Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Sources for William Lane Fenex (1865-1941) and Sabra Ann (Johnson) Fenex (1868-1956)

                                                         1870 U.S. census for William L. Fenex

WILLIAM L. FNEX: age 50, male, white, farmer, real estate $10,000, personal estate $1500, born in Kentucky. SARAH: age 46, female, keeping house, born in Tennessee. MARY J.: age 19, female, without occupation, born in Missouri. SARAH M.: age 12, female, attending school, born in Missouri, JOHN C: age 9, male, attending school, born in Missouri. WILLIAM L. JR: age 5, male, at home, born in Missouri. (enumerated on the next page) 

1870 U.S. census, Dallas County, Missouri, population schedule, Buffalo Post Office, p. 22-23 (penned), dwelling 141, family 139, William L. Fnex, Jr. in the household of William L. Fnex; digital database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 July 2020); citing FHL microfilm 552272.

1870 U.S. census, Dallas County, Missouri, population schedule, Buffalo Post Office, p. 22-23 (penned), dwelling 141, family 139, William L. Fnex, Jr. in the household of William L. Fnex; digital database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 July 2020); citing FHL microfilm 552272.


                                            1870 census for William and Sabra Johnson

William Johnson, age 53 (1817) Male, white, farmer, real estate $3000, personal property $1500, born in Ohio. Sabre A., age 47, female, keeping house, born in Kentucky. Benjamin F., age 18, male, work on farm, born in Missouri. John H., age 17, male, work on farm, born in Missouri. Elizabeth J., age 15, female, without ocp., born in Missouri. Reubin F, age 13, male, work on farm, born in Missouri. Presley A., age 11, male, work on farm, born in Missouri. Martin D., age 8, male, at home, born in Missouri. Rachel S., age 6, female, at home, born in Missouri. Charles S., age 3, male, at home, born in Missouri. Sabre A., age 1, female, at home, born in Missouri. Higginbothom Sarah R., age 1, female, at home, born in Missouri. Watson, Milton, age 20, male, white, work on farm, born in Missouri.


1880 census for Sabra Johnson

Sabery Johnson, age 50, farmer, born in Kentucky, parents born in Kentucky. Douglas Johnson, age 17, male, son, working farm, born in Missouri, father born in Ohio, mother born in Kentucky. Nora, age 14, daughter, at home, born in Missouri. Charley, age 12, male, daughter, at home, born in Missouri. Sabry, age 10, daughter, at home, born in Missouri.


1889 Marriage Record for William Lane Fenex and Sabra Johnson


1892 Newspaper Notice about Billy Fenex

“Billy Fenex Was Down,” Bill Barlow’s Budget (Douglas, Wyoming), 7 September 1892, no. 14; digital database, Wyoming Newspapers



1900 census for William and Sabra Fenex

FENEX, WILLIAM L.: head, male, May 1865, age 35, male, married 11 years, born in Missouri, parents’ birthplace unknown, farmer, can read & write English, owned house free of mortgage.

SABRA A.: wife, female, May 1869, married 11 years, six children total, born in Missouri, father born in Ohio, mother born in Kentucky, can read & write English.

GRACE E.: daughter, female, June 1890, age 10, born in Missouri.

JOHN F.: son, male, May 1891, age 9, born in Missouri.

JAMES E.: son, May 1893, age 7, born in Wyoming.

ROY L.: son, Nov. 1894, age 5, born in Wyoming.

Floyd E.: son, male, Sept. 1895, born in Wyoming.

1900 U.S. census, Converse County, Wyoming, population schedule, Precincts 13-16, 18, enumeration district (ED) 23, sheet 4B, dwelling 74, family 81, William L. Fenc?; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VR-K5Z : accessed 15 July 2020), citing FHL microfilm 1241826.


