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Sherman Gentry
Sherman Gentry
Birth: 10 April 1884?
Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee, United States
Death: 24 November 1991
Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee, United States
Age: 107 years, 228 days?
Country: United StatesUSA
Centenarian

Sherman Gentry (10 April 1884? – 24 November 1991) was a centenarian claimant from Tennessee, United States.

Biography[]

Sherman Gentry claimed that he was born in Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee, United States on 10 April 1884. His parents were Sam Preston Gentry and Dora Brandon. His father died 7 October 1944 at 100 years old and Dora died 10 October 1951 at the claimed age of 110. Sherman Gentry died in Clarksville Memorial Hospital in Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee, United States on 24 November 1991 at the claimed age of 107 years, 228 days. His 1900 US Census suggest that he was actually born in 1896 which would make him only 95 years old and his parents ages were likewise inflated.

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