Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Nelson Paul Fenner

[b 3 Apr. 1823 at Chautauqua Co., NY; d 12 Sept. 1890 at Delaware Co., IA] Nelson Paul Fenner m 1st Mary Ann Wilcox [b 11 Dec. 1825; d 29 Oct. 1865], sister of Elizabeth Wilcox, who married Nelson’s brother, Calvin. Nelson served in the Civil War, then moved his family to Iowa shortly after being discharged. After Mary’s death, he m 2nd Nancy Elizabeth (Boyce) Cline [b 12 Feb. 1833 at Franklinville, Cattaraugus Co., NY; d 6 Sept. 1925 at Oelwein, Fayette Co., IA]. Nancy had been previously married to George Walter Cline and had lived in Machias, NY, until moving with their four children (Walter, Almeda, James, Eugene) to Strawberry Point, IA, in 1865. George died 18 Sept. 1866 and was buried in Meade Cemetery, Manchester, IA.

Children by Mary Wilcox:

  1. Mary Isadore [b 18 June 1848 in NY; d 20 Sept. 1848].

  2. Nelson Theodore [b 18 Aug. 1849 in NY].

  3. Perry Adilburt [b 10 Jan. 1851 in NY; d 27 Dec. 1886] m Sallie —.

  4. Ida Lucinda [b 1 Feb. 1853 in NY; d 2 Feb. 1918] m Myron Matthew Mellen.

  5. George Franklin [b 18 Sept. 1855 in NY].

  6. Alma Ruth [b 10 Sept. 1861 in NY; d 12 Apr. 1939] m Henry Fleck Beyer.

  7. Albert J. [b 10 Sept. 1861 in NY; d 30 Nov. 1888].

  8. Myra Dell [b 24 Sept. 1865 in IA; d 19 Feb. 1944] m Elmer E. Hart in Nov. 1890; had Harold [b 25 May 1892] who m Amy Kelly on 11 Mar. 1914, no children; Marian Ruth [b 23 Nov. 1895], unmarried; and John [b 24 Sept. 1901 at Louisberg, KA] who m Lena Kern on 24 Sept. 1934, no children.

  9. Mary [b 24 Sept. 1865 in IA; d 14 July 1873 in Clayton Co., IA].

Child by Nancy Cline:

  1. Rosalia Elizabeth [b 26 Oct. 1869 in IA; d 18 July 1930] m Fred Stephenson.

 

Nelson Paul Fenner, 1880s.

Albert J. Fenner, late 1870s.

 

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

Sources:
1. Eva Fenner, Notes, 520. Letter to Eva Fenner from Daisy Nellie Fenner, 27 Sept. 1960.
2. Eva Fenner, Notes, 535–42. Letter to Eva Fenner from Gertrude Shaffer, 6 Nov. 1960.
3. Eva Fenner, Notes, 553–54. Letter to Eva Fenner from Harold Hart.
4. Eva Fenner, Notes, 671–72. Letter to Eva Fenner from Gladys Kaberle, 28 July 1961.
5. Eva Fenner, Notes, 847–856. Letter to Eva Fenner from Gertrude Shaffer, 22 May 1962.
6. Eva Fenner, Notes, 843. Gravestone inscriptions from Meade Cemetery, Manchester, Iowa. Mary’s (#9) birthdate, according to her gravestone, would be 4 Nov. 1865, but her mother died in late October. There is another stone: Elmer E. [b Dec. 1, 1863; d Sept. 4, 1864]. No other sources show Elmer E. as being a son of Nelson.
7. Eva Fenner, Notes, 1141. Letter to Eva Fenner from Gladys Kaberle, 28 Nov. 1965. Shows 2nd marriage as 16 June 1867.
8. Nelson’s memorial at Findagrave.com, no. 13715611.