois where he was a farmer. Living with them were 14 yr old Emma, 12 yr old Mary, and 1 yr old George.

 In 1870, they lived in Wayne Co., Iowa where he farmed.  Living with them were 8 yr old Emma, 5 yr old Florence, 2 yr old Elizabeth, and 11 month old Alice. In 1885, Loretta and Calvin still farmed in Wayne Co and lived with 16 yr old Elizabeth and 15 yr old Alice.

Note:  The ages of the kids in the various Census reports don’t always match up.

4.  ALMIRA BENTLEY, b Aug 25, 1828, Dix, NY.  Married Ira Warren Chase (30 + OneWorldTree) b May 22, 1826 son of Ira Chase and Hannah Taylor

5.  CHARRIE (Cherry/Charry) BENTLEY, b July 4, 1830 (30), Catlin, Chemung Co, NY

XX6.  EPHRAIM CLEVELAND BENTLEY, b May 12, 1832 (30), Dix, NY; died 1860 in prob. South Dansville.  Married Celestia Loomis (b May 27,1833; d Nov 1868) in 1858.  In June 1860, they lived in South Dansville, NY with 11 month old daughter Orpha A.

LIKELY buried South Dansville with borther George, sisters Eliza and Mary??? A

XX7.  ISAAC SWARTWOOD BENTLEY, b May 19, 1834 (30), Dix, NY; died Aug  25, 1925, Sargent, Nebraska.  Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Sargent, Neb
(per Kim Conrad).  Twin of Hannah Swartwood Bentley.  Married Lucinda M. Pinchin (b Nov 8 (One World has Oct 8), 1843, South Dansville, NY; died Nov 28, 1912, Sargent, Neb) on Aug 31, 1862 in Mount Morris, NY.

 Isaac and Lucinda had 3 sons and a daughter:  Albert Bentley (May 12, 1870, Los Angeles, CA-June 17, 1934)), Byron Elroy Bentley (March 1874, Jackson, MI--Oct 30, 1959), Harry Marble Bentley (Oct 24, 1877, Jackson, MI-Feb 7, 1959)), Clara Belle Bentley (Feb 26, 1885, Jackson, MI)-Apr 23, 1969, Los Angeles, CA).  

Per Kim Conrad:  Albert was adopted.  Byron married Edna Torrestoorey, and Blanche.  Harry married Jessie J. Grint in Sargent, Neb on Jan 11, 1905.  Clara Belle married Richard Perry Brockus in Sargent, Neb on Aug 23, 1905.

Isaac lived in South Dansville in 1850.  25 yr old Isaac lived with his father George C. and step mother Phebe in South Dansville in 1860.  In 1870, they lived next to Lucinda’s parents and farmed in Dayton, Chickasaw,  Iowa.  In 1880, he lived in Des Moines, Minnesota.

 In 1900, Isaac and Lucinda  farmed in Sargent,Neb with 26 yr old son Byron and Byron’s 5 yr old daughter Clara, and Lucinda’s parents:  84 yr old John and 85 yr old Marcena Pinchin.  Isaac and Lucinda lived in Sargent in 1910 with
son 36 yr old son Byron, his 28 yr old wife Edna and their 9 month old child Clarence H. Bentley.   85 yr old widow Isaac lived in Sargent in 1920 with his son Harry M. Bentley and his family.

Lucinda is the daughter of John S. Pinchin (who is believed to be the brother of Abner Pinchin per Karl Hillig research---the source for most of the Isaac and Lucinda info) and Marcena L. Robinson.  Abner the father of Martha Pinchin, who married Nelson Cobin. Nelson and Martha are the great-grandparents of H. Ross Glover.  

*********Thus, Bob Glover is related to the Bentleys on both his father’s and mother’s sides.  H. Ross Glover's great grandma Martha Pinchin Cobin's father Abner's brother John's daughter Lucinda married Corinne Burger Glover’s great grandpa George E. Bentley's brother Isaac.  That is, Bob Glover’s great great grandma Martha Pinchin Cobin’s cousin Lucinda Pinchin married Bob Glover’s great great grandfather George E. Bentley’s brother Isaac Bentley.

XX8.  HANNAH SWARTWOOD BENTLEY, b May 19, 1834, Dix , NY; died at age  6 weeks or so on July 10, 1834, Dix, NY.  She was the twin of Isaac.

