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Family HistoryFamily History - Miles Alexander Fenton


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Miles Alexander Fenton and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Miles Alexander Fenton,1 born 7 August 1844 in Madison County, New York, the son of Stephen Fenton and Philena Cutler.1, 2, 3, 4 Miles married, 21 August 1866, Maria Furman4 (born ____, the daughter of Daniel Furman and Melinda Thayer).

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Otsego County, Town of Richfield, Page 83, family of Stephen Fenton (58, NY, farmer); Philena Fenton (51, NY); Joel Fenton (19, NY, farmer); Melissa Fenton (22, NY); Charles Fenton (18, NY, farmer); Gilbert Fenton (16, NY, farmer); Betsey Fenton (10, NY); George Fenton (7, NY); Miles Fenton (6, NY).
  2. New York State Census, 1855, Otsego County, Richfield, family of Stephen Fenton (62, Rensselaer, farmer); wife Philena Fenton (55, Chenango); son Joel Fenton (24, Chenango, farmer); daughter Malissa Fenton (26, Chenango); son Charles Fenton (22, Chenango, farmer); son Guilford [sic, Gilbert] Fenton (20, Madison, farmer); daughter Maria Fenton (15, Madison); son George Fenton (11, Madison); son Miles Fenton (10, Madison).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Otsego County, Richfield, family of Stephen Fenton (68, NY, farmer); Philena Fenton (61, NY); Miles Fenton (15, NY, farmer); George Fenton (16, NY). [They are living next door to Stephen’s son Milo, his wife, and two other sons, Joel and Gilbert.]
  4. Barber Genealogy (in Two Sections), Published by John Barber White, Edited by Lillian May Wilson, Haverhill, Mass., Press of the Nichols Print, 1909. Available at archive.com; Pages 611, 620-621, 637-639.