Family Group Sheet
NameEsau Jent
Birth7 Oct 1872, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherRobert Jent (~1845-)
MotherMahala Hammons (~1847-)
Marriage21 Feb 1895, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseEliza Ann Elliott
Birth22 Oct 1868, Kentucky
Death28 Oct 1961, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherBenjamin S. Elliott (~1841-)
MotherPriscilla Jane Gregory (~1838-<1880)
Other spousesLewis Frank Templeman
Children
Birth26 Nov 1895, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death2 Jul 1967, Wayne Co., West Virginia
SpouseMyrtle Mageline Lewis
Birth9 Jul 1897, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death25 Sep 1994, New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana
SpouseDaniel "Boone" Dehart , Half GG Uncle
Birth14 Jun 1899, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseJohn Morris Smedley , Half 2C4R
Birth1 Feb 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Eliza Ann Elliott
The Kentucky death index lists Eliza A. Jent, age 94, died 28 Oct 1961 in Rowan Co., residence same.
Notes for Esau & Eliza Ann (Family)
Rowan Co. minister’s register book A, lists on p. 89 the marriage of Esaw Jent and Eliza Templeman.
Census
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hoggtown precinct, enumerated 20 June, lists on p. 14B as family #244/251:
Jent, Esau, 28, b. Oct 1871, farmer; Eliza, 31, b. Oct 1868, married 5 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living; William, son, 12, b. Apr 1888; Louveny, dau, 10, b. Oct 1889; Mary A., dau, 8, b. Oct 1891; Harvey, son, 4, b. Nov 1895; Anna, dau, 2, b. July 1897; Livy, dau, 11/12, b. June 1899. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The three oldest children are from Eliza’s first marriage, and should be recorded as Templemen.
I cannot find this family in 1910.
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 19 Jan, lists on p. 7A as family #2:
Jhent, Esau, 48; Eliza, wife, 49; Albert, son, 16; Dewey, son, 14; Herbert, son, 13; Flora, dau, 10; Cyntha, dau, 8; David, son, 18. All born Ky Ky Ky,
Jent, Esau, 28, b. Oct 1871, farmer; Eliza, 31, b. Oct 1868, married 5 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living; William, son, 12, b. Apr 1888; Louveny, dau, 10, b. Oct 1889; Mary A., dau, 8, b. Oct 1891; Harvey, son, 4, b. Nov 1895; Anna, dau, 2, b. July 1897; Livy, dau, 11/12, b. June 1899. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The three oldest children are from Eliza’s first marriage, and should be recorded as Templemen.
I cannot find this family in 1910.
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 19 Jan, lists on p. 7A as family #2:
Jhent, Esau, 48; Eliza, wife, 49; Albert, son, 16; Dewey, son, 14; Herbert, son, 13; Flora, dau, 10; Cyntha, dau, 8; David, son, 18. All born Ky Ky Ky,
