Solomon Bentley
and Mary Jane Bentley
Solomon Bentley b 17 Mar 1855 Letcher Co KY d 17 Feb 1944 Neon, Letcher Co KY; s/o Daniel Bentley and Marinda Ramey. Solomon Bentley m. 20 Sept 1877 to Mary Jane Bentley b 9 Jul 1857 NC d 26 Jan 1918; d/o James Martin Bentley and Tabitha Baker. Children of Solomon Bentley and Mary Jane Bentley;
1. Adrian D Bentley b 23 Jan 1878 d 1 Sept 1956; buried Thornton Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; m. about 1899 to Julia A Hall b 12 Dec 1881 KY d 13 Dec 1966; buried Thornton Cemetery, Thornton, Letcher Co KY; d/o Male Hall and Mary E Unknown.
2. Ermon Bentley b 26 May 1879 KY d 26 Feb 1956 Letcher Co KY; m. about 1908 to Cora Emmazetta Wright b Feb 1882 buried Broas Wright Hollow Cemetery; d/o William Jesse Wright and Maggie Perdue. Cora Emmazetta Wright m. James Mullins b 1894 (or b 22 Jun 1873 d 4 May 1952); s/o Joshua Mullins and Anna Houston. Ermon Bentley m. about 1924 to Susie Newton b 29 Apr 1900 Lee Co KY d 20 Dec 1982 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; d/o John Newton and Jane Reece. Susie Newton m. 27 Nov 1960 to Sherman Garfield Potter b 17 Jan 1899 Jackhorn, Letcher Co KY d 14 May 1987 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; buried Thornton Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; s/o Levi Frank Potter and Nancy Jane Bentley. Levi Frank Potter m. Thursie Sarah Akers d/o d/o John Akers and Mary Ochmon.
3. Simon Bentley b 10 Oct 1881 KY d 15 Jun 1963 Pike Co KY; m. Anna Hannon Wright b 25 Oct 1876 Letcher Co KY d 30 Mar 1962 Troy, Miami Co OH; d/o Andrew Wright and Mary Jane Collier. Anna Hannon Wright m. 1 Feb 1892 Letcher Co KY to
George W Cook b 1874 KY; s/o William Cook and Jennie Unknown. Anna Hannon Wright m. 3 Dec 1911 Greenup Co KY to Albert Newton Evans b 10 Jan 1864 Paintsville, Johnson Co KY d 5 Jan 1946 Troy, Miami Co OH; buried Riverside, Troy OH; s/o William Wilshire Evans and
Louisa Yonts. Albert Newton Evans m. 6 Nov 1892 Letcher Co KY to Sarah E Holbrook b 1872 Letcher Co KY d 1907 Greenup Co KY; buried Bentley Cemetery, off Big White Oak, Greenup Co KY; d/o Benjamin Woodson "Woody" Holbrook and Nancy Quillen.
4. Henry Bentley b Oct 1882 KY
5. Savannah Bentley b 24 Nov 1884 d 11 Apr 1967; m. 1900 to Jonathon "Donny" Hall b Apr 1882 d 14 Jul 1914 buried Elijah Hall Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; s/o Elijah Hall and Nancy Meade. Child of Savannah Bentley and Jonathon "Donny" Hall;
I. Morgan Hall b 1 Oct 1902 d 30 Apr 1975 Letcher Co KY; m. 19 Mar 1932 to Grace Belcher b 21 Oct 1913 Dorton, Pike Co KY d 28 Dec 1988; s/o John Edward "Johnny" Belcher and Freelove Johnson.
6. John Bentley b Apr 1887 KY
7. Samuel "Sam" Bentley b Mar 1890 KY; m. Eliza Jane Wright b 4 Jul 1886; d/o William Jesse Wright and Maggie Perdue. Eliza Jane Wright m. Oliver Denton Houston; s/o Nathaniel "Thaney" Houston and Elizabeth "Betsy" Fleming.
8. Samantha Bentley b 23 Aug 1893 KY d 15 Mar 1937 Letcher Co KY; buried James Potter Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; m. about 1910 to Boyd Vanover b 4 Nov 1883 VA d 21 Aug 1967; buried James Potter Cemetery, Letcher Co KY.
9. Morgan Bentley b Mar 1896 KY
10. Letitia Elizabeth Bentley (aka Sarah) b Apr 1898 KY; m. 28 Dec 1914 Neon, Letcher Co KY to Clarence Hobert Meade b 21 May 1896 Neon, Letcher Co KY d 8 Aug 1982 Waynesburg, Lincoln Co KY; s/o Archibald
"Archie" Lincoln Meade and Nancy Chaney Yonts.
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