Background
Gentry, North Todd was born on March 2, 1866 in Columbia, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Benton and Mary E. (Todd) Gentry.
Gentry, North Todd was born on March 2, 1866 in Columbia, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Benton and Mary E. (Todd) Gentry.
Bachelor of Agricultural Science, University of Missouri, 1884, Surveyor and Bachelor of Arts, 1886, Bachelor of Laws, 1888.
Began law practice at Columbia, 1888. Served as attorney for banks, insurance companies and various rys. Attorney for plaintiff in case of Howell versus Hines, director general of rys., wherein the Supreme Court of the United States held that a written contract for shipment of live stock would not release the railway company from damages on account of breach of a prior oral contract.
Active in legal reforms.
City attorney, Columbia, 1889. Assistant attorney general of Missouri, 1905-1908.
Member Missouri Statute Revision Commission, 1909. Attorney general Missouri, 1925-1928.
Judge Missouri Supreme Court, 1928.
Judge 34th Judicial Circuit, 1932. Conciliation commissioner and referee in bankruptcy, 1934-1940. Practicing law. Chairman Council of Defense, and County Food Adininistrn., 1917-1918.
Member Columbia branch American Red Cross. Member American Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association (Vice-President), Boone County Bar Association (president 1913-1916), Boone Company History Society (president 1933), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi. Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Clubs: Kiwanis, Columbia Country.
Married Ulie Denny, October 8, 1896. Children: Mary T. (Mistress H. K. Hannah, Junior.