Ira BENTLEY (1856-1941)
1 Ira BENTLEY1,2,3 (1856-1941) [12013]. Born 25 Jan 1856, Florence Twp, OH.3,4 Died 12 Jan 1941, Norwalk, OH.3 Cause: Influenza. Buried Birmingham Cemetery, Birmingham, OH.3
From A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio by Hewson L. Peek, 1916.
"In Florence Township, when a young man, Mr. Bentley wedded Miss Olivia Partello, who was born in Gratiot County, Michigan, on the 20th of August, 1860, and who was there reared and educated, her parents, Phineas and Amelia (Whipple) Partello, having been early settlers of that county. Her father was born in the State of New York and her mother in the Province of Ontario, Canada, their marriage having been solemnized in Clinton County, Michigan. They removed to Gratiot County and became early settlers near the present thriving little city of St. Louis, the metropolis of the county, where Mr. Partello reclaimed a farm from the forest and became a prosperous agriculturist and influential citizen.".
Sources
| 1 | "Biography of Welcome P. Partello from Portrait and Biographical Album, Gratiot County, Michigan, 1884". |
| 2 | "A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio by Hewson L. Peek, 1916". |
| 3 | "Death Certificate of Ira Bentley". |
| 4 | "1920 MI, Luce Pentland census". |
