Dr. MacTavish says he was Thomas Bentley Jr. not the 3rd. (SV-624)
1860 Letcher Co., KY Census: Not living with father. (SV-1071)
1870 Pike Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Thomas Bently (47) with wife, Dulcina (38) and 9 kids: John (20); William (18); Matilda (17); James (15); Margaret (13); Thomas (11); Dulcina (6); Katharine (4) and Polly (1).