Bentley, John Irving MD b. 15 Apr 1874 Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, USA d. 5 Dec 1966 Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Bentley, John Irving MD

1874 - 1966 (92 years)

Name	Bentley, John Irving [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
	20180624 NYC- FaceBook, murder mystery, Ellery Dunn, newspaper articles- Larry Herbstritt: Larry Herbstritt January 2 Here's an interesting Potter County murder mystery. I found this newspaper article in the Potter County Historical Society. Ellery Dunn was the son of Stanton Dunn & Delphine Parker Dunn, and the grandson of Michael & Sarah Ellison Dunn. Also mentioned in this article was Lawrence Snyder (my grandfather) and Albert Davey (my great grandfather). The story was also published in the Leader Dispatch newspaper. Like 15You, Patricia Neilly Vella, Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh and 12 others Comments Paul Lynn Gardner How did you happen to stumble over this? 1Like · Reply · 24w Larry Herbstritt I started to investigate this obvious murder when I found this death certificate on Ancestry. I also read that Henry Cornelius was also jailed, I think a year later, for killing a man he claimed was a chicken thief. He did not spend much time in jail however. I sorta think that guy got away with murder! - Two murders 1Like · Reply · 24w · Edited Larry Herbstritt P.S. That Dr Bentley mentioned was the same Dr John Irving Bentley who made news years later by his apparent "spontaneous human combustion" death. 5Like · Reply · 24w Kelley Beckman Norek Oh yeah; my mother-in-law told us about that. I had a quite a time with my youngest, who happened to be hear the story! Like · Reply · 23w Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh Tina manages the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for Potter/McKean County, Pennsylvania Genealogy. As much as I hate to admit it....I believe Henry Cornelius is more then likely a relative of mine. Like · Reply · 24w Tim Chase Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh we can't answer for our ancestors. Google Uzza Robbins or Owen Chase. 1Like · Reply · 24w Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh I'm also related to George Fitzsimmons...sigh. Like · Reply · 24w Tim Chase Ah yes, good old George. You can't be held accountable for him. 1Like · Reply · 24w Tim Chase https://www.geni.com/.../Capt-Owen-Chase/6000000017029291490 geni.com Capt. Owen Chase Like · Reply · 24w Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh Oh my! Like · Reply · 24w Tim Chase http://www.paintedhills.org/MCKEAN/UZZA.htm The first man to be tried convicted and hung for murder in McKean County. paintedhills.org Murder of Wealthy Briggs Clark, McKean County, PA 1Like · Reply · 24w · Edited Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh That's the thing about digging in to our ancestry....we find the good with the bad. 2Like · Reply · 24w Tim Chase At the same time Burl Ives was a cousin. The good and the bad 3Like · Reply · 24w Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh And my cousin, Ray Sullivan from Roulette was in the FBI and had a hand in inventing the camera that could take a picture of the entire room thru a keyhole. He and his wife also took a canoe the entire length of the Mississippi. Yep, the good and the bad..:) 5Like · Reply · 24w Kelley Beckman Norek Hey Tim! Your cousin Burl and my grandpa Beckman were on the same flight back in 1952. Small world! 2Like · Reply · 23w Tim Chase A cousin that I stumbled on years ago while working with an Ives contact. 1Like · Reply · 23w Sarah Karr Bierman Holy moly 1Like · Reply · 1w Tim Chase Sarah Karr Bierman the link for another cousin is above, Owen Chase. Like · Reply · 1w Sarah Karr Bierman OMG my great grandmother was a Robbins .... 1Like · Reply · 1w · Edited Tim Chase Uzza was the second husband to my 4th g-grandmother Wealthy Briggs Married before that to Johnathon Clark, my ancestor. 1Like · Reply · 1w · Edited Sarah Karr Bierman Sorry she was a Robinson Like · Reply · 1w · Edited Tim Chase Welthea Briggs Gender: Female Spouse: Jonathan Clark Marriage Date: 27 Jul 1820 City: Freetown County: Bristol Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 1993524 A Robinson? Uzza is a matter of history anyway. He lived and had his blacksmith shop a half mile away from where I sit. 1Like · Reply · 1w Larry Herbstritt I just found another report on the apparent murder of Ellery Dunn. There are some details not included in the above newspaper reports 1Like · Reply · 4d Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh Well, after quite a bit of research I'm quite sure that Henry Cornelius was my 1st cousin, 3x's removed. The biggest clue was in the article you just shared Larry Herbstritt. It mentioned that he had gone back to Marchie Cornelius residence. So after searching Ancestry I was able to determine that Marchie was his sister. And so I was able to find the rest of his siblings and his parents...:). 1Like · Reply · 3d Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh After further research, I was able to find out that Marchie was his brother, not sister. This is why you have to keep looking to verify...:). I was going by someone else's tree. Thank you Beverly Rogers for bringing it to my attention..:) 2Like · Reply · 2d Tom McGonnell Larry Herbstritt. My great aunt, Marian McGonnell from Coudersport was married to a Herbstritt and lived in Buffalo. I don’t remember his given name but we all called him Uncle Tiny. He was only about 5’4” Like · Reply · 22h Larry Herbstritt Theodore Herbstritt 1915-1985 Like · Reply · See Translation · 21h Larry Herbstritt He's my uncle, my father's older brother. Like · Reply · 21h Larry Herbstritt His World War II Enlistment Record says he was 61" tall - 5'1" Like · Reply · 21h Tom McGonnell He must have seemed taller when I was younger. I see his son at family reunions Like · Reply · 21h Larry Herbstritt Tom McGonnell I think I met his son a couple weeks ago at a memorial gathering for our cousin, Susan Herbstritt. I think his name is Jim. Like · Reply · 21h Tom McGonnell David pops into my mind for some reason. It is a bit comical. He is the youngest of his generation by at least 40 yrs. he is about 55 the rest well into the nineties but the are five of them Like · Reply · 21h
Suffix	MD
Birth	15 Apr 1874	Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, USA [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
Gender	Male
Residence	1880	North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA [1]
Residence	1910	Galeton, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Military Draft Registration	Between 1917 and 1918	Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Residence	1920	Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Residence	Between 1925 and 1940	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Residence	1935	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [16]
census 1940	19 Apr 1940	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [16]
	StreetAddress: N Main Street; 65 Age: 65; Medical Doctor Occupation: Medical Doctor; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 1; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 53-7; GradeCompleted: College, 5th or subsequent year; HomeOwnership: Owned; HoursWorked: 42; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: Yes; IsEmployed: Yes; OwnsFarm: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 3000; WeeksWorked: 52; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
	20220403GHLn- Year: 1940; Census Place: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03600; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 53-7 Bruno P Timpanoin the 1940 United States Federal Census date: Apr 19-20 1940 George A. Tate Name: Bruno P Timpano Respondent: Yes Age: 36 Birth: abt 1904, Pennsylvania Gender: Male Race: White Status: Married Relation: Head Home: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania Street: 4th Str House Nr: 7 Farm: No Res/1935: Coudersport Sheet: 4A Order: 162 Occ: Police Officer House: Rented Value: 20 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 99 Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 2720 Income Other Sources: No Household Age Bruno P Timpano 36 Head Dorothy D Timpano 34 Wife Virginia A Timpano 1 Dau John D Bentley 65 Head Susan A Bentley 51 Wife Ella S Georgia 77 Mother-in-law Year: 1940; Census Place: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03600; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 53-7 Name Birth Residence Brans P Timpano Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Dorothy D Timpano Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Virginia A Timpano Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA William F Dubois New York 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Nellie O Dubois Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Rose J Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Jane Ste Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Rose Ste Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Norma J Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Sarah E Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Donald R Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Darlene M Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Mary A Green Irish Free State 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Marie D Green Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Katharine R Green Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA August Luft Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Alice M Luft Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Edith Colcord Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Belle Lewis Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Howard H Schrlan New York 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Florence Schrlan New York 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Eldred Oaks New York 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Helen J Oaks Ohio 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Katharin Sanford France 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Florence C Sanford New York 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA June J Sanford Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Vera N Jeffers Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Marie R Bickford Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Thelma M Geer Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Mabel Anderson Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA John D Bentley Vermont 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Susan A Bentley Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Ella S Georgia Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Arthur W Du Bois Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Helen W Du Bois Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Arthur F Du Bois Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Alice Metzger Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA John Collins 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA John D Bentley in the 1940 United States Federal Census Name: John D Bentley [John I Bentley] Respondent: Yes Age: 65 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Vermont Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania Map of Home in 1940: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania Street: N Main Street House Number: 403 Farm: No Inferred Residence in 1935: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania Residence in 1935: Coudersport Sheet Number: 4A Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 170 Occupation: Medical Doctor House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 3000 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42 Class of Worker: Working on own account Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members Age Relationship John D Bentley 65 Head Susan A Bentley 51 Wife Ella S Georgia 77 Mother-in-law Save
Occupation	23 Jul 1951	Potter County Home, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [17]
	physician; coroner, e.g. Alice Emerson Dingman
	20201109HAv- Alice May Emerson Dingman in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Alice May Dingman [Alice May Ernerson] Gender: Female Race: White Age: 74 - 2 - 22 widowed housewife Birth: 1 May 1877 Hebron, Potter County, Pennsylvania Death: 23 Jul 1951 Potter County Home Coudersport, Potter, Penna cause: Senile Dementia Senility, intracapsular, c. 1yr fract. hip fell in dinning room 904.7 signed: Jerimiah Bailey? MD 403 N. Main ST Coudersport Father: Roswell Ernerson Mother: Sarah Ayers inform: Mrs. F.S. Snyder Coudersport RD2 burial: 7-26-51 Hebron Cem Crandall Hill, Hebron, Potter Co. Certificate Number: 62978 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 062251-064800 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
gossip	4 Jan 1961	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [18]
	Potter Enterprise, 27 Dec 1961, Wed • p1Dr. J. Irving Bentley recuperating from a broken hip.
	20220222GHLn- One Bad Fire, Tragic Drowning Mar Quiet, Peaceful 1961 in Potter County CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 27 Dec 1961, Wed • Page 1 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 22 February 2022 One Bad Fire, A Tragic Drowning Mar Otherwise Quiet and Peaceful Year In County January 4 - Denton Hill attracts 750 skiers over the weekend largest crowd since opening of the park. Claude Knights and the Phillips of Coudersport both mourning the deaths of infant sons. James N. Bachman is named president of the Northern Potter Jointure. Eldon Grover home in Ulysses is scene of open house day after Christmas. Dr. J. Irving Bentley recuperating from a broken hip. Richard Moore, in jail since his September automobile accident which killed Alvy Harris, was placed on a one-year probation. Coudersport Borough Council considers two applicants for position of treasurer recently vacated by Robert Heimel. January 11 - An ice skating rink is being constructed in the courthouse square under the direction of Thomas Chitester. Ralph Lomma of Scranton, manager of Denton Hill Ski Lodge, decried lack of "ski atmosphere" at a meeting of Denton Hill Recreation Association (DHRA), said "local attitude toward skiers must be rectified if we're to get skiers here." A PTA committee is discussing raising of funds toward possibly bringing a foreign exchange student to the Coudersport school next year. Mrs. John Duvall heads newly-elected slate of officers for Potter County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Over 1,000 food items were brought to the Rotary Club's annual Christmas theater party for Northern Tier Children's Home. Fire levels home of John Walaski, 83. January 18 A new column, "Skiing With Inda," makes its debut in this week's Enterprise. Scranton Times reporter is named public relations man by the DHRA to promote Potter County's recreational facilities with special emphasis on skiing. Twelve county students get State Homemaker degree at farm show. A "Thank You, Community, Day" is being planned by Three Rivers Council Camp Fire Girls, marking the organization's golden jubilee. Wally Constantine played dinner host to about 60 Falcon Squad members, cheerleaders and faculty members. January 25 Sportsmen's organizations, game commission personnel and the Potter Enterprise game feeding program join forces in keeping wildlife alive during the heavy snow season. W. Gale Lush, prominent Galeton businessman, succumbs to heart attack this morning. Claim to fame department: An Enterprise photo is published In New York Times. Northern Potter parents meet to protest elementary school consolidation which would concentrate the first three grades in Ulysses and grades four to six at Harrison Valley. Four Shinglehouse firemen receive life membership awards: Lawrence Washburn, Tom Oles, Merle Freeborn and Clair Maxson. February 1 PTA announces a panel discussion at next week's meeting will deal with the need for a public kindergarten in Coudersport. Early medical history of Potter County is discussed by early medics' descendants at meeting of county historical society. First Winter Carnival at Denton Hill Park set for Feb. 18 and 19. Cleveland man who owns camp in Potter County sends $100 check for game feeding. "Community Achievement Needs" discussed by panel in Ulysses, Richard Howe moderating, deals with promoting and building of that community. Four Coudersport youths, all members of the Denton Hill ski patrol, will compete in Pennsylvania junior championship races at Laurel Mountain trip, financed by Ted Mauz, Galeton. February 8 Coudersport student council is selling shares in the proposed foreign exchange student. Mrs. George Olmsted, one of the county's oldest residents, dies at 97. Cub Pack 33 's annual blue and gold dinner set for Feb. 23 at Coudersport Consistory. Ulysses Boy Scout troop is reorganized. Charles Norwood is Scoutmaster, Coudersport Borough Council is asked to attend Williamsport meeting to show why council had failed to comply with an earlier order calling for a schedule showing dates on which the borough proposed to take each step . toward construction of complete sewage treatment facilities. February 15 Coudersport, bedecked in holiday trappings of banners, pennants aud gaily colored decorations for upcoming winter carnival, is setting for one of worst fires in recent history as Stephens Building on E. Second St. is gutted by flames. Galeton's volunteer firefighters in Coudersport when Thompson Lumber Mill catches fire at Galeton. Funeral arrangements being made for W. Selby Jones, 70, Potter County surveyor who lived upstairs in Stephens building and who died during the fire of asphyxiation. George Daniels, long-time co-publisher of The Potter Enterprise, is honored at party for his 90th birthday in home of daughter, Mrs. James S. Berger. Huge tractor-trailor wraps itself around two or three Harrison Valley trees in $7700 accident; Eugene Bristol of Ulysses, the driver escapes with minor, injuries. February 22 Winter carnival deenid a success in spite of warm-up in weather which melted much of the snow. Potter County Grange representatives get together to discuss a diabetes detection clinic to be held in the spring. John Duvall and Harold