The Three Jenne Families about 1907 Between 1879 and 1947 the bench farm once owned by Joshua Williams provided a home and a living for 13 different families. Among them were those of William Henry Jenne and his sons, Wallace Alma and Mark Lorenzo. William Henry Jenne was bom 22 April 1848, in Florence, Nebraska, the son of Benjamin Prince and Sarah Snyder Jenne. At an undisclosed time Benjamin and two companions left their homes and were never heard from again. It was presumed that they were killed by Indians. Sarah Snyder Jenne crossed the plains and settled in Salt Lake City. When William Henry was about two years old his mother married Apostle Franklin D Rich¬ards who adopted the boy. When he was about 17, William Henry joined the State Militia and was involved in the Black Hawk Indian War. The war was triggered by the drunken act of a resi¬dent of Sanpete County, who in April of 1865, insulted an Indian Chief by rudely pulling him off his horse in Manti. Involved in the uprising was Chief Black Hawk and before the trouble was re¬solved, several members of the Church were brutally murdered and hundreds of head of cattle and horses were killed or stolen. In one of the skirmishes, William Henry suffered a broken leg when his horse fell on him. The leg was badly damaged and had to be amputated. At the age of 25 he married Laura Minetta Johnston, daughter of Jesse Walker and Betsy Ann Snyder Johnston. Wallace James Jenne writed of his grandfather, William Henry Jenne: William Henry and Laura Minetta Jenne had six sons: Frank, William Henry Jr., Wallace Alma, Mark Porenzo, Jesse Comstock and Robert, who did not survive. There were also three daughters: Roseanne, Florence Pearl and Laura Minetta. WILLIAM HENRY JENNE LAURA MINETTA JENNE 243