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Bobby ('Little Bobby') Felts

• Father: Frederick Felts¹ b. 1886, d. c 1943
• Mother: Flora Mae Dye² b. Mar 1889, d. Sep 1930

• Birth*: She was born circa 1925.³
• Death*: She died circa 1930 in Mississippi.³

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2011

Holly Hicks Felts

• Father: Frederick Felts¹ b. 1886, d. c 1943
• Mother: Flora Mae Dye² b. Mar 1889, d. Sep 1930

• Birth*: He was born on 9 September 1927.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 30 October 1981 at age 54.^5,3
• Burial*: Interment was in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Eudora, Chicot County, Arkansas.³

• Note*: He was known as Hicks.³

• Last Edited: 18 Jul 2000

James Bartlett Pearce

• Father: David Franklin Pearce^1,2 b. 10 Aug 1783, d. 25 Feb 1885
• Mother: Sarah Bartlett^3,4 b. 1 Dec 1785, d. 13 May 1858

• Birth*: He was born on 25 February 1813.^5,6
• Death*: He died on 22 June 1893 at age 80.⁶
• Burial*: Interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Cave Springs, Benton County, Arkansas.⁶

• Note*: A family history gives 1809 as his birth date.⁷

• Last Edited: 25 Jul 2015

Charles Walton Kenner

• Father: William Rector ('Bee') Kenner¹ b. 17 May 1867, d. 30 Jan 1936
• Mother: Wilma Walton^2,3 b. 29 Jan 1892, d. 9 Dec 1974

• Birth*: He was born on 29 February 1916.⁴
• Death*: He died on 3 September 1999 in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida, at age 83.^5,4

• Last Edited: 29 Feb 2012

William Fitzgerald Kenner

William F. Kenner's tombstone, Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Tex., courtesy of Dana Stubbs.

• Birth*: He was born on 1 July 1825.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: He married Jane Elizabeth ('Jenny') Miller, daughter of Robert Buckner Miller and _____ _____, on 7 June 1859 in Missouri.^4,5
• Death*: He died on 19 May 1912 at age 86.^1,2,3
• Burial*: Interment was in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^2,3

• Note*: He had been in the Army in the Mexican War and then gone to California in 1849 for the gold rush. He moved to Navarro County, Texas from Wentzville, Missouri in the 1850s, when he was in his late twenties, where he established one of the first commercial brick plants and is said to have built the first brick building in Corsicana. Around the beginning of the Civil War, he moved his family back to his parents' home in Wentzville. After the war they moved to Chatfield, Texas, where he farmed until retirement, when he and his wife moved to Waxahachie.^6,4

• Last Edited: 4 Oct 2012

Jane Elizabeth ('Jenny') Miller

• Father: Robert Buckner Miller¹
• Mother: _____ _____

• Birth*: She was born on 10 May 1841 in Merriettsburg, Kentucky.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: She married William Fitzgerald Kenner on 7 June 1859 in Missouri.^5,4
• Death*: She died on 21 March 1920 at age 78.^2,6
• Burial*: Interment was on 22 March 1920 in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^7,8

• Obituary*: VENERABLE LADY PASSED AWAY
  Had Been a Resident of Navarro County for Fifty-nine Years
  Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth Kenner, widow of the late William F. Kenner, aged seventy-nine years, died at her home here yesterday [21 Mar 1920], and the remains were interred at Chatfield this afternoon at 3 o'clock, after funeral services here at the home at 12:30 conducted by Rev. John Mullin and Rev. C. H. Booth, and at the grave by Rev. A. C. Parker of Dallas. The services were largely attended and there were many beautiful floral offerings.
  The deceased was born at Merriettsburg, Ky., May 10, 1841, and was married to William F. Kenner in Missouri, June 7, 1859. They moved to Texas and settled at Chatfield in 1861 where they resided until shortly after the civil war, when they returned to Missouri. They remained in Missouri only a few years, when they returned to Chatfield and resided there continuously until the death of Mr. Kenner a few years ago. The deceased united with the Christian church at the age of fourteen, and from that date to her death remained a consistent member of that church. The deceased was the mother of ten children, eight of whom survive her, F. B. Kenner, Mrs. Cyrus Moores and Mrs. Ernest Phillips of Waxahachie; W. N. Kenner of Powell. Mrs. Mack Parks of Dallas; W. R. Kenner, R. F. Kenner and Mrs Leon Guynes of Corsicana. In addition to her own family Mrs. Kenner raised two nephews, sons of a deceased sister, and another nephew and niece, the children of a brother.⁹
• Note*: She was from Kentucky.⁵

• Last Edited: 29 Mar 2012

Charles Pasquale Guerriero

• Marriage*: He married Nuncia Maresca.

• Last Edited: 29 May 2000

Nuncia Maresca

• Marriage*: She married Charles Pasquale Guerriero.

• Last Edited: 29 May 2000

George Washington Sponseller

• Birth*: He was born in 1889.¹
• Marriage*: He married Pearl Conley.
• Death*: He died in 1948.¹

• Last Edited: 25 Nov 2001

Pearl Conley

• Birth*: She was born in 1890.¹
• Marriage*: She married George Washington Sponseller.
• Death*: She died in 1987.¹

• Last Edited: 25 Nov 2001