Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Samuel Monroe Fenner

 

Samuel Monroe Fenner. Image courtesy of Richard Arthur Fenner.

Samuel Monroe Fenner. Image courtesy of Richard Arthur Fenner.

[b 16 Apr. 1824 at Woodstock, CT; d 24 Feb. 1886 at Woodstock, CT] Samuel Monroe Fenner m Mary Frances Warner [b 29 Dec. 1829 at Esmond, RI; d 22 Feb. 1917 at Woodstock Hill, CT] on 13 May 1849 at Woodstock, CT. She was the daughter of Thomas Warner and Amy Collins. Samuel was a store owner, merchant, and auctioneer. He was a member of the Connecticut Board of Education from 1861 to 1878 and member of the Connecticut state Senate, 14th Dtistrict, 1873 to 1874.

  1. Charles Monroe [b 22 April 1851 at Woodstock, CT; d 15 Dec. 1916 in NYC] m Ida Allen Morse [b 12 Oct. 1852 at Providence, RI; d 22 Jan. 1929 at Norwich, CT] on 10 June 1875, daughter of George Milton Morse and Melora Whitney. No children.

  2. Frank Warner [b ca. May 1853; d 21 Mar. 1935] m Lillian Bertha Stanton.

  3. Edward Delevan [b 9 Apr. 1855; d 8 Mar. 1905] m Adeline Lee Allen.

  4. Willis Adolphus [b 6 Oct. 1857; d 3 Apr. 1925] m Angela Theodora Howland.

  5. Mary Eva [b 6 Sept. 1859; d 7 Sept. 1942] m George Stanfield Heyworth.

  6. Annie Frances [b 8 Oct. 1864 at Woodstock, CT; d 15 Jan. 1935] m Frederick C. Raymond [b Apr. 1857 in Nova Scotia] on 10 Dec. 1885, son of Thomas C. Piper and Lydia C. Raymond. They had Frederick Lionel Raymond [b 16 Dec. 1886].

  7. Carrie M. [b 8 July 1865 at Woodstock, CT; d 8 May 1958].

  8. Bessie Maud [b 8 May 1867 at Woodstock, CT; d 6 July 1956 at Providence, RI] m John Stobie Reid [b 4 Sept. 1854 in Scotland; d 29 Aug. 1917 at Providence, RI] on 8 June 1892 in RI, son of John Reid and Mary Ann Stobie. They had Jean Callender [1893–1980], Alexander [b ca. 1896; d aft. 1919], and John [1898–1990].

  9. Frederick Selden [b 13 Oct. 1868 in Woodstock, CT; d 8 May 1949] m 1st Ada Elizabeth Jones [b Sept. 1869 in NY; d 11 Apr. 1904 in RI], daughter of Edwin F. Jones and Annie E. Resler, on 10 Mar. 1890 at Pawtucket, RI]. He m 2nd Florence Hopkins [b 4 Mar. 1875 in RI], daughter of Alonzo and Mary J. Hopkins, on 4 Mar. 1908 at Providence, RI.

  10. Cassie A. [b 26 Nov. 1869 at Woodstock, CT; d Feb. 1968 at Worcester, MA] m William B. Carter [b Aug. 1873 in RI] on 16 Sept. 1898 at Providence, RI. No children.

Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Richard | Jeremiah | Joseph | Samuel | Samuel

Sources:
1. Emails from Richard Arthur Fenner to Chris Fenner, 29 Nov. 2003, 4 Jan. 2021.
2. Martha Benns, Notes on the Fenner Family of R.I. (1941), p. 62. Martha shows Mary’s birth place as Smithfield and her death as 27 Feb. 1917.
3. Samuel’s memorial at FindaGrave, no. 25959782