XX9.  JOHN WIXOM BENTLEY, b Sep 12, 1836 (30), Dix, NY.  In 1860, he lived with his father George c. and step mother Phebe in South Dansville, NY.

XX  10. ELIZA CLEVELAND BENTLEY ROOT, b Jan 5, 1838(30)—One World has 1837) , Dix, NY; d. 1917.

Doris Burger Smalt recalls Adelia Bentley Burger talking of an Eliza Root.  Photo of Eliza Bentley Root with brothers George E. Bentley and Ephraim Bentley, and sisters Mary Bentley Tripp and Adelia Bentley Mehlenbacher found in box belonging to Adelia Bentley Burger.

Eliza married farmer Jared Root (b Oct 1, 1832; d. June 1, 1878) in Dec 1869.  

Eliza and Jared were buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville.  Their tombstone photographed July 7, 2007 by H. Ross Glover reads:

                    JARED ROOT

                    Born October 1, 1832
                    Died June 1, 1878

                    ELIZA C. BENTLEY

                    GAR member 1861-1865

CIVIL WAR INFO?

In 1860, Eliza lived with her father George C. Bentley and step-mother Phebe in South Dansville.  Living nearby was Jared Root.  In 1850 and 1860, Jared Root lived with his father, farmer Thomas Root (b abt 1796 in NY), and 6 siblings in South Dansville.  The 1850 Census lists the children ages 6-21, with Jared age 18.  Thomas was a widow as his wife was not listed in either Census.  Thus his wife died prior to 1850.

In 1870, Eliza and Jared had married and lived in South Dansville with his 32 yr old brother Seth Root (listed as insane) and next to her 45 yr old sister Mary Bentley and her 60 yr old husband Simeon Tripp, a farmer.   Thomas Root does not appear on the Census and the neighbors are the same as those for Thomas in 1860 so it is assumed that Thomas died between 1860 and 1870 and his farm taken over by Jared Root and wife Eliza Bentley Root, and Simon Tripp and his wife Mary Bentley Tripp.

On the June 3, 1880  Census, Eliza was listed as a 42 yr old widow and housekeeper living with her children  9 yr old J. Delbert, 7 yr old Lola, 4 yr old Adelia and 2 yr old Ada Root.  Also living with them was her 42 yr old brother in law Seth N. Root. In 1910, the 72 yr old widow lived alone in South Dansville next to the farm of Charles and Etta Burger and their children, including Carl L. Burger who later married Adelia Bentley, the granddaughter of Eliza’s brother George E. Bentley.  

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    In 2007, Shelly Glover located the following announcement on ebay and purchased the deed. In 1880, Harriet Bridge (b abt 1843 in NY) lived with husband James Bridge (b abt 1828 in NY) in Will Co, Illinois.  In 1850, James Bridge lived in South Dansville with his parents.  Although the deed states it was recorded Oct 12, 1880, on the inside it states that Harriet A. Bridge appeared before the Justice of the Peace on Sept 29, 1870.  The transaction was the sale of land previously owned by Jared’s father Thomas Root (deceased).  But if Jared purchased the land in Oct 1880 why does she appear on the Jan 1, 1880 Census as a widow?  Perhaps the actual sale was in 1870 and the papers recorded in 1880 after Jared died in 1878?

1850 Census shows 8 yr old Harriet as wife of Thomas, sister of Jared

Take a good look again at the actual tombstone of Jared Root.  Photo looks to me like 1878 for death date.  Below 1880 Census lists Eliza as a widow so that would fit with Jared death in 1878.  Quit -claim deed has written in pencil in margin J. Delbert Root.  That is the son.  Who probably was also Jared Root and thus that is why Jared Root on the actual 1880 deed as it was his legal name.  But he was just a kid then--age 9.  Maybe ELiza needed the money and the kids too young to farm?