Fink announce candidacy for district attorney's job; Walter P. Wells announces for re-election as judge of Potter County Court of Common Pleas. Plans for "moving day," when seventh to twelfth graders will transfer to the new junior-senior high in Coudersport are outlined at school board meeting. Firemen institute "W. Selby Jones Memorial Fund" to buy oxygen masks. Hugh H. Steele dies in Florida. Business offices re-located because of the Stephens Building fire: county health department, Coudersport Production Credit and National Farm Loan, Lacher's Plumbing and Heating, Herrick Newspapers. Austin PTA undertakes to buy polio vaccine for first-graders. March 1 Charles Cole, Coudersport multimillionaire dies in local hospital, bequeaths the county a fully-equipped, modern hospital. Elk Lick Council, BSA, begins $200,000 fund drive to improve camping facilities. Ray Goodrich introduces bill in Pa. House of Representatives that would return one-fourth of the proceeds from timber sales to the counties and school districts. Coudersport Chamber of Commerce discusses erection of a "shell" building to attract new industry. March 8 Representatives of the Committee for the Advancement of Education met with the local school board asking that these directors bring its case for a public kindergarten before next week's jointure meeting. Roulette PTA honors "teachers of the month" Mrs. Joseph Knowlton and Mrs. William Blauvelt. Mrs. Edith Hancock named to the honor last month. American Field Service chapter announces the $650 goal needed to bring a foreign exchange student horp Vins hpen exceeded by about $75.00 with a variety of fund-raising projects. Snow melting fast on Denton Hill as area merchants plan for Easter and spring. March 15 More than 500 persons attend PTA-snonsored Open house at Coudersport's new junior-senior high school. About 365 petition county board of elections for a place on the spring primaries ballot. Ernest Mosch, retiring Cubmaster of Pack 33. named "Scouter of the Year." LeiiRtliy and sometimes stormy Coudersport Jointure Board session as school directors hear pros and cons of kindergarten proposal from equally divided crowd of 70. J. Collins McSparran, state speaker's podium with Dr. Clarence Tinsman at Pomona Grange meeting in Ulvsses. Tinsman speaks on the diabetes detection clinic triggered by Sharon Grange. March 22 Adam Mertsock family of Genesee loses all personal belongings in farm home fire. Vegetable Growers hear of the need for county planning group in panel discussion at the courthouse. Third of rabies clinics in county under the direction of Veterinarian Bill Mitchell is held in Shinglehouse with a total of 365 cats and dogs innoculated. Ulysses Girl Scouts have tea marking birthday of Founder Lowe. March 29 Brookland Broiler Farm belonging to Curtis Hostetter is leveled in $100,000 blaze. Mrs. William Roberts, retiring Worthy Matron of Coudersport OES is honored at dinner by officers and choir. Charter member Giles Hauber is honored at a dinner meeting of the Potter County Grange Mutual Fire Insurance Co. marking its 50th birthday, held at Sweden Valley Grange Hall. Mrs. Carl McCloud is named president of New Century Club. Leslie Field of Fishing Creek places first in 4-H talent show. April 5 Coudersport Borough Council reverses a decision made last month to take over the operation of the swim pool it will remain with Mrs. Thomas Shear and her pool committee. Charter members of Post 192, American Legion, will be honored at a dinner Saturday marking the post's 42nd anniversary. Nearly 70,000 trout have been stocked in county streams in preparation for the fishing season. Coudersport Chamber of Commerce in the midst of a tree and shrubbery planting program. Fifth annual presentation of the Crucifixion Story by the Coudersport Consistory greeted by capacity crowds at both performances. April 12 Jack Happel, 24, dies in blaze which levels his one-story home along the East Fork. Black Forest Conservation Association announces its sponsorship of a "mall fry" trout stream for kids under 14. Coudersport Jointure Board tables kindergarten proposal for one year. Austin Industrial Development Corp. is presented charter and articles of incorporation, aim to encourage present industry and seek new industry for the community. Cancer kick-off dinner held in Northern Potter cafeteria. (eoiitinurd next wrek) 4 Clipping location on The Potter Enterprise page 1 CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 27 Dec 1961, Wed • Page 1 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 22 February 2022
Race	White [16]
FSID	LWKM-976 [1]
Death	5 Dec 1966	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 4, 7, 14, 15, 19]
	20210824GHLn- Wikipaedia John Irving Bentley This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (September 2019) John Irving Bentley (15 April 1874 - 5 December 1966) was a physician who burned to death at the age of 92 in the bathroom of his house in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. His death was allegedly caused by spontaneous human combustion. John Irving Bentley Born April 15, 1874 Ludlow, Vermont Died December 5, 1966 (aged 92) Coudersport, Penna Cause of death Spontaneous human combustion (presumed) Occ Physician Known for Unusual death Contents Discovery of Bentley's remains Edit Bentley was last seen alive 4 December 1966, when friends visiting his home wished him good night at about 9 p.m. The following morning, meter reader Don Gosnell let himself into Bentley's house, as he had permission to do due to Bentley's infirmity, and went to the basement to check the meter. While in the basement, Gosnell noticed a strange smell and a light blue smoke. He explained the smoke to be "somewhat sweet, like starting up a new oil-burning central heating system". On the ground was a neat pile of ash, about 35 centimetres in height. The floor underneath the ash was unmarked. Had he looked up, he would've seen a hole about a foot long square in the floor boards above. Intrigued, he went upstairs to investigate. The bedroom was smoky and in the bathroom he found Bentley's cremated remains. All that was left of the aged doctor was the lower half of his right leg with the slipper still on it. The rest of his body had been reduced to a pile of ashes in the basement below. His walker lay across the hole in the floor generated by the fire. The rubber tips on it were still intact and the nearby bathtub was barely scorched. Gosnell ran from the building to get help. He reached the gas company office screaming "Doctor Bentley's burned up!" to his colleagues. Later on, his colleagues said: "he looked as white as a sheet". Theories Edit The first theory put forward was that Bentley had set himself on fire with his pipe, but his pipe was still on its stand by the bed in the next room. Perplexed, the coroner could only record a verdict of 'death by asphyxiation and 90 percent burning of the body.' Joe Nickell, in his book Secrets of the Supernatural, gives an account of this event he got from Larry E. Arnold's article "The Flaming Fate of Dr. John Irving Bentley," printed in the Pursuit of Fall 1976. Nickell mentions that the hole in the bathroom floor measured 2½ feet by 4 feet, and details the remains as being Bentley's lower leg burned off at the knee. Nickell mentions that Bentley's robe was found smoldering in the bathtub next to the hole, and that the broken remains of "what was apparently a water pitcher" were found in the toilet; he adds that the doctor had dropped hot ashes from his pipe onto his clothing previously (which "were dotted with burn spots from previous incidents"), and that he kept wooden matches in his pockets which could transform a small ember into a blazing flame. Nickell believes that Bentley woke up to find his clothes on fire, walked to the bathroom, and passed out before he could extinguish the flames. Then, he suggests that the burning clothes ignited the flammable linoleum floor, and cool air drawn from the basement in what is known as "the stack effect" kept the fire burning hotly. See also Edit Spontaneous human combustion References Edit Nickell, Joe (2001). Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal. ISBN 0-8131-2210-4. Francis Hitching (1978). The World Atlas of Mysteries. ISBN 0-330-25683-1 Last edited 8 months ago by Tom.Bot age 92. purportedly 'spontaneous combustion'- physician who burned to death at the age of 92 in the bathroom of his house in Coudersport,
Burial	7 Dec 1966	West Hills Cemetery, Galeton, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 14, 15]
Person ID	I55292	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	Bentley, John William, b. 12 Aug 1842, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 23 Aug 1911, Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA (Age 69 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Barnes, Harriet, b. 9 Feb 1843, Witney, Oxfordshire, England d. 29 May 1913, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F53000	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Georgia, Susan Abigail, b. 4 Aug 1888, Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 May 1959, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years)

