Family of Gabriel
Moore Lentz
Gabriel
Moore Lentz
Gabriel Moore Lentz
b. June 24, 1834 (a twin), Limestone County, Alabama
(IGI-1 June 24, 1834; IGI-2 January 24, 1834)
m. (1) August 30, 1864, Amanda Horton Lentz (Burton), a 1st cousin, Bastrop
County, Texas (Vol. A, Page 163)
m. (2) September 6, 1881, Mary C. Lovejoy, Bastrop
County, Book C, Page 459, later divorced
See marriage records here.
d. January 6, 1909, (Bastrop Co. Book 1, Page 98) buried Red Rock, Tex.
Death record at Bastrop County, Texas, died 2 PM, January 6, 1909, at
Cedar Creek, Texas, of La Grippe and old age, age 75, Coroner - E. C. Williams
of Red Rock.
occupation: farmer
Came to Texas from Limestone County, Ala.
Military record: served in CSA in Texas Co. D l2th Texas Cavalry under
Capt. M. B. Highsmith, Bastrop Cav. Co. 26, Brig TST; the muster roll for the Highsmith Company for July 24, 1861,
includes Private Gabriel Lentz In 1905, applied and approved for pension. Cited
broken constitution and kidney disease. He served 4 years from 1861 until
discharge in 1865. Enlisted October 28, 1861. Original application filed in 1903
was not approved.
See
muster roll records here.
See service index card
here.
See pension application abstract here.
Amanda Horton Lentz
b. February 8, 1835 (Bastrop Co., Texas)
m. (1) January 21, 1859, to M. L. Burton, Caldwell County,
Texas (Vol. C, Page 40) by G. W. Shoat
(or Sheaf), J.P. See
marriage record here.
d. November 28, 1880, buried Corbell-Jones cemetery or in a pasture near
Lentz
property, Bastrop, Texas. She wished to be buried with her parents.
According to information from personal interview with Ivy Frankum Wilcoxen,
Amanda was pregnant when her first husband left her.
CHILDREN
of Amanda Horton Lentz & M. L. Burton:
Thomas Jefferson Burton
b. circa 1860, after his father left his mother
See photo here.
CHILDREN of Gabriel Moore Lentz & Amanda Horton Lentz:
1.
Frances Louise Lentz
b. November 5, 1868
m. March 25, 1890 to Benjamin McClenden Rucker, Bastrop County, Texas
(Vol.
E, Pg. 336)
d. May 27, 1954, buried in Oakwood cemetery, Hondo, Texas
See picture here.
2.
Amanda Eliza Lentz
b. January 22, 1873, Red Rock, Texas
m. November l5, 1898 to William Henry Frankum
in Bastrop, Texas by J.P.
(Vol.
G, Page 349)
d. June 6, 1931, Texas
Church: Methodist
She moved with her husband to Glen Flora, Texas in 1912
3.
Eunice Lentz
died in infancy
4.
Albert Lentz
died in infancy
5.
Alice Viola Lentz
died in infancy
6.
Ellen Amy/Aremy Lentz (?)
b. March 31, 1875
