BIOGRAPHY

JOHN JENNE - OF BETHANY CENTER, NY

John Jenne was born in Rutland, Vt., in 1791, and when a boy came with his parents to Cayuga County, N. Y. He married Sarah F., oldest daughter of William Freeman, and soon after located one-half mile south of Bethany Center. They had three children, namely: Lansing K., William N., and Jerusha F., the latter of whom married Harry G. Lincoln. William N. was born on the old homestead, August 19, 1831, received a common school and academic education, and is a progressive farmer. January 1, 1855, he married, first, Sophia. N., daughter of Henry W. Gardiner, of Attica, Wyoming County, and they had one son, Charles G.1 born October 16, 1857. He, too, received a good education, and is a farmer and speculator. April 15, 1886, Mrs. Jenne died, and October 5, 1887, Mr. Jenne married for his second wife Mrs. Hattie L. (Stewart) Norton, who died February 1, 1889. February 15, 1882, Charles G. Jenne married Nellie, only daughter of Charles W. Cone. She died November 17, 1885.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890