Rosa Dove "Dovie" BENT

1861 - 1936  (74 years)

• Name	Rosa Dove "Dovie" BENT
  Birth	24 Apr 1861	Gilmer Co, (W)VA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
  Death	24 Jan 1936	Auburn, Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV   [1]
  	Cause: cerebral hemorrhage
  Burial	Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV   [2]
  	Death record states burial location as Bent Cemetery.
  Person ID	I20098	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	1 May 2021

  
  

  Father	James BENT,   b. CA 1823
  Mother	Mary MITCHELL,   b. CA 1820
  Family ID	F52655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry BRANNON,   b. 15 Aug 1850, Louisa Co, VA d. 14 Feb 1942, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV (Age 91 years)  [3, 4]
  Marriage	25 Feb 1879	Washington Co, OH   [5]
  Notes	Henry Brannon was the first son born of Pinkard (aka Napper/Bramham) Brannon and Eliza Gibson Brannon. Henry and his wife, Rosa Dove Bent Brannon, owned the property where the Brannon Cemetery is located. 1880 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 10/11 1880: Henry M. Brannon, 27, farm laborer; wife Dovey, 18; dau "Not named," age 6 months, birth month December. NOTE: Records pertaining to daughter Claudia V. Brannon consistently show her birth as February 1880. This household appears to have been part of the household of Henry's parents Pinkard & Eliza Brannon and their other children. 1940 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated in April 1940: Henry B. Brannon, 88, b. Va, widowed, home is owned and is a farm, home value $3,500; son Stanley, 46, b. WVa, single, farm laborer, 8 yrs school; dau Estella, 44, b. WVa, single, 8 yrs school; son Merrill, 42, b. WVa, farmer, 4 yrs college; dau-in-law Edna, 35, b. Ky, 2 yrs college; granddau Ann, 10, b. Ohio; granddau Barbara Lou, 6, b. Ky; grandson Donald, 4, b. WVa. [2]
  Children	> 1. Claudia Vienna BRANNON,   b. 26 Feb 1880, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV d. 17 Jan 1951, Hardin Co, OH (Age 70 years)   2. Clara B. BRANNON,   b. 15 Sep 1882   d. 22 Nov 1902 (Age 20 years) + 3. Thurman Peter "Pete" BRANNON,   b. 12 Dec 1886, Gilmer Co, WV d. 1 Apr 1978 (Age 91 years)   4. Ada BRANNON,   b. 6 Oct 1888   d. Sep 1975 (Age 86 years) + 5. Presley L. "Bill" BRANNON,   b. 13 Oct 1890, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV d. 13 Sep 1970, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 79 years) > 6. Stanley D. "Tom" BRANNON,   b. 9 Jul 1893, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV d. 4 Nov 1980, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV (Age 87 years)   7. Estella BRANNON,   b. 26 Jun 1895, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV d. 1 Sep 1992, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV (Age 97 years) + 8. Merrill Gates BRANNON,   b. 6 Dec 1897, Rush Fork, Gilmer Co, WV d. 17 Jun 1976, Harrisonburg, VA (Age 78 years)   9. Howard B. BRANNON,   b. 7 Nov 1902, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV d. 1 Aug 1928, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV (Age 25 years)   10. Ethel F. BRANNON,   b. 24 May 1906, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV d. 17 Oct 1907, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV (Age 1 year)
  Documents		20097_HenryBrannon_RosaDBent_MarriageRecord_25Feb1879.jpg
  Family ID	F7390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  20098_BRANNON_RosaDoveBent_1861-1936_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2673956&Type=Death. [S934] Findagrave.com. [S1604] Death record of son. [S1570] Obituary of son. [S157] Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).