Marriage Abt 1930 [1]

Children

1. Bentley, Horatio Eugene, b. 10 Feb 1901, Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA

d. 28 Oct 1937, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA

(Age 36 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F53001 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Butler, Nettie Irene, b. 26 Dec 1898, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 Jul 1985, Colquitt, Georgia, USA (Age 86 years)

Marriage Abt 1917 [1]

Children

1. Bentley, David Lloyd Sr, b. 6 Dec 1918, Leetonia, Elk twp, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA

d. 11 Mar 1997, Colquitt, Georgia, USA

(Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F53002 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3	Compton, Esther Jane, b. 1874 d. 1916 (Age 42 years)
Marriage	20 Sep 1898	Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Family ID	F53003	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 15 Apr 1874 - Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, USA
	Residence - 1880 - North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
	Marriage - 20 Sep 1898 - Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1910 - Galeton, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Between 1917 and 1918 - Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1920 - Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - Between 1925 and 1940 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1935 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	census 1940 - StreetAddress: N Main Street; 65 Age: 65; Medical Doctor Occupation: Medical Doctor; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 1; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 53-7; GradeCompleted: College, 5th or subsequent year; HomeOwnership: Owned; HoursWorked: 42; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: Yes; IsEmployed: Yes; OwnsFarm: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 3000; WeeksWorked: 52; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head - 19 Apr 1940 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	gossip - Potter Enterprise, 27 Dec 1961, Wed • p1Dr. J. Irving Bentley recuperating from a broken hip. - 4 Jan 1961 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Death - 5 Dec 1966 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA

