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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Kurtz-Dent family of West Virginia</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Marshall Mortimer Dent (b. 1828)</b> — also known as <b>Marshall M. Dent</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/index.html">1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Monongalia County, 1861. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#687.11.68">Marmaduke Herbert Dent</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Marmaduke Herbert Dent (1849-1909)</b> — also known as <b>Marmaduke H. Dent</b> — of Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va. Born in Granville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/04-18.html">April 18, 1849</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1893-1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/09-11.html">September 11, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-buried.html#cms06226">Bluemont Cemetery</a>, Grafton, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Carrie (Roberts) Dent and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#524.90.68">Marshall Mortimer Dent</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-10.html">October 10, 1876</a>, to Mary Jones Warder; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#766.35.39">Herbert Warder Dent</a>; ancestor *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#593.08.77">Virginia Dent Reay Kurtz</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Herbert Warder Dent (b. 1880)</b> — also known as <b>Herbert W. Dent</b> — of Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va. Born in Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-born.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/04-16.html">April 16, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#687.11.68">Marmaduke Herbert Dent</a> and Mary (Warder) Dent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-25.html">October 25, 1924</a>, to Mary M. Welch.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kenneth S. Kurtz (1903-1939)</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-16.html">October 16, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Lewis County, 1937-39; died in office 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-chi.html">Theta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/07-10.html">July 10, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-buried.html#cms06227">Masonic Cemetery</a>, Near Weston, Lewis County, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Harry W. Kurtz and Blanche (Swan) Kurtz; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-17.html">August 17, 1928</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#593.08.77">Virginia Dent Reay</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#278.02.77">Kenneth Reay Kurtz</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Virginia Dent Reay Kurtz (1904-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Virginia Reay Kurtz</b>; <b>Virginia Dent Reay</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-05.html">October 5, 1904</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Lewis County, 1939-40; appointed 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-kappa-gamma.html">Kappa Kappa Gamma</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/index.html">1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-buried.html#cms06228">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Morgantown, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of David C. Reay and Marguerite K. Reay; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-17.html">August 17, 1928</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#485.89.56">Kenneth S. Kurtz</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#278.02.77">Kenneth Reay Kurtz</a>; descendant *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#687.11.68">Marmaduke Herbert Dent</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kenneth Reay Kurtz (b. 1929)</b> — also known as <b>Kenneth R. Kurtz</b>; <b>Ken Kurtz</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va.; Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/index.html">1929</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WV.html">1952</a>. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#485.89.56">Kenneth S. Kurtz</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#593.08.77">Virginia Dent Reay Kurtz</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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