Contributed by Wanda Snyder
26. WILLIAM THOMAS8 KENT, SR.
(HANNAH7 SIMPSON, WILLIAM RANDOLPH6, JOHN5, GEORGE4,
GEORGE3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 1869223, and
died 1948223. He married MARGARET E. BOLTON. She was born
1877223, and died 1935223.
Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS KENT, SR.:
Ran hardware store in Norcross.
Will Kent's Grocery & Meat Market
was operated by William, Sr. and his sons, Forrest and William, Jr.
1920 Census -
Norcross district. Will (head),
Maggie (wife), Forest (son), Earnest (son), Winford (son), Louise (dau).
More About WILLIAM THOMAS KENT, SR.:
Date born 2: 23 Oct 1869
Burial: Unknown, Norcross Town Cem,
Norcross, Gwinnett Co., GA223
Census 1: 1900, Pinckneyville Dist,
Gwinnett Co, GA224
Census 2: 1910, Pinckneyville Dist,
Gwinnett Co, GA
Census 3: 1920, Gwinnett Co., GA225
Education: Grad. from Young Harris College
in Young Harris, Georgia
Occupation: Lawyer, was District
Attorney in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
More About MARGARET E. BOLTON:
Burial: Unknown, Norcross Town Cem,
Norcross, Gwinnett Co., GA226
Children of WILLIAM KENT and MARGARET
BOLTON are:
i. EARNEST9 KENT, b. 12 Oct 1901227; d. 02 Oct 1936227; m. VIRGINIA
JONES, Private; b. Private.
More About EARNEST KENT:
Burial: Unknown, Norcross Town Cemetery227
53. ii.
MARY LOUISE KENT, b. Private.
iii.
JAMES FORREST KENT, b. 24 Sep 1900228; d. 29 Nov
1959229; m. THELMA DAWSON, 22 Mar 1934, Gwinnett Co., GA230; b. 21
Jan 1905231; d. 05 Aug 1973231.
Notes for JAMES FORREST KENT:
Ran grocery store in Norcross with
William. Previously Alford & Parsons grocery at the intersection of Main
(Peachtree) and Cemetery Streets.
James F. (Gilley) Kent, Norcross, died November 29, 1959. Survived by wife Thelma Dawson Kent, sister Mrs.
H.B. Kimbell, San Antonio, Texas, brother Mr. W.H.Kent, Norcross, niece Miss Margaret
Kent, Norcross, nephews Mr. Harris Kimbell and Mr. Kent Kimbell, San Antonio,
Texas. Buried Norcross City cemetery. (source (Gwinnett) News-Herald - Thursday - 16-December-1959)
More About JAMES FORREST KENT:
Burial: Unknown, Norcross Town Cem,
Norcross, Gwinnett Co., GA231
More About THELMA DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Norcross Town Cem,
Norcross, Gwinnett Co., GA231
54. iv.
WINFORD HUGH KENT, b. Abt. 1904; d. 18 Mar 1999, Gwinnett Co., GA.
v.
WILLIAM THOMAS KENT, JR., b. 1912, Gwinnett Co., GA231;
d. 1938231.
Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS KENT, JR.:
Ran grocery store in Norcross with
James Forrest. Previously Alford & Parsons grocery at the
intersection of Main (Peachtree) and Cemetery Streets.
More About WILLIAM THOMAS KENT, JR.:
Burial: Unknown, Norcross Town Cem,
Norcross, Gwinnett Co., GA231