Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameDaniel Waldo Fenton
Birth17 Oct 1848, Delaware Co, OH
Census2 Jul 1850, Genoa, Delaware Co, OH
Memoroll#675, pg 115
Census20 Jul 1860, Camden, Hillsdale Co, MI
Memoroll#543, pg 539
Census11 Apr 1930, Reading, Hillsdale Co, MI
MemoED 22, pg 4
Death7 Jan 1938, Reading, Hillsdale Co, MI
Burial10 Jan 1938, Ray, Branch Co, IN
FatherDaniel Babcock Fenton (1819-1853)
MotherSusan Hall (1819-1848)
Misc. Notes
Went by both Daniel and Waldo.
In 1850 he was living with the family of his grandparents, Wm & Nancy Hall in Genoa, OH. His father is listed with the following family of his brother-in-law Lambert and (aunt) Catherine Fenton Hall, as a farmer (30, CT).
By 1860 his father had remarried and died, so Waldo (10, OH) was living with his widowed step-mother Jane Hall Fenton in Michigan along with his aunt, Lucy Hall.
He was married there to Harriet F. Thompson on 23 Sep 1874, and lived there the rest of his life.
He is listed in the University of Michigan alumni publication as:
Daniel Waldo Fenton, m'73-'75, M.D. (Detroit ) '76, d. at Reading, Mich., Jan. 8, 1938; aged 89.
In 1930 he is listed as a widowed physician (81, OH), living with the family if his daughter Hazel Schermerhorn.
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