By Tiffany Wacaser
HST 580: Genealogy, Summer B 2020
William and Sabra
Fenex forged a new life for themselves in Wyoming.
1.
WILLIAM LANE FENEX1 son of WILLIAM
L. FENEX, and SARAH SINCLAIR/ST. CLAIR, was born 6 May 1865 at Buffalo, Dallas County,
Missouri; died 28 December 1941 at Glenrock, Converse County, Wyoming.[1] He
married SABRA ANN JOHNSON 24 February 1889 at her home in Benton, Dallas
County, Missouri.[2] She was born to parents WILLIAM
JOHNSON and SABRA MCKINNEY 6 May 1868 at Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri; died
20 February 1956 at Glenrock, Converse County, Wyoming.[3]
A Brief History of William Lane
Fenex’s Parents, His Siblings, and Early Childhood
William Lane Fenex, Jr. was born to William L. Fenex, Sr. and Sarah Sinclair at Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri 6 May 1865 shortly after the end of the Civil War.[4] During the Civil War, Missouri was embroiled in brutal guerilla warfare between Union and Confederate militias, as well as battles between the two opposing armies. William’s father, William L. Fenex, was the Captain of Company M, Seventy-third Enrolled Missouri Militia for the Union. In January 1865, Capt. Fenex led a successful rout against Alfred Cook and his band, who had been terrorizing Taney, Christian, and Stone counties.[5]
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| Fenix's Taney County Volunteer Missouri Militia Service Card, Capt, W.L. Fenix, 1865; privately held by Tiffany Wacaser, Putnam Valley, NY |
During the war, William’s eldest brother, Robert C. Fenex, enlisted as a 16-year-old in the Confederate Army Arkansas 16th Infantry from 1861-2.[6] Robert participated in the Battle of Fort Hudson, where he was captured and was a prisoner of war.[7] He was released from Port Hudson in July 1863.[8] Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate Robert after his release in 1863. He does not appear in searches in the 1870 census or the 1880 census.[9] Robert probably died before 1870, but more evidence needs to be located to confirm that.
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| “Civil War Soldiers-Confederate-AR,” digital
images, Fold3, (https://www.fold3.com/image/223574346?terms=war,us,fenex,civil
: accessed 5 August 2020), Sixteenth Infantry, A-F, entry for Robert C. Fenex;
citing National Archives microfilm publication Compiled Service Records of
Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas,
M317, roll 109. |
William L. Fenex married Sarah Sinclair/St. Clair on 25 January 1843 at Henry County, Tennessee.[10]
They were the parents of at least seven children: Robert (1845), Thomas L.
(1848), Mary Jane (1851), Emma (1853), William (1855), Sarah (1858), John C.
(1860), and William Lane (1865).[11] Thomas
L. was in both the 1850 and 1860 census records but disappeared after that. I
was not able to locate him in the 1870 or 1880 censuses, nor was he found in
any marriage records. Emma was not in the 1870 census record with her family.[12]
At 17, she could have married, but I could not find her in Missouri Marriage
Record collections on Ancestry or FamilySearch. William, born in
1855, probably died before William Lane Fenex, Jr. was born in 1865. It was not
uncommon for families to use the same name of a child who died, especially if
that was the father’s name.
William L. Fenex,
Sr. was a Baptist minister according to 1850 and 1860 census records.[13]
He also purchased land in Maries and Dallas Counties in 1856, 1866, and 1868.[14]
In the 1870 census, his real estate property was worth $10,000, which was a
significant sum for the time, especially compared to his neighbors.[15]
William Lane Fenex, Jr. had a comfortable childhood, growing up in a prosperous
home and probably enjoyed his position as the youngest son and namesake of his
father.
