North Todd Gentry (1866 – 1944) was a lawyer from

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, who served as

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and justice of the

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. He had a lifelong law practice in Columbia and was president of the Boone County Bar. Considered an authority on local history he was active in the

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. He also held membership in the

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Association and the Kiwanis Club. Gentry was a Freemason, Republican, and Presbyterian. Gentry was born on March 2, 1866, the son of Thomas Benton and Mary Todd Gentry. He was the grandson of the first mayor of Columbia Richard Gentry and Ann Hawkins Gentry. He graduated from the

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with a law degree in 1888. His papers are held at the

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. He and his wife adopted a daughter who was orphaned in a railroad accident on the Columbia Terminal Railroad. He died at age 78 on September 18, 1944.

Works

*The ''Bench and Bar of Boone County'' Columbia. E.W. Stephens Publishing Company (1916) *The Writings of North Todd Gentry (published posthumously in 2011)https://www.amazon.com/Writings-North-Todd-Gentry-Columbias/dp/B071KCXWRS The writings of North Todd Gentry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gentry, North Todd Gentry family Missouri attorneys general Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri Lawyers from Columbia, Missouri University of Missouri alumni Burials at Columbia Cemetery (Columbia, Missouri) 1866 births 1944 deaths