William Henry PENSE
After the Civil War some of the Pence children moved to Arkansas and changed the spelling of Pence to Pense.
William's surname was changed from Pence to Pense William Alexander (Alex) Pense is the son of William Henry and Anna Pense. He is buried in the Alex Pense Cemetery, which was his land when he died. The cemetery is now on private property. Alex and Sarah O Vaught had 5 children, William Robert, Silvia Vest, Selah Bell, Pearl Lee Levona and Margarette Leona (Cricket). Alex had a daughter, named Dollie R by his first wife Hannah, that Sarah helped to raise.Source: DClagg
Name: Henry C Berna Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 5, Comanche, Texas Age: 61 Estimated birth year: 1839 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head In this census it states that they had 9 children but only 6 were living by 1900.
1900 US Census for Winfrey, Crawford County, Arkansas states they had had 12 children but only 9 were living.
He married Anna Peters 12 Sep 1836 at of Alabama . Anna Peters was born at Tennessee Abt 1817 .
They were the parents of 11
children:
William Alexander Pense
born Sep 1836.
Lucinda Pense
born 18 Sep 1839.
Elizabeth Pense
born Abt 1841.
John Patrick Pense
born 12 Apr 1838.
Adeline Pense
born Abt 1845.
James N. Pense
born Abt 1847.
Delilah Pense
born Abt 1848.
Caroline Pense
born Abt 1850.
Louisa Pense
born Abt 1852.
George W. Pense
born Jan 1859.
Josephine Pense
born Abt 1858.