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| William L. Fenex and Sarah Sinclair/St. Clair, taken prior to 1871. Privately held by Tiffany Wacaser |
Unfortunately, William’s life took a sharp turn for the worse in 1871. His mother, Sarah(Sinclair/St. Clair) Fenex, died suddenly in January 1871.[16] According to a FindAGrave memorial for William, he died on 8 May 1871, but the information was not cited, nor was there a headstone.[17] It was not even sure that William was buried in the Prairie Cemetery. William L. Fenex died intestate, and letters of administration were entrusted in 1878 to James Southard, who served in several public positions, including sitting on the county court.[18] The Dallas County Courthouse probably has papers and information regarding the settlement of Fenex’s estate.
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| Dallas County, Missouri, Administrators and Guardians bonds and Letters, Vol B, 1871-1894, p. 199, Letters of Administration to James Southard (1878), for the estate of William L. Fenix, 8 March 1878; digital database, “Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988,” Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 22 July 2020); image 110 of 337. |
The four living
children of William L. Fenex and Sarah Sinclair/St. Clair were orphaned between 1871 and
1878. Dixie Lam Kading, granddaughter William Lane Fenex and Sabra Ann
(Johnson) Fenex wrote in a family history account that Sarah, age 13, John, age
11, and William, age 6, were sent to live with three different families.[19]
Family stories allege that Sabra Ann Johnson took in William Lane Fenex, Jr.
and helped raise him.[20]
Much of the information I located about the Fenex family is fragmentary. Many of the records I lack include vital records that may or may not be held at the county level. There also might be church records that could fill in those crucial gaps. I need to research the friends, associates, neighbors, siblings, and parents of William L. Fenex and Sarah Sinclair. Further information should also be gathered for the children of William L. Fenex and Sarah Sinclair.
The Early Life of Sabra Ann Johnson, Her Parents, and
Siblings
Sabra Ann Johnson
was born 6 May 1868 at Dallas County, Missouri, to parents William Johnson and
Sabra Ann McKinney.[21]
The youngest child in her family, she had three half-siblings and eleven full
siblings. William Johnson was married to an unknown woman between 1841-1849 and
had three children with her: Elias, James, and Henry.[22]
William Johnson married Sabra Ann McKinney on 25 November 1849 at Benton, Polk
County, Missouri.[23]
Together, they had twelve children: Martha, Benjamin, John, Sarah, Elizabeth,
Rueben, Preston, Douglas, Rachel, Nora, Charles, and Sabra.[24]
As the youngest child, Sabra was pampered and spoiled. She never spent a night
away from her mother until her marriage and did not learn how to sew, cook, or
keep a house.[25]
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| William H. Johnson, family photo, privately held by Tiffany Wacaser, Putnam Valley, NY. |
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| Sabra Ann (McKinney), family photo, privately held by Tiffany Wacaser, Putnam Valley, NY |
Sabra’s father,
William Johnson died on 5 September 1871 at Benton, Dallas County, Buffalo.[26]
William was a carpenter, farmer, and served a term as a judge.[27]
He died intestate, but letters of administration were designated to the capable
hands of his wife, Sabra McKinney.[28]
It is about this time that Sabra might have taken in William Lane Fenex. It is
striking how Sabra’s family did not fall apart with her father’s death in
contrast to the Fenex family. No doubt, her mother was instrumental in
maintaining stability. However, with so many grown siblings, Sabra probably
would have been taken in and cared for. In contrast, William Lane Fenex lost
both parents, and without established older siblings, his childhood was much
more chaotic.
Sabra Ann Johnson appears to have had a happy childhood, surrounded by her siblings and her mother. There is more research to be done on this period of Sabra’s life in Missouri. Vital records, newspaper articles, legal documents, deeds, and family histories could shed more light on this family. Much of this requires on the ground research, which I am unable to complete at this time. I plan to research the FAN network around the Johnson/Mckinney family.
