Solomon Bentley
and Mary Polly Yonts
Solomon Bentley b about 1793 in NC d
May 1860 KY s/o
Daniel Bentley and Nancy Jane Lewis. Solomon
Bentley m. 11 Mar 1819 Floyd Co KY to Mary Polly Yonts
b 1800 KY d after 1880 Letcher Co KY, (see
Letcher Co KY 1860 Census) d/o William Yonts and Margaret
Bentley. Children of Solomon Bentley and Mary Polly Yonts;
1. Martha Patsy Bentley b 1820 Floyd Co KY m. 28 Jul 1840 Perry Co KY to
Gabriel Hughes b about 1820 Russell Co VA d before 1860, s/o
Daniel Hughes and Sarah
Tyree.
2. William R Bentley b 1822 KY M 19 Feb 1846 Letcher Co KY to
Elizabeth Amburgey b about 1826
KY, d/o
William R Amburgey and Lucy Franklin. William
R Bentley m. 2nd Hannah Houston b 20 Apr 1830 d 5 May 1908 Goose Creek, Letcher Co
KY. Hannah Houston m. 10 Sep 1852 to Charles Yonts b 18
Aug 1832 Perry Co KY d 18 Oct 1898 Goose Creek, Letcher Co KY, s/o William
Yonts and Levisa McCray.
3. Margaret D Bentley b 1826 Perry now Letcher Co KY m 26 Aug 1848 Letcher Co KY
to Moses Adams b about 1819 Rockhouse, Floyd (now Letcher) Co KY.
4.
Solomon C Bentley b 1827 Perry Co KY d 1860 Letcher Co KY m. 1 Jul 1850
Letcher Co KY to Susannah Haggins (aka Higgins Hagens) b about 1831. Their son
Allen Bentley m. Susanna Prater.
5.
Elizabeth Bentley b 1830 KY
6.
Benjamin Bentley b 1828 Perry (now Letcher) Co KY m 22 Feb 1849 Letcher Co KY
to Elizabeth Baker
b about 1830.
7. Barrett Bentley b about 1832 in Perry (now Letcher) Co KY m. 1844 to Ruth
Unknown b 1832 Perry Co KY.
8. Ruthy Bentley b 1832 in Perry (now Letcher) Co KY d 16 Oct 1875 Letcher Co KY
m. 18 Jul 1850 Letcher Co KY to John Madden b about 1830. Children of John
Madden and Ruthy Bentley;
♥ Rachel Madden m. 1st Benjamin Crase, 2nd
Richard Singleton Stidham b 23 Jan 1853 in Ashe Co NC d 13 Nov 1934 in Topeka KS, s/o Harvey Stidham and Emaline Taylor
and 3rd James Keller.
Richard Singleton Stidham m. 19 Aug 1871 Letcher Co KY to 1st Nancy Ann Nease (aka Neace) b about 1852 Russell Co VA d after 1890 Letcher Co KY, d/o
Samuel Neace and Catherine Fraley.
♥ Jeptha Madden b 1851 m. 20 Apr 1871
Letcher Co KY to Marinda Mullins b 1852 KY, d/o
John S Mullins and
Matilda Amburgey.
9.
Eliza Jane Louisia Bentley b
1834 KY m. 16 May 1869 Letcher Co
KY to Shadrach "Shade" Franklin (aka Shadrick), b about 1810 d about 1900
Letcher Co KY, s/o Abraham Franklin and Sarah "Sally" Spears.
Shadrach "Shade" Franklin (aka Shadrick)
m.
27 April 1840 to 1st Jahala Jaela
Addington b about 1814 in Scott Co VA d about 1869
Letcher Co KY, d/o
William Addington and Sarah "Sally" Stallard. Jaela
Addington m. 1st to Unknown Green. The marriage was performed by Solomon Yontz, County Clerk, in presence o f Susanna Yontz. (Source).
10. Aaron Rice Bentley b 1836
KY d 17 Nov 1874 Letcher Co KY of Consumption
(TB), served as a Lieutenant in the 13th KY Cav CSA. m. 15 Mar 1866 Letcher Co KY to
Dorcas
Hall b about 1835 d 9 Jun 1917 Letcher Co KY, buried Bates Cemetery, Colson, Letcher Co KY, d/o
James "One
Eyed Jim" Hall and Sarah "Sally" Johnson, Dorcas Hall m. 1877 to Jonathon "Johnny"
Hall d about 1890.
11. Susan "Susannah" Bentley b 1838 Perry (now Letcher) Co KY m. 16 Oct
1869 Letcher Co KY to John Taylor b about 1840.
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