Private Dick Bentley served in the United States Army in World War I Service started: April 25 1918 Unit(s): Co. D 354th Infantry Service ended: Aug 7 1919
Born to Grant U Bentley and Mabel Farrell.
"Dick" is the only name that he and they have ever used on all documents.
Parents are both laid to rest at Colton Cemetery, Colton, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Memorial ID: 58083320
Family Life in South Dakota
1900 Grand Meadow & Lyons Townships, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Enumerated June 1900
Head of the household, which they owned free was a farm
Grant Bentley, age: 36, born July 1864, born Wisconsin, parents born England/New York, occupation: Farmer
Years married: 12
Wife, Mabel Bentley, age: 31, born May 1869 Minnesota
Children: 7 / 6 living
Daughter, Coral Bentley, age:9 South Dakota
Son, Dick Bentley, age: 8, birth Date: Dec 1892, birthplace: South Dakota
"Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bentley of Parker, Colorado, will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary with a reception on Sunday, April 19." The Douglas County News, Number 27, April 9, 1970
Dick's Siblings Data
Leonard M Bentley, United States Social Security Death Index--Death 6 September 1991 / Birth 22 March 1902
Coral Bentley, age:9, South Dakota
Dick Bentley, age: 8, birth Date: Dec 1892, birthplace: South Dakota
Henry Bentley, b:1895 - South Dakota d:1965 ID: 58083337 (possible)
Hazel Bentley, Sister F 4 South Dakota she lived at least to age 13.
Lester Bentley 13 Mar 1898 in South Dakota d: 1960 --buried:Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado
Ora Bentley, b: March 1900 South Dakota died at 3 years old.
"Dick Bentley passed away at Swedish Medical Center on August 17, 1971. He was 78 years old. Dick Bentley, the oldest son of Grant Ulysess Bentley and Mabel Farrell ...........":
Burial : Grant Bentley does not currently have a grave marker at the cemetery, but the Elizabeth Cemetery Board has conformed he is buried at Mountainview lot 125.
↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR8-LXK : accessed 10 May 2023), Dick Bentley in household of Grant Bentley, Grand Meadow & Lyons Townships, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 257, sheet 8A, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,552. GS Film Number: 1241552 --Digital Folder Number: 004120602 -- Image Number: 00778
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4Q-GGJ : accessed 13 May 2023), Dick Bentley in household of Grant N Bentley, Precinct 1, Elbert, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 10B, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 119; FHL microfilm 1,374,132. Digital Folder Number: 004970302 --Image Number: 00537 --Indexing Batch: N03332-2 -- 1910 census url
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X743-MVC : accessed 10 May 2023), Grant D Bentley in household of Dick Bentley, Elizabeth, Elbert, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm . Affiliate Film Number: 241 --Digital Folder Number: 004950304 --Microfilm Number: 2339976 --Image Number: 00014 --Indexing Batch: N03805-2
↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:VR64-42W : Tue Apr 04 11:54:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Dick Bentley and Marie Bentley, 1940. Sheet Letter: A --Sheet Number: 2 --Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Digital Folder Number: 005449365 --Image Number: 430
↑ ancestry.com U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230412777/dick-bentley: accessed 10 May 2023), memorial page for Dick Bentley (31 Dec 1892–17 Aug 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230412777, citing Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth, Elbert County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by TheHistoryQuest (contributor 49915120).
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