Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Anna Gentry was the daughter of Absalom Roby and the wife of Allen Gentry, with whom AL made his 1828 flatboat trip from Rockport, Indiana, to New Orleans. (History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana; Rockport [Ind.] Journal, January 28, 1970; Gentry file, LBNM)