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Family HistoryFamily History - Sylvanus Ward Thomas


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 Sylvanus Ward Thomas and two of his descendants down to the third generation.


First Generation
1. Sylvanus Ward Thomas,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Sylvanus married Sarah Ann Marcy (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Sylvanus Ward Thomas and Sarah Ann Marcy:

+2i. Sarah Bertha Thomas, born 16 February 1861. Married Frank George Fenton.

Second and Third Generations
2. Sarah Bertha Thomas2 (Sylvanus1), born 16 February 1861.1 Sarah married, 2 November 1892, Frank George Fenton1 (born 13 March 1867 in Otsego County, New York, the son of George Washington Fenton and Emma Clarissa Loomis1, 2, 3).

Child of Sarah Bertha McLaughlin (née Thomas) and Frank George Fenton:

 3i. Florence Fern Fenton, born 17 June 1895.1

  1. 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.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Otsego County, Burlington, Enumeration District 92, Page No. 17A and B; family of George W. Fenton (35, New York, farmer); wife Emma C. Fenton (36, New York); son Frankie G. Fenton (13, New York); son Charles S. Fenton (10, New York); son Arthello L. Fenton (7, New York); daughter Aouda E. Fenton (2, New York); border Philena Fenton (82, New York).
  3. New York State Census, 1875, Otsego County, Town of Burlington, Page 16, family of George Fenton (32, Chenango, farmer); wife Emma Fenton (33, Otsego); son Franky Fenton (8, Otsego); son Charles Fenton (5, Otsego); son Arthur L. Fenton (1 11/12, Otsego); mother Filena Fenton (75, Madison, widow).