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		Coudy 19250423 murder Ellery Dunn FB180620LH 20180624 NYC- FaceBook, murder mystery, Ellery Dunn, newspaper articles- Larry Herbstritt: Larry Herbstritt January 2 Here's an interesting Potter County murder mystery. I found this newspaper article in the Potter County Historical Society. Ellery Dunn was the son of Stanton Dunn & Delphine Parker Dunn, and the grandson of Michael & Sarah Ellison…
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26 July 2021 · FB Coudersport...
Does anyone know anymore about this “John Irving Bentley (15 April 1874 – 5 December 1966) was a physician who burned to death at the age of 92 in the bathroom of his house in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. His death was allegedly caused by spontaneous human combustion”
Seems I recall this said to have taken place up past 5he post office in a home along main st ?
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Nancy Grupp
Check in with the Historical Society. It was a big deal.
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Dominik Mascho
I've heard this before. Following.
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Audrey Boyd
I think it was the house Wilson's Appliance Store was in?
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Judy Polliard
Audrey Boyd it has been awhile. Perhaps the home next to Wilsons?
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Tiffany Gledhill
Audrey Boyd, yes the house just before Wilson Appliance.
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Judy Polliard
Tiffany Gledhill thanks for helping. I thought so.
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Dolly Sills
I believe there was a long thread on here about this awhile back.
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Sue Mitchell
I posted photos and details in December 2020 on my facebook page since my father was there. I can forward to anyone interested in knowing more.
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Cassie Button
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Cassie Button
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Steven Sinclair
I worked with a man who was in the fire dept.at the time. He has passed away now but he told me all about it "The damnedest thing I ever saw" is what he said.
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Calee Sherwood Phelps
If you are familiar with the show unsolved Mysteries they did a show on that case.
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Mike Betz
Dan..If I remember correctly, Skip told me that it was his grandfather's house or some relation? But that was 53 years ago, and we might have been "altered" with some type of "product" or another and he was just joshing me.
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Cliff Bisnett
Dan I lived across the street from Doc Bentely above the Goodnoe faimly back in the day when we had lighting storms we would lose power and I would go and check on him and Miss Dubois who lived next door the night Doc was killed there was a storm and we lost power I went to check on Miss Dubois and the power came back on so did not check on Doc Bentley the next day it was Don Gosnell Sr who found him while reading the electric meter. I often wonder if it was the lighting ????
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Calee Sherwood Phelps
Cliff Bisnett What house was it he lived in do you remember?
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Sheila Strait
Calee Sherwood Phelps next to Wilson’s appliance
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Cliff Bisnett
If you remember where the Goodnoe faimly lived it was right across the street?
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Mari Warnick
Cliff Bisnett, Don Gosnell took the credit for finding him, but Paul Toombs was the meter reader, and he found Dr.Bentley. I know this as Paul Toombs was my Grandfather, and came to our house, very upset by what he had found. Paul Toombs had to call North Penn Gas, as well as the police office and coroners office. Don Gosnell arrived at the home of Dr. Bentley and saw his remains. As Don Gosnell proceeded to tell the police officer what "He" had found, my grandfather, Paul Toombs, Humbly left the home.
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Paul W. Heimel
Here is one of the better stories I have seen on this. https://www.endeavornews.com/.../50-years-later-bentley.../
50 years later Bentley death still a mystery | Endeavor News
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50 years later Bentley death still a mystery | Endeavor News
50 years later Bentley death still a mystery | Endeavor News
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Janet Ellingson
I remember the house too
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Richard Neefe
Danny Keck This is off topic but it is one of my most favorite photos. Who are the two other fellas?
May be an image of 2 people, child, people standing and outdoors
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Thomas T Shirey
Richard Neefe the Russell kids...John is the boy in the middle..can't recall the other two.
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Linda Goodnoe Russell
Thomas T Shirey Joan and Jeff Russell
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Thomas T Shirey
You are good!
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Linda Goodnoe Russell
Thomas T Shirey They all started with J
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Thomas T Shirey
Mom n Dad...Jeep n John
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Paul Lynn Gardner
Spent many hours hanging out with "Buddy". I remember this gang very well.
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Shadowlynn Walters
He lived tight down the road from me growing up. My grandmother new him. There was an unsolved mysteries show done on him.
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Frank Springer
There is a book about it Dr. Bentley is the person
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Chris Carpenter Stiles
I remember when it happened and all the talk about it. I also watch the Unsolved Mysteries show????
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Sue Mitchell
Dad was there in 1966, on his way home from a Farm Call. He helped them put what was left of Dr. Bentley in a bag. Mom said he smelled BAD when he came home, and she asked him to change clothes / coveralls outside. Dad drew a diagram of the scene about 25 years ago for me, along with the whole story.
No photo description available.
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Steve Yentzer
Yes, he's a distant relative. It really happened.
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Kasey Pelchy
I did research on this and they said his bathrobe caught up in flames from his pipe which caused the fire. Spontaneous combustion doesn't happen. Out of the past two thousand years only 150 cases were purportedly because of "spontaneous combustion". Which isn't enough conclusive evidence of it actually happening. It just means that they couldn't find a cause of the fire that had taken place.
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Karla Kenealy Groat
Kasey Pelchy can just a bathrobe on fire be hot enough to burn bones?
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Kasey Pelchy
Karla Kenealy Groat if the spark catches the robe on fire then yes, especially if it was a wool or cotton robe like they were made back then. Being that he was an old man, he would not be able to fully put it out himself especially if he had a walker like the news reports had said he had had. Which would also make sense as to why nothing else in the bathroom was covered in soot. He was the only thing on fire from one little spark from a pipe. Even the coroner at the time had said it was because of one spark.
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Karla Kenealy Groat
I have seen articles that people try to burn bodies in bonfires and still have the bones. With him there was nothing I still believe the spontaneous combustion
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Kasey Pelchy
And I respect your opinion. ????
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Karla Kenealy Groat
Kasey Pelchy sure is a mystery
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John Leete
I remember him well. He was a retired old-time country doc when I was very young. His house was on N. Main St. almost across from the Presbyterian church. He and his wife raised two grandchildren, one of whom was David, a few years older than me.
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Joan Nelson Gulden Kaminski
John Leete the other grandchild was Susan.
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Paul Lynn Gardner
I have a book with a chapter on Dr. Bently's incident. Also a photo of the Bently grave in Galeton. Susan, the grandchild that Joan mentioned, is buried with them.
May be an image of book and text that says 'REAR' EADER'S DIGEST MYSTERIES UNEXPLAINED OFTHE Women Ordinary Experienced Men and the Strange, How Have Uncanny, Incredible and the the Dr. Bentley's story is in this book'
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Paul Lynn Gardner
Bently grave in Galeton.
May be an image of monument, outdoors and text
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Nancy Gates Hackendorn
Holly Heymann seltz and I were on our way to visit him as campfire girls for Christmas and were told not to go.
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Thomas T Shirey
Nancy Gates Hackendorn hmmm .You and Holly Heymann Seltz? CampFIRE Girls? Were the two of you brought in for questioning?????
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Holly Heymann Seltz
Nancy, my Dad and I were going to go to Dr. Bentley's after school the day he died to decorate a small Christmas tree we bought for him. We went to talk to Nancy's Mom prior to leaving school and she told us we wouldn't be going. Dad used to visit him and once I realized what a cool man he was going to see, I started going to visit him as well. One time, Dad asked if he could use my bicycle basket to put on Dr. Bentley's walker, as he needed to be able to carry things thru his house. You can see it in the picture of his remains, which was his lower leg. His death was hypothesized as spontaneous combustion. I have a couple of books that he was mentioned in.
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Paul Lynn Gardner
Holly Heymann Seltz, thanks for sharing the Heymann connection to the Dr. The bike basket in the photo really certifies your story, Holly.
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Jennifer Walaski Haskins
Chris Wilson owns this house now I believe, its next to his father's business. I've seen the burn mark's. Chick McCloud found him.
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Mari Warnick
Jennifer Walaski Haskins, Paul Toombs found him.
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Mary Drapcho
Mari Warnick nope Don Gosnell National Fuel Meter reader
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Mary Drapcho
Jennifer Walaski Haskins nope Don Gosnell gas meter reader found him
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Mari Warnick
Mary Drapcho, No! Don Gosnell just took the credit! Paul Toombs was the meter reader who found him. Don Gosnell was second on the scene and took my Grandpa's information, and told the police officer the story. Paul Toombs didn't need the credit. He was an honest and humble man!????
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Mary Drapcho
Mari Warnick I guess it's as nebulous as the rest of the story. ????
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Dawn Bacon
I remember that and have thought of it often. If you look up"spontaneous combustion" on internet, his case is listed along with some others.
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Mary Drapcho
This is SO WEIRD! I was JUST talking to a State Policeman who teaches at Mercyhurst about this! He used it in his class. The students said it was fake!
Barb Zimmer
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Roberta Tucker
He was my Great Grandfather.
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Chris Samick Lilja
Yep, knew the family that once lived there, the Uhlman family. Andy and Beryl Uhlman had five daughters.
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Susan Frederick
I’m sticking with the spontaneous combustion story. I frequently told the tale to students in my Gothic Tales class.
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Ruth Cunfer
Yes, I remember being told several times by several different people about this.
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Shirley Willard
Yes I read about it and have seen it on tv manymany times. And yes spontaneous combustion does happen and he wasn't he first to go that way.
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Lanny Nunn

