The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Franklin Township, pages 595-596
Bary M. Gentry, of the firm of Gentry Brother, general merchants, Stilesville, Ind., is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Hendricks County. His father, Blaxton Gentry, was born in Culpeper, Va., June 1, 1766, and was reared in Culpeper and Lee counties. He was twice married. His first wife was a Miss Brush, who died in Virginia. He afterward moved with his children to Kentucky, where he was married in September, 1816, to Nancy Hough, a native of New Jersey, who moved with her parents to Kentucky when a child. In the autumn of 1832 Mr. Gentry came from Kentucky to Hendricks County, Ind., with a four-horse team. His family at that time consisted of eight children, the eldest of whom, Garland, the only child by his first marriage, was married and brought his wife and child. They located in what is now Franklin Township, Mr. Gentry buying 155 acres of land. They cleared and cultivated a farm where they reared their family and where the father died April 9, 1845 and the mother May 23, 1853. They are buried on the homestead on land selected for that purpose by the father. Mr. Gentry was prominently identified with the early history of Franklin Township. Politically he was in early life a Jackson Democrat, but in 1840 voted for General Harrison. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Seven children were born to this second marriage--Melvin A., Eliza J., Bary M., John W., Sarah Ann (deceased), Jeremiah and Hezekiah. Bary M. Gentry was born in Kentucky, Jan. 16, 1821. After attaining manhood he engaged in agricultural pursuits till 1871, and still owns a fine farm in Adams Township, Morgan County. He has accumulated a fine property by industry and frugality, being in limited circumstances when he started in life. In March, 1871, he became associated with his brother Hezekiah and established the general mercantile business in Stilesville, where they have built up a good trade which is constantly increasing. Mr. Gentry married Elizabeth J. Ludlow, a native of Kentucky, daughter of Nathaniel Ludlow. They have had a family of ten children, six of whom are living--Melvina A., Nancy J., Joanna, Harrison, Candace and John W. Mr. Gentry's brother Hezekiah was born in Kentucky, Aug. 16, 1830. He married Mary A. Wilcox, a native of Hendricks County, born Dec. 29, 1834. They have one daughter--Sarah A., born March 19, 1854, now the wife of James M. Tincher.