Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner
Phebe Fenner
[b ca. 1787; d 23 Jan. 1860 in her 73rd yr. at Providence, RI] Phebe Fenner m Dr. Niles Manchester [b 4 Oct. 1777; d 15 Jun 1843 at Pawtucket, Providence, RI], son of Job Manchester and Susannah Higgenbotham.
Niles Manchester, M.D., was born in the town of Cranston, October 4th, 1777, and died in Pawtucket, June 15th, 1843. He was the son of Job Manchester. Commencing the study of medicine with Doctor Benjamin Dyer, in 1793, after three years spent with him he continued the study with Doctor Caleb Fiske of Scituate until the year 1800, when he returned to his father’s home in Cranston and commenced the practice of medicine. In 1802 he removed to Johnston, where he married Phebe, daughter of Pardon Fenner. In August 1806, he removed to Pawtucket, where he continued the practice of medicine till his death. He was a charter member of the Rhode Island Medical Society. At his death he left three children, none of whom are now living.
Charles F. Manchester, M.D., was born in Pawtucket, February 7th, 1805, being the son of Doctor Niles and Phebe Fenner Manchester. After attending the local schools he entered the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Conn., and graduated from Brown University in September, 1825. He received his degree of M.D. from Harvard Medical College in August 1828. After practicing according to the allopathic system for eleven years he embraced the principles of homeopathy in 1840, and was one of the founders of the American Institution of Homeopathy. He began his labors as a physician in Pawtucket, afterward practiced in Providence and in New York City, but returned to Pawtucket in 1842, and practiced there until his death, April 5th, 1878. He was twice married: first to Amelia Ames, of Providence, by whom he had three children — Susan A., wife of Latham H. Clarke, of Brooklyn; Charles Miles, now of New York; and Maria L., wife of A. Boyd Shedan, of Brooklyn — and second to Kate E. Le Valley, of Pawtucket, by whom he had no children. Doctor Manchester became a member of the Rhode Island Medical Society in 1838, and was surgeon of the Pawtucket Life Guard. He was the first president of the First National Bank of Pawtucket.
—Richard M. Bayles, History of Providence County, Rhode Island, vol. 1 (1891).
Charles F. [b 7 Feb. 1805 at Pawtucket, RI; d 5 Apr. 1878 at Pawtucket, RI] m 1st Amelia Ames and had three children (Susan, Charles, Maria); m 2nd Kate E. LeValley (no children).
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