William Bent
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 155 years ago |
Date of birth | May 23,1809 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | St. Louis |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 19,1869 |
Died | Kansas City |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Parents | Silas Bent |
Children | George Bent |
Charles Bent | |
Robert Bent | |
Resting place | Las Animas Cemetery |
Colorado | |
Siblings | Charles Bent |
Job | Merchant |
Current partner | Owl Woman |
Employ | Charles |
George | |
Ceran St. Vrain | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1179382 |
William Bent Life story
William Wells Bent was a frontier trader and rancher in the American West, with forts in Colorado. He also acted as a mediator among the Cheyenne Nation, other Native American tribes and the expanding United States. With his brothers, Bent established a trade business along the Santa Fe Trail.