Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameErvin P. Fenton 
Birth28 Feb 1875, Sibley, Osceola Co, IA
Census1880, Clay Center, Clay Co, KS
Memoroll#376, pg 23
Census1 Mar 1885, Exeter, Clay Co, KS
Memoroll KS1885_22, line 4 (KS State census)
Military16 Mar 1898, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY
MemoBattery K, 7th Reg’t US Artillery
Census1900, Fort Schuyler, New York Harbor, NY
Memoroll# , ED 1104, sht 1
Death23 Oct 1913, Johnson City, Washington Co, TN
Memoat National Soldier’s Home
BurialMountain Home Nat’l Cem, Johnson City, Washington Co, TN
MemoPlot: G, 7, 23
FatherCharles W. Fenton (1833-1907)
MotherLuana Adelia Hill (1842-1882)
Misc. Notes
His name is also commonly listed as Irvin, Erwin and Irving, then Ervin on his headstone.
In 1885, he is listed at age 10 with the family of Wm H. Shaffen and wife Rachel on their farm.
Prior to his enlistment, he was living in Clarenceville, NY where he returned following his service.
He enlisted with Battery Co K, 7th Reg’t of the US Artillery on 16 Mar 1898 in Brooklyn NY, during the Spanish American War. This became the 80th Co US Coast Artillery in Feb 1901 and he was subsequently discharged at the rank of Sgt on 15 Mar 1901 from Fort Schuyler NY.
The 1900 census lists him with the artillery at Fort Schuyler in New York Harbor.
He reenlisted on 16 Mar 1901 in the same Co. at Fort Schuyler, NY where he served until his discharge 15 Mar 1904 at the rank of Quarter Master Sgt.
He reenlisted 11 Apr 1904 at Kansas City, MO in Co G 15th US Infantry and was in a hospital with pneumonia in San Francisco shortly thereafter. He was discharged 31 July 1905 as a Sgt from the Presidio of Monterey, CA.
He reenlisted on 1 Aug 1905 at the Presidio of Monterey, CA in the same Co and was discharged 31 July 1908 as a Sgt at Fort Douglass, Utah.
He returned home to New York and lived at 147 Henry St, Brooklyn NY until 16 Nov 1912 when he entered the Metropolitan Hospital of NY. This is corroborated by his being listed there in his grandfather’s will in 1909. He was later moved to the National Soldier’s Home, Johnson City, Washington Co, Tenn. on 28 Mar 1913.
He subsequently filed for an Invalid Pension on 7 Apr 1913, while in the National Soldier’s Home hospital (File# 1409262). He originally filed on the basis of partial deafness due to firing of the guns, a hernia resulting from appendicitis surgery at the site of the scar, and “bad lungs and a cough”. His lawyer petitioned for expedition of the case due to his serious medical condition on 17 Oct 1913, and it was approved a week later on October 23rd - the day he died of tuberculosis.
He was described as 5’ 9 3/4” tall, 118 lbs, blue eyes, light brown hair, fair complexion.
In 1885, he is listed at age 10 with the family of Wm H. Shaffen and wife Rachel on their farm.
Prior to his enlistment, he was living in Clarenceville, NY where he returned following his service.
He enlisted with Battery Co K, 7th Reg’t of the US Artillery on 16 Mar 1898 in Brooklyn NY, during the Spanish American War. This became the 80th Co US Coast Artillery in Feb 1901 and he was subsequently discharged at the rank of Sgt on 15 Mar 1901 from Fort Schuyler NY.
The 1900 census lists him with the artillery at Fort Schuyler in New York Harbor.
He reenlisted on 16 Mar 1901 in the same Co. at Fort Schuyler, NY where he served until his discharge 15 Mar 1904 at the rank of Quarter Master Sgt.
He reenlisted 11 Apr 1904 at Kansas City, MO in Co G 15th US Infantry and was in a hospital with pneumonia in San Francisco shortly thereafter. He was discharged 31 July 1905 as a Sgt from the Presidio of Monterey, CA.
He reenlisted on 1 Aug 1905 at the Presidio of Monterey, CA in the same Co and was discharged 31 July 1908 as a Sgt at Fort Douglass, Utah.
He returned home to New York and lived at 147 Henry St, Brooklyn NY until 16 Nov 1912 when he entered the Metropolitan Hospital of NY. This is corroborated by his being listed there in his grandfather’s will in 1909. He was later moved to the National Soldier’s Home, Johnson City, Washington Co, Tenn. on 28 Mar 1913.
He subsequently filed for an Invalid Pension on 7 Apr 1913, while in the National Soldier’s Home hospital (File# 1409262). He originally filed on the basis of partial deafness due to firing of the guns, a hernia resulting from appendicitis surgery at the site of the scar, and “bad lungs and a cough”. His lawyer petitioned for expedition of the case due to his serious medical condition on 17 Oct 1913, and it was approved a week later on October 23rd - the day he died of tuberculosis.
He was described as 5’ 9 3/4” tall, 118 lbs, blue eyes, light brown hair, fair complexion.