Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Leonard H. Fenner 

[b 3 Apr. 1815; d 30 Sept. 1847] Leonard Fenner, twin of Louisa, m Deborah Johnson [b 30 Jan. 1817] on 19 Jan. 1841. After Leonard died, Deborah m 2nd Henry Swan.

Children by Leonard Fenner and Deborah Johnson:

  1. Elizabeth Martinette [b 18 Nov. 1841; d 8 Mar. 1925 at Streator, IL] m John Stevens. [b 1837 in Vermont; d 1898]. John was buried in Line County, Illinois (near Streator, IL) in the Phillips Cemetery. Elizabeth was buried in the Defenbaugh Family Cemetery. They had seven children, only one of which grew into adulthood or had children, Melvina Jane, who m Samuel Perry Jacobs.

  2. Martin VanBuren [b 31 Mar. 1843 in NY; d 22 April 1909 at Streator, IL] m Mary Defenbaugh.

  3. Rosell [b 2 Nov. 1845 in Ohio; d 30 Nov. 1917] m Merica Chritton.

Child by Deborah Johnson and Henry Swan:

  1. Emerette “Etta,” m George Chritton, nephew of Merica Chritton. They had Adella Pearl Chritton, who was the mother of Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto.

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

Sources:
1. Eva Fenner, Notes, 218. Emerette’s information from a letter to Eva Fenner from Daisy Nellie Fenner, 18 Nov. 1958.
2. Eva Fenner, Notes, 304–305, 310. Letter to Eva Fenner from Gladys Fenner, 18 Mar. 1959.