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Box 2

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Contains 3 Results:

Bent Family in America (annotated book) - loose items removed, ca. 1894-1964

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents note From the Series: George Payne Bent was born in Illinois in 1854, the son of George and Mary Priscilla Payne Bent. He married Clara Ames Wingate, who was the daughter of Henry and Charity Emeline Willsie Wingate. George Payne Bent manufactured George P. Bent Pianos (later called Crown Pianos) in Chicago from about 1890 to 1920. The George P. Bent family had a summer home called "The Boulders" in Wisconsin near Lake Geneva, and close to the Harris' summer estate, "Wadsworth...
Dates: ca. 1894-1964

Bent Family, miscellaneous materials, ca. 1900-1975

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents note From the Series: George Payne Bent was born in Illinois in 1854, the son of George and Mary Priscilla Payne Bent. He married Clara Ames Wingate, who was the daughter of Henry and Charity Emeline Willsie Wingate. George Payne Bent manufactured George P. Bent Pianos (later called Crown Pianos) in Chicago from about 1890 to 1920. The George P. Bent family had a summer home called "The Boulders" in Wisconsin near Lake Geneva, and close to the Harris' summer estate, "Wadsworth...
Dates: ca. 1900-1975

Bent family genealogical notes, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 20-24
Scope and Contents note From the Series: George Payne Bent was born in Illinois in 1854, the son of George and Mary Priscilla Payne Bent. He married Clara Ames Wingate, who was the daughter of Henry and Charity Emeline Willsie Wingate. George Payne Bent manufactured George P. Bent Pianos (later called Crown Pianos) in Chicago from about 1890 to 1920. The George P. Bent family had a summer home called "The Boulders" in Wisconsin near Lake Geneva, and close to the Harris' summer estate, "Wadsworth...
Dates: n.d.