Name: The Porters of Greene County

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Individual Page


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Dorwin H. Kent: Birth: 7 MAR 1899 in Oak Forest, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: 28 APR 1965 in home, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania

  2. Claudia Kent: Birth: 22 NOV 1900 in near Oak Forest, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: 12 DEC 1942 in home Waynesburg R. D. 4, Greene County, Pennsylvania


Sources
1. Text:   Given name/Middle initial/Married surname
 Monument - Rosemont Cemetery, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
2. Text:   Given name/Middle initial
Author:   Samuel P. Bates
Publication:   Nelson, Rishforth & Co., Chicago
3. Title:   "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, Harry F. Kent and Biddie Huffman, 1897
Text:   Given name/Maiden surname
Url:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF39-TXN
4. Title:   Obituary of Reason Huffman
Text:   Given name/Middle initial/Married surname
5. Title:   Obituary of Sidney Huffman
Text:   Married surname
6. Title:   Obituary of Mrs. Harry Kent
Text:   Given name/Middle name/Maiden surname/Married surname
7. Text:   Date [Year]
 Monument - Rosemont Cemetery, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
8. Title:   1880 Federal Census
Text:   Date [Estimated]/Location [State]
9. Title:   "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, Harry F. Kent and Biddie Huffman, 1897
Text:   Date [Estimated]
Url:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF39-TXN
10. Title:   1900 Federal Census
Text:   Date [Month/Year]/Location [State]
11. Title:   Obituary of Mrs. Harry Kent
Text:   Date/Location
12. Title:   Obituary of Harry Kent
Text:   Date
13. Text:   Location
 Monument - Rosemont Cemetery, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
14. Title:   "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, Harry F. Kent and Biddie Huffman, 1897
Text:   Date/Location
Url:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF39-TXN
15. Title:   1910 Federal Census
Text:   Date [Estimated]
16. Title:   Obituary of Mrs. Harry Kent
Text:   Date [Year]
17. Title:   Obituary of Harry Kent
Text:   Date [Year]

Notes
a. Note:   N13595 Given (Biddie) and middle initial (E) from the History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, Samuel P. Bates, Nelson, Rishforth & Co., Chicago, 1888, pages 584-585
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 Given name (Biddie), middle initial (E), married surname (Kent), residence (Waynesburg) and status (not deceased) in October, 1907, from the obituary of Reason Huffman - "Waynesburg Republican" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, October 10, 1907, ÒWaynesburg DemocratÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Friday, October 18, 1907
  Married surname (Kent), residence (Center Township) and status (not deceased) in May, 1923, from the obituary of Sidney Huffman - "Waynesburg Republican" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, May 17,1923
  Married surname (Kent), residence (Waynesburg, R. D. 4) and status (not deceased) in March, 1936, from the obituary of Emma F. Frye - "Democrat Messenger" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Monday, March 2 , 1936
  Given name (Biddie), maiden surname (Huffman), married surname (Kent) and status (deceased) in December, 1942, from the obituary of Mrs. Edison H. Phillips - "Democrat Messenger" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Monday, December 14, 1942
  Given name (Biddie), maiden surname (Huffman) and date (November 18, 1939) of death from the obituary of Harry Kent - "Democrat Messenger" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, February 18 , 1950
  Given name (Biddie), maiden surname (Huffman), married surname (Kent) and status (deceased) in April, 1965, from the obituary of Dorwin Kent - "Waynesburg Republican" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, May 6, 1965
  Given name (Biddie) and maiden surname (Huffman) from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania CoronerÕs Certificate of Death - Dorwin Kent, Department of Health - Vital Statistics, Primary Dist. No. 30801-280, File No. 037992-65, Local Reg. No. 118, April 29, 1965
  Given name (Biddie), married surname (Kent) and status (deceased) in February, 1980, from the obituary of Icie O. Graham - ÒObserver-ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, February 23 , 1980, page A10
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 1880 (June 29) census data from the census images for Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 67 - page 34 - image 34 - line 22) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 5 years old and had attended school within the Census year. She was living with her parents, 5 brothers and 1 sister. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as ÒBirdieÓ (NOTE: HER GIVEN NAME CONFLICTS WITH INFORMATION FOUND IN OTHER SOURCES) in this census.
  1900 (June 19) census data from the census images for Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (ED 80 - sheet 10B - image 20 - line 51) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 25 years old and born in September, 1874. She was the mother of 1 child, who was living. She had been married for 2 years and was living with her husband, 1 son, her mother-in-law, her husband's niece and 1 servant on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initials are listed as ÒBiddie E HÓ in this census.
  1910 (April 26) census data from the census images for Center Township (South), Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 96 - sheet 6A - image 11 - line 8) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 35 years old and the mother of two children, both of whom were living. She had been married for 13 years and was living with her husband, 1 son, 1 daughter, her mother-in-law and her husband's niece on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initial are listed as ÒBiddie EÓ in this census.
  1920 (January 22) census data from the census images for Center Township (East), Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 121 - sheet 10A - image 19 - line 32) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 45 years old. She was married and living with her husband, 1 son, 1 daughter and her mother-in-law on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as ÒBiddieÓ in this census.
  1930 (April 29) census data from the census images for Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 3 - sheet 15A - image 27 - line 17) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 55 years old. She had first been married at the age of 23 and was living with her husband, 1 son and her mother-in-law on a farm, which was owned, on a branch of Pursley. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as ÒBiddieÒ in this census.
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 Mrs. Harry Kent
  Mrs. Biddie Ette Huffman Kent, aged 65, wife of Harry Kent, of Waynesburg, R. D. 4, died rather suddenly Saturday morning, Nov. 18, 1939, at 5 oÕclock at her home on the Oak Forest road. Mrs. Kent had been in poor health for some time, but her condition did not become serious until about two hours before her death.
  Born September 29, 1874, a daughter of Reason and Sidney Stewart Huffman, deceased, she spent all her life in Center Township and was widely known in the Oak Forest community. Mrs. Kent was a member of the First Christian Church of Waynesburg. She was married in 1897 to Harry Kent, who survives with one daughter, Mrs. Claudia Phillips, of Waynesburg, R. D. 4, and one son, Dorwin Kent, at home. There are five grandchildren. She also leaves three brothers and one sister, namely: J. L. Huffman, Meadville, Mo.; A. L. Huffman, Waynesburg, R. D. 3; A. C. J. Huffman, Waynesburg, R. D. 4, and Mrs. Icie (sic) O. Graham, Waynesburg.
  KENT - Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Kent, Waynesburg, R. D. 4, will be held Monday afternoon, Nov. 20, at 1:30 oÕclock from the late home on the Oak Forest road with the Rev. A. Homer Jordan in charge. Interment will be in Rosemont cemetery, Rogersville. Friends will be received at the home. 11-20
  Source - ÒDemocrat MessengerÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Monday, November 20 , 1939
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 Monument located in Rosemont Cemetery, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. This monument was observed by me and photographed.
  KENT
 HARRY BIDDIE E.
 1870 - 1950 1874 - 1939

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