The Wild West of Wyoming
In Wyoming territory,
the period between 1865 to 1880 was a time of change and movement. Nelson Story
drove the first herd of cattle through Wyoming in 1866.[29]
William J. Fetterman and 80 troops were killed in battle with Native Americans
near Fort Kearny, Wyoming.[30]
Wyoming Territory was established on 25 July 1868.[31]
The Wind River Reservation was established for the Shoshone tribe.[32]
In 1869, the final golden spike was driven into the ground connecting the
transcontinental railroad and the east and west coasts of the country.[33]
In 1876 and 1877, the United States Federal Government ordered all Native
Americans to relocate to reservations, and The Great Sioux War began.[34]
In 1880, William
Lane Fenex worked as a farmhand for the Terry family, a young couple with a baby,
in Jefferson, Maries County, Missouri.[35]
The census record recorded William’s age as 17, but he would have only been 15
at the time. Perhaps he fudged on his age to get work, or they did not ask,
assuming he was older. William’s older brother, John, was herding stock in
Precinct 2, Custer County, Nebraska, with five other men, presumably working
for Phil Dufrand.[36]
John worked his way west to Converse County, Wyoming, and William followed his
brother by train in 1882.[37]
John was killed in
a gunfight with John Laurence on the Hog Ranch across the river from Fort
Fetterman on 29 August 1884 and is the only person buried at Fort Fetterman.[38]
“Batch” Woods, a friend of both John and William, was an eyewitness to the gunfight
and vividly recalled the event sixty-three years later in a 1947 Casper
Star- Tribune article.
“Mr. Wood recalled the incident
which ended in the death of John Fenex, brother of William Fenex. A group of
riders from the surrounding country attended races held at Fort Fetterman in
the summer of 1885, during which they became engaged in an argument with
gamblers and gunmen at the “Hog Ranch” near Fort Fetterman. They were run off
the place and told not to come back, which order served as an incentive for
another visit by the riders. A gun fight between the riders and the gamblers
ensued, in which “Pretty Frank” and John Fenex were shot.
Frank was shot through the face,
and Fenex through the stomach. Wood assisted Fenex to escape on horseback,
swimming their horses across the river. The Laramie doctor was sent for, but
John Fenex died. During the long interval before he could receive medical care
his wound became infected.
Pretty Frank, left for dead, later escaped over the bridge though shot through the hand and face. Mr. Wood stated he saw Frank’s eye removed and his face “fixed up.” He later got a glass eye.”[39]
Contemporary
newspaper accounts published in Cheyenne and Laramie show that the gunfight
occurred in August 1884. During the
trial of John Lawrence, witnesses testified that Fenix and Lawrence were not on
good terms and that John Fenix shot up John Lawrence’s house a few weeks
earlier.[40] After listening to the
several testimonies from witnesses, Justice O’Brien determined that John Fenix
and Frank Wallace were the aggressors and that John Lawrence acted in
self-defense.[41] The next research step is
to locate the court documents through the Wyoming State Archives to confirm the
testimonies.
During the 1880s,
William went by the name Billy and cowboyed at several ranches in the Douglas
and Glenrock area.[42]
Billy was friends with Bryant B. Brooks, who was the seventh governor of
Wyoming. In Brooks’s 1939 memoir, he mentioned Billy. “On 3 September I
reached my cabin on the Muddy. There I spent the winter of 1882-1883 hunting
and trapping. Most of the time, I was alone, except for a month or two
when Billie Fenix lived with me.”[43]
More research could be done by contacting the ranches and the Wyoming State
Archives for payrolls from the 1880s.
Billy
worked in Wyoming and then would take the train back to Missouri to visit
family and friends. Dixie Lam Kading, Bill’s granddaughter, recounted two
memorable stories in a biography of her grandparents.
Billy Fenex and a
friend, Missou Hines, saved their money all one year to go home to Missouri. At
that time, they had to ride horseback to Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to catch the
train. They arrived in Scottsbluff one evening, but the train was not due until
the next morning. They became involved in a poker game, lost every nickel they
had, and got back on their horses the next morning and rode back to Douglas.
A story Will Fenex used to tell of his early days occurred one winter in 1887. He and a friend, Jap Sumner, stopped for the night at Fort Fetterman. When they went, and the temperature was below zero. A chinook wind came up during the night, and when Fenex opened the window in the morning, he found the parade ground was covered with water, the snow was all gone, and the air was warm and balmy. Going back to the bed where Jap was still sleeping, he shook him by the shoulder and said, “Damn it, Jap, wake up! We’ve been asleep all winter.[44]
William
“Missou” Hines was something of a legendary Wyoming cowboy. According to his Find
A Grave entry, Hines was the foreman at CY ranch for many years.[45]
Joseph Maull Carey founded CY Ranch in 1876 when he trailed 12,000 head of
cattle to the area from Austin, Texas.[46]
This cattle ranch has continuously operated from 1876 to the present day and
was recently sold to its third owner, True Ranches.[47]
Some of Missou’s exploits made the newspapers because he made good copy. One
time he switched a couple of babies at a dance while their mothers were
dancing. The mothers did not discover the switch until the next morning and
were rightfully so angry that Missou had to leave town.[48]
This story was incorporated into Owen Wister’s 1902 book, The Virginian,
and many people believed that Wister based the lead character partially on
Missou Hines.[49]
Marriage and Establishing a
Family in Wyoming
On one of Will’s
trips back to Missouri, he bought a matched team of white horses and a buggy
and squired Sabra Johnson around town at breakneck speed.[50]
William Lane Fenex married Sabra Ann Johnson on 24 February 1889 at her family
home in Benton, Dallas County, Missouri.[51]
After their marriage, the couple moved to Wyoming, with Will going back first. Sabra
stayed in Missouri with her mother to have her first two children: Grace and
John in 1890 and 1891, respectively.[52]
Grace never quite forgave her mother that she was born in Missouri instead of Wyoming.[53]
On 10 July 1890,
Wyoming became the 44th state admitted to the Union.[54] Bill
purchased a ranch on Box Elder Creek that was formerly the Jim Abney Ranch.[55]
Sabra came out to Wyoming to join her husband. Homer Fenex, the son of Bill and
Sabra, recounted his mother’s arrival to Wyoming.
Sabra Ann Fenex and baby daughter boarded the train for Wyoming. Bill, knowing she was to arrive, met the train for several days at Orin Junction, at which times she did not arrive. Bill, not being able to meet the train the following day, had made arrangements for one of the ranch hands to meet the train with a buckboard. Said ranch hand could speak little English, but upon her arrival, he finally convinced the terrified woman of his good intentions to take her to her husband, where she arrived safely for a happy reunion with Bill.[56]
Despite the pampered, sheltered
life Sabra led in Missouri, she fully embraced her new life in Wyoming with her
husband and children. Cowboys taught her how to cook, and she mastered the
knack of cooking inventively with what ingredients she had available such as
“lemon” pies made with vinegar and apple pies made with dried apples.[57]
Sabra was known for her boundless, efficient energy, while Will was “slower
than molasses.”[58] Sabra made time to play
with her children outside and loved singing “Buffalo Gals” and “Skip to My Lou”
with them.[59] James was the first child
born in Wyoming in 1893.[60]
William LeRoy (known as Roy)was born in 1894, and Floyd was born in 1897.[61]
During the 1890s,
William worked on his ranch at Box Elder Creek and ran for sheriff in 1896.[62] It is said that he might have been deputized
to help with the Johnson County War.[63]
The conflict originated from clashes between cattle barons and small ranchers
over access to public grazing lands.[64] A
group of Wyoming cattle barons organized a band of fifty-two men to find and
kill seventy men who acted against them.[65]
On 9 April 1892, the band surrounded Nate Champion and his friend, Nick Ray, on
KC Ranch and shot and killed both men.[66]
The invaders were eventually caught and surrounded by a posse of over 400 men. Because
William was a small-time rancher, he likely joined the posse who stopped the
invaders. The Johnson County Museum in Buffalo has an entire section dedicated
to the Johnson County War and may contain more information about Bill Fenex’s
involvement.
Sabra was
concerned about the children’s education and insisted on moving the family to
Glenrock in 1897.[67] The
family was enumerated in the 1900 census, where Will’s occupation was listed as
a farmer.[68] Will worked at the Glenrock Coal Mines until
about 1907.[69] He also ran an operation
where he bought and sold horses in Iowa in 1899. [70] A
short blurb in Bill Barlow’s Budget said, “Billy Fenix returned last
week from his latest eastern trip with horses, and will probably not make
another until spring. Mr. Fenix has done quite a nice business in horses the
past year, and his success stamps him as a successful buyer and seller.”[71]
In 1900, Billy ran for sheriff again and lost.[72]
According to Homer Fenex, Will’s son, “In early 1908, Noah Young, Dr. Jay Smith,
and Bill Fenex bought land and formed the Glenrock Sheep Company and moved the
family back to the country.”[73]
Three years later, the family moved back to Glenrock at the McDonald Ranch.[74]
Later, William ran the Kirby Hotel in Glenrock and advertised on 8 May 1913,
“Good Beds. Good Meals. Good Service. You’ll be pleased. You’ll come again.” A
visit to the Converse County Courthouse is warranted to locate the deeds and
property transfers of the Fenex family during this period.
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“Kirby Hotel,” advertisement, Bill Barlow’s Budget
(Douglas, Wyoming), no. 51, 8 May 1913; digital database Wyoming Newspapers (https://pluto.wyo.gov/awweb/main.jsp
: accessed 10 August 2020), 2. |
While the family lived in Glenrock, Sabra took in laundry and baked bread to buy a piano for her oldest daughter, Grace.[75] Between 1900 and 1911, six more children were born to the family. Helen Francis was born in 1900.[76] Homer Glen was born in 1902.[77] Guy Mervin was born in 1903.[78] Gladys was born in 1906.[79] Walter was born in 1909.[80] Ruth Omega completed the family in 1910.[81] Sadly, baby Ruth died of a retro-pharyngeal abscess when she was four months and twenty days old.[82]
While Will and
Sabra struggled to make ends meet during those years of raising their family,
Sabra had the knack of turning work into a party. According to her
granddaughter, Dixie Lam Kading, she was game for a picnic at any time. The
family would go fishing and bring home dinner. Sometimes they would go for a berry
picking picnic where the berries would be canned and preserved for the coming
winter.[83]
Oil at the Big Muddy Field
On
3 February 1915, William proved his claim for his homestead and purchased an
additional parcel of land for $1.50 for a total of 160 acres.[84]
In May 1917, Fenex struck oil on that additional parcel of land. According to
newspaper articles, it was a gusher and promised to produce 2000 gallons of oil
a day.[85]
Striking oil was a significant boon to the Fenex family and provided them with
much needed financial stability. They kept the ranch and built a beautiful
brick home in Glenrock at the cost of $65,000.[86]
Fenex formed the Fenex Oil Company with George Metcalf, Jacob Jenne, J.C. Saul,
C. D. Zimmerman, and Otis Barber.[87]
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“Fenex Oil Company,” advertisement Cheyenne State
Leader, no. 238, 12 October 1917; digital database Wyoming Newspapers
(https://pluto.wyo.gov/awweb/main.jsp?flag=browse&smd=1&awdid=1
: accessed 10 August 2020), 5.
The
Fenex children grew up and got married. Grace married Claude Lam on 2 October
1908 at Converse County, Wyoming.[88]
William LeRoy married Maude Rice on 16 May 1917 in Casper, Natrona County,
Wyoming.[89] James Edward married
Hazel Paxton on 23 July 1917 at Glenrock, Converse County, Wyoming.[90] John
Franklin married Gertrude Anderson on 29 November 1917 in Natrona County,
Wyoming.[91] Most mothers would be
daunted to put on not one but three weddings within seven months but knowing
Sabra’s boundless energy and love of parties, she probably accepted the
challenge and pulled the weddings off without a hitch.
During
this flurry of weddings, the drums of war were sounding. Since 1914, Europe and
the Ottoman empire were embroiled in an ugly world war. The United States entered
the war on 6 April 1917, and President Woodrow Wilson signed the Selective
Service Act into law on 18 May 1917. John Franklin, James Edward, and William
LeRoy registered their Draft cards.[92]
John Franklin requested an exemption from service due to a stiff arm.[93]
James Edward and Roy Fenex both served in France in the infantry while Floyd
served in the Navy in the war.[94]
Walter
Jay Fenex, the youngest son of William and Sabra, was stricken with
appendicitis in August 1918. Doctors operated on him, but he died on 24 August
1918.[95]
Walter’s death was a tragedy for the family, and it appears that a death
certificate was not filed for him.[96]
At the end of September 1918, Homer was also stricken with appendicitis. Will
and Sabra must have worried about losing their 16-year old son as they had lost
Walter a month earlier. Fortunately, Homer recovered after his surgery.[97]
The family was enumerated in the 1920 U.S. census. William was reported as a
retired stockman. Sabra was erroneously enumerated as Sarah. Floyd E. owned an
ice plant. Homer, Guy, and Gladys were all in school.[98]
Helen married Hugh
Raymond Smyth on 3 July 1919 at Glenrock, Converse County, Wyoming.[99] Gladys
married Harold Thornton on 5 September 1924 at Lusk Niobrara County, Wyoming.[100] Floyd
married Marjorie H. Smith about 1926.[101]
Guy married Wanda Whitney about 1926.[102]
Homer Glen married Mary Margaret Foss about 1938, probably in Wyoming.[103]
The Stock Market
Crash in 1929 and the Great Depression that lasted through the 1930s affected
the Fenex family. Whether the Fenex family lost their money in bank crashes is
not known, although they retained their ranch and brick home in Glenrock. The 1930 census showed that Sabra
opened up their large home to boarders.[104]
She was remarkably efficient with her work, finishing it in the morning and
enjoying her afternoons. Sabra was especially concerned about her
grandchildren, so she took special pains to procure little treats and toys for
them over the year.[105]
Will and Sabra celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1939,
and most of the family assembled to celebrate the happy event.[106]
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| William Lane Fenex and Sabra Ann Johnson Fenex, family photo, privately held by Tiffany Wacaser, Putnam Valley, NY. |
Will and
Sabra were enumerated in the 1940 census. While Will was retired, Sabra was listed
as running a boarding house.[107]
They had four lodgers, two men, and two women.
December
1941: A Month of Tragedy for the Fenex Family
December 1941 was a month that changed the
course of history for Americans as it launched the country into a war that
would eventually claim the lives of over 400,000 Americans.[108] Nearly every family in the country would be
affected in some way by the war. December 1941 was also a month that deeply
affected members of the Fenex family, both in Wyoming and abroad.
Early in December 1941, William Lane and
Sabra Fenex enjoyed a trip to California with their daughter Grace and her
husband, Claud Lam. Glenrock’s local newspaper, The Glenrock Independent,
reported on 11 December 1941 in the “Local Happenings” that “Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Fenex and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lam returned home last week from a vacation in California. They report a
wonderful trip with California beautiful this time of year.”[109]
A few days earlier, on 7 December 1941,
Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor[110] and Wake Island.[111] This surprise attack thrust the United
States into World War II. Of particular concern to the Fenex family was the
fate of Jack Fenex, the son of John and Gertrude Fenex and grandson to William
and Sabra Fenex, who was working for the Morris and Knudsen construction
company on Wake Island and the fate of the civilian workers was unknown.[112]
On Friday, 12 December 1941, William Fenex
was taken to the hospital in Casper, Wyoming. While working at his sheep camp,
he was butted by a ram and broke his hip.[113] On Monday, 15 December 1941, the fracture
was set and secured with pins.[114] The family expected that William would
recover and be home to celebrate Christmas.[115]
William was able to return home to his family
the day before Christmas. In the Christmas issue of the Glenrock Independent,
it was reported in the “Local Happenings” column that Wm. Fenex will be brought
home from the Casper hospital this Wednesday.[116]
Unfortunately, William Lane Fenex died at 8 pm on 28 December 1941, from a blood clot in his leg.[117] The Fenex family was surprised as William was recovering well from his injury. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, 31 December 1941, at the Baptist Community Church, and his six sons Jim, John, Floyd, Roy, Homer, and Guy, were the pallbearers.[118] William Lane Fenex Jr. was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. His wife, children, and grandchildren surely felt the loss deeply.
The Last Years of Sabra Fenex
Sabra,
an indomitable woman, retained her position as matriarch of the sprawling Fenex
family. She continued to live in her large home, until the last year of her
life when she sold it and moved to a small home.[119]
Even in her later years, she loved picnics and usually arranged them once a
week.[120] Sabra spent her final years
with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Sabra
died on 20 February 1956 at Glenrock, Converse County, Wyoming.[121]
She left an indelible impression on her family. Her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren spoke of her with great affection. They referred to her
pies and food in hushed tones. She loved beautiful clothes, even if buying them would break the bank. Even many years after her death, speaking of her
always caused people to smile widely. Her energy and activity were legendary.[122]
Summary
Sabra and William had a beautiful
partnership, a bit of yin and yang. Where William was slow and measured, Sabra
was the spice and energy of the operation. They truly worked together as a
team. Both were daring and adventurous, choosing to homestead in Wyoming. When
faced with hardship, they pulled together and raised a grand and beautiful
family.
Future Research Plans:
·
Obtain the probate files for William L. Fenex
(1941) and Sabra Ann (Johnson) Fenex at Converse County Courthouse.
·
Locate property deeds for William and Sabra from
1889-1956 at the Converse County Courthouse.
·
Locate church records for the children of
William and Sabra at the Baptist church in Glenrock.
·
Locate the elected positions held by William L.
Fenex in Glenrock and Douglas.
·
Find historical ranch papers for ranches in the
Converse County area to trace the job history of William L. Fenex.
·
Do FAN research on both William’s and Sabra’s
parents and siblings. Focus on vital, church, and court records.
·
Obtain court documents from the gunfight of John
C. Fenex in 1884-held at Wyoming State Archives, but need to locate the case
file number.
[1] 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.
[2] Dallas
County, Missouri, Marriage Records Vol. 5, 1886-1894, William L. Fenex and
Sabra Johnson, 1889, marriage license and return; Dallas County Court House,
Buffalo; “Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records,
1800-1991,” digital database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 7 July 2020); FHL microfilm
007424381.
[3] 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.
[4] Wyoming
death certificate file no. 1941, reg. no. 2064 (1941), William Lane Fenex.
Also,
Elle Harvell, “The Struggle for Missouri,” December 2015, website, Essential
Civil War Curriculum (https://www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com/assets/files/pdf/ECWC%20TOPIC%20Missouri%20Struggle%20For%20Essay.pdf
: accessed 1 August 2020).
[5] Wm. L. Fenex, “Affair Near
Sugar Loaf Prairie, Arkansas,” War of the Rebellion, Serial 101, Chapter
LX, p. 37, website, EHistory, Department of History: Ohio State University
(https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/101/0037
: accessed 1 August 2020).
[6] “Civil War
Soldiers-Confederate-AR,” digital images, Fold3, (https://www.fold3.com/image/223574346?terms=war,us,fenex,civil
: accessed 5 August 2020), Sixteenth Infantry, A-F, entry for Robert C. Fenex;
citing National Archives microfilm publication Compiled Service Records of
Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas,
M317, roll 109.
[7] National Park Service,
“Battle Unit Details,” database, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CAR0016RI
: accessed 5 August 2020), entry for 16th Regiment, Arkansas
Infantry, Confederate Arkansas Troops.
[8] “Civil War
Soldiers-Confederate-AR,” Sixteenth Infantry, A-F, entry for Robert C. Fenex.
[9] Searches were made in the
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 census database on Ancestry. Robert Fenex is
a relatively unusual name. Candidates were ruled out based on birthplace and
birth year, as well as noting that candidates consistently appear in the
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