 Journal of Gentry Genealogy Volume 2 issue 3 March 2002 MARY ANN GENTRY (1847 - 1920) First Marriage 31 August 1863 to L. Dow Nance. Dow Nance was a Union sympathizer. In 1868, Dow Nance and a neighbor were catching horses on the Nance family farm. Dow Nance and his neighbor were ambushed by Captain Robert J. Lee (the leader of the Confederate sympathizers).
Both men were killed and were buried in one grave in the old Mt. Carmel Cemetery west of Desert Creek. (Identity of the neighbor not noted) Smith/Collins Family Tree  LORENZO DOW NANCE (1843 - 1868) L.
Dow Nance's death was written in the Martin Gentry family Bible. The
family story told by Johnny Nance Rogers is that only of Lee's men went
to Dow's farm where a Union meeting was being conducted. He stole a
saddle to lure the men away from the farm. The rest of Lee's men lay
awaiting in a thicket near present-day Farm Road 160 and 78. As
they chased after the thief, Dow was gunned down along with several
other men.
Mary Ann Gentry Nance's second marriage was to John Calwallader Neale. She is buried in Leonard, Fannin Co., Texas.  Mt. Carmel Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |