Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Hiram Alden Fenner

[b 12 Jan. 1839 at Brandon, Oakland, MI; d 23 Sept. 1916 at Arcadia, Manistee, MI] Hiram Alden Fenner m 1st Charlotte Rathbun [b 20 Feb. 1832 at Cicero, Onondaga, NY] in 1852 at Brandon, Oakland, MI. They were members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. In 1886, he m 2nd Mary Etta Ogden [b 12 Nov. 1856 at Sanilac Co., MI; d 14 Oct. 1940 at Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI]. He m 3rd Elinora J. Beard [b 4 Nov. 1860 at Branch Co., MI; d 2 Jan. 1932 at Branch Co., MI]. 

Children of Hiram and Charlotte:

  1. Zeolette [b 1859 in MI].

  2. George Byron [b 22 Dec. 1860 in MI; d 10 July 1951 at Pontiac, Oakland, MI] m Mary Matteson [b ca. 1866 in MI; d 1948], daughter of John and Harriet A. Matteson, on 17 July 1882 at Lapeer, MI.

  3. Harry E. [b 1 June 1862 in MI; d 29 Sept. 1940 at Oakland, MI] m Calista Glann [b ca. 1863 in MI; d 1942] on 8 Dec. 1919.

  4. Alden Isaiah [b 19 Nov. 1864 at Rochester, Oakland, MI; d 13 Apr. 1935 at Chicago, IL] m 1st Mathea A. Johanson [b 1864 in Norway; d 9 Aug. 1913 at Chicago, IL], daughter of Sigrid, on 27 May 1894 in Chicago, IL. He m 2nd Minnie McCartney [b 1864 at Flushing, MI; d 27 Feb. 1935 in Genesee Co., MI] on 20 Oct. 1915 at Flushing, MI.

  5. William E. [b Oct. 1866 in MI; d 4 Feb. 1956] m Pheobe Nettie Burgess [b Aug. 1873].

  6. Nora B. [b 7 Dec. 1868 at Rochester, Oakland, MI; d 14 Feb. 1936 in Washington, DC] m John W. Hubbard in 1912. They had Frances [d 5 Jan. 1920 in Detroit, MI].

  7. Frank E. [b 24 Jan. 1872 at Hazelton, MI; d 19 May 1919 at Cheboygan, MI] m Myrta J.C. O’Reilly [d 11 Aug. 1958 at Onaway, Presque Isle, MI] on 21 Mar. 1897. From age 17 to 45, Frank lived in Onaway, MI, then moved to Cheboygan. He became an ordained minister in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. According to his obituary, “At the time of his death, he was under appointment by the General Conference to take charge of the work in the Virgin Islands,” but this evidently did not come to pass. He and Myrta had one daughter, Violet Faye [b 19 May 1900 at Allis, Presque Isle, MI; d June 1973 at Jamestown, Chautauqua, NY], who m Harry H. Butterfield.

  8. Ina Adella [b 21 Sept. 1875 at Hazelton, Shiawassee, MI; d 21 Nov. 1891 at Hazelton, Shiawassee, MI].

Children of Hiram and Mary:

  1. Retta Hazel [b 15 Aug. 1890 at Alma, Gratiot, MI; d 26 Mar. 1960 at Stillwell, Holmes Co., OH] m Miller Harrison McFadden [b 16 Aug. 1875 at Holmes Co., OH; d 30 Mar. 1953 at Holmes Co., OH]. They had Floyd Howard [b 8 Apr. 1912], Lundy Elmore [b 13 Aug. 1913], and Lewis Miller [b 10 June 1925].

  2. Floyd Hiram [b 3 Oct. 1894 at Alma, Gratiot, MI; d 12 July 1954] m Ida Mae Yung [b 20 Jan. 1893 at Gratiot Co., MI; d 12 May 1962 at Alma, Gratiot, MI].

  3. James Otis [b 23 Feb. 1900 in MI; d 28 June 1990 at Brevard Co., FL].


Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Thomas | Daniel | Thomas | George | Henry | Hiram

Sources:
1. Email from Richard Arthur Fenner, 18 Nov. 2022.