My cousin found him when he was reading the Gas meter.
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John C Wetzel
and he was ______
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[S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 July 2021, 10:44), entry for John Irving Bentley (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWKM-976 ); contributed by various users. PersonID LWKM-976.
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John Irving Bentley
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John Irving Bentley
1874-1966 • LWKM-976??
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John Irving Bentley
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Male
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Birth • 12 Sources • Edit Edit Birth
15 April 1874
Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Last Changed: May 31, 2018 by carmenkirk
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Death • 4 Sources • Edit Edit Death
5 December 1966
Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States
Reason This Information Is Correct:
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Burial • 2 Sources • Edit Edit Burial
7 December 1966
West Hills Cemetery, Galeton, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States
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Residence • Edit Edit Residence
1880
North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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1910
Galeton Ward 1, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States
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1910 United States Census record, showing John Irving Bentley, his wife, son, and other information at that time.
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Military Draft Registration
1917-1918
Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
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Draft Card for John Irving Bentley.
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1920
Potter, Pennsylvania, United States
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1930
Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States
Reason This Information Is Correct:
1930 United States Census record, showing Susan Abigail Georgia, her husband, parents and other information at that time.
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1935
Same House
Reason This Information Is Correct:
1940 United States Census record, showing Susan Abigail Georgia, wife of John Irving Bentley, and her mother and other information at that time.
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1940
Coudersport Borough, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States
Reason This Information Is Correct:
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Draft Card for John Irving Bentley.
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John Irving Bentley 1874-1966 • LWKM-976??
Marriage: 20 September 1898
Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
Esther Jane Compton 1874-1916 • LWKM-97Z??
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Horatio Eugene Bentley 1901-1937 • GMY1-NK2??

John Irving Bentley 1874-1966 • LWKM-976??
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Nettie Irene Butler 1898-1985 • GSKZ-J33??
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John William Bentley
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Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Harriet Barnes
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William Winfield Bentley
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Lillian Adele Bentley
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Bertha Louise Bentley
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Juliet Rebecca Bentley
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Edwin Bently
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Sarah Frances Bentley
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[S662] census 1940 USA PA Potter Coudersport, Year: 1940; Census Place: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03600; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 53-7.
Record for Bruno P Timpano (18) facts
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Year: 1940; Census Place: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03600; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 53-7
Bruno P Timpanoin the 1940 United States Federal Census
date: Apr 19-20 1940
George A. Tate
Name: Bruno P Timpano
Respondent: Yes
Age: 36
Birth: abt 1904, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Race: White
Status: Married
Relation: Head
Home: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: 4th Str
House Nr: 7
Farm: No
Res/1935: Coudersport
Sheet: 4A
Order: 162
Occ: Police Officer
House: Rented
Value: 20
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 99
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 2720
Income Other Sources: No
Household Age
Bruno P Timpano 36 Head
Dorothy D Timpano 34 Wife
Virginia A Timpano 1 Dau

John D Bentley 65 Head
Susan A Bentley 51 Wife
Ella S Georgia 77 Mother-in-law

Year: 1940; Census Place: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03600; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 53-7

Name Birth Residence
Brans P Timpano Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Dorothy D Timpano Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Virginia A Timpano Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
William F Dubois New York 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Nellie O Dubois Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Rose J Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Jane Ste Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Rose Ste Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Norma J Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Sarah E Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Donald R Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Darlene M Rumbaugh Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary A Green Irish Free State 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Marie D Green Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Katharine R Green Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
August Luft Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Alice M Luft Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Edith Colcord Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Belle Lewis Pennsylvania 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Howard H Schrlan New York 1940 Boro, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
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John D Bentley in the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: John D Bentley
[John I Bentley]
Respondent: Yes
Age: 65
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Vermont
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Map of Home in 1940: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: N Main Street
House Number: 403
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935: Coudersport
Sheet Number: 4A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 170
Occupation: Medical Doctor
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 3000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members Age Relationship
John D Bentley 65 Head
Susan A Bentley
51 Wife
Ella S Georgia
77 Mother-in-law
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[S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 062251-064800.
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Alice May Emerson Dingman in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968
Name: Alice May Dingman
[Alice May Ernerson]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 74 - 2 - 22
widowed
housewife
Birth: 1 May 1877
Hebron, Potter County, Pennsylvania
Death: 23 Jul 1951
Potter County Home
Coudersport, Potter, Penna
cause: Senile Dementia
Senility, intracapsular, c. 1yr
fract. hip
fell in dinning room
904.7
signed: Jerimiah Bailey? MD
403 N. Main ST
Coudersport
Father: Roswell Ernerson
Mother: Sarah Ayers
inform: Mrs. F.S. Snyder
Coudersport RD2
burial: 7-26-51
Hebron Cem
Crandall Hill, Hebron, Potter Co.
Certificate Number: 62978

Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 062251-064800

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Alice May Emerson Dingman in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968
Name: Alice May Dingman
[Alice May Ernerson]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 74 - 2 - 22
widowed
housewife
Birth: 1 May 1877
Hebron, Potter County, Pennsylvania
Death: 23 Jul 1951
Potter County Home
Coudersport, Potter, Penna
cause: Senile…

[S1993] Newspapers.com: Potter Journal Leader Enterprise-, 27 Dec 1961, Wed • p1 One Bad Fire, Tragic Drowning Mar Quiet, Peaceful 1961 in Potter County 20220222GHLn-.
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One Bad Fire, A Tragic Drowning Mar Otherwise Quiet and Peaceful Year In County
January 4 - Denton Hill attracts 750 skiers over the weekend largest crowd since opening of the park.
Claude Knights and the Phillips of Coudersport both mourning the deaths of infant sons.
James N. Bachman is named president of the Northern Potter Jointure.
Eldon Grover home in Ulysses is scene of open house day after Christmas.
Dr. J. Irving Bentley recuperating from a broken hip.
Richard Moore, in jail since his September automobile accident which killed Alvy Harris, was placed on a one-year probation.
Coudersport Borough Council considers two applicants for position of treasurer recently vacated by Robert Heimel.
January 11 - An ice skating rink is being constructed in the courthouse square under the direction of Thomas Chitester.
Ralph Lomma of Scranton, manager of Denton Hill Ski Lodge, decried lack of "ski atmosphere" at a meeting of Denton Hill Recreation Association (DHRA), said "local attitude toward skiers must be rectified if we're to get skiers here."
A PTA committee is discussing raising of funds toward possibly bringing a foreign exchange student to the Coudersport school next year.
Mrs. John Duvall heads newly-elected slate of officers for Potter County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Over 1,000 food items were brought to the Rotary Club's annual Christmas theater party for Northern Tier Children's Home.
Fire levels home of John Walaski, 83.
January 18 A new column, "Skiing With Inda," makes its debut in this week's Enterprise.
Scranton Times reporter is named public relations man by the DHRA to promote Potter County's recreational facilities with special emphasis on skiing.
Twelve county students get State Homemaker degree at farm show.
A "Thank You, Community, Day" is being planned by Three Rivers Council Camp Fire Girls, marking the organization's golden jubilee.
Wally Constantine played dinner host to about 60 Falcon Squad members, cheerleaders and faculty members.
January 25 Sportsmen's organizations, game commission personnel and the Potter Enterprise game feeding program join forces in keeping wildlife alive during the heavy snow season.
W. Gale Lush, prominent Galeton businessman, succumbs to heart attack this morning.
Claim to fame department: An Enterprise photo is published In New York Times.
Northern Potter parents meet to protest elementary school consolidation which would concentrate the first three grades in Ulysses and grades four to six at Harrison Valley.
Four Shinglehouse firemen receive life membership awards:
Lawrence Washburn,
Tom Oles,
Merle Freeborn and
Clair Maxson.
February 1 PTA announces a panel discussion at next week's meeting will deal with the need for a public kindergarten in Coudersport.
Early medical history of Potter County is discussed by early medics' descendants at meeting of county historical society.
First Winter Carnival at Denton Hill Park set for Feb. 18 and 19.
Cleveland man who owns camp in Potter County sends $100 check for game feeding.
"Community Achievement Needs" discussed by panel in Ulysses, Richard Howe moderating, deals with promoting and building of that community.
Four Coudersport youths, all members of the Denton Hill ski patrol, will compete in Pennsylvania junior championship races at Laurel Mountain trip, financed by Ted Mauz, Galeton.
February 8 Coudersport student council is selling shares in the proposed foreign exchange student.
Mrs. George Olmsted, one of the county's oldest residents, dies at 97.
Cub Pack 33 's annual blue and gold dinner set for Feb. 23 at Coudersport Consistory.
Ulysses Boy Scout troop is reorganized. Charles Norwood is Scoutmaster,
Coudersport Borough Council is asked to attend Williamsport meeting to show why council had failed to comply with an earlier order calling for a schedule showing dates on which the borough proposed to take each step . toward construction of complete sewage treatment facilities.
February 15 Coudersport, bedecked in holiday trappings of banners, pennants aud gaily colored decorations for upcoming winter carnival, is setting for one of worst fires in recent history as Stephens Building on E. Second St. is gutted by flames. Galeton's volunteer firefighters in Coudersport when Thompson Lumber Mill catches fire at Galeton.
Funeral arrangements being made for W. Selby Jones, 70, Potter County surveyor who lived upstairs in Stephens building and who died during the fire of asphyxiation.
George Daniels, long-time co-publisher of The Potter Enterprise, is honored at party for his 90th birthday in home of daughter, Mrs. James S. Berger.
Huge tractor-trailor wraps itself around two or three Harrison Valley trees in $7700 accident; Eugene Bristol of Ulysses, the driver escapes with minor, injuries.
February 22 Winter carnival deenid a success in spite of warm-up in weather which melted much of the snow.
Potter County Grange representatives get together to discuss a diabetes detection clinic to be held in the spring.
John Duvall and Harold Fink announce candidacy for district attorney's job; Walter P. Wells announces for re-election as judge of Potter County Court of Common Pleas.
Plans for "moving day," when seventh to twelfth graders will transfer to the new junior-senior high in Coudersport are outlined at school board meeting.
Firemen institute "W. Selby Jones Memorial Fund" to buy oxygen masks.
Hugh H. Steele dies in Florida.
Business offices re-located because of the Stephens Building fire: county health department, Coudersport Production Credit and National Farm Loan, Lacher's Plumbing and Heating, Herrick Newspapers. Austin PTA undertakes to buy polio vaccine for first-graders.
March 1 Charles Cole, Coudersport multimillionaire dies in local hospital, bequeaths the county a fully-equipped, modern hospital.
Elk Lick Council, BSA, begins $200,000 fund drive to improve camping facilities.
Ray Goodrich introduces bill in Pa. House of Representatives that would return one-fourth of the proceeds from timber sales to the counties and school districts.
Coudersport Chamber of Commerce discusses erection of a "shell" building to attract new industry.
March 8 Representatives of the Committee for the Advancement of Education met with the local school board asking that these directors bring its case for a public kindergarten before next week's jointure meeting.

