Uriah Kent

Uriah Kent

• Uriah Kent was born circa 1800 in Georgia.
• He married Elvira Rushing circa 1822 in Pike County, Mississippi.
• Uriah Kent and Elvira Rushing appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Also in the household were two females and one male age 0-4, and one male age 5-9.
• Uriah Kent and Elvira Rushing appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Joseph S. Kent. Also in the household were children Ephram R. (22), Calista W. (12) and Lucretia A. (10.)
• He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
• Uriah Kent became a widower at the between 1850 and 1859 death of his wife.
• He married Mariah (?) on 11 August 1859 in East Carroll, Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Mariah's married name was Mayberry at the time of her marriage to Uriah Kent..
• Uriah Kent and Mariah (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Floyd PO, Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Also in the household were Mariah's "Mabry" children from her previous marriage -- Richard P. (age 14), Mary J. (12) and David A. (9.)
• Uriah Kent appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Polk County, Texas, enumerated in the household of his daughter Lucretia Grey (age 30). Also in the household was his son John Kent (17.)
• Uriah Kent died circa 1871.

• Last Edited: 29 May 2015