Woodruff-Stone History - Person Sheet
Woodruff-Stone History - Person Sheet
NameGaither M BENTLEY 
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1Birth1864, Ohio, Highland County
Death?
OccupationBlacksmith
FatherWilliam Gaither BENTLEY (1841-1908)
MotherMary Emeline SMITH (1839-1923)
Note by HNS notes for Gaither M BENTLEY
Blacksmith in wichita between 1913 and 1920.
Census notes for Gaither M BENTLEY
1910.
222 West Central Avenue
Bentley Gaither 45, 6 years in present marriage. Self & both parents born in Ohio. Horseshoer, blacksmith. rent home. Worked all of 1909.
---- Leda 44, 6 years in marriage. mother of 2; 2 still living. Self & both parents born in Illinois.
Leda not Lida because no dot over “i” so must be an “e” cause the ennumerator dotted clearly.
222 West Central Avenue
Bentley Gaither 45, 6 years in present marriage. Self & both parents born in Ohio. Horseshoer, blacksmith. rent home. Worked all of 1909.
---- Leda 44, 6 years in marriage. mother of 2; 2 still living. Self & both parents born in Illinois.
Leda not Lida because no dot over “i” so must be an “e” cause the ennumerator dotted clearly.
HNS Narrative notes for Gaither M BENTLEY
GAITHER M. born 1864 in Highland County, Ohio. Married LIDA (LYDIA). Wichita City Directory lists him as a Blacksmith in 1913; a watchman in 1919 and and both still living in 1920.