Fenton, Otis J.

FENTON

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 12:52:35

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.709

FENTON, OTIS J., Pottery, Palmyra; born in Ohio in 1840, Sept. 26th; when five years old his parents emigrated to St. Joe county, Ind., where he enlisted in Co. C, 12th Michigan Volunteers, Oct. 4, 1861, and served two years, then re-enlisted at Little Rock, Ark., for three years longer; he was mustered out at Camden, Ark., Feb. 1866, after four years service, and discharged at Jackson, Mich., March 6, 1866; after the war he returned to his native State, and settled in Laporte county; came to this county in Oct. 1869; he was married in New Buffalo, Mich., Feb. 21, 1864, to Miss Lucretia P. Hinman, of Berrien county, that State; they have one son: Charlie Glenn; and six deceased; Mr. Fenton was raised on a farm, and has followed farming as an occupation most of the time.