Harriet Bridge wife of James Bridge and was a daughter of Thomas Root who was also father of Jared Root, Sr.  That is, it seems that in 1880 Jared Root, Jr sold the land his father inherited from his father to his aunt

    The ebay promo:

1880 DANSVILLE NY Bridge -Root Family DEED Steuben County  

Offered here is an original handwritten quit-claim deed between Harriet A. Bridge, wife of James Bridge of Elwood, Will County, Illinois (one of the heirs at law of Thomas Root, deceased) and Jared Root of the Town of Dansville, for multiple parcels of land in the Town of Dansville, dated Sept. 29, 1880. One of the tracts of land was  referred to as the Ganong Farm, two of the tracts said to be in the tract of Robert L. Bowne. Another tract was bounded by land owned by John D. Wadhams, Sim. Tripp, Nathaniel Brayton (deceased) and J. D. Wadhams. These people were well off as each piece of land is sizeable. Signed by Harriet Bridge as well as Justice of the Peace Peter Kridler(?). The front panel gives particulars about where recorded at the courthouse. This is likely the man listed as "Jerrold Root" in the 1870 Dansville census, an affluent farmer who resided next to Simon Tripp. In the 1860 census, "Jared Root" resided in the South Dansville household of Thomas Root, as did a little boy named Frank Bridge. On front panel it says that it was paid by mail by Jared Root, Rogersville, which is a hamlet in the northern part of the town.

CONDITION & DESCRIPTION: This 12 1/2" x 8" 3-page document is made of cream lined paper and is nice and clean with no moisture exposure. It has no rips or tears, damp marks, dogears, or soiling. This was a lucky find far from Steuben County and no interesting story as to how I came by it.

XX11.  ADELIA BENTLEY SMITH is a bit of a mystery.

She is probably where Adelia Bentley Burger (G10) got her name---from her grandfather George E. Bentley’s sister. Bates (9) lists her as Adeline as does One World Tree (18).

OneWorld Tree lists as Adeline Adelia

Adelia was probably born June 4, 1839, Catlin, Chemung Co, NY; married Levi Smith in abt 1859; and died Apr 21, 1911 (per LDS Family Group Record at familysearch.com for Adelia Bentley, which do not include documentation).  One World Tree has died 1909    And she probably died in Fresno, CA where she lived with her daughter Myra Smith Scott in 1910.  Another LDS file has her born June 4, 1841 in Dix, Chemung Co., NY.   Bates lists her as born in Bradford Co., PA.  

But here is a mystery:  The wooden box given by Wilbur Bentley (G9) to his daughter Adelia Bentley Burger contained an old photo of two men and three women with handwritten identification on the back.  It included George Eugene Bentley (G8), Ephraim Bentley, Mary Tripp Bentley, and Eliza Root Bentley.  They have all been identified as children of George Cargill Bentley and Lucinda Cleveland.  But the other woman in the photo—who sure looks like a sister to Mary and Eliza—was identified as “Catherine Adelia Bentley Mehlenbacher.”  We have not been able to find a “Catherine” or a “Mehlenbacher” that fits.  There was a Catharine Mehlenbacher living in South Dansville in 1870, and in Wayland, NY in 1880,  who was buried at North Loon Lake Cemetery in Wayland, NY---but she was born in Prussia in abt 1833 rather than in Chemung Co., NY where George E. and Lucinda were at that time.  The other children of George and Lucinda for the most part match up with the LDS Family Group Records.    So is Adelia Bentley Smith the daughter of George and Lucinda or is Catherine Mehlenbacher?  Are they the same person?  Or did whomever wrote the names on the back of that old photo make a mistake? Or Adelia Bentley Smith may not be our Adelia but rather there really was a Catherine Adelia Bentley Mehlenbacher.  Stay tuned.

For now, the path of Adelia Bentley Smith appears most logical.  Adelia Bentley Smith was born in Chemung Co., lived there in the Town of Veteran (named for her great grandfather Greene Bentley, Sr.) with husband Levi Smith in 1860.  She lived in Livingston Co., NY in 1870 and 1880---thus could have easily traveled to the bordering Steuben Co. for that family photo with the others who lived there in South Dansville.

But then comes the next mystery:  What was she doing with husband Levi in Kansas in 1885 and Oklahoma in 1900?   Why was she in California in 1910?  Most of all, what was she doing in 1900 living in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory?  

    Adelia and Levi Smith.

Adelia Bentley married Levi Smith (b. Feb 7, 1838, NY; died 1903 per LDS) in about 1859 when she was about 20 years old. **OneWorldTree has born Avon, NY The 1900 Census notes they had been married for 40 years. The 1900 Census asked for the number of children born to Adelia and the response was five (LDS Records showed three).  But they apparently had 6 children with one who died an infant:

    1.  According to LDS, Kittie Smith was born July 8, 1860, Schenectady, NY; died Nov 1860.   As Adelia was from Chemung Co. and was in the Aug 11, 1860 Census for Chemung Co. this makes no sense.  We will go with prob. born in Veteran, Chemung Co.  The 1860 Census lists 2 month old twins---a boy and girl—but do not list names.  Thus it is probable that Kittie died an infant.

