Timeline for William Lane Fenex and Sabra Ann (Johnson) Fenex

 

Timeline for William Lane Fenex and Sabra Ann Johnson

 

·         1865    William Lane Fenex, Jr. born in Dallas County, Missouri to William Lane Fenex and Sarah St. Clair (or Sinclair).[1]

·         1868    Sabra Ann Johnson born in Benton Township, Dallas County, Missouri to William H. Johnson and Sabra Ann McKinney.[2]

·         1871    William Lane Fenex’s mother, Sarah St. Clair dies.[3]

·         1871    Sabra Ann Johnson’s father, William H. Johnson dies.[4]

·         1878    Letters of Administration are assigned to James Southard after William Lane Fenex, Sr. died. Death date is unknown. The relation of James Southard to William is unknown.[5]

·         1880    William Lane Fenex worked as a farmhand in Maries County, Missouri.[6] Sabra was living with her mother and siblings.[7]

·         1882    William Lane Fenex ended up in Wyoming. Sometimes lived with Bryant B. Brooks at his cabin.[8]

·         1884    John Fenex, William’s brother, was killed in a gunfight and buried at Fort Fetterman, Wyoming.[9]

·         1889    William and Sabra marry in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri.[10]

·         1890    Grace Edna Fenex born in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri.[11]

·         1891    John Franklin Fenex born in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri.[12]

·         1891    Bought a ranch at Boxelder Creek-Jim Abney ranch.[13]

·         1893    James Edward Fenex born in Converse County, Wyoming.[14]

·         1894    William LeRoy (Roy) Fenex born in Converse County, Wyoming.[15]

·         1897    Moved to Glenrock, the Guy Peterson house. Bill worked at the Glenrock Coal Mine until 1907. Floyd Earl Fenex born.[16]

·         1900    Helen Francis Fenex born.[17]

·         1902    Homer Glen Fenex born.[18]

·         1903    Guy Mervin Fenex born.[19]

·         1906    Gladys Fenex born.[20]

·         1908    Bought land with Noah Young, Dr. Jay Smith, formed the Glenrock Sheep Company.[21] Walter Fenex born.[22]

·         1910    Ruth Omega Fenex born.[23]

·         1911    Moved back to Glenrock. Bought McDonald Ranch near the Platte River. Ruth Fenex died.[24]

·         1914    Moved in the Kirby Hotel.[25]

·         1916    Struck oil near the Big Muddy Oil Field. Built a beautiful brick home in Glenrock.[26]

·         1918    Walter Fenex died.[27] Sons James Edward and William LeRoy are deployed to WWI.[28]

·         1929    Great Depression begins.

·         1930    Sabra runs a boarding house in her home.[29]

·         1941    William Lane Fenex died after breaking his hip.[30] Pearl Harbor and Wake Island attacked. Sabra’s grandson, Jack Fenex, is taken prisoner on Wake Island.

·         1956    Sabra Ann Johnson died.[31]



[1] 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.

[2] 1870 U.S. census, Dallas County, Missouri, population schedule, Buffalo Post Office, p. 27 (penned), dwelling 174, family 171, Sabre Johnson in the household of William Johnson; digital database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 July 2020); citing FHL microfilm 552272.

[3] “Mrs. Fenex, wife of Capt. W. L. Fenex Died Suddenly,” Buffalo (Missouri) Reflex, 21 Jan 1871; digital database, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 July 2020), p. 5.

[4] “Mr. William Johnson Died,” Buffalo (Missouri) Reflex, 8 September 1871; digital database Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 20 July 2020), p. 5.

[5] 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.

[6] 1880 U.S. census, Maries County, Missouri, population schedule, Jefferson, enumeration district (ED) 99,  p. 3-4 (penned), dwelling 29 & 39, family 30 & 40, William Fenix in the household of Francis Terry; digital database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 July 2020); citing FHL microfilm 1254702.

[7] 1880 U.S. census, Dallas County, Missouri, population schedule,  Benton, enumeration district (ED) 26,  p. 43 (penned), Sabry Johnson; digital database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 July 2020); citing FHL microfilm 1254684.

[8] Dixie Lam Kading, “Fenex, William and Sabra Family,” in Pages from Converse County’s Past, ed. John R. Pexton (Casper, WY: Wyoming Historical Press, 1986), 194-195.

[9] Ancestry, Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50321855 : accessed 22 July 2020); memorial 50321855, John Fenex (3 September 1884), For Fetterman Cemetery, Converse County, Wyoming; gravestone photograph by Nancy Mayer.

[11] 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.

[12] 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.

[13] Dixie Lam Kading, “Fenex, William and Sabra Family,” in Pages from Converse County’s Past, ed. John R. Pexton (Casper, WY: Wyoming Historical Press, 1986), 194-195.

[14] 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.

[15] 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.

[16] 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.

[17] 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.

[18] 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.

[19] 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.

[20] 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.

[22] 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.

[23] Wyoming Department of Health, file no. 1911, registered no. 319 (1911), Ruth Omega 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.

[24] Wyoming Department of Health, file no. 1911, registered no. 319 (1911), Ruth Omega 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.

[25] Homer Fenex, “The Pioneer Life of William Lane Fenex and Sabra Ann Fenex,” edited by Jan Pope,  2009; held by Tiffany Wacaser, tiffany.wacaser@gmail.com, Putnam Valley, NY.

[26] Homer Fenex, “The Pioneer Life of William Lane Fenex and Sabra Ann Fenex,” edited by Jan Pope,  2009; held by Tiffany Wacaser, tiffany.wacaser@gmail.com, Putnam Valley, NY.

[27] “Walter Fenex Dies After Operation,” Douglas Budget, 29 August 1918; digital database Wyoming Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.wyo.gov : accesse 17 July 2020); 4, col. 3.

[28] Homer Fenex, “The Pioneer Life of William Lane Fenex and Sabra Ann Fenex,” edited by Jan Pope,  2009; held by Tiffany Wacaser, tiffany.wacaser@gmail.com, Putnam Valley, NY.

[29] 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.

[30] 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.

[31] Homer Fenex, “The Pioneer Life of William Lane Fenex and Sabra Ann Fenex,” edited by Jan Pope,  2009; held by Tiffany Wacaser, tiffany.wacaser@gmail.com, Putnam Valley, NY.

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