Alexander Lafayette Bentley b 1838 d about 1865; s/o James Martin Bentley and Sarah Lunsford Tucker. Alexander Lafayette Bentley m. 1860 to Susan "Susie" Potter b 1 Jul 1835 Pike Co KY d 17 Jun 1914; d/o Benjamin Potter and Susannah Hollingsworth. Children of Alexander Lafayette Bentley and Susan Susie Potter;

1. Mary Caroline Bentley b 1859 VA d 11 Sept 1936; m. Pike Co KY to Lilburn Rowe b 1860. Mary Caroline Bentley m. (2) to William Harrison "Buddy" Ratliff b 1857 d 21 Jul 1923.

2. Sarah Katherine Bentley b Jun 1861 KY Taylor Co KY d 11 Oct 1942; m. 24 Dec 1878 Pike Co KY to Lewis Huffman Adkins b 24 Sep 1855 Pike Co KY d 26 Jul 1931 Pike Co KY; s/o Stephen Adkins and Fanny Rowe.

3. James Burton Bentley b 16 Mar 1862 Jenkins KY d 20 Dec 1945 Pike Co KY; m. 25 Oct 1888 Pike Co KY to Melvina Alice "Mellie" Rowe b 26 Sept 1873 d 26 Jan 1944 Rockhouse KY; d/o James S "Midget" Rowe and Elizabeth Adkins.

4. Levi Bentley b 1866 Rockhouse, Pike Co KY d 1923 Rockhouse, Pike Co KY; m. Ellen Adkins b 11 Aug 1870 Dickenson Co VA d 4 Sept 1942 Rockhouse, Pike Co KY.