    2.  The 1870 Census lists a 10 yr old son, Frank Smith.  He thus must be the twin born in 1860 with Kittie.

    3.  The 1870 Census lists 1 yr old Lizzie, who thus would have been born abt 1869.  She was listed in the 1880 Census as Eliza—likely named for Adelia’s sister Eliza Bentley Root.

    4.  LDS shows Myra Smith as born Jan 1, 1873 in Avon, NY; married Isaac Scott abt 1893; died abt 1947.  The birth and marriage work with the Census reports.  The 1930 Census states Myra was age 23 when married, which would be abt 1895/6.  Daughter Macie E. Scott was born abt 1903 according to Census reports. Macie Elizabeth Scott Godegast, according to the California Death Index, ws born July 28, 1902 in Oklahoma and died Nov 21, 1993 in Stanislaus, CA.  Her mother’s maiden name was Smith and her fathe’s surname was Scott.

    5.  LDS shows Levi Smith, Jr. born Nov 25, 1875, Avon, NY; died Feb 21, 1897.  Again this works with the Census reports.  SSDI lists a Levi Smith born Feb 23, 1897 in NY; died March 1965 in NY.  This is likely Levi Smith III.  

    6.  The 1880 Census lists 4 yr old Irving Smith, b. abt 1876/77.
    Census Reports for Adelia Bentley Smith and Levi Smith

1850---Prob. the same Levi Smith age 11 living in Elkland, Tioga Co., PA  with 53 yr old Innkeeper Levi Miller (a carpenter) and his 54 yr old wife Lydia plus 15 yr old Charlotte Smith.  Tioga Co borders Chemung Co. where Adelia was born.  Levi Smith, like Levi Miller, became a carpenter. Perhaps Lydia was the sister to the father of Levi Smith, who named his son after Levi Miller.

1860---22 yr old Levi Smith and 21 yr old wife Adelia and their 2 month twins lived in Millport, Veteran, Chemung Co., NY.  Levi was a boatman, likely on the Chemung Canal.

1870—Levi and Adeila Smith lived in Conesus, Livingston Co., NY with 10 yr old Frank and 1 yr old Lizzie.  He was a carpenter.

1880---Adelia B. Smith, born abt 1839 in NY, lived with husband Levi, 11 yr old Eliza, 8 yr old Myra, 6 yr old Levi, and 4 yr old Irving in Avon, Livingston Co., NY.  He was a carpenter.  It notes his parents were born in Vermont.

1885---Kansas state Census lists Levi and Adelia, Lizzie, Mina, Levi Jr, and Irving as having moved to Kansas from New York state and living in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co.

1900---62 yr old carpenter Levi Smith (b Feb 1838 in NY) with 60 yr old wife Adelia B. Smith (b June 1839 in NY) in Township 27, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Township 27 is int Ottawa Co./Craig Co., Oklahoma—bordering Kansas and Missouri.  Thus they moved across the border from Kansas. This area was part of the Cherokee Nation and was only sparsely settled until after the Civil War when a few scattered Cherokees made their homes in the region.  

Why did they move to Indian territory?  Perhaps just to find work, or perhaps Myra Smith’s husband Isaac Scott was a Cherokee?   They lived on the next property.  According to the Census, Isaac was born Sept 1856 in Tennessee, where his parents were also born.  He was a farmer.  Isaac was also listed as the husband of Myra in the LDS Family Group Record.    It is likely that Adelia and Levi first moved to Kansas with Isaac and Myra prior to moving to Oklahoma.

1910---70 yr old widow Adelia Smith lived with farmer Isaac Scott and Myra in Fresno, CA with their 7 yr old daughter Macie E. Scott.  Adelia had now made it all the way to the west coast----as did in later years George Henry Bentley, the brother of Adelia Bentley Burger.

1920---Isaac, Myra and Macie lived in Dinuba, CA

1930---Isaac and Myra lived in Modesto, CA with 27 yr old Macie, a grammar school teacher who was born in Oklahoma.
XX12.   LUCIA OCTAVIA BENTLEY, b May 27, 1841, Dix, NY; died Apr 10, 1843 inDix, NY.  Buried with her parents at Lakeside Cemetery, Wayland, NY.

