Lent, Hiram Croft

1813 - 1839  (26 years)

• Name	Lent, Hiram Croft  [1]
  	20240401GHLn- Joseph Lent Photo added by LDR Joseph Lent BIRTH 22 May 1786 Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, USA DEATH 3 Mar 1869 (aged 82) Sheshequin, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Sheshequin Valley Cemetery Sheshequin, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID43734143 · PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 0 Private in War of 1812 in Eliphat Mason's Company out of Monroeton, Pa. His stone & his wife's are mounted on a shared base of concrete. I visited cemetery on 6/4/89. National Archives lists birth date as 20 May 1786 on Henry's Pension record. JOSEPH LENT, a soldier of the War of 1812, who was a son of Henry LENT, one of the Rome pioneers, was born near Peekskill, NY, May 22, 1786. He came to this county with his father's family in 1798. On the 17th of October, 1805, he was united in marriage with Mary Ann, daughter of John and Ann (HINMAN) JOHNSON ----- pioneers of Wysox. Soon after his marriage he settled on Pond Hill, where he continued to reside till 1835 when he removed to Hornbrook. In activie life Mr. LENT was both farmer and mechanic. He spent his last years with his son, William J., where he died March 3, 1869. His wife, born December 30, 1785, died August 5, 1855. The children of Joseph and Mary Ann LENT were: Harry, Barbara, Anna, Hiram C., William J., Polly A.,Catherine and Juliana. Harry, born September 2, 1806, married Anna, daughter of Jesse SMITH, removed to Potter County, Pa., where he died April 15, 1866. Barbara, born August 2, 1808, married William Henry HUMMEL of Wysox, removed to Illinois and died in Kansas. Anna, born January 10, 1811, married Jesse SMITH, died at Shores Hill, June 23, 1850. Hiram Crauf, born February 26, 1813, died unmarried in Sheshequin, March 3, 1839. Polly Ann, born October 8, 1818 was a milliner, she went to Illinois, married a Mr. O'KANE and died in that state. Catherine, born February 21, 1821 Married Freeman SHORES of Sheshequin, removed to Illinois where she died. Juliana, born October 26, 1825, married Coline JENNINGS of Sheshequin, removed West and died in Iowa. *William Johnson, the third son, was born July 16, 1815, on the King Place in Wysox. He became a resident of Sheshequin in 1835, which town, excepting an interim of about two years, has since been his home. In 1837 he was united in marriage with Harriet N., a daughter of Abraham B. GORE. He purchased and moved to what is now knows as the H. H. Johnson place in April 1844. The Johnson residence was erected by him and opened as a hotel in 1849 and continued as a house of entertainment for six years. Mr. LENT then engaged in lumbering and farming. He took an active part in the "old trainings," and was commissioned by Governor Porter captain of militia. His first vote was cast for Harrison in 1836, and he has voted at each succeeding presidential election since. He filled the office of justice of the peace for fifteen years, besides various other local offices. He is one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the county, having been a member of Valley Lodge since 1853. "Uncle William," as he is familiarly known, is a genial old gentleman liked by everybody. He possesses a most accurate and retentive memory of incidents and families of severty years ago, and old and young alike deligh in listening to his accounts of pioneer days. Mrs. LENT died in 1855, since which time Mr. LENT has made his home with his son. Hiram B. His only daughter, Mary, is the wife of G.L. DECKER. C. F. HEVERLY was a editor of the Bradford Star & is the author of a number of historical books in that area of Pa. Family Members Parents Hendrick or Henry Lent 1745-1801 Catharine Croft Lent 1756-1848 Spouse Mary Ann Johnson Lent 1785-1855 Siblings Mary Polly "Polly" Lent Bull 1777-1858 Eleanor Lent L'Amoureux 1780-1855 James Lent 1782-1881 Abraham Lent 1789-1839 Richard Lent 1795-1874 Catherine Lent Rockwell 1798-1880 Margaret Lent Allis 1801-1894 Children Harry Lent 1805-1865 Hiram Croft Lent 1813-1839 Capt William J. Lent 1815-1907 Catherine Lent Shores 1821-1895 Annie Lent Smith unknown-1850 Flowers Plant Memorial Trees
