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Family HistoryFamily History - Gilbert Morgan 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 Gilbert Morgan Fenton and one of his descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Gilbert Morgan Fenton,1 born 7 October 1834 in Madison County, New York, the son of Stephen Fenton and Philena Cutler.1, 2, 3, 4 Gilbert married, 27 August 1861, Mary Jane Summers4 (born 24 February 1843, parents not determined4).

Child of Gilbert Morgan Fenton and Mary Jane Summers:

+2i. Flora May Fenton, born 10 July 1865. Married Frank Snyder.

  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 Milo B. Fenton (32, NY, farmer); Mary A. Fenton (25, NY); Joel C. Fenton (28, NY, farmer); Gilbert Fenton (25, NY). [They are living next door to their father Stephen Fenton and his family.]
  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.
Second Generation
2. Flora May Fenton2 (Gilbert1), born 10 July 1865.1 Flora married, 7 March 1889, Frank Snyder1 (born 9 July 1866, the son of Dr. Horace Snyder and Lucinda Casler1).

  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.