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Robert S Bent

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Robert S Bent

Birth
St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Death
20 Oct 1841 (aged 25)
Bent County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Block 103 Lot 322 (Dorcas Carr plot)
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He was the youngest of the famous Bent brothers who built Bent's Old Fort on the Santa Fe Trail. Robert was killed and scalped by Comanche Indians on the southern plains. He was originally buried north of Bent's Old Fort in present day Colorado. His remains were later disinterred and, on 01 Dec 1853, reinterred at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. Today Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site is administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
He was the youngest of the famous Bent brothers who built Bent's Old Fort on the Santa Fe Trail. Robert was killed and scalped by Comanche Indians on the southern plains. He was originally buried north of Bent's Old Fort in present day Colorado. His remains were later disinterred and, on 01 Dec 1853, reinterred at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. Today Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site is administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

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  • Created by: George Bacon
  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25906832/robert_s-bent: accessed ), memorial page for Robert S Bent (23 Feb 1816–20 Oct 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25906832, citing Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; Maintained by George Bacon (contributor 46523227).