Overview
| Name |
Worthy Luzerne Fenton Also known as: Worthy L Fenton, Worthy Fenton [2,3] | |
| Birth |
1862 [1,2,3,4] | Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA |
| Gender | Male | |
| Death |
31 AUG 1914 [4] | (Age 51) |
| Burial | [4] | Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Person ID | I2726 | |
| Last Modified | 24 Oct 2026 | |
Families
Family 1 - Family ID F880 - with Emma Fenton
| Wife | Emma Fenton , b. ABT 1857 , Illinois, USA |
| Children |
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Family 2 - Family ID F879 - with Emma Fenton
| Wife | Emma Fenton , b. ABT 1857 , Illinois, USA |
| Children |
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Family 3 - Family ID F878 - with Nellie G. Gilson
| Wife | Nellie G. Gilson , b. 18 APR 1866 , Boone, Illinois, United States , d. 21 AUG 1943 , Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 77 years) |
Family 4 - Family ID F877 - with Laura May Polhemus
| Wife | Laura May Polhemus , b. 1867 , Franklin, Iowa, United States |
| Children |
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Residences
| Residence |
1860 [1] | Dunham, Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, USA |
| Residence |
1880 [2] | Marengo, McHenry, Illinois, USA Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law |
Notes
| Note |
Emma J. Pease added as 1st wife of Worthy L. Fenton per e-mail from Colin Adams dated 01/19/2016 (shown below): My Fenton line for Worthy Luzerne Fenton shows that he was married three times. 1) Married 13 Dec 1875 to Emma J. Pease b. 03 Nov 1856 McHenry County, Illinois to d. 09 Nov 1917 Garden Pairie, Boone County, Illinois They had one child (My paternal Grandmother) Cora Fenton 02 b. Feb 1877 Marengo, McHenry County, Illinois to d. 26 Aug 1927 Shaw, Lincoln County, Colorado 2) Married Nov 1893 to Laura May Polhemus b. 06 Jul 1867 Gelmond, Wright County, Iowa. date & location of death is unknown They had two children: Plamer Fenton 1893 - 1900 & Henry Sherman Fenton b. 1893-1900 d. 1893-1900 (I suspect that Plamer was born AFTER Henry) Nellie was the EX-wife of Worthy's brother Norris Clinton Fenton. Norris had also been married to Eva Elizabeth Pease the sister of Worthy's first wife Emma J. Pease 3) Married 1908 to Nellie G. Gilson b. 18 Apr 1866 Boone County, Illinois to d. 21 Aug 1943 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania With regard to Cora Fenton; Her Death Certificate states that she died on 26 Aug 1927 in Shaw, Lincoln County, Colorado She is buried in the Arriba Cemetery, Arriba, Lincoln County, Colorado. Cora's Find A Grave record also lists a Elria E. Adams buried on the same date and in the same plot. This tends to substantiates a long held family belief that Cora died in child birth and the child's name was Elria. Cora was 50 years old when she died, which would be unusual for a woman of that age to be giving birth but it DOES HAPPEN. Child birth for a woman of that age and at that time in our history and living in a rural community would have been very difficult and most likely not attended by a physician. I have not yet obtained a Death Certificate for Elria. Worthy Fenton in household of Hamilton Pease, "United States Census, 1880" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVF-VTV "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXVF-VTV : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy Fenton in household of Hamilton Pease, Marengo, McHenry, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 142, sheet 202C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0228; FHL microfilm 1,254,228. Worthy Fenton in entry for Henry R. Adams and Cora Fenton, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJDL-DJM "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJDL-DJM : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy Fenton in entry for Henry R. Adams and Cora Fenton, 17 Apr 1894; citing HAMPTON, Franklin, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa. Worlhy Fenton in entry for Henry R. Adams and Cora Fenton, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJNP-RYZ "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJNP-RYZ : accessed 30 January 2016), Worlhy Fenton in entry for Henry R. Adams and Cora Fenton, 17 Apr 1894; citing Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,481,259. Worlhy Fenton in entry for Henry R. Adams and Cora Fenton, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4H-JSK "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KC4H-JSK : accessed 30 January 2016), Worlhy Fenton in entry for Henry R. Adams and Cora Fenton, 17 Apr 1894; citing Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa. Worlhy Fenton in entry for Henry R. Adams and Cora Fenton, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVMS-L2L "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVMS-L2L : accessed 30 January 2016), Worlhy Fenton in entry for Henry R. Adams and Cora Fenton, 17 Apr 1894; citing Hampton, reference 2:3KXMTG0; FHL microfilm 1,481,259. Worthy L Fenton, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDT9-7WY "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDT9-7WY : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy L Fenton, 31 Aug 1914; citing cn 21026, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,429,052. Worthy Fenton, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWN-WW9 "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCWN-WW9 : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy Fenton and Laura Palhemus, 29 Nov 1893; citing Wright County, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa. Worthy L Fenton, "United States Census, 1900" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KN-ZRL "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9KN-ZRL : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy L Fenton, Estherville Township Esterville city Ward 1-3, Emmet, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 10A, family 222, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,431. Worthy Fenton in household of Telman Fenton, "United States Census, 1860" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXC3-6T8 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXC3-6T8 : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy Fenton in entry for Telman Fenton, 1860. Worthy L. Fenton, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992" This extracted IGI record was used to create this person. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVMY-NKD "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVMY-NKD : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy L. Fenton and Laura May Polhemus, 30 Nov 1893; citing Belmond, Wright, Iowa, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,392,977. This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree. Worthy L. Fenton, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992" https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJPM-MSC "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJPM-MSC : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy L. Fenton and Laura May Polhemus, 30 Nov 1893; citing Belmond, Wright, Iowa, reference 2:3D0T7XC; FHL microfilm 1,392,977. Worthy L. Fenton, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJKC-H12 "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJKC-H12 : accessed 30 January 2016), Worthy L. Fenton and Laura May Polhemus, 30 Nov 1893; citing Belmond, Wright, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa. |
Sources
| 1 | 1860 United States Federal Census |
| 2 | 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Marengo, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: 228; Family History Film: 1254228; Page: 202C; Enumeration District: 142; Image: 0663 |
| 3 | Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 |
| 4 | U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current |