Gazlay Family History
Stephen Fenton
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 8 February 2013; Last Edited: 8 February 2013 |
| Person ID | 4921 |
| Name | Stephen Fenton |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 29 June 1791 in New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | to Mercy Myers4 |
| Married | to Lucinda Shumway4 |
| Married | 5 November 1829 to Philena Cutler4, 5 |
| Died | 11 May 1870 in Otsego County, New York4, 5 |
| Buried | in Burlington Flats Cemetery, Burlington Flats, Otsego County, New York6 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Mercy Myers |
| Born | 1787 |
| Married | to Stephen Fenton |
| Died | 13 July 1826 in Madison County, New York |
| Children | of Stephen Fenton and Mercy Myers: |
| +1. | Mary Ann Fenton |
| Born | 16 December 1817 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
| Married | 16 September 1842 in Richfield Springs, Otsego County, New York to John Levi Gustin |
| Spouse 2 | Lucinda Shumway |
| Born | ca. 1790 |
| Married | to Stephen Fenton |
| Died | 22 July 1829 |
| Children | of Stephen Fenton and Lucinda Shumway: |
| +1. | Melissa Fenton |
| Born | June 1828 in Chenango County, New York |
| Married | to Augustus Bush |
| Died | 5 May 1901 |
| +2. | Milo B. Fenton |
| Born | 16 June 1828 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York |
| Married | 28 December 1859 to Mary A. Clark |
| Married | ca. 1894 to Mary E. Metcalf (née Gould) |
| Died | 17 October 1911 in Utica, Oneida County, New York |
| +3. | Lucinda Fenton |
| Born | 22 July 1829 in Chenango County, New York |
| Married | 17 October 1847 in Brookfield, Madison County, New York to Edmund Wilcox |
| Married | 20 August 1861 in Goodhue County, Minnesota to Frederick R. Goodell |
| Married | 2 April 1870 in Utica, Oneida County, New York to John Burdwin Eaton |
| Spouse 3 | Philena Cutler (daughter of Joel Cutler and Lydia Boyden) |
| Born | 6 June 1799 in Madison County, New York |
| Married | 5 November 1829 to Stephen Fenton |
| Died | 19 May 1882 in Richfield, Otsego County, New York |
| Children | of Stephen Fenton and Philena Cutler: |
| +1. | Joel C. Fenton |
| Born | 2 January 1831 in Brookfield, Madison County, New York |
| Married | ca. 1868 to Cordelia H. Darling |
| Died | 27 May 1915 in Utica, Oneida County, New York |
| +2. | Charles Fenton |
| Born | 8 July 1832 in Chenango County, New York |
| Married | 1857 to Maria Furman |
| Died | 3 August 1864 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |
| +3. | Gilbert Morgan Fenton |
| Born | 7 October 1834 in Madison County, New York |
| Married | 27 August 1861 to Mary Jane Summers |
| +4. | Betsey Maria Fenton |
| Born | 8 March 1840 in Madison County, New York |
| Married | 6 February 1861 to Henry Leonard Lottridge |
| +5. | George Washington Fenton |
| Born | 20 July 1843 in Chenango County, New York |
| Married | 1 January 1866 to Emma Clarissa Loomis |
| 6. | Miles Alexander Fenton |
| Born | 7 August 1844 in Madison County, New York |
| Married | 21 August 1866 to Maria Furman |
Sources
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.]
- Illustrated History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, by John I. Knapp and R. I. Bonner. Times Printing Company, Adrian, Michigan, 1903. Available at Google Books. Biographical sketch of Charles F. Gustin.
- 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.
- Find a Grave (website). Burlington Flats Cemetery, Burlington Flats, Otsego County, New York; Stephen Fenton: born 1792; died May 17, 1870 [from record; the death date differs from at least one other record that indicates 11 May 1870; the record also indicates he was the husband of Philena Fenton, and that he died age 78 years].