John Fenton b. Abt 1798 Virginia d. 10 Nov 1853 Kirkville, Wapello County, Iowa

Abt 1798 - 1853 (~ 55 years)

Name	John Fenton [1]
Born	Abt 1798	Virginia [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Occupation	23 Nov 1850	District 13, Wapello County, Iowa [2]
Occupation	Farmer
Died	10 Nov 1853	Kirkville, Wapello County, Iowa [3]
Buried	Westview Cemetery, Kirkville, Iowa [3]
Person ID	I5666	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Father	E. Fenton
Relationship	Natural
Mother	S.
Relationship	Natural
Family ID	F1928	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Lucinda Kirkpatrick, b. 11 Apr 1813, Guernsey County, Ohio , d. 23 Jan 1891, Butler, Bates County, Missouri (Age 77 years)

Married 12 Nov 1829 Guernsey County, Ohio [3]

Children

	1. Angelina Fenton, b. Abt 1844, Vermillion County, Indiana , d. Poss. Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California [Natural]
	2. John Henry Fenton, b. 24 Nov 1836, Illinois , d. 14 Feb 1908, Sylvia, Reno County, Kansas (Age 71 years) [Natural]
	3. Martha A Fenton, b. 07 Oct 1838, Vermillion County, Indiana , d. 28 Mar 1924, Neosho Falls, Woodson County, Kansas (Age 85 years) [Natural]
	4. Margaret Isabelle Fenton, b. 20 Jan 1848, Wapello County, Iowa , d. 19 Jul 1906, Winterset, Madison County, Iowa (Age 58 years) [Natural]
	5. Alexander F Fenton, b. Sep 1852, Wapello County, Iowa [Natural]
	6. Fletcher A Fenton, b. 1854, Wapello County, Iowa , d. Yes, date unknown [Natural]
	7. Sarah Jane Fenton, b. Abt 1830, Guernsey County, Ohio , d. Between Jun 1880 and Sep 1883, Clackamas County, Oregon (Age ~ 50 years) [Natural]
	8. Thomas Fenton, b. 22 Mar 1832, Guernsey County, Ohio , d. 15 Mar 1901, Shawnee Township, Bates County, Missouri (Age 68 years) [Natural]
	9. Mary H Fenton, b. 12 Aug 1833, Guernsey County, Ohio , d. 09 Mar 1907, Cleo, Wayne County, Iowa (Age 73 years) [Natural]
	10. Emilina Fenton, b. 06 Nov 1846, Wapello County, Iowa , d. 18 Feb 1907, Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado (Age 60 years) [Natural]
	11. Emma Jane Fenton, b. 06 Nov 1846, Wapello County, Iowa , d. 01 May 1920, Wapello County, Iowa (Age 73 years) [Natural]
	12. Hannah Fenton, b. 19 Nov 1840, Vermillion County, Indiana , d. 28 Jan 1887, Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado (Age 46 years) [Natural]
	13. Eliza Fenton, b. Abt 1843, Indiana , d. 1910, Shawnee Township, Bates County, Missouri (Age ~ 67 years) [Natural]

Family ID F1927 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - Abt 1798 - Virginia
	Married - 12 Nov 1829 - Guernsey County, Ohio
	Occupation - Farmer - 23 Nov 1850 - District 13, Wapello County, Iowa
	Died - 10 Nov 1853 - Kirkville, Wapello County, Iowa
	Buried - - Westview Cemetery, Kirkville, Iowa

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Documents
Wapello County 1850 Federal Census (fenton)