  Birth	25 Feb 1813	Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Mar 1839	Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Burial	Aft 1 Mar 1839	Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I97450	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Lent, Joseph,   b. 22 May 1786, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA d. 3 Mar 1869, Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Johnson, Mary Ann,   b. 30 Dec 1785, Connecticut, USA d. 5 Aug 1855, Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Oct 1805	Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F56818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Feb 1813 - Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 1 Mar 1839 - Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA Burial - Aft 1 Mar 1839 - Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Joseph Lent (43) facts 20240401GHLn- 20240401GHLn- Joseph Lent Photo added by LDR Joseph Lent BIRTH 22 May 1786 Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, USA DEATH 3 Mar 1869 (aged 82) Sheshequin, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Sheshequin Valley Cemetery Sheshequin, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID43734143 · PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 0 Private in War of 1812 in Eliphat Mason's Company out of Monroeton, Pa. His stone & his wife's are mounted on a shared base of concrete. I visited cemetery on 6/4/89. National Archives lists birth date as 20 May 1786 on Henry's Pension record. JOSEPH LENT, a soldier of the War of 1812, who was a son of Henry LENT, one of the Rome pioneers, was born near Peekskill, NY, May 22, 1786. He came to this county with his father's family in 1798. On the 17th of October, 1805, he was united in marriage with Mary Ann, daughter of John and Ann (HINMAN) JOHNSON ----- pioneers of Wysox. Soon after his marriage he settled on Pond Hill, where he continued to reside till 1835 when he removed to Hornbrook. In activie life Mr. LENT was both farmer and mechanic. He spent his last years with his son, William J., where he died March 3, 1869. His wife, born December 30, 1785, died August 5, 1855. The children of Joseph and Mary Ann LENT were: Harry, Barbara, Anna, Hiram C., William J., Polly A.,Catherine and Juliana. Harry, born September 2, 1806, married Anna, daughter of Jesse SMITH, removed to Potter County, Pa., where he died April 15, 1866. Barbara, born August 2, 1808, married William Henry HUMMEL of Wysox, removed to Illinois and died in Kansas. Anna, born January 10, 1811, married Jesse SMITH, died at Shores Hill, June 23, 1850. Hiram Crauf, born February 26, 1813, died unmarried in Sheshequin, March 3, 1839. Polly Ann, born October 8, 1818 was a milliner, she went to Illinois, married a Mr. O'KANE and died in that state. Catherine, born February 21, 1821 Married Freeman SHORES of Sheshequin, removed to Illinois where she died. Juliana, born October 26, 1825, married Coline JENNINGS of Sheshequin, removed West and died in Iowa. *William Johnson, the third son, was born July 16, 1815, on the King Place in Wysox. He became a resident of Sheshequin in 1835, which town, excepting an interim of about two years, has since been his home. In 1837 he was united in marriage with Harriet N., a daughter of Abraham B. GORE. He purchased and moved to what is now knows as the H. H. Johnson place in April 1844. The Johnson residence was erected by him and opened as a hotel in 1849 and continued as a house of entertainment for six years. Mr. LENT then engaged in lumbering and farming. He took an active part in the "old trainings," and was commissioned by Governor Porter captain of militia. His first vote was cast for Harrison in 1836, and he has voted at each succeeding presidential election since. He filled the office of justice of the peace for fifteen years, besides various other local offices. He is one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the county, having been a member of Valley Lodge since 1853. "Uncle William," as he is familiarly known, is a genial old gentleman liked by everybody. He possesses a most accurate and retentive memory of incidents and families of severty years ago, and old and young alike deligh in listening to his accounts of pioneer days. Mrs. LENT died in 1855, since which time Mr. LENT has made his home with his son. Hiram B. His only daughter, Mary, is the wife of G.L. DECKER. C. F. HEVERLY was a editor of the Bradford Star & is the author of a number of historical books in that area of Pa. Family Members Parents Hendrick or Henry Lent 1745-1801 Catharine Croft Lent 1756-1848 Spouse Mary Ann Johnson Lent 1785-1855 Siblings Mary Polly "Polly" Lent Bull 1777-1858 Eleanor Lent L'Amoureux 1780-1855 James Lent 1782-1881 Abraham Lent 1789-1839 Richard Lent 1795-1874 Catherine Lent Rockwell 1798-1880 Margaret Lent Allis 1801-1894 Children Harry Lent 1805-1865 Hiram Croft Lent 1813-1839 Capt William J. Lent 1815-1907 Catherine Lent Shores 1821-1895 Annie Lent Smith unknown-1850 Flowers Plant Memorial Trees

  
  

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