    Her tombstone (which was buried flat down in the mud) as photographed by H. Ross Glover reads:

            Lucia O.
               Daughter of
            George C. and
                         Lucinda Bentley
               Died April 10, 1843
            At age 1 yr. 10 Mo and 14 Da.
        

13.  GEORGE EUGENE BENTLEY, b Sep 12, 1843, Dix, NY; died  May 5, 1907 in South Dansville.  Civil War vet, buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville. Husband of SUSAN A. BENTLEY (b. abt 1845); father of Clarance Bentley and Wilbur D. Bentley; husband of CHRISTINE BENTLEY (b. 1841-  ).  He is the grandfather of Adelia Bentley Burger, great grandfather of Corinne Burger Glover, gg grandfather of Bob Glover.  See Chapter XXX for more info.

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The child of George C. Bentley and Phebe Ann Thomas Bentley:

1.ERNEST CARGILL BENTLEY was born on Mar 4, 1860 in South Dansville, Steuben Co. (the file had Chemung Co, in error), NY to George Cargill Bentley and Phebe Ann Thomas (born 1830 in NY). George and Phebe were married in South Dansville in 1859.  This according to Ellen Bates’ LDS Ancestral File (9). The 1900 Census notes he was born in March 1860.   Census Reports note Phebe was born abt 1817 in NY.

Died Dec 21, 1931 in Chicago—per stone

Bob Glover searched genforum.genealogy.com in July 2007 in an attempt to find Bentley family information.  After going through several hundred postings starting from 2007 and working back to 2000, he found a May 29, 2000 posting by Kathy Popovich  for “George C. Bentley, Phoebe Thomas:”

    “I am looking for proof that Phoebe M. Thomas and George C. Bentley were married. They had one child Ernest C. I need to prove this line for admission to the D.A.R. Does anyone out there have any info? Phoebe Thomas's maiden name may have been Welcher. This was George's second marriage and I am assuming Phoebe's also.

I am descended from William and Sarah, William and Bathsheba, Green M. and Diana, Green M. Jr. and Olive, George C. and Phoebe, Ernest and Elizabeth, Edward and Martha. I am joining the D.A.R. and I need to prove my line. Does anyone have the documentation for the marriage of Phoebe M. Thomas and George C. Bentley? Any help would be greatly appreciated.”

What are the odds of finding information on this relative with just one posting out of many hundreds, seven years ago, and getting a response?  And this is the first Bentley cousin we have found that shares our branch from William G1 all the way to George C. G7!

Kathy, the great granddaughter of Ernest Cargill Bentley, responded to her newly found Bentley cousin:

    “I received your message today and was excited to know that someone would answer after so many years. I would love to exchange information with you. I did join the D.A.R. and was able to prove my line to George. Someone else in the family was DAR also and I was able to connect to that line. I hope to hear from you again!”
 
Thus Bob Glover was able to verify that the posting on a LDS site, the first he had known of an Ernest Cargill Bentley, indeed matched the 1880-1930 Census Reports.  The below information comes from those reports and information from Kathy Popovich.  

“Ernest Bentley married Elizebeth Johanna Gutershenk in Chicago, May 30,1898. She was born in Chicago Oct 5,1871 and died July 1, 1931. They had five children one of which was my grandfather Edward Eugene August Bentley b. Aug 9,1903 d. Sept 17, 1978. Edward had three children Lillian, Edward, and Ruth. My mother is Lillian. Ruth died at a young age but Edward and my mother are still living. I am married and have two girls, Tanya and Christina. They are married and each have one daughter.”

George C. Bentley married Phebe in 1859, Ernest was born Mar 4, 1860, and and Phebe was left a widow when George died Dec 26, 1861---the day after Christmas.  Ernest was fatherless before he was two years old. The Census of 1860 showed that four of George’s children with Lucinda-----Isaac, John, Eliza and George E.---lived with him and Phebe along with her two children from her previous marriage and 3 ½ month old Sydney (likely a grandson of George C.).  Thus when Phebe was suddenly widowed when her 60 yr old husband of just two years died, she likely had the support of George’s children:  Isaac (abt age 27),  John (abt age 25),  Eliza abt age 23,  and George E (abt age 18) to keep the family farm going.  Her own Thomas children were abt age 14 and 17.

