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Marriage: Children:
  1. Nancy Sentia Kenner: Birth: 13 FEB 1805 in Missouri. Death: BET 1860 AND 1888

  2. Katharine Kenner: Birth: 08 SEP 1806 in Missouri. Death: UNKNOWN

  3. James F. Kenner: Birth: 03 JAN 1808 in Missouri. Death: ABT 1844 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri

  4. Lucinda Kenner: Birth: 03 JUN 1811 in Missouri. Death: 16 APR 1856 in Missouri

  5. Martha Kenner: Birth: 28 FEB 1813 in Missouri. Death: UNKNOWN

  6. Francis F. Kenner: Birth: 1814 in Missouri. Death: 1839

  7. Sarah "Sally" Kenner: Birth: 08 AUG 1814 in Missouri. Death: 26 OCT 1841

  8. Margaret Kenner: Birth: 03 OCT 1816 in Missouri. Death: UNKNOWN

  9. John Henry Kenner: Birth: 18 OCT 1818 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri. Death: 18 SEP 1885 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri

  10. Adaline Kenner: Birth: 05 OCT 1820 in Missouri. Death: BEF 1888

  11. Sarah Elizabeth Kenner: Birth: 20 APR 1822 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri. Death: MAR 1886 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri

  12. Howard Kenner: Birth: 31 DEC 1823 in Missouri. Death: UNKNOWN

  13. Mary A. Kenner: Birth: 20 MAY 1825 in Missouri. Death: UNKNOWN

  14. Howsen Kenner: Birth: 15 APR 1829 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri. Death: 09 FEB 1906 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri

  15. William Bryant Kenner: Birth: 20 JUL 1831 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri. Death: 18 MAR 1912 in Joachim Twp., Jefferson Co., Missouri


Notes
a. Note:   From the History of Southeast Missouri, published by Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888; pages 603 and 604: In a biography about Francis and Elizabeth's youngest son Housand, this section talks about Francis and Elizabeth: Housand Kenner, farmer, was born in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., April 15, 1829, and is the son of Francis and Elizabeth (Pillars) Kenner. Francis Kenner was born near Rogersville, Tenn., his parents having emigrated from England and settled in Hawkins County, Tenn., in 1784. He was sixteen years old when his father died, and he being one of the younger sons, started out to seek a home in the great West. He arrived at New Madrid in 1801, and two years later he purchased 640 acres on the Ceda fork of Saline Creek, Perry County. The following year he located in Ste. Genevieve County, on the farm now owned by his son, Housand. June 14, 1804, he married and built a house on the Big Saline. Here he was successfully engaged in farming, Here he was successfully engaged in farming, and in speculating in land, owning at one time 2,700 acres. He was a breeder of fine horses and kept several fast horses. In June, 1811, the creek overflowed its banks and destroyed his crops, the water being two feet deep in his house. There are yet apple trees on his farms where were set out by him in 1807. He died December 30, 1830, leaving is family fine property in land and slaves. His wife, Elizabeth Pillars, was born in Kaskaski, Ill. and was of Scotch extraction. She was the mother of sixteen children, only two now living: Housand and William B. She died March 15, 1847... ========== From "Biographies of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties, Missouri , Heritage Books,1995" (Courtesy of Christine Merseal): In a biography about William A. Gamel, husband of Francis' granddaughter Emma Kenner (pgs. 893-894), and in a passage about her father William B. Kenner, the following reference is made to his parents: "...Francis and Elizabeth (Pillars) Kenner, were natives of Hawkins County, Tenn. and Kaskaskia, Ill,. respectively. The father (Francis) was a wealthy citizen and a great sportsman. He came to Missouri when it was Louisiana Territory..." ============ From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri...," by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose; St. Louis: Bryan, Brand, 1876: In the Introduction on page xii. "Kenner, Francis, settled in Ste. Genevieve County, from Tennessee in 1802. He married Elizabeth Pillars in 1804. She bore him sixteen children. Their son, Housand, married Ophelia Duvall. They had six children."


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