Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Leon Nelson Fenner


[b 20 May 1912; d 15 June 1987 at Coldwater, MI] On 5 Mar. 1933, Leon Nelson Fenner m 1st Marion Horton [b 26 May 1918; d 26 Nov. 1958], daughter of Ira Horton and Alma White. He and Marion lived in Coldwater, MI. She died unexpectedly at home after being ill for several months. After Marion’s death, Leon m 2nd Maxine Smith. At his retirement in 1974, Leon had been a crane operator for Union Construction Company in Jackon, MI, and he had been a member of the Michigan National Guard.

Children by Marion Horton:

  1. Leona May [b 2 Jan. 1935 at Sherwood, MI; d June 1937].

  2. Ruth Marie [b 25 Feb. 1936] m Remus Rigg. 

  3. Reta Joyce [b 7 June 1938] m Langden Craddock. 

  4. Florence Ann “Peggy” [b 21 June 1941] m William Jahnke. 

Ruth & Reta, ca. 1940.

Leon & Marion, 1950s.

Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Thomas | Daniel | Thomas | William | Nathaniel | Collins | Corydon | Nelson | Leon

Sources:
1. Eva Fenner, Notes, 523. Information from Reta Joyce Fenner.
2. Eva Fenner. Notes, 1039. Letter to Eva Fenner from Mabel Maakestad, dated 22 Dec. 1963.