Gregg Bonner's Lentz Family

Be sure to ask me about the Lentz/Lance molecular genealogy project.

My most recent Lentz is Mary Caroline Lentz. She is the daughter of Samuel Jonah Lentz and Louisa Ann Springer. She was born 23 JAN 1854 and died 10 MAY 1878. On 21 DEC 1872, she married my great great grandfather, Thomas Lee Williams. Thomas Lee Williams was born 13 MAY 1848, and died 05 SEP 1920. Together they had 2 children, one of whom was my great grandfather, Willie Williams. The name Thomas Lee Williams is findable in the book Lentz Heritage (in two places, as both his 1st and 2nd wife had Lentz Heritage), and it is, in fact, the name on his tombstone. His full name was actually Leroy Thomas Williams, Jr. He (at least sometimes) went by the name "Tom". His father was Leroy Thomas Williams, Sr., who (at least sometimes) went be the name "Lee". [See also my "census" section for Bedford County, Tennessee.]

Samuel Jonah Lentz was the son of Benjamin F. Lentz (1800-1875) and Penelope Ann Bussey (1803-1889). Benjamin F. Lentz was the son of Benjamin Lentz (1755-1833) and Rosana Fite (1767-1844).

Benjamin Lentz (1755-1833) was a revolutionary war veteran. I have scanned copies of his family Bible. If you can read German, and supply me with a full translation, I would sure appreciate it :)
I chopped the Bible pages into three parts:
Part one
Part two
Part three
(These scans are actually pretty good representations of the original. However, the software you use will have some impact on the quality of what you see. For example, they look almost identical to the original using Paperport Visioneer software (which comes with the scanner I used), okay in ACDSee, mediocre in MicroSoft PhotoEditor, and Poor on my MicroSoft Internet Explorer. Use your best photo representation software to view, and play with the brightness, contrast, and gamma correct features for best results.)

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