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Descendants of John J. Kent
11.DANIEL MARION3 KENT (DANIEL2, JOHN J.1) was born February 18, 1843.He married LUCINDA ?.
Child of DANIEL KENT and LUCINDA ? is:
i. | ELVA4 KENT, b. 1872. |
12.ELECTA MELVINA3 KENT (DANIEL2, JOHN J.1) was born May 18, 1848, and died August 14, 1887 in Arlington, Kansas.She married EDWIN COBERLY August 10, 1866 in Union County, Ohio.He died 1924.
Children of ELECTA KENT and EDWIN COBERLY are:
i. | ADDIE ELIZABETH4 COBERLY, b. 1867. | ||
ii. | WILLIAM HILBERT COBERLY, b. 1868. | ||
iii. | HORACE DAVID COBERLY, b. 1870. | ||
iv. | CLARA EFFIE COBERLY, b. 1873. | ||
29. | v. | GEORGE PLINY COBERLY, b. 1874; d. 1939. | |
vi. | JAMES EMMETT COBERLY, b. 1877. | ||
vii. | FRANK HARLAND COBERLY, b. 1883. |
13.MATILDA3 KENT (ALEXANDER2, JOHN J.1) was born April 11, 1827 in Campaign County, Ohio, and died August 25, 1855.She married JAMES T. MAHAFFEY February 09, 1847, son of ALEXANDER MAHAFFEY and NANCY MCCAIN.He was born April 04, 1827 in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, and died Unknown.
Notes for JAMES T. MAHAFFEY:
The Union County History, Beer 1883 pg.
"James T. Mahaffey, farmer, P.O. Raymond, ex-member of the Board of County Commissioner, was born near Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, April 4, 1827.He is the son of Alexander and Nancy (McCain) Mahaffey, natives of Maryland and Harrison County, Ohio, respectively, and a grandson of Alexander, Sr., and Margaret Mahaffey, who were owners of slaves.They liberated them when they removed to Pennsylvania, and, in 1830, migrated to Richland county, Ohio, where they both died.he was soldier in the war of 1812.Mr. Mahaffey's maternal grandfather, James W. McCabe, was also a soldier in the war of 1812.Mr. M's father removed to Knox County in 1825, and, in 1842, came to Union County.They removed to Tazewell County, Ill., in 1852. Mr. M died in January, 1872, and his wife in November, 1868.James is the third of a family of seven children.He was reared on his father's farm, and educated in the schools of his native place.His early life was spend clearing up his father's farm.He bought 107 acres in Jerome Township, to which he afterward added thirty acres.In 1864, he sold his farm, and, in October of the same year, came to Liberty Twp, where he now owns a farm of 308 acres.He has followed farming and stock raising successfully, devoting special attention to keeping fine stock.February 9, 1847, he married to Matilda, daughter of Alexander Kent, and granddaughter of John Kent, one of the earliest settlers of Jerome Township.Mrs. Mahaffey was born in Campaign County, April 11, 1827, and died August 25, 1855, leaving three children--Louisa (wife of Ed. L. Williams), Margaret A. (wife of Festus Edwards, of Reed City, Michigan) and James W., of Byhalia. Mr. Mahaffey celebrated his second marriage January 31, 1856m with Maria, daughter of Curtis and Elizabeth McCloud, and a native of Madison County, Ohio, where she was born March 8, 1827.This union was blest with five children, four of whom are now living--Nany E. (wife of George C. Edwards, John W. (married Alice Lockwood), Alexander C. (married Olive B. Donley), and Flora M. at home.Riley, the eldest, is deceased.Mr. Mahaffey and wife are members of the Christian Church.M. M., is Deacon and Trustee of the Church.he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican.he was six times Treasurer of Liberty Township, and Justice of the Peace two terms.In 1878, he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and served during the partial erection of the new court house."
Children of MATILDA KENT and JAMES MAHAFFEY are:
i. | LOUISA4 MAHAFFEY. | ||
ii. | MARGARET A. MAHAFFEY. | ||
30. | iii. | JAMES W. MAHAFFEY, b. January 15, 1853, Union County, Ohio. |