Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameOrrin B. Fenton 
Birth1824, Connecticut
Census10 Sep 1850, Danville, Hendricks Co, IN
Memoroll#150, pg 136
Census5 Jun 1860, Northwest Twp, Williams Co, OH
Memoroll#1052, pg 1
Census3 Aug 1870, Camden, Hillsdale Co, MI
Memoroll#673, pg 265
Census15 Jun 1880, York Twp, Steuben Co, IN
Memoroll#312, pg 409
Death21 Nov 1889, Eugene, Lane Co, OR
BurialEugene Pioneer Cem, Eugene, Lane Co, OR
MemoPlot 54
OccupationCarpenter
FatherElijah Anderson Fenton (1790-1856)
MotherJerusha Babcock (1791-1852)
Misc. Notes
He is listed as a carpenter (26, MA) with his new wife, Sarah H. McLogue and her family in 1850 Indiana census. It notes that he was married within the year. She had 3 daughters and 1 son, but died before 1860, and he was married a 2nd time to Celestica Myers.
Listed in 1860 Ohio census as O. B. Fenton (33, CT) a carpenter, with his wife Selista Myers (20, OH) and 8 month old dau, Clara. Still living in Williams Co, Ohio in 1867.
By 1870 he had moved to Michigan and was a farmer (45, CT) with his wife Celestia (29, OH) and their children Clara E. (10, OH), Orilla (8, OH), Edd (6, OH), Polly (4, OH), and Edith (6 mos, MI).
In 1880 he had moved back to Indiana, still listed as a farmer (53, CT), wife Celestia (42, OH) and children Clara (28, OH), William H. (27, OH), Orilla (18, OH), Ed (15, OH), Olivia (13, OH), Edith (9, MI), Minnie (8, MI), Fred (6, OH), and Elnora (4, MI). It is hard to understand where Wm came from, or whether he might be Clara's husband with the wrong surname listed.
Listed in 1860 Ohio census as O. B. Fenton (33, CT) a carpenter, with his wife Selista Myers (20, OH) and 8 month old dau, Clara. Still living in Williams Co, Ohio in 1867.
By 1870 he had moved to Michigan and was a farmer (45, CT) with his wife Celestia (29, OH) and their children Clara E. (10, OH), Orilla (8, OH), Edd (6, OH), Polly (4, OH), and Edith (6 mos, MI).
In 1880 he had moved back to Indiana, still listed as a farmer (53, CT), wife Celestia (42, OH) and children Clara (28, OH), William H. (27, OH), Orilla (18, OH), Ed (15, OH), Olivia (13, OH), Edith (9, MI), Minnie (8, MI), Fred (6, OH), and Elnora (4, MI). It is hard to understand where Wm came from, or whether he might be Clara's husband with the wrong surname listed.