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Allan Bentley 11/24/01
HI, NO I DON'T HAVE ANY INFO ON WHO OR WHERE JAMES THOMAS BENTLEY CAME FROM.
WE HAVE SOME FAMILY LORES THAT I WONDER IF YOU HAVE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT. #1. SUSANNA BENTLEY (1823) NEVER HAD TO DRESS HERSELF UNTIL THE DAY SHE WAS MARRIED. #2.SHE HAD AT LEAST 4 BROTHERS. 2 FOUGHT FOR THE UNION, AND 2 FOUGHT FOR THE CONFEDERACY. #3.SHE HAD BEEN DISOWNED BY HER FATHER FOR MARRYING THE GARDENER. (MY GG GRANDFATHER, WILLIAM G. MAJOR OF GRANARD, COUNTY LONGFORD, IRELAND.b.OCT.11,1824. DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THIS IS TRUE?
SUSANNA BENTLEY CALLED HERSELF SUSAN BENTLEY. WHEN SHE MARRIED WILLIAM MAJOR, SHE MARRIED UNDER THE NAME OF SUSAN BENTLEY. ON HER HEAD STONE IN WARREN CO. IOWA, SHE IS CALLED SUSAN. SHE DIED AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO HER LAST CHILD. WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN SHE LEFT KENTUCKY TO GO TO INDIANA, HER GRANDMA BENTLEY, AND ONE OF HER BENTLEY AUNTS AND UNCLE TRAVELED WITH HER. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM G. MAJOR ON SEPT. 30,1849 IN SHELBY CO. INDIANA. I DO HAVE THE MARRIAGE CERT. THE CHILDREN SUSANNA AND WILLIAM MAJOR HAVE:
#1. THOMAS EMMIT MAJOR b.JULY 10,1850 IN CARLISLE, POLK, IOWAm. ESTELLA MAY FREEMAN JAN.18,1877 IN POTTAWATTAMIE,IOWA. d. JUNE 26,1924 IN ARLINGTON, SNOHOMISH CO. (HE IS MY G GRANDFATHER).
#2. WILLIAM G. MAJOR b.SEP. 1852 IN CARLISLE, IOWA. d.OCT. 5, 1922 IN SEDRO WOOLEY, SKAGIT, WA. b.ANDERSON CMTRY, SNOHOMISH, WA.
#3. GEORGE WASHINGTON MAJOR b. NOV.21,1855. IN CARLISLE,IOWA. m. ELIZA JANE SILL ON MAR. 21,1880. HE d. MAY 26, 1924 IN WA. b. ANDERSON CMTRY. SNOHOMISH, WA.
#4. SARAH A. MAJOR b. ABT. 1855
#5. MARY J. MAJOR b. 1858 IN IOWA
#6. SUSAN E. MAJOR b. MARCH 12, 1860 IN ALLEN TWS.,WARREN CO, IOWA d. AUG.11,1860 IN WARREN CO. IOWA. b. IN CARLISLE , WARREN CO. IOWA.
SUSANNA BENTLEY DIED AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO SUSAN E.MAJOR. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DATES, SUSAN E.MAJOR DIED WHEN SHE WAS 3 MO. OLD. WILLIAM G. MAJOR WENT ON TO MARRY 3 MORE TIMES. ALL HIS WIVES ARE BURRIED NEXT TO HIM IN CMTRY.
ANYWAY, THATS WHAT I HAVE ON SUSANNA BENTLEY.
JANET
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