But what happened next?  By 1880 Phebe and Ernest were in the Midwest.
In 1880, 20 yr old Ernest lived in Decatur, Van Buren, MI where he was a farmer and living with his 63 yr old mother Phebie A. Bentley. Living nearby was 29 yr old farmer Joseph Welcher and his wife and daughter.  Welcher the name Kathy Popovich noted as the possible maiden name of Phebe.  Could this be why they moved to the Midwest?  To be with members of her family?  Also, in 1860, Loretta Bentley Bullock, daughter of George C. and Lucinda,  and husband Calvin Bullock  lived in Milo, Illinois where he was a farmer. Living with them were 14 yr old Emma, 12 yr old Mary, and 1 yr old George (named obviously for George C.)  In 1861, Calvin entered the Civil War.  Could Phebe and Ernest have moved out to the Midwest to stay with Loretta while her husband was off to war?

 In 1900, Ernest  was in Chicago, Il working as a switchman for the railroad.  His wife Lizzie was born in Illinois, thus this likely the reason he moved there.  No sign of Phebe in the Census anywhere so likely she died by then.  Here is a possibility.  The Cemetery Records of Saratoga Co., NY list a Phebe Pelcher Bentley as born Sep 11, 1821 and died Mar 14, 1900.  The birth and death dates fit, the name “Pelcher” is close to the “Welcher” that Kathy Popovich noted as the possible maiden name for Phebe.  Perhaps Phebe moved back home to where her family was from and died there, or perhaps she died in Chicago and was taken back to be buried with her first husband as George C. was buried with his first wife in Wayland, NY?  

In 1910 in Chicago, Ernest and Elizabeth lived with 9 yr old Sidney, 6 yr old Eugene (who would be the Edward Eugene August Bentley b. Aug 9, 1903, d. Sep 17, 1978 who was the grandfather of Kathy Popovich), 5 yr old Loretta, 3 yr old Ethel, and 1 yr old Lillian.  In 1920, 59 yr old Ernest C. Bentley and 48 yr old Elizabeth J.  were in Chicago with 16 yr old Eugene E. Bentley, 15 yr old Laura (Loretta?) B. Bentley, 13 yr old Ethel H. Bentley, and 11 yr old Lillian Bentley.  Ernest was a chauffer for the Edison Co.  In 1930, 70 yr old Ernest was not working and lived with his 57 yr old wife Elizabeth and two youngest daughters, 23 yr old Ethel and 21 yr old Lillian, who worked as meat packers. –IN CHICAGO?? The Census notes that Ernest was 38 and Elizabeth 27 when they married, and that her parents were born in Germany.

Doris Burger Smalt recalls her mother Adelia Bentley Burger traveling to Chicago to visit a Bentley relative in the 1930s when Doris was a young child.  At that time Adelia’s (half) Uncle Ernest would have been in his 70s and she in her 30s.

Phebe Thomas’ children prior to marrying George (thus his step-children) were:

1.  Charles J. Thomas, b abt 1844 (16 yrs for 1860 Census)
2.  Mary H. Thomas, b abt 1847 (13 yrs for 1860 Census)
Chapter XX:   GEORGE EUGENE BENTLEY (1843-1907); son of George C. Bentley and Lucinda Cleveland Bentley; husband of SUSAN A. CLARK BENTLEY (b abt 1845); father of Clarance Bentley (1870-1870) and Wilbur D. Bentley (1871-1949); husband of CHRISTINE BENTLEY (1841-  ); grandfather of Adelia Bentley Burger; g grandfather of Corinne Burger Glover; gg grandfather of Robert Harold Glover
George Eugene Bentley was born Sep 12, 1843 in the Town of Dix (formerly Catlin), Chemung Co, NY (DOB per 1900 Census and Bates—and listed by Bates as Dixon but Dix is likely correct); died  in South Dansville at age 63 on May 5, 1907 (per tombstone).

*****1844 would give 63 yrs at death?

He is buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville, NY.  He married his first wife Susan A.  Clark**POPOVICH***(b abt 1845 in Ohio) in about 1869. Her parents were born in NY.  She is assumed to have died between 1880 (Census lists as living with George E.) and 1888 (when George remarried).

