William Sherman Bentley and Laura Belle Bentley

William Sherman Bentley
and Laura Belle Bentley

William Sherman Bentley b 16 Feb 1891 Letcher Co KY d 12 Jan 1958 Letitia, Greenup Co KY, s/o Benjamin Bentley and Rebecca Holcomb. William Sherman Bentley m. 22 Nov 1910 to Laura Belle Bentley b 11 Aug 1896 d 11 Dec 1993 South Shore, Greenup Co KY, d/o John Martin Bentley and Malinda Addington. Laura Belle Bentley m. 12 Sept 1974 Greenup Co KY to Conle N Greer. Children of William Sherman Bentley and Laura Belle Bentley;

1. William Wesley Bentley b 24 Oct 1911 Letitia, Greenup Co KY d 29 Mar 2005 at home, South Shore, KY, m. 7 Sept 1929 Greenup Co KY to Carrie Wolfenbarger b 18 Mar 1913 Morgan Co KY d 30 Dec 2002 Southern OH Medical Center, OH, d/o Charles Wolfenbarger and Nora Fyffe. William Wesley Bentley and Carrie Wolfenbarger were married for 73 years (according to their nephew, Howard Bentley, s/o Paul Eugene Bentley and Dorthy Roberts).

2. Elta Mae Bentley b 1914 d 1915 about 6 weeks of age.

3. Ollie Lee Bentley b 1 Feb 1916 Letitia, Greenup Co KY m. 7 Sept 1935 Greenup Co KY to Russell Ratliff

4. Beula Anne Bentley b 8 Feb 1918 Garrison, Lewis Co KY m. 18 Dec 1939 Greenup Co KY to Curtis S Collier

5. Howard Hatfield Bentley b 10 Dec 1920 Letitia, Greenup Co KY m. 8 Nov 1948 Greenup Co KY to Mildred Mullins

6. Elmer Roy Bentley b 28 Mar 1923 Firebrick, Lewis Co KY m. 31 Oct 1942 Greenup Co KY to Avenelle Hunt.

7. Ota Arminta Bentley b 1 Oct 1925 Firebrick, Lewis Co KY m. 13 Dec 1941 South Shore, Greenup Co KY to Carl Hunt.

8. John Vint Bentley b 10 Jan 1929 Letitia, Greenup Co KY d 17 Mar 2002 South Shore, Greenup Co KY m. 1947 Greenup, Greenup Co KY to June Frazier; m. 3 Aug 1957 South Shore, Greenup Co KY to Madge Middleton Elliott.

9. Betty Christine Bentley b 11 Dec 1930 Leititia Greenup Co KY m. 29 Apr 1950 Russell, Greenup Co KY to Charles Vanhorn.

10. Robert Sherman Bentley b 22 Nov 1932 Leititia, Greenup Co KY m. 12 Oct 1951 Greenup Co KY to Charlotte Juanita Clark.

11. Cora Wanda Bentley b 21 Oct 1935 Letitia, Greenup Co KY m. 20 Jul 1956 South Shore, Greenup Co KY to Don Dillow.

12. Paul Eugene "Bud" Bentley b 14 Jan 1939 Letitia, Greenup Co KY m. 8 Jun 1957 South Shore, Greenup Co KY to Dorthy Roberts. Child of Paul Eugene "Bud" Bentley and Dorthy Roberts;

I. Howard Bentley (thanks to Howard for submitting information for this family in the guestbook on 31 Dec 2008).