Citation · C0373 · compiled
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 096 : 1912
Weight of this evidence
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- compiled
- Confidence
- ●●○○ normal
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Transcription and reasoning
Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): supports, confidence 3/4, tier compiled.
The page image is readable. The DAR lineage entry no. 95380 gives "Norman S. Bentley (1831-1901) m. 1858 Emilie M. Wagner (b. 1833)" as the first generation of the applicant's line. This matches the name and the life years in the claim. It is a compiled secondary source, so it cannot confirm more than the name and years.
Matches: Entry 95380, Mrs. Mary W. Bentley Wood, lists "1. Norman S. Bentley (1831-1901) m. 1858 Emilie M. Wagner (b. 1833)"; Name Norman S. Bentley and dates 1831-1901 match the claim exactly
Limits: Compiled lineage-society application abstract, not an original vital record; Gives only birth and death years, no places or full dates; Middle initial S is not expanded; The entry does not say outright that Mary W. Bentley Wood is his daughter, but she appears as the applicant and he is generation 1 of her line
What it supports
- Person — Norman S Bentley