Roulette PTA honors "teachers of the month" Mrs. Joseph Knowlton and Mrs. William Blauvelt. Mrs. Edith Hancock named to the honor last month.

American Field Service chapter announces the $650 goal needed to bring a foreign exchange student horp Vins hpen exceeded by about $75.00 with a variety of fund-raising projects.
Snow melting fast on Denton Hill as area merchants plan for Easter and spring.
March 15 More than 500 persons attend PTA-snonsored Open house at Coudersport's new junior-senior high school.
About 365 petition county board of elections for a place on the spring primaries ballot.
Ernest Mosch, retiring Cubmaster of Pack 33. named "Scouter of the Year."
LeiiRtliy and sometimes stormy Coudersport Jointure Board session as school directors hear pros and cons of kindergarten proposal from equally divided crowd of 70.
J. Collins McSparran, state speaker's podium with Dr. Clarence Tinsman at Pomona Grange meeting in Ulvsses. Tinsman speaks on the diabetes detection clinic triggered by Sharon Grange.
March 22 Adam Mertsock family of Genesee loses all personal belongings in farm home fire.
Vegetable Growers hear of the need for county planning group in panel discussion at the courthouse.
Third of rabies clinics in county under the direction of Veterinarian Bill Mitchell is held in Shinglehouse with a total of 365 cats and dogs innoculated.
Ulysses Girl Scouts have tea marking birthday of Founder Lowe.
March 29 Brookland Broiler Farm belonging to Curtis Hostetter is leveled in $100,000 blaze.
Mrs. William Roberts, retiring Worthy Matron of Coudersport OES is honored at dinner by officers and choir.
Charter member Giles Hauber is honored at a dinner meeting of the Potter County Grange Mutual Fire Insurance Co. marking its 50th birthday, held at Sweden Valley Grange Hall.
Mrs. Carl McCloud is named president of New Century Club.
Leslie Field of Fishing Creek places first in 4-H talent show.
April 5 Coudersport Borough Council reverses a decision made last month to take over the operation of the swim pool it will remain with Mrs. Thomas Shear and her pool committee.
Charter members of Post 192, American Legion, will be honored at a dinner Saturday marking the post's 42nd anniversary. Nearly 70,000 trout have been stocked in county streams in preparation for the fishing season.
Coudersport Chamber of Commerce in the midst of a tree and shrubbery planting program.
Fifth annual presentation of the Crucifixion Story by the Coudersport Consistory greeted by capacity crowds at both performances.
April 12 Jack Happel, 24, dies in blaze which levels his one-story home along the East Fork.
Black Forest Conservation Association announces its sponsorship of a "mall fry" trout stream for kids under 14.
Coudersport Jointure Board tables kindergarten proposal for one year.
Austin Industrial Development Corp. is presented charter and articles of incorporation, aim to encourage present industry and seek new industry for the community.
Cancer kick-off dinner held in Northern Potter cafeteria. (eoiitinurd next wrek) 4
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John Irving Bentley

This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (September 2019)
John Irving Bentley (15 April 1874 - 5 December 1966) was a physician who burned to death at the age of 92 in the bathroom of his house in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. His death was allegedly caused by spontaneous human combustion.

John Irving Bentley
Born April 15, 1874
Ludlow, Vermont
Died December 5, 1966
(aged 92)
Coudersport, Penna
Cause of death
Spontaneous human combustion (presumed)
Occ Physician
Known for Unusual death
Contents
Discovery of Bentley's remains Edit
Bentley was last seen alive 4 December 1966, when friends visiting his home wished him good night at about 9 p.m. The following morning, meter reader Don Gosnell let himself into Bentley's house, as he had permission to do due to Bentley's infirmity, and went to the basement to check the meter. While in the basement, Gosnell noticed a strange smell and a light blue smoke. He explained the smoke to be "somewhat sweet, like starting up a new oil-burning central heating system". On the ground was a neat pile of ash, about 35 centimetres in height. The floor underneath the ash was unmarked. Had he looked up, he would've seen a hole about a foot long square in the floor boards above. Intrigued, he went upstairs to investigate. The bedroom was smoky and in the bathroom he found Bentley's cremated remains.

All that was left of the aged doctor was the lower half of his right leg with the slipper still on it. The rest of his body had been reduced to a pile of ashes in the basement below. His walker lay across the hole in the floor generated by the fire. The rubber tips on it were still intact and the nearby bathtub was barely scorched. Gosnell ran from the building to get help. He reached the gas company office screaming "Doctor Bentley's burned up!" to his colleagues. Later on, his colleagues said: "he looked as white as a sheet".

Theories Edit
The first theory put forward was that Bentley had set himself on fire with his pipe, but his pipe was still on its stand by the bed in the next room. Perplexed, the coroner could only record a verdict of 'death by asphyxiation and 90 percent burning of the body.'

Joe Nickell, in his book Secrets of the Supernatural, gives an account of this event he got from Larry E. Arnold's article "The Flaming Fate of Dr. John Irving Bentley," printed in the Pursuit of Fall 1976. Nickell mentions that the hole in the bathroom floor measured 2½ feet by 4 feet, and details the remains as being Bentley's lower leg burned off at the knee.

Nickell mentions that Bentley's robe was found smoldering in the bathtub next to the hole, and that the broken remains of "what was apparently a water pitcher" were found in the toilet; he adds that the doctor had dropped hot ashes from his pipe onto his clothing previously (which "were dotted with burn spots from previous incidents"), and that he kept wooden matches in his pockets which could transform a small ember into a blazing flame.

Nickell believes that Bentley woke up to find his clothes on fire, walked to the bathroom, and passed out before he could extinguish the flames. Then, he suggests that the burning clothes ignited the flammable linoleum floor, and cool air drawn from the basement in what is known as "the stack effect" kept the fire burning hotly.

See also Edit
Spontaneous human combustion
References Edit
Nickell, Joe (2001). Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal. ISBN 0-8131-2210-4.
Francis Hitching (1978). The World Atlas of Mysteries. ISBN 0-330-25683-1
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