MARTIN B. GENTRY
25^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 12 Nov 1818 in ?? County, TN (Tombstone says 12 Sep 1818)
Died: 10 Jun 1904
Buried: Dodson Branch Cemetery, Jackson County, TN
Parents:

Married:  Mary "Pollie" Peek before 1850
Born: 29 Sep 1829 in TN
Died: 12 Jul 1901 Jackson County, TN
Buried: Dodson Branch Cemetery, Jackson County, TN
Parents:

Children:

1. Nancy Jane Gentry
2. George W. Gentry
3. Elizabeth Gentry
4. Charlotte C. Gentry
5. James W. Gentry
6. Elias A. Gentry
7. Mary C. Gentry
8. Sarah Gentry
9. Matilda Gentry
10. Victoria Gentry

MILITARY INFORMATION

25^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company I

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as a Private and left as a Private
• Enlisted 30 Jul 1861 at Livingston
• Age: 42
• Discharged under the Conscript Act 1862
• Born: Jackson County
• Height: 5' 5"
• Complexion: Fair
• Eyes: Blue
• Hair: Dark

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S706

ABSTRACT:

• Filed: 23 Oct 1891
• Rejected
• Residence: Avoton, Putnam County
• Member: Company I, 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment; Commanded by W. J. Read; Commanded by S. S. Stanton
• Wounded: Afflected with sore eyes at Fishing Creek, KY or Mill Springs, KY
• Born: 12 Nov 1818 in ?? County, TN
• Enlisted: Aug 1861 in Company I; Commanded by W. J. Read of the 25th Infantry Regiment
• Wife  is 61 years old
• Attest: Thomas Clark and R. F. Moody

No Supporting Documents:

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Overton County, Page 36
• 1860 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 91
• 1870 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 217
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 134D
• 1900 Census:  Jackson County, TN, Page 193A

ADDITIONAL DATA

• The Cookeville Press [Vol. X, No. 44, Page 5, Date: 19 Aug 1897] :  An Interesting Citizen. - There is quite an interesting character in the person of Esq. M. B. Gentry, of Avoton, this county. He was born Dec. 12, 1818, which makes him near 79 years of age. He is active and vigorous and in possession of all his faculties, with the exception that his sight is somewhat impaired by reason of an affectation of teh lids. He is an expert printer and was the publisher of an important paper in Alabama during the race for the presidency between Gen. Jackson and White. He is a veteran of the Indian war of '36 and '40 and for valiant service in the campaign he is drawing a modest pension. In his young days he was a great admirer of race horses and was reputed to be one of the best trainers and jockies in the South. Mr. Gentry is a loyal, uncompromising Democrat at the ratio of 16 to 1, and he does not arrive at his conclusions from what others say, as he has a splendid education and is a close observer. He is spending his declining years with his family on a comfortable farm, and is enjoying the fruits of a well spent life.