Kent Family

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 * Image                  = Kent Family.jpg
 * Title                  = The Kent Family
 * OfficialName           = The Kent Family
 * Aliases                = The Kents


 * Status                 = Active
 * Identity               = Public
 * Universe               = New Earth
 * BaseOfOperations       = Kent Farm, Smallville, Kansas


 * OrganizationLeaders    = Jonathan Kent (deceased); Silas Kent (deceased)
 * CurrentMembers         = Martha Kent; Clark Kent
 * FormerMembers          =
 * Allies                 = Lane Family; House of El; Lana Lang; Ben Hubbard
 * Enemies                = Lex Luthor; Conduit


 * Origin                 =
 * PlaceOfFormation       = Boston, Massachusetts
 * PlaceOfDefunction      =
 * Creators               = Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster; John Ostrander
 * First                  = Superman #1
 * Last                   =


 * HistoryText            = The Kent family represents the paternal family line of Jonathan Kent. The family's origins date back as far as 6th England, when Sir Brian Kent participated in several adventures under the pseudonym the Shining Knight. On at least one occasion, he met a time-traveling Superman and it has been suggested that Sir Brian may have been the progenitor of the Kent family line.

The direct family line of Jonathan Kent is traced as far back as the late 18th to early 19th century. The American Kents originally hailed from Boston, Massachusetts where print-shop owner Silas Kent lived with his wife Abigail. The two sired eight children, all of whom were born in the Kent's Boston home. In 1854, Silas Kent joined the Emigrant Aid Society and decided to relocate his printing press to Lawrence, Kansas to promote his abolitionist ideals. He brought his two oldest sons, Nate and Jeb along with him and they arrived in Lawrence in the summer of of 1854.

Family Members

 * Abigail Kent: Abigail Colier Kent was the wife of Silas Kent, and the mother of several children including the brothers Nathaniel and Jebediah. Abigail married Silas in 1834 and the two lived together for twenty years in their home in Boston. In 1854, Silas joined the Emigrant Aid Society and moved to Lawrence, Kansas to help the free-state initiative. In 1857, Abigail Kent was working with immigrants in the South Boston area when she contracted a crippling disease. She passed away on March 7th. She was survived by her children, Nate, Jeb, Belinda, Lucy, Joel William, Jonathan, Emma Lou and Owen.


 * Silas Kent: Silas Kent was the husband of Abigail Kent and the progenitor of the American Kent family line. He was an abolitionist who was politically active in Lawrence, Kansas during the 1850s. Silas Kent was shot in the back and killed after attending the Kansas Free-State Legislature in March of 1855.


 * Equipment              = Kent Family Scrapbook
 * Transportation         =
 * Weapons                =

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