He was enumerated as "Jantry" Dees, age 17, living in his parents' household in Rockfish Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina on the 1900 United States Census.[3]
Gentry Dees and Ida Beasley were married on 17 March 1901 in Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina.[4] They were the parents of at least 13 children.
Gentry and Ida were living in Rockfish Township when the 1910 United States Census was taken. Ida had given birth to 5 children. All were living in the household with them. Gentry was working as a farmer.[5]
The Dees family was still living in Rockfish Township when the 1920 United States Census was taken. Gentry and Ida had 8 children living in their household. Gentry was working as a laborer in a cotton mill.[6]
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, Gentry Dees and his family were living in Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Seven children were listed in the household. Gentry was working in a cotton mill.[7]
Charlie Gentry Dees submitted a World War I Draft Registration card to the local board in Cumberland County, North Carolina on 12 September 1918. The birth date recorded exceeded that on all other records by five years. He was a cotton mill operator for Necronsett Mills. He named his wife, Ida Dees, as his next of kin.[8]
Gentry Dees died on 04 January 1937 in Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina at the age of 54. He was buried in Adcock Cemetery, Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina.[1][9]
↑
"U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007" Ancestry Record 60901 #11083191 (accessed 3 May 2022)
Name: Gentry Dees; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birth Date: 3 May 1882; Birth Place: Manchester, North Carolina; Father: Malachai Dees; Mother: Catherine Ratley; Notes: Dec 1936: Name listed as GENTRY DEES.
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"United States Census, 1900" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 32; FHL microfilm: 1241191; Record number: 23693; FamilySearch Record: MSYW-6XP (accessed 3 May 2023) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-D1NK-9X Image number 00485 Jantry Dees (17), single son, in household of Eli M Dees (49) in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
Name
Relation
Status
Sex
Age
Birth Place
Eli M Dees
Head
Married
M
48
North Carolina
Catherine Dees
Wife
Married
F
52
North Carolina
Eli M Dees, Jr.
Son
Single
M
20
North Carolina
Jantry Dees
Son
Single
M
17
North Carolina
Mary C Dees
Daughter
Single
F
15
North Carolina
Wm H Dees
Son
Single
M
12
North Carolina
China Dees
Daughter
Single
F
8
North Carolina
↑
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS9-NRRP : 10 March 2021), Gentry Dees and Ada Beasley, 17 Mar 1901; citing Rockfish Township, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.
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"United States Census, 1910" citing enumeration district (ED) ED 59, sheet 5B, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1105; FHL microfilm 1,375,118. FamilySearch Record: MLSJ-ZLB (accessed 3 May 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRKW-92V2 Image number 00599 Gentrey Deus (27), married head of household in Rockfish, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
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"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SN-28M : accessed 3 May 2022), Gentry Dees, Hope Mills, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 7B, line 62, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1684; FHL microfilm 2,341,418.
Name
Relation
Status
Sex
Age
Birth Place
Gentry Dees
Head
Married
M
49
North Carolina
Ida Dees
Wife
Married
F
47
North Carolina
Hattie Dees
Daughter
Single
F
18
North Carolina
Ramond Dees
Son
Single
M
16
North Carolina
Perry Dees
Son
Single
M
12
North Carolina
Layce Dees
Daughter
Single
F
10
North Carolina
Pauline Dees
Daughter
Single
F
8
North Carolina
Floyd Dees
Son
Single
M
5
North Carolina
Catherine Dees
Daughter
Single
F
2
North Carolina
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"U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Registration State: North Carolina; Registration County: Cumberland County Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6482 #16542056 (accessed 3 May 2022)
Name: Charlie Gentry Deese; Race: White; Birth Date: 3 May 1877; Residence Date: 1917-1918; Residence Place: Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA; Physical Build: Medium; Height: Tall; Hair Color: Dark Brown; Eye Color: Blue; Relative: Ida Diese.
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59010993/gentry-dees : accessed 03 May 2022), memorial page for Gentry Dees (3 May 1882–4 Jan 1937), Find A Grave: Memorial #59010993, citing Adcock Cemetery, Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Vonna (contributor 46495112).
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"North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930" citing Digital film/folder number: 004215520; FHL microfilm: 1892458; Image number: 166; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: B01949-1 FamilySearch Record: F3ZV-453 (accessed 4 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-D12Q-FNF Gentry Deis in death record for daughter Lessie Deis 16 Nov 1918 in Cumberland, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930" citing Digital film/folder number: 004181600; FHL microfilm: 1892189; Image number: 2711; Packet letter: D; Indexing batch: B03767-8 FamilySearch Record: F36N-FZ7 (accessed 4 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DTH3-WX5 Jentry R Dees in death record for daughter Sallie Dees 2 Sep 1917 in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States.
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