Updated: 03 October 2009
Connection to the Adams family: Roxanna Arvilla Bent married Horace Chester Adams.
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George Bent (b. about 1820, d. 1904) married Sophia Neiman (16 Oct 1820 - 04 June 1905) in 1845. She was born in Mecklenburg, Germany and died in Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, MI.
Sophia (Nieman) Bent (portrait)
Obituary of Sophia Neiman Bent
Photo of George Bent (Probably George Bent who married Sophia Neiman)
George & Sophia (Neiman) Bent had two children:
1. Frederick M. Bent (10 July 1846 in Mecklenburg, Vorpommern, Germany- 14 Sep 1916 in Marcellus, Cass, MI, USA) & Ellen Marie Wood Bent (b. 23 Feb 1851 in Florence, St. Joseph, MI, USA - d. 9 May 1917 in Marcellus, Cass, MI, USA). Ellen Marie Wood Bent was the daughter of James W. Wood & Roxanna Puffer.
Frederick Bent (portrait)
James W. Wood (portrait) Caption reads: "James W. Wood & Roxana (Puffer) Wood--Parents of Ellen (Wood) Bent & Grandparents of Sophia (Bent) Reiling.
Photo of James W. Wood & Roxana (Puffer) Wood (Parents of Ellen Wood Bent, Grandparents of Sophia Bent Reiling)
Photo of Arvilla (Wood) Wetherbee (Notes on back read: "Three Rivers July 23, 1923. Aunt Arvilla age 73 years 8 months). Arvilla Wood Wetherbee was an aunt of Roxanna Arvilla (Bent) Adams and the daughter of James W. Wood and Roxanna (Puffer) Wood.
2. Mary Bent married George W. Cross.
Frederick M. and Ellen Marie (Wood) Bent had the following children:
a. George Leroy (b. 1875 - d. 1967) married Elizabeth Clark. They had 4 children:
1. Eldon
2. Leota
3. Genevieve
4. Gordon
b. Roxanna Arvilla (b. 12 July 1876 - ) married Horace Chester Adams. They had 3 children:
1. Uriah Mason Adams ( 19 March 1907 - 04 April 1989) married Clarice Ann (Emma) Nemmers ( 14 April 1913 - 16 August 1987). They had 5 children (all living).
2. Leslie Bent Adams ( 17 December 1909 - 25 June 1983) married Mildred Snow.
3. Dorothy Marie Adams ( 21 Oct 1913 - 08 June 1993) married Francis Morse. They had two children (living).
c. John Donald (b. between 1889 - 1893, died 04 June 1941) married Edith Olive James. They had 3 children:
1. John Junior (b. 24 Feb 1925 d. 09 Aug 2007) married Glenadine Vosburg (b. 21 Jan 1932 - 21 Dec 1997. They had 8 children.
2. Ellen M. married Merle Hershberger.
3. Don Bent married Virginia.
d. James Arthur (05 April 1883 - 20 August 1950) married Bessie Mohney (b. about 1885 - November 1967. They had 3 children:
1. Cleon Stanley Bent (28 September 1905 - 30 November 1997) married Irene Knott (27 Oct 1909) on 05 March 1938. They had two children. Photo of Cleon & Irene on their 50th wedding anniversary in 1978
2. Philip Dean Bent (29 Oct 1906 - 28 Feb 1987) married Lillian Murceyl Snyder (22 Nov 1914 - 18 Feb 1996), daughter of George Edwin Snyder (16 Jan 1886 - ) and Nina L. Houghtalin). They had 3 children. Photo of Philip Dean Bent in hunting clothes at ancestry.com
3. Claire Marie Bent
e. Margaret ( b. 1885) married Charles Pagels. They had 3 children.
f. Sophia Ellen (21 Oct 1879 - 23 April 1963) married John Jacob Reiling (d. June 1936). They had 7 children.
Obituary of Sophia Ellen Bent Reiling
Newspaper story of Maxine Reiling Parish (90th birthday)
Contemporary picture of Maxine Reiling Parish (90th birthday)
g. Infant
The Cady Connection (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
1880 US Federal Census, Flowerfield, St. Joseph County, MI District 194
Bly Cemetery Records (from index of book by Corwin & Castle) Frederick, Ellen, John, Edith Bent
Bent Photographs
Photo of Sophia Ellen (Bent) Reiling, Margaret (Bent) Pagels, Roxanna Arvilla (Bent) Adams at Marguerite (Reiling) Cain's home in Howell, IN.
