Solomon Bentley b 1829 KY d May 1860 age 31 of Scrofula (tb of lymph nodes in neck); death certificate states died of lung disease; s/o Benjamin Bentley and Elizabeth Crace. Solomon Bentley m. 1858 to Matilda Austin b 4 Dec 1839 NC d 23 Jul 1939 Wise Co VA; buried Austin Cemetery, Wise Co VA; d/o Jesse Austin and Margaret Douglas. Child of Solomon Bentley and Matilda Austin;

1. Nancy Bentley b 19 Jan 1860 Jenkins, Letcher Co KY d 20 Apr 1922 Addington, Wise Co VA; m. William Filmore Addington b 18 Mar 1861 Wise Co VA d 20 Oct 1930 Wise Co VA; buried Billy Addington Cemetery, Wise Co VA; s/o William Addington and Nancy Kilgore.

Matilda Austin
and Levi Sanders

Matilda Austin b 4 Dec 1839 NC d 23 Jul 1939 Wise Co VA; buried Austin Cemetery, Wise Co VA; d/o Jesse Austin and Margaret Douglas. Matilda Austin m. (2) to Levi Sanders b 1843 d before 1865 captured by "Yankees" held POW in Rock Island Prison in the Civil War; s/o Greenville Sanders and Rhoda Potter. Child of Levi Sanders and Matilda Austin;

1. Ellen Sanders b 28 Mar 1863 Pike Co KY, d 10 Mar 1948, Wise Co VA 84 years of age; buried John Wright Cemetery, Pound, Horse Gap VA; m. John "Devil John" Wright 17 May 1844 d 30 Jun 1931 Pound Wise Co VA 87 years of age; s/o Joel Ellis Wright and Eliza Agnes Bates.