BIOS: FLENER, John Harrison , 1884 -1962, Ohio Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: E-mail Registry submittor Nancy Trice Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:47 AM ------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ***************************************************************************** KYBIOGRAPHIES #8190: A Sesquicentennial History of the Green River Missionary Baptist Church 1836 - 1986, Written and Compiled by Wendell Holmes Rone, Sr., For the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Church, 1987. By permission of author. Ohio County JOHN HARRISON FLENER (b. May 13, 1884 - d. March 11, 1962) was the son of Bedford Franklin Flener (b. February 20, 1844 - d. November 29, 1924) and Virginia C. (Martin) Flener (b. January 26, 1847 - d. July 14, 1932). He was the great-grandson of ADAM FLENER, JUNIOR (b. June, 1792 - d. November 16th, 1874), who was born in Tennessee, and MARY "POLLY" (RONE) FLENER (b. Octobr, 1794 - d. October 11, 1849), a native of Pennsylvania. His paternal great-great grandparents were ADAM FLENER, SENIOR, probably of Washington County, Virginia, and Tennessee; while his wife was known by the name of SARAH FLENER. Adam Flener, Senior, moved with his from Washington County, Virginia, to Tennessee in 1788; after selling his 140 acres and 200 acres of land on Beaver Creek (a tributary of the Holston River) for 80 Pounds each, to Michael Flener. There, in Tennessee, a son named Moses Flener was born, and in 1792, Adam Flener, Junior, was born. Adam Flener, Senior, according to family tradition, was killed by the Indians near Dripping Springs, Tennessee, about 1794-1795. Moses Flener (b.c. 1789 - d. April 7, 1857) and Adam Flener, Junior, came from Tennessee to Butler County (1810), Kentucky, shortly after the formation of the County. It is thought that they are the descendents of the family of FLEENERS (FLENER) who came from Germany near 1700 and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and, who later moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and later into Maryland, and next to Washington County (1776), Virginia, and on to Tennessee, before settling in Butler County. John Harrison Flener's great-grandmother, Mary "Polly" (Rone) Flener (1794-1849), was the daughter of ADAM RONE (b. 1762 - d. January 7, 1829), a native of Pennsylvania, and BARBARY ANN RONE (b. 1772 - d. May 12, 1839), also a native of Pennsylvania. The writer of this history is a direct descendant of Adam Rone and Barbary Ann Rone, through their son, George Washington Rone (1791-1842), the older brother of Mary "Polly" (Rone) Flener. Adam Flener, Junior, and Mary "Polly" Rone were married on a Butler County, Kentucky, license on September 15, 1813, with Adam Flener, Junior and Adam Rone witnessing the bond. Both are buried in the Old Flener Cemetery, in Butler County, as were her parents. They became the parents of at least six children, as follows: Moses Flener, who married Lynda Billings; Wesley Flener, who married Caroline B. Bowlings on January 5, 1836; Polly Ann Flener, who married Moses Elms on February 17th, 1837; WILLIAM HARRISON FLENER, who married MARY ANN SNODGRASS about the year - 1833; Sally Flener; and Jackson Flener, who married Lucy Henderson. There could have been others. WILLIAM HARRISON FLENER (b. August 9, 1814) was the first-born son of Adam Flener, Junior, and Mary "Polly" (Rone) Flener, and was born in Butler County in the Welches Creek area. He was named for the famous hero of Tippecanoe (1811) and later President of the United States, William Henry Harrison. Also, he lived in Butler County from his birth through 1853. He bought 100 acres on Welches Creek in 1836 and added 75 acres to it on Green River in 1847, which he later sold. In 1854 he purchased land in Ohio County on Green River and moved to the new site, but still held the old Butler County property. Landholdings in both Counties increased in the period 1861-1868. He and his wife became the parents of the following children: George Allen Flener (1834-1926); Eliza Jane Flener (1836-1863); Martha Ann Flener (1839 - ); Angeline Flener (1841 - ); who married William Cardwell; Bedford Franklin Flener (1844-1924); James A. Flener (1846 - ), who married Margaret M. James; Paradine Flener (1848 - ), who married Benjamin W. Turner; Anthaline Flener (1850-1945), who married James Henry Leach; William Martin Flener (1852 - ), who married Luella J. Stewart; Louisa Flener (1854- ) who married C. J. Edmonds (1844-1905); Mary W. Flener (1856 - ), who married John J. Stewart; and John Wesley Flener (1860-1951), who married Sarah B. Rafferty. Of the above children, nine united with the Green River Church, as follows: Eliza Jane and Angeline Flener, together with their father, William Harrison Flener, by letter on January 1, 1854; George C. Flener by faith and baptism in November, 1874; William Martin Flener by letter in 1883; Bedford Franklin Flener by faith and baptism on December 14, 1884; John W. Flener by faith and baptism on January 1, 1889; Paradine (Flener) Turner by faith and baptism on January 15, 1864; Anthaline (Flener) Leach by faith and baptism on January 25, 1865; and Mary W. (Flener) Stewart by faith and baptism in February, 1871. Two grandsons were destined to be Deacons, in the Green River Church, as was a son-in-law, John J. Stewart. There is no evidence in the Church Record that Mrs. Mary Ann (Snodgrass) Flener was ever a member of the Green River Church, but she is buried in the Green River Cemetery. Brother Flener was a member for twenty-seven years - from 1854 until his death in December, 1881. He too, is buried in the Green River Cemetery. Submitted by Sandi Gorin w/permission to post... Rev Jim Crowe