Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Nicholas Hocker Gentry
GENTRY, NICHOLAS HOCKER (1850–1933), inducted 1918
One of the most decorated breeders of his generation, Nicholas Gentry raised Berkshire hogs on Wood Dale Stock Farm in Pettis County, Missouri, importing three foundation animals in 1875. Gentry was president of the committee representing Missouri at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, and there, his hogs were awarded an unmatched thirty-two separate prizes. President of the American Berkshire Association, Gentry also bred Shorthorn cattle and served as director of that breed association as well. He was president of the National Association of Live Stock Exhibitors, vice president of the Missouri State Fair Association, and president of the American Royal twice. The American Berkshire Association funded his portrait.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 95