Joseph Bentley b 1807 Burke Co NC d 9 Feb 1897
buried Bentley Cemetery, Alexander Co NC; s/o
Moses Bentley and Mary
Campbell. Joseph Bentley enlisted Co A 7th NC Inf CSA at
Mecklenburg Co 29 May 1861 age 48 years - discharged and furnished a substitute
9 Apr 1862; Joseph Bentley m. Clarissa Presnell b 1813 NC. Children of Joseph Bentley and
Clarissa Presnell;
i. Hugh Bentley b about 1836 d 20 Feb 1894; Military
service: May 29, 1861, Enlisted as a private, Comp any A, 7th NC Infantry,
Confederate Army. Occupation: Carpenter; m. Anna Presnell b 13 Jun 1833 d 13 Aug
1909 Alexander Co NC, d/o William Presnell and Jane Watkins; Anna Presnell
suffered from consumption (tuberculosis). Children of Hugh Bentley and Anna
Presnell;
1. Roland E Bentley b Oct 1863 NC; suffered from liver disease.
2.
Candace Bentley (twin of Waitsel) b 30 Jan 1866; occupation, worked in a cotton
mill; m. 4 Jan 1893 to William M Oliver
3. Waitsel M D Bentley (twin of Candace)
b 30 Jan 1866 NC d 28 Dec 1928 Alexander Co NC of lung hemorrhage; buried
Friendship Cemetery, Alexander Co NC; occupation, farmer; m. 10 Feb 1894 to
Artie Mae Willet b 22 Feb 1877 Iredell Co NC d 29 May 1961 Alexander Co NC of
cerebral arteriosclerosis with thrombosis; buried Liledoun Cemetery, Alexander
Co NC; occupation, medicine woman and midwife.
4. Marcus T N Bentley b Mar 1872
m. 30 Aug 1900 to Dovy G Oliver b about 1884.
5. Lawrence Partee Bentley b 21
Dec 1874 Alexander Co NC.
6. Augustus Ulysses Grant Bentley (twin to Julius) b
18 Aug 1879 d 5 Apr 1927; buried Friendship Cemetery, Alexander Co NC; m. Ada V
Smith
7. Julius L D Bentley (twin to Augustus) b 18 Aug 1879 m. 18 Apr 1903 to Ada Oliver b about 1886.
Hugh Bentley m. Mary Keller b about Nov 1844 Caldwell
Co NC
ii. Alexander Co NC
iii. Serena Bentley b about 1837
iv. Mathew Nathan Bentley b 15 Jun 1839 NC d 22 Aug
1914 Alexander Co NC age 75 years, 2 months, 7 days; by hanging self near his
home on Barrett's Mountain; buried Bentley Cemetery, Alexander Co NC; Military
service: May 29, 1861, Enlisted as a private, Company A, 7th NC Infantry,
Confederate Army. Occupation: Carpenter; m. Henrietta "Rita" Austin b 11 Sept
1841 NC buried Bentley Cemetery, Alexander Co NC; d/o William Austin and
Margaret Bentley. Children of Henrietta "Rita" Austin and Matthew Nathan
Bentley;
1. Margaret S Bentley b Apr 1860 NC
2. James Wesley Bentley b 1864 NC m. 22 Dec 1889
Alexander Co NC to Genella Austin b Sept 1873 NC d 25 Dec
1947. Children;
I. Bessie L Bentley b Jul 1893
II. Essie J Bentley b May 1895 NC
III. Amanda L Bentley b Feb 1899 1.i.IV. Lucille
Bentley b about 1901
3. William A Bentley b Jan 1866 NC d 23 Feb 1936
Alexander Co NC m. 2 May 1889 Alexander Co NC to Amanda Elizabeth Fox b 1850 NC
d 8 Nov 1930 Alexander Co NC. Child;
I. Mary Caroline Bentley b 19 Jul 1890 NC
4. Joseph Monroe Bentley b May 1869 NC
5. Nathan C Bentley b 1880 NC
6. Constance V Bentley b May 1880
7. Columbus Bentley b May 1882 NC
v. Moses Bentley b about 1841 NC
vi. James E. Bentley b May 1849 NC d 25 Jun 1935
Alexander Co NC m. 16 Dec 1867 Alexander Co NC to Susan Adeline Perry b 24 Feb
1836 NC d 9 Jul 1912 Alexander Co NC. Children of James E Bentley and Susan
Adeline Perry;
1. Clarissa Clementine Bentley b 10 Sept 1869 NC
2. Ellis
McDaniel Bentley b 2 Oct 1871 NC d 11 Apr 1949 Alexander Co NC m. 10 Oct 1896
Alexander Co NC Ella "Ellie" Fox b Sept 1880 NC. Children of Ellis McDaniel
Bentley and Ella "Ellie" Fox;
I. James A Bentley b Sept 1896 NC
II. Tilford
Eli Bentley b 26 Aug 1902 NC
III. Wiley Andrew Bentley b 1904 d 1985 2.iv.
Female Bentley. Ellis McDaniel Bentley m. 16 Aug 1920 to Lunda Omi Bentley b 25
Jul 1887 NC d 9 Jan 1965 Alexander Co NC
3. John W Bentley b about 1874 NC
vii. Susan Bentley b about 1846 NC
viii. Mary Bentley b about 1848 NC
ix. Joseph Bentley b 1845 NC m. 11 Mar 1875 to Sarah
Hollar d/o Jonas Hollar and Sarah Unknown.
Source: Allan L Bentley abentley@bellsouth.net
