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Willoughby John Calvin BENTLEY

Willoughby John Calvin BENTLEY

Male 1869 - 1936  (66 years)

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  • Name Willoughby John Calvin BENTLEY  [1, 2
    Birth 4 Nov 1869  Walton County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death Oct 1936  [2
    Person ID I4500  Wood-Lester
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

    Father Isacc Henry BENTLEY,   b. 26 May 1840   d. 15 Jul 1908 (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Frances Caroline DAVIS,   b. 16 Apr 1841   d. 8 Oct 1923 (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1861  Walton County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F4098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elsie BROOKS   d. 17 Aug 1977 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1896 
    Children 
     1. Infant BENTLEY,   b. 13 Mar 1897   d. 13 Mar 1897 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Morris Calvin BENTLEY,   b. 13 Jan 1898   d. 23 Dec 1959 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Ora Belle BENTLEY,   b. 20 Jun 1900  [Father: natural]
     4. Ludie Lois BENTLEY,   b. 26 Oct 1902   d. 23 Dec 1959 (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Alton Brooks BENTLEY,   b. 19 Oct 1904   d. 29 Jan 1907 (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Lamar C. BENTLEY,   b. 12 Apr 1907   d. 24 Jul 1991 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Zelma Frances BENTLEY,   b. 22 Feb 1909  [Father: natural]
    +8. Lonie Mae BENTLEY,   b. 14 Mar 1911, Walton County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     9. Harry Raymond BENTLEY,   b. 14 Feb 1913  [Father: natural]
     10. John Ralph BENTLEY
     11. Roy Dean BENTLEY,   b. 20 Oct 1918   d. 6 Aug 1919 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Note about Willoughby John Calvin Bentley furnished by Juanita Jones - Athens, GA 14-Sep-2007

      His full name is Willoughby John Calvin Bentley. In October of 1936 John passed away. He and his wife were living with daughter Zelma. At age 96, Elsie went to live at Russell Nursing Home. She passed away August 17, 1977. If she had lived two more months, she would have been 101.

      Uncle John, the fifth child of Isaac Henry Bentley and Frances Carolin Davies, was born November 4, 1869 in Walton County, Georgia. He married Elsie Brooks January 23, 1896. They were the parents of eleven children, seven boys and four girls. Three of the boys died in infancy.

      In 1899, John bought a home in Walton County five miles east of Loganville, Georgia and about fourteen miles west of Winder, Georgia on Highway 81. All the children were born in this home. In 1920, John moved his family to Winder, They lived on South Broad Street, John worked at the Bell Grade Manufacturing Company where he folded overalls.

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 722A.txt.

    2. [S245] Research of Juanita Jones, Athens, Clarke County, GA, via emal dated 12-Sep-2007.

    3. [S245] Research of Juanita Jones, Athens, Clarke County, GA, via emal dated 17-Sep-2007.



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