1910 census for William and Sabra Fenex

William Fenex: head, male, white, age 44, first marriage, married 21 years, born in Missouri, don’t know where parents were born, farmer, mineral farm, own house, mortgage

Sabra: wife, female, white, age 40, married 21 years, 10 children total, 10 children living, born in Missouri, father born in Ohio, mother born in Kentucky

John: son, male, age 18, single, born in Missouri, farm laborer, home farm

Jim: son, male, age 16, single, born in Wyoming, farming, working out

Roy: son, male, age 15, single, farm laborer, home farm

HELEN: daughter, female, age 13, born in Wyo.

FLOID: son, male, age 10, born in Wyo.

HOMER: son, male, age 8, born in Wyo.

GUY: son, male, age 5, born in Wyo.

GLADYIS: daughter, female, age 4, born in Wyo.

WALTER: son, male, age 1, born in Wyo.

1910 U.S. census, Converse County, Wyoming, population schedule, Glenrock Woodruff Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 46, dwelling 2, family 2, William L. Fenex; digital database Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.org : accessed 7 July 2020); citing FHL microfilm 1375759.

Billy Fenex Is Changed Man

“Billy Fenex Is Changed Man,” Douglas (Wyoming) Budget, 14 February 1918, no. 37,



1920 census for William and Sabra Fenex

Fenex, William L.: head, owned home, free of mortgage, married, white, age 54, male, born in Missouri, father born in Ohio, mother born in Kentucky, retired stockman

Sarah: wife, female, white, age 50, married, born in Missouri, parents born in Pennsylvania

Floyd E.: son, male, white, age 23, single, born in Wyoming, Ice merchant at own ice plant. Employer

Homer G.: son, male, white, age 18, single, in school, born in Wyoming

Guy: son, male, white, age 16, single, in school

Gladys Fenex: daughter, female, white, age 13, single, born in Wyoming, in school.

1920 U.S. census, Converse County, Wyoming, population schedule, Glenrock, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 6-B and 7-A, dwelling 142, family 149,  William L. Fenex; digital database FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 July 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 2026.

1930 census for William and Sabra Fenex

Fenex, William L.: head, own house, $8000, no radio set, male, white, age at last birthday 64, married-age 23 at first marriage, born in Missouri, father born in Kentucky, mother born in England

Sabra A.: wife, female, white, age 60, married, age 19 at first marriage, born in Missouri, parents born in Ohio, running boarding house

Homer G.: son, male, white, age 28, single, born in Wyoming, not employed

Lodgers: Ray Decco, Geroge W. Moore, Earnest J. Jones, Mathy E. Rukk, Frank Carson

1930 U.S. census, Converse County, Wyoming, population schedule, Glenrock, enumeration district (ED) 5-10, sheet 7-B, dwelling 168, family 188, Sabra Johnson in the household of William L. Fenex; digital database FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 July 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2621.


1940 census William and Sabra Fenex

Fenex, Wm. L.: head, owned house, value of house $7100, does not live on farm, male, white, age 75, married, born in Missouri, lived in same house in 1935

Sabra: (provided the information for herself) wife, female, white, age 71, married, born in Missouri, lived in same house in 1935, employed (ran boarding house)

Four lodgers: Melvin Borg, John Chsenic, Clara Terry, Cornetta Smith

1940 U.S. census, Converse County, Wyoming, population schedule, Glenrock, enumeration district (ED) 5-10, sheet 8-B, family 187, Sabra Johnson in the household of William L. Fenex; digital database FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 July 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 4569.


1941 Death Certificate for William Lane Fenex

Wyoming Department of Health, death certificate, file no. 1941, registered no. 2064 (1941), William Lane Fenex; Bureau of Vital Statistics, Cheyenne; copy, Wyoming State Archives, Cheyenne, digital photograph of printed copy, Tiffany Wacaser, 11 October 2017, held privately by photographer, Putnam Valley, NY 10579.


1956 Death Certificate for Sabra (Johnson) Fenex

Wyoming Department of Health, death certificate, state file number 246 (1956), Sabra Ann Fenex; Bureau of Vital Statistics, Cheyenne; copy, Wyoming State Archives, Cheyenne, digital photograph of printed copy, Tiffany Wacaser, 11 October 2017, held privately by photographer, Putnam Valley, NY 10579.

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