Ancestry of
Bill Paxton

TV and Movie Actor

Richard Gentry

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Bill Paxton — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 36 
  • Father:
  • Richard Gentry 
  • Mother:
  • Jane Harris   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Aug 1788 
  • Birth Location:
  • Madison County, Kentucky 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Dec 1837 
  • Death Location:
  • Battle of Lake Okeechobee, Lake Okeechobee, Florida 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis, Missouri 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ann Hawkins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Feb 1810 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Madison County, Kentucky 
  • Child:

  Richard Harrison Gentry (Ahnentafel No:18 )

  • Notes: 

  • Richard Gentry was the first mayor and founder of Columbia, Missouri. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and the Blackhawk War during which he was commissioned as a Major General. He died during the Second Seminole War at the Battle of Okeechobee in Florida in 1837.

• Sources for Richard Gentry

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A044140.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/26/2015).
  • ³ Gentry, Richard, The Gentry Family in America, 1676 to 1909: Including Notes on the Following Families Related to the Gentrys . . ., New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 53, 94-111.
  • ⁴ Paxton, William McClung, The Paxtons: Their Origin in Scotland and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of . . ., Platte City, Missouri: Landmark Print (1903), 276.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Battle of Lake Okeechobee", (accessed 05/26/2015).
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Richard Gentry", (accessed 05/26/2015).

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