Family Group Record


Husband: Joseph Kent 1
Born: 3 MAR 1881 Place: Hednesford, Staffordshire, England 2
Died: 18 JAN 1981 Place: Tifton, Tift County, Georgia 3
Married: 1 MAR 1961 Place: Tifton, Tift, Georgia 4
Buried: 20 JAN 1981 Place: Oak Ridge, Tifton, Tift, Georgia
Father: Harry Kent
Mother: Mary Morris
Other Spouses: Ellsberry White Dana
Wife: Clotile Fletcher 5
Born: 28 APR 1909 Place: Irwin, Georgia
Died: 4 JAN 1988 Place: Tifton, Tift, Georgia
Buried: Place: Fletcher Cem., Fitzgerald, Irwin, Georgia
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses: Julius Vernon Raye
Children

HUSBAND FACTS:
Residence: BET. 1881 - 1894 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Residence: 1894 Vanceville, Tift County, Georgia
Residence: 1900 Love Avenue, Tifton, Tift County, Georgia
Residence: BET. 1910 - 1920 8th Street, Tifton, Tift County, Georgia
Residence: BET. 1921 - 1954 721 West 12th Street, Tifton, Tift County, Georgia
Residence: BET. 1954 - 1962 719 West 12th Street, Tifton, Tift County, Georgia
Residence: BET. 1962 - 1980 312 West 18th Street, Tifton, Tift County, Georgia
Occupation: BET. 1900 - 1910 Warehouse and Drayman
Occupation: BET. 1910 - 1929 Kent's Furniture Store
Occupation: BET. 16 OCT 1929 - 27 MAR 1935 Postmaster, Tifton, Georgia
Occupation: BET. 1935 - 1978 Tifton Federal Savings & Loan, Tifton, Tift County, Georgia
Occupation: 1937 President - Farmers Bank of Tifton
Religion: 1901 Joined First Methodist Church, Love Avenue, Tifton, Georgia 6
Religion: BET. MAY 1955 - 1981 Trinity Methodist Church, Tifton, Georgia
Census: 1881 Census of England, Staffordshire District 7
Census: 1900 Berrien County, Georgia 8
Census: 1910 Tift County, Georgia 9
Census: 1920 Tift County, Georgia 10
SSN: 253-24-1968


SOURCES:
1Ida Belle Williams, History of Tift County, Tift County Historical Society, J. W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia 1948, Book, pages 98, 104, 123, 127, 232, 255, 258, 264, 323, 418-419.
2Tommy & Diane Bargeron, Inspection of Cemetery Marker, Tombstone.
3Tommy & Diane Bargeron, Inspection of Cemetery Marker, Tombstone.
4Marriage Records of Tift County, Georgia, Book H, page 90.
5Gladys G. McMillan, Irwin County Fletchers and Our Kin, 1985, Book.
6Matha Sue Williams Pittman, Centennial History of the First United Methodist Church, Tifton, Georgia 1882-1982, Book, pages 5, 26, 41, 54, 74.
71881 Census of England, LDS Microfiche #RG11/2784 Folio 98 11, page 09088, Census, Station Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, England, Joseph Kent, age 1 month, listed as son of Harry Kent.
81900 Census of Berrien County, Georgia, MF 155, T 623, Roll 180, Census, District 1314, Tifton Town District, page 99A, Joseph Kent (19), son of Harry Kent (43) and Mary (43). Note that Tift County was not formed until.
91910 Census of Tift County, Georgia, District 1314, Joseph Kent (29) as head of household with wife Ellsberry (30).
101920 Census of Tift County, Georgia, District 1314, Joseph Kent (39) as head of household, wife Ellsberry, with children: Alice (16), Joe Jr. (13), Edw.


Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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