Bent, Samuel. Son of Joel Bent. Born 19 July 1778 at Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married Mary Hilbourne (born 1785 in Vermont) about 1805. Four known children: William, Joseph, Horatio, and Mary. Member of Congregationalist and Presbyterian churches before conversion to Mormonism. Colonel in Massachusetts Militia. Learned of Mormonism from Elmira Scobie. Baptized by Jared Carter in Pontiac, Michigan, January 1833. Ordained elder day of baptism. Mission to Michigan January 1833. Visited Kirtland 1833. Member of Zion's Camp 1834. Attended School of Prophets 1835. Attended Kirtland Temple dedication March 1836. Moved to Clay County, Missouri, 1836. After death of wife, Mary, married Lettice Palmer (widow of Ambrose Palmer) September 1837. Located near Far West, Missouri, 1836. App ointed member of Far West high council 6 October 1838. Expelled from Missouri 1839. Located in Nauvoo 1839. Appointed member of Nauvoo high council 6 October 1839. Sent on mission to collect money for printing purposes 17 July 1840. Traveled in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Member of Nauvoo Legion. Member of Council of Fifty 19 March 1844. Mission to Michigan 1844. Received endowment 13 December 1845. Sealed to Lettice Palmer for time 14 January 1846. Sealed in Nauvoo Temple to Cynthia Noble (born 1806 in New York) 14 January 1846. Sealed in Nauvoo Temple to Mariah Thompson (born 1808 in Vermont) 14 January 1846. Sealed to Asenath Slafter (born 1796 in Connecticut) 28 January 1846. Sealed to Elizabeth Burgess (born 1789 in Massachusetts) 28 January 1846. Sealed to Polly Smith for time 30 January 1846. Left Nauvoo for West 1846. Appointed to preside over Church at Garden Grove, Iowa. Died 16 August 1846 at Garden Grove, Iowa. [Cook]

Horatio is the son of Samuel Bent and Mary Hilbourne