Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner

Frederick William Fenner 

[b 9 Sept. 1811 at Pompey, NY; d 24 Feb. 1876] Frederick William Fenner m Eleanor [or Elinor] Schenck [b 30 Apr. 1815; d 31 Dec. 1899 at Jacksonville, NY] on 26 June 1834. He was “…an earnest advocate of reform and a prominent temperance worker, alive to all educational progress.” The governor appointed him as Superintendent of Schools for the town. Frederick’s house still stands at 8734 Fenner Road. It has been restored and modernized in many ways. Eleanor was the daughter of Rulef Schenck [b 1776 at Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ; d 15 Apr. 1852 at Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY] and Elsie Baird [b 8 Mar. 1785 at Millstone, Somerset Co., NJ; d 1857]. She was the sister of Dr. — Shenck and had m 1st Perry Hazard Hinsdale.

1. Frederick Byron [b 7 Feb. 1835; d 30 May 1836].
2. James Rulef [b 12 Aug. 1836 at Lysander, NY; d 1 Mar. 1909 at Delphi Falls, NY].
3. Avis Melissa [b 6 June 1839 at Lysander, NY; d 1928].
4. Ellen A. [b 1839; d 1897].
5. Sarah Ellen [b 3 Sept. 1841 at Lysander, NY; d 11 Jan. 1917] m Sylvester A. Vedder.
6. Eliza M. [b 1847; d 1917].
7. Frederick William [b 11 June 1847 at Lysander, NY; d 1913] m Eliza Day.
8. Franklin Eddy [b 15 Apr. 1853 at Lysander, NY; d 10 Apr. 1857].

Lineage:
[ Arthur | Thomas | Joseph | Asahel ] : James | Frederick

Sources:
1. Lucinda Fenner, History of the Fenner Family (1908).
2. Frederick B.’s dates from Jacksonville Cemetery in Lysander, NY: FindAGrave.com
3. Email from David Gibler to Chris Fenner on 6 Jan. 2004, citing The Ancestors and Descendants of Rulef Schenck: a Genealogy of the Onondaga County, New York, Branch of the Schenck family. Detroit, MI: unknown publisher, 1911.