b: Lawrence Co IL; d: Lawrenceville IL; s/of Albert Crews* & Martha Ellen Highsmith*; m: William Franklin Wesner (1860 IL-1954 CA); ch: Marnie Emerson Wesner (1888 IL-1946 IL; m: Mabel E Newlin) & Dessie Ruth Wesner (1892-1985 IN m: Millard Traver Seitzinger) & Ernest Martin Wesner (1894-1957 TX)