John LENTS

• General Notes
  • aka John Jacob (online tree), but Jacob may have been John's father's name; see bio in father-in-law Ignatius' record, see bio claiming John's parents as Jacob and Elizabeth (SEAL) LENTS -- acc. to same bio, John's brother Bernard m. Christina's sister Catharine
    
    b. KY
    m. Daviess Cty, IN 9 Aug 1830 to Christina SPALDING
    d. > Jun 1870
    
    Unable to locate John or Christina in 1880 census in any state.
    
    1870 US Census (1 Jun), residing in Loogootee, Martin Cty, IN, head of h/hold is farmer John LENTS, val of real/pers est 500/100, 61 KY, cannot read or write, living with (wife) Christina 54 KY, cannot read or write, and six (children), all b IN, none of whom can read/write, none of whom has attended school w/in yr:  farm laborer Albert E. 24, farm laborer George R. 22, farm laborer John G. 20, Christane M. 16, Martha 13, Mary L. 12, plus farm laborer James (H.) STRANGE 30 IN, val of real est 300, able to read/write, (wife of James) Amelia A. STRANGE 29 IN, keeping house, unable to read/write, and (relationship not indicated) Alice A. LENTS 1 IN (perhaps the child of LENTS' eldest daughter at home).
    
    record citation:
    Roll: M593_342  Page: 392  Image: 789
    
    Unable to locate family members in 1860 census in any state.
    
    1850 US Census (13 Oct), head of h/hold is farmer John LENTS 40 KY (est b yr 1810), val of real est 700, unable to read and write, living with (wife) Christiana 35 KY, unable to read and write, and 10 (children), birth places not indicated but likely IN:  Julian 18 F, Eliza 17, James (T.) 15, Catherine 12, Pamelia 10 F, Emily 8, Edward A. 6, George (R.) 5, John G. 1 and Lucretia 4 (in that order).  Immediate neighbors include (brother) Nelson LENTS 30 KY.  Preceding page has (brothers) William LENTS 32 KY and Joseph LENTS 24 KY.  (None of the other three LENTS boys can read or write.)
    
    record citation:
    Page:    191 Roll:    M432_140
    
    poss matches in 1840 US Census (2), (1) residing in Barr, Daviess, head of h/hold is John LENTS 000001-22001, thus one male age 30-40 (est b yr 1800-1810) (John), two females 0-5 (Catherine and Pamela?), two females 5-10 (Julie Ann, Eliza), and one female 20-30 (est b yr 1810-1820). (Where is son James from 1850 census?)   Immediate neighbors incl (father-in-law) Ignatius SPALDING age 60-70 (est b yr 1770-1780, checks).
    
    record citation:
    Roll:    77  Page:    39
    
    (2) (unlikely match) There is also a Jacob LENTS in Barr, Daviess in 1840 on preceding page, 01120001-11010001, thus one male age 5-10, one male 10-15, two males 15-20, and one male age 50-60 (est b yr 1780-1790) (Jacob), one female 0-5, one female 5-10, one female 15-20, and one female 50-60 (est b yr 1780-1790), but Christina was b. 1815.  Immediate neighbors include William (age 20-30), Nelson (age 20-30) and Nicholas LENTS (age 30-40).
    
    record citation:
    Roll:    77  Page:    38
    

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