1860 United States Federal Census 
about Susan A Clark

the write Susan?
Name:
Susan A Clark
Age in 1860:
14
Birth Year:
abt 1846
Birthplace:
New York?????????or Ohio? Per 1880?
Home in 1860:
Dansville, Steuben, New York
Gender:
Female
Post Office:
South Dansville
Value of real estate:
View image
Household Members:
Name
Age
W E Clark---machinist
36----b 1824 NY
Christiana Clark---dress maker
33---b 1827 NY
Susan A Clark
14
Samuel Clark
2

 His second wife was Christine (listed Christine in 1900 Census but Christina on Civil War Pension papers).   She was b July, 1841 in NY per 1900 Census, which notes that they had been married for 12 years so they were married abt 1888.  Christine died sometime after 1910, the last time she was found in the Census, and 1920 when she is no longer listed as living with her son.

George E.’s faded tombstone reads:

    GEO. E. BENTLEY
    CO D   104 N.Y. VOL
    DIED MAY 5, 1907
    AGED 63 YRS

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    MILITARY RECORDS FOR GEORGE E. BENTLEY

Note:  We have requested his official Civil War military and pension papers

George enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Civil War on Jan 30, 1862 at age 18.  He served with Co. D,  104th Infantry Regiment,  N.Y.  He received a disability discharge on Dec 31, 1862.  His Civil War pension papers note that he filed for status as invalid Aug 23, 1886 (which would have related to his disability discharge 11 months after enlistment).

His widow Christina Bentley filed for pension benefits June 4, 1907 (a month after his death).   

In addition to

listing his Civil War Army unit on his tombstone at the South Dansville Cemetery, there is a marker next to George’s tombstone for the Grand Army of the Republic:  “Post 216, GAR”

***The Grand Army Of The Republic (GAR) was an Association of Veterans who served with the Union during the Civil War (http://suvcw.org/gar.htm).  It was founded in 1866; by 1890 it had over 400,000 members. The GAR founded soldiers' homes, was active in relief work and in pension legislation. Five members were elected President of the United States and, for a time, it was impossible to be nominated on the Republican ticket without the endorsement of the GAR voting block.
In 1868, Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan issued General Order No. 11 calling for all Departments and Posts to set aside the 30th of May as a day for remembering the sacrifices of fallen comrades, thereby beginning the celebration of Memorial Day.  The GAR was disbanded in 1949 as its membership had died off.

According to H. Ross Glover:

“The American Legion took over for the GAR.  In Dansville, the GAR Post 216 was first named the Barton Post after Clara Barton who founded the American Red Cross in Dansville. It was then changed to Seth N. Hedges Post, GAR #216 by her decision.

Our Legion in 1918 took over the GAR rooms in Dansville on Main Street at the time and we still have old records of the GAR in the Post files. In Dalton the American Legion Building is still known as The GAR Building.”

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    CENSUS REPORTS FOR GEORGE E. BENTLEY

In 1850, 6 yr old George E. lived in South Dansville with his father George C. and mother Lucinda.  In 1860, 16 yr old George E. lived in South Dansville, NY with his father George C. and step mother Phebe.   

1870—South Dansville---George E (26)  --farm employee  b NY

In 1880, 36 yr old George lived in South Dansville and was a farmer. Living with George and his 35 yr old wife Susan were their 9 year old son Wilbur D. Bentley, and 15 yr old servant Samantha Parsons.

In 1891 Steuben Co. Directory, George Bentley was listed as a farm laborer in South Dansville.  

In 1900, 56 yr old George lived in South Dansville with his second wife, 58 yr old Christine. He was a day laborer.

1900--

In 1910, 68 yr old Christine Bentley is listed as a widow in Fremont, NY living with the Sherwood family headed by 40 yr old farmer Edward Sherwood, who likely was Christine’s son by previous marriage as she is listed as the mother of the head of household.  His father is listed as born in New York.

In 1920, Christine is not listed as living in Fremont with Edward and thus likely died between 1910 and 1920.

George and Susan had at least two children:

    1).  CLARANCE D. BENTLEY is buried next to his father at Rogersville Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville, NY.  Finding this stone in 2006 was the first we knew that Wilbur Bentley had a brother.  The barely readable stone states:

                CLARANCE D.

    2) WILBUR D. BENTLEY (b May 10, 1871-1949).  See Chapter XX.

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