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About Henry Augustus Kent
HENRY AUGUSTUS,8 son of Zenas,7 Zenas,6 moved to New York City in 1835, where, as a wholesale grocer, he became a prominent business man. He mar. 1st, June 2, 1845, Sarah M. Wells, who d. May 11, 1856, aged 32. He mar. 2d Amelia C., widow of Geo. O. Russell of Middletown, Ct.
Henry A. and Sarah M. Wells Kent had children :
I. Susan Wells, b. Jan. 20, 1846 ; mar. Oct. 10, 1872, Henry C. Hopkins, a banker and broker.
They had chil. :
- 1. Henry Kent. b. Aug. 16, 1873.
- 2. Gerald Wells, b. Oct. 8, 1875.
- 3. Ethel Hopkins, b. Nov. 28, 1881.
II. Henry A.,9 b. Apl. 28, 1848 ; d. San Francisco June 6, 1878 ; unmarried ; aged 30.
III. Fanny E., b. Dec. 2, 1850; mar. Dec. 27, 1877, Col. Joseph P. Sanger, U.S.A. and had chil. :
- 1. Edith Kent, b. Jan. 1, 1879.
- 2. Walter Prentiss, b. Aug. 14, 1881.
IV. Sheldon L.,9 b. Jan. 25, 1853; mar. Dec. 25, 1882, Sarah Faster. He is a broker, and member of the N.Y. Stock Exchange, 1897.
V. Walter L.,9 b. Aug. 11, 1855; an accountant; mar. Nov. 17, 1880, Caroline Humphreys. They have children:
- 1. Percy George,10 now a manufacturer.
- 2. Sarah Wells.
- 3. Henry Augustus.10
Bibliographic information:
- Genealogies of the Different Families Bearing the Name of Kent in the United States Together ...
- by Lloyd Vernon Briggs
- Published 1898
- Publisher Rockwell & Churchill press
- Year 1898
- Pages 387
- Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
- Language English
- Digitizing sponsor Google
- Book from the collections of Harvard University
- Collection americana
- Page 217
- Identifier-access http://www.archive.org/details/genealogiesdiff00briggoog
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HENRY AUGUSTUS KENT, merchant, born in Hudson, Ohio, Oct. 21, 1814, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., March i, 1893. His father, Zenas Kent, of Middletown, Conn., came from the same Puritan stock as the jurist, Chancellor Kent, and his grandfather was a soldier of the American Revolution. In 1835, Mr. Kent came to New York city, became a wholesale merchant, was very successful, and retired in 1863 with a fortune. Investment led him into corporations and he sat in the directorate of The Atlantic & Great Western, The Toledo & Wabash, The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, The New York, Lake Erie & Western, and The Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroads, The Brooklyn City and The New York Second Avenue Surface Railroads, The Kent National Bank in Ohio and The Bank of North America in New York city, being an incorporator and for years vice-president of the latter. He was also one of the oldest trustees of The Union Trust Co. Mr. Kent served once, in 1851, as alderman and president of the City Council of Brooklyn, and in 1860 as delegate to the Chicago convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for President. He was twice married, and four children survive him.
Bibliographic information:
- Title Volume 1 of America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography, Henry Hall
- Editor Henry Hall
- Publisher New York tribune, 1895
- Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Digitized Jul 13, 2010
- Page 367
- https://books.google.com/books?id=X5wMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA367&lpg=PA367&d...
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CHILDREN OF ZENAS AND PAMELIA 46 (LEWIS) KENT.
114. i. Harriett, was born June 6, 1812, and died January 4, 1887. She married, September 1, 1831, Charles Clapp.
115. ii. Henry A., was born October ar, 1814. He has been twice married. First, to Sarah M. Wells, June 2, 1845; and second, to Mrs. Amelia C. Russell, of Middletown, Conn., in June, 1866. He is a man of exceptional business ability, was for years a merchant in New York, and has acquired a large fortune. He resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
116. iii. Marvin, was born September 21, 1816. He married, December 24, 1840, Maria Stewart. He resides at Kent, Ohio, where he is interested in large business enterprises. He was one of the original projectors of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad (now the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad), and it was largely owing to his boldness, and his indomitable energy, that the road was built. He now enjoys a large fortune as the result of his life of active labor. His children are as follows:
1. Henry L., was born February 14, 1843. He married, October 12, 1864, Josephine A. Collins. Henry L. Kent has two daughters:
1. Grace Emily, who was born October 28, 1865, and married, October 9, 1889, Charles E. Curtis. They have one child, a great-grandson of Marvin Kent, named Marvin Kent Curtis, who was born October 10, 1890.
2. Ella Southwick, who was born September 7, 1867, and is unmarried.
2. William Stewart, was born August 24, 1847. He married, October 19, 1875, Kittie M. North, who died May 28, 1886, leaving no children.
117. iv. Charles H., was born August 12, 1818, and died February 28, 1887. He married, January 14, 1841, Mary E. Burritt.
118. v. Louisa, was born September 19, 1820, and died in infancy.
119. vi. Edward, was born August 2, 1823. He married, October 24, 1849, Artimesia Streator, He was formerly a merchant in New York, and now lives near Brooklyn, N. Y.
120. vii. Eliza A., was born May 18, 1825, and died July 4, 1864. She married, March 4, 1845, John Poag, who was a merchant in New York, and at one time a partner in business with Henry A. Kent.
121. viii. George L., was bom May 13, 1827, and died at New York City, December 22, 1884. He married, first, June 1, 1852, Matilda Rockwell. He married, second, Virginia G. Tryon, June 6, 1866. He also was for several years a merchant in New York.
122. ix. Frances E., was born November 19, 1830. She married, August 27, 1851, George W. Wells. She now resides at Arlington, Colorado.
123. x. Emily, was born August 13, 1832. She married, September 3, 1872, Robert B. Dennis, and resides at Cleveland, Ohio.
124. xi. Amelia, was bom October 23, 1834. She died in infancy.
125. xii. Amelia L., was born September 26, 1837. She married, October 4, 1863, Joseph W. Shively, and resides at Washington, D. C.
Bibliographic information:
- Title Book VXIII. of the Genealogy of the Lewis Family
- Author Simeon Dunham Lewis
- Publisher C.W. Moulton, 1891
- Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Digitized Apr 16, 2007
- Length 66 pages
- Pages 19 - 26, and 41
- https://books.google.com/books?id=KOswAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=...
Probate documents: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7L2-Y3P
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Henry Augustus Kent's Timeline
| 1814 |
October 21, 1814
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Hudson, Summit County, Ohio, United States
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| 1846 |
January 20, 1846
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New York, New York, United States
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| 1848 |
April 28, 1848
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New York, New York, United States
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| 1850 |
December 2, 1850
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New York, United States
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| 1853 |
January 25, 1853
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New York, United States
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| 1855 |
August 11, 1855
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Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
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| 1893 |
March 1, 1893
Age 78
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Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
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1893
Age 78
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Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
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