Source: Kent Family Bible

Anthony Kent was born about 1823 in Nottingham West, New Hampshire to James and Lucy Kent. He died October 30, 1880 in Rutland County, Vermont.

Mr. Kent's first marriage was to Ruth Holden. She died 1848. He remarried to Mary Underwood.

They lived in Mount Tabor and Mount Holly, VT. He was a farmer for most of his life.

He was a soldier in the Civil War.

He is survived by his wife, sons, Hiram, Elmer, Joseph, George, Llewellyn, Albro, and Delmer Kent; daughters, Ellen and Abby; and grandchildren; sister, Sadelia Ellis; son-in-law, Nahum Horton.

Mr. Kent was predeceased by his first wife, parents and daughter, Elizabeth Horton.

Burial: Sugar Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Vermont

I am the 7th great grandson of Anthony Kent and was excited to hear that he served in the Civil War. Do you have any info about what unit he served in or what actions he may have participated in?

Go to http://vermontcivilwar.org. Click on Search for a Soldier. Type in Kent, Anthony. It says he was credited to Wallingford, VT, age 40, dates enlisted, mustered in, mustered out, and that he was in Co. B of the 11th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. Click on 11 VVI and it takes you to a history of the regiment. Howard Coffin's Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War and The Battered Stars (also about VT soldiers)are both good as is Jeffrey Marshall's War of the People: Vermont Civil War Letters

Thanks for the info! The site is great and I will definitely check out the reading material.