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;

1. 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;

i. Roland E Bentley b Oct 1863 NC; suffered from liver disease.

ii. Candace Bentley (twin of Waitsel) b 30 Jan 1866; occupation, worked in a cotton mill; m. 4 Jan 1893 to William M Oliver

iii. 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.

iv. Marcus T N Bentley b Mar 1872; m. 30 Aug 1900 to Dovy G Oliver b about 1884.

v. Lawrence Partee Bentley b 21 Dec 1874 Alexander Co NC.

vi. 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

vii. 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

2. Alexander Co NC

3. Serena Bentley b about 1837

4. 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 Matthew Nathan Bentley and Henrietta "Rita" Austin;

i. Margaret S Bentley b Apr 1860 NC

ii. 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 of James Wesley Bentley and Genella Austin;

I. Bessie L Bentley b Jul 1893

II. Essie J Bentley b May 1895 NC

III. Amanda L Bentley b Feb 1899

IV Lucille Bentley b about 1901

iii. 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 of William A Bentley and Amada Elizabeth Fox;

I. Mary Caroline Bentley b 19 Jul 1890 NC

iv. Joseph Monroe Bentley b May 1869 NC

v. Nathan C Bentley b 1880 NC

vi. Constance V Bentley b May 1880

vii. Columbus Bentley b May 1882 NC

5. Moses Bentley b about 1841 NC

6. 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;

i. Clarissa Clementine Bentley b 10 Sept 1869 NC

ii. 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