Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Calvin Fenner

[b 9 May 1819 in Chautauqua Co., NY; d 3 Nov. 1891 at Manchester, IA] Calvin Fenner m Elizabeth Wilcox [b 14 Apr. 1824; d 14 Dec. 1909]. The couple lived at Strawberry Point, Clayton Co., Iowa, prior to going to Manchester, Iowa, where they owned eighty acres of land. Calvin and his wife are buried in Meade Cemetery, two or three miles northwest of Manchester. Calvin’s brothers William and Nelson were also buried there with their wives and some of their family. His brother Nelson married his wife’s sister, Mary Ann Wilcox.

  1. Rosanna E. [b 30 Nov. 1844 at Eads Grove; d 12 Mar. 1909 at Clarksville, IA] m John Crocker.

  2. Almon R. [b 14 Mar. 1847 at Ripley, Chautauqua Co., NY; d 16 Jan. 1852 at Ripley, Chautauqua Co., NY].

  3. Bradford Clark [b 29 June 1849 at Chautauqua Co., NY; d 25 Mar. 1932 in Blair, Washington Co., NE] m Rhoda Ann Hutson.

  4. Almer Weston [b 27 June 1863 at Manchester, IA; d 2 May 1929 at Cedar Falls, Black Hawk Co., IA] m Forrest Preston.

  5. Edith C. [b 11 Mar. 1865 at Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., IA; d 3 June 1938 in IA] m Edwin Newcomb.

Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Thomas | Daniel | Thomas | William | Nathaniel | Calvin

Sources:
1. Eva Fenner, Notes, 520. Letter to Eva Fenner from Daisy Nellie Fenner, 27 Sept. 1960.
2. Eva Fenner, Notes, 843. Both of their birthdates and dates of death come from tombstone inscriptions in Meade Cemetery, Manchester, Iowa.
3. Calvin’s memorial at FindaGrave, no. 27027973