Jonah Horry "John" Dent

1814 - 1892  (77 years)

• Name	Jonah Horry "John" Dent
  Birth	11 Jun 1814	, , Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 May 1892	poss , , Floyd, Georgia
  Burial	Cave Spring Cemetery, Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia
  Person ID	I126906	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	John Herbert Dent,   b. 22 Feb 1782, , Charles, Maryland d. 1828, , Colleton, South Carolina (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Anne Horry,   b. 7 Aug 1789, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina d. 18 Feb 1856 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	7 Feb 1809	, Columbia, Georgia
  Family ID	F50529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Elizabeth Morrison   d. 1853
  Children	1. John Horry Dent,   b. 1840   d. Aft 1880, of , , Floyd, Georgia (Age > 41 years)   2. John Herbert Dent,   b. 1845   d. Aft 1880, of , , Floyd, Georgia (Age > 36 years)
  Family ID	F50527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Fanny Almyra Whipple,   b. 6 Sep 1829, Vermont Heights, Roanoke, Virginia d. 25 Feb 1875 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1854	Clayton, Barbour, Alabama
  Children	1. Fanny Whipple Dent,   b. 18 Dec 1856, , , Alabama d. 1892 (Age 35 years)   2. George Columbus Dent,   b. 30 Dec 1858, , , Alabama d. 1879 (Age 20 years)   3. Lucy Gertrude Dent,   b. 27 Nov 1861, , , Alabama   4. Helen Almira "Elmira" Dent,   b. 28 Aug 1865, , , Alabama d. 1872 (Age 6 years)   5. Carrie Mae Dent,   b. 23 Jan 1868, , , Alabama d. 1910 (Age 41 years)   6. Dent,   b. 1875, , , Alabama d. 1875 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F50526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth
  Family ID	F50528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Jun 1814 - , , Rhode Island Marriage - 26 Jul 1854 - Clayton, Barbour, Alabama Death - 17 May 1892 - poss , , Floyd, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from B. Huckins to Weldon Whipple, 24 Jan 2009. Cites/notes the following: John Horry Dent, South Carolina Aristocrat on the Alabama Frontier, Gerald Ray Mathis, Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1979 (this source identifies the wife of (Jonah) John Horry Dent as Fanny A. Whipple 1829-1875 of Richmond, Vermont, married in 1854 in Clayton (Alabama) by Mr. Wm B. Neal of the Methodist Church in the home of Mrs. Charles Petty. The book gives an account of the journey from Vermont but does not identify her ancestry nor her exact date of birth. John Henry Dent Papers, Special Collections, University of California Alabama Historical Quarterly, Alabama Dept of Archives and History, 1963 Vol, notes Jonah's plantation was doing well with large profits in the early 1850's until the "fever" of 1853 in which he suffered financial and personal losses. He sold his plantation "Good Hope" and rented out his slaves, moving moved to Clayton where he married Miss Fanny Whipple, a native of Richmont, Vermont. Charles County Gentry (Maryland), Harry W. Newman, 1940, gives history of Dent family down to Jonah's father, John Herbert Dent. FamilySearch.org gives approx dob of Fannie A. Whipple 1830 b VT, as submitted, no birth record found Ancestry.com gives names of children and dob of Fanny as 9.6.1829, no source given. One listing gives mother's name as Mary Stevens, however neither of the two Mary Stevens known married to Whipples were likely the mother of this Fanny. !SOURCE: Find a Grave web site memorial 6474741 gives name Maj John H. Dent, born 5 Aug 1815.