Notes

# From Margery Jones website
The following was sent to David Fenton, from Jo Emblen, and then to me.
I am researching the Fenton family and I recently came across a letter
written on March 06, 1829. from John Fenton who was my great great
grandfather, to Elizabeth (Fenton) Fackler, wife of Samuel Fackler: At the time of the letter Enos Jones and Rebecca Fenton Jones were living in Muskingum Co., Ohio. Enos's first marriage was to Rebecca's sister Matilda Fenton. She died and he married Rebecca.
"March 6, 1829
dear sister I now take my pen to write to you let you know that I arived at Enos Jonses on the 24 of February. was with greate difaculty that I got hear as since it was the couldest weather I every experienced in my life as I was aleven days and a half coming out to Enoses. I found them both well I was but three days in the state of ohio til I was invited to aqulton. the people is very firendly hear tha air all irish Just from Ireland. I haven't got to work yet I have some notion to go to Sincanata. I am helping Enos to make shugar we made about 6 pounds of shugar it was butiful. I was at a fox hunt their was about five hundred people out that day and we caut two foxes we saw five but got but two. John Peterson is going to move away to the warbash at the mouth of sepacanic river. he wrote to Enos to cum and go with him. Enos had a notion to go but giv out the notion. John Peterson intends to start the tenth of this month the land is vr rich in this county. tell Daniel that if he wants to live well with out working hard to come out hear as quick as he can cum he can live beter onr half the work that he can their one aker will bring as much hear as three will thair. the hiest hill hear is richer than the river boums thair. tell Michael that
blacksmith busines is not very good hear wont give money work it is much
beter thair for blacksmith busines. taning buisnes is good hear tell Daniel that he can get fifteen dollars per month for working at the taning bisnes in saint clearsville or Fairvue airyone. Daniel mite due very well in this cuntry or any other poorman. I like what litle I have seene of it. tell Franklin keep my money till I come for it myself or send for it. if I should live perhaps I may be in after a while. I cant tell when for it is along road. I never will undertake to walk such a distance again tho I had the plesher of riding three days thir was a gentleman aleding a horse and he let me ride him three days. I had come thru winchester on acont of the waters I staid at unkle Benjmins one weak. unkle Benjmin wnted me to star theair badly but I told him I would not stay til I got to the sate of ohio. Enos has moved to James Pakcs place about a half a mile from whear he usto live he livs in a wooden cuntry he can cut a tree half a mile from his hous and it will rech at the hous for the tree is to tal that tha will reach nerly a half a mile.
That is all the objection I have aganst farming in this cuntry they deding the trees and it is very danopus to plow whn the wind blws. I saw a tree acrss hollow and I walked across it about thirty foot brance of watr that run under it I am afrade I am taking up to much room riting about the tall timber. Rebeca is fater than she evr was but her child is very un well at this time. Enos and Rebeca both well old shep is fater than I ever saw hur it is a good time to make shugr every body making sugr as hard as tha can people think more of home made shugar than we did of lofe shugr I must tell you how some of the woman talks hare their was an old woman said that she had the belly ake and she was frade as death that it would turn the skiters. I must conclud and bring my leter
to a close giving my love to mother and father and Poly and Philip Franklin and all the rest of them and all ohter inquiring friends, you must excue my bad writing for I am in hast I want you to rite as sune as sune as you receive this leter if you dont write sune I will not be hear to hear from you and I should like to hear from you before I leave this county so I have not any more at prsant bu remain your brother until death John Fenton"

Enos Jones and his wife Rebecca Fenton, moved next door to Guernsey Co., where they both lived the remainder of their lives.

John Fenton was married to Lucinda Kirkpatrick in Guernsey Co., Ohio in November of that same year 1829, and moved to Indiana and then to Wapello County, Iowa.

The depositions of John Fenton, Enoch Fenton, Jr., Enos Jones and Rebecca Jones in the Fackler-Fenton lawsuit were taken on May 1 & 2, 1834 in Middletown, Guernsey Co., Ohio at the residence of Henry Kirkpatrick.

Born:

# Abt 1798 Virginia
Census

# 1798 in VIRGINIA
desc of alex kirkpatrick

Sources

[S278] Find-A-Grave record for Hannah Fenton Pike, David Fenton, (Name: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=1115512&GRid=6218615&;).
[S116] Government Census Records, 1850 Federal Census (Reliability: 3).
[S134] Descendants of ALEXANDER B. KIRKPATRICK, Margery Grace Jones, (Name: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/n/Margery-G-Jones/GENE5-0004.html#CHILD19;).