1913-07-23-sc-p2-c3-mrs-m-j-bentley-great-grandmother-of-eight

July 23, 1913 Spokane Daily Chronicle Page 2 Column 3:

Mrs. Bentley Is Great Grandmother of Eight Children---Eighty Years Old

Mrs. M. J. Bentley of Reardan, in addition to being one of the early pioneers of the Inland Empire, where she has resided for 30 years, is the great grandmother of eight children. Mrs. Bentley, who is not yet 80 years of age, has five sons living in the west, J, A. Bentley of Greenacres, M. S. Bentley of Spokane, Sherman, Joshia and John of Reardan. She has 84 grandchildren. In the above picture are shown four generations of the Bentley family. They are, reading from left to right: J. A. Bentley of Greenacres, son of Mrs Bentley; Mrs, Alta Coble of Greenacres, daughter of J. A. Bentley; Mrs. Bentley of Reardan, and in front center, little Elender Coble, daughter of Mrs. Coble of Greenacres.