May William Bentley
and Mary Elizabeth Vanover

39th KY Inf Co K Military Tombstone of May William Bentley Photo Submitted by Willard Mack Bentley

May William Bentley b 1838 Letcher Co KY d 1865 at age 27 buried Delaney Cemetery, on Left Fork of Marshall's Branch, Pike Co KY, (See 1860 Letcher Co KY Census),  s/o Thomas Bentley and Margaret Crase Cress. May William Bentley m. about 1861 to Mary Elizabeth Vanover, d/o John H Vanover and Nancy Johnson. b 8 Mar 1842 Pike Co KY d 19 Jul 1916 Pike Co KY at age 74 buried Delaney Cemetery, on Left Fork of Marshall's Branch Pike Co KY.

Mary Elizabeth Vanover m. 16 Feb 1871 Letcher Co KY to 2nd Samuel Wright, s/o Samuel W Wright and Elizabeth "Betsy" Adams. Samuel Wright b 1850 KY. Children of May William Bentley and Mary Elizabeth Vanover;

 Ira Bentley b Aug 1862 Pike Co KY d  27 Aug 1922 Sycamore, Pike Co KY age 60, buried Ira Bentley Cemetery, Pike Co KY, m. 12 Feb 1880 Pike Co KY to Hannah M Potter, b 10 Mar 1864 Letcher Co KY d 5 Sept 1925 Sycamore, Pike Co KY, buried Ira Bentley Cemetery, Pike Co KY d/o John Boone Potter and Sarah Ellen Sanders.

 Sally L Bentley b 1864 KY.

 William M Bentley b 1866 KY d 12 Nov 1948 Pike Co KY at age 82.

Thanks To Willard "Mack" Wright For Submitting Photos, Information, Corrections and Additions For This Family. See Mack's Family Cemetery Photo Album (press your browser back arrow to get back here).

Mary Elizabeth Vanover, d/o John H Vanover and Nancy Johnson. b 8 Mar 1842 Pike Co KY d 19 Jul 1916 Pike Co KY at age 74 buried Delaney Cemetery, on Left Fork of Marshall's Branch Pike Co KY.  Mary Elizabeth Vanover m. 16 Feb 1871 Letcher Co KY at the home of Isaac Potter to 2nd Samuel Wright, s/o Samuel W Wright and Elizabeth "Betsy" Adams. Samuel Wright b 8 May 1850 Beefhide, KY d 6 Feb 1928 at age 77 buried Marshall's Branch, Pike Co KY. Children of Mary Elizabeth Vanover and Samuel W Wright;

 Ellen Wright b about 1875 d 1947 age 72 buried Marshall's Branch, Pike Co KY m. 10 Nov 1896 in Dickenson Co VA to A L Fleming.

 Edmund Alfonso Wright b Letcher Co KY 10 Jul 1877 d 24 Nov 1922 at 45 years of age, buried Marshall's Branch Pike Co KY m. 1 Oct 1896 Dickenson Co VA to Ethel Hubbard, b about 1882, d/o J Hubbard M A Hubbard. Edmund Alfonso Wright m. 24 Nov 1922 Dickenson Co VA to Lenora Fleming b 16 Jul 1881 Dickenson Co VA d 8 Dec 1972 at 91 years of age, buried Marshall's Branch Pike Co KY.

 Mary C Wright b 5 Sept 1879 Pike Co KY d 6 Apr 1957 at 77 years of age buried Marshall's Branch Pike Co KY m. Hiram D. Delaney.

Elmon M. Wright b 27  Feb 1882 Pike Co KY d 12 May 1893 Pike Co KY, at 11 years of age, buried Marshall's Branch Pike Co KY.