Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner
Jasper Fenner
[b 19 Oct. 1875 at Clinton, DeWitt Co., IL; d 18 Sept. 1941 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL] Jasper Fenner m 1st Mary Alice Hendrix [b July 1880; d ca. 1911 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL], daughter of William H. Hendrix and Alma Bennett, on 29 Sept. 1897 in DeWitt Co., IL. After Mary’s death, Jasper m 2nd Lucy Mabel Sessions [b 23 June 1890 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL; d 22 Feb. 1932 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL], daughter of H.W. Sessions, on 11 June 1911 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL. After Lucy’s death, Jasper m 3rd Mildred Louise Smith [b 27 Aug. 1917 at Tunbridge, DeWitt, IL; d 3 Mar. 1983 at Miami, Dade, FL], daughter of Marion F. Smith and Nellie Frances Jackson, ca. 1932. According to family lore, Mildred was originally the girlfriend of Jasper’s son Irwin, and Irwin fathered Patricia with Mildred, but Jasper did not think Mildred was good enough for his son, so he sent Irwin away and married her himself.
Children of Jasper and Alice:
Lester [b 5 Feb. 1898 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL; d 5 Nov. 1966 at Angola, Steuben, IN] m Maude Pauline Black.
Arthur Louis [b 30 Sept. 1899 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL; d 22 Sept. 1917 at Wapella, DeWitt, IL].
Viola Daisy [b 5 May 1901 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL; d 26 Mar. 1983 at Decatur, Macon, IL] m Lowell Francis Cisco.
Orville [b Apr. 1903; d 21 Jan. 1904 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL].
Ernest Winford [b 10 June 1908 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL; d 10 Mar. 1946 near La Porta, IN] m Jesse Belle Smith.
Children of Jasper and Lucy:
Irwin Jasper [b 7 Sept. 1911 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL; d 15 Nov. 1989 at Delray Beach, Palm Beach, FL] m Audrey E. Simmons [b 28 Apr. 1915 in IL; d 2 Mar. 1990 at Delray Beach, Palm Beach, FL] in IL. They had Gary Eugene [b May 1945].
Harry Albert [b 10 Mar. 1929 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL; d 14 Feb. 1932 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL].
Children of Jasper and Mildred:
Patricia Ann [b 13 Feb. 1933 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL; d 5 Mar. 1933 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL]. According to family lore, Patricia was fathered by Irwin and Mildred, but Jasper intervened and claimed Patricia as his own child.
Robert Eugene [b 20 June 1935 at Kenney, DeWitt, IL; d 1 Dec. 1935 at Clinton, DeWitt, IL].
Dixie Lou [b 4 Aug. 1937 at Kenney, DeWitt, IL; d 26 Aug. 2011 at MacClenny, Baker Co., FL].
Mary Alice [b 4 Apr. 1940 at Kenney, DeWitt, IL; d 29 Oct. 2018] m 1st Robert Arthur Phillips ca. 1954. She m 2nd Argyle Winn [b 2 July 1929; d 10 Sept. 2002 at Fort Wayne, IN] on 23 June 1960.