found: Wikipedia page, viewed 17 January 2020:(Charles Bent (November 11, 1799 - January 19, 1847) was appointed as the first civilian Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by military Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846; born in Charleston, Virginia; assassinated in Taos) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bent
found: Tragedy at Taos, 1995:t.p. (Charles Bent)
found: Dict. Am. biog., c1957(Charles Bent, 1799-1847)
found: L.C. data base 12-30-94(hdg.: Charles Bent, 1799-1847)
found: Carlos Bent, Gobernador del Territorio de Nuevo Mejico, a sus habitantes, 1847.