William Taylor Fenton, Jr. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The following obituary is in my possession. I found it in a book owned by my grandfather, Arthur Millican Fenton, who named his oldest child William Taylor Fenton after his deceased brother. Obituary from 1905 newspaper in Boone County, Indiana. TAYLOR FENTON DEAD. Taylor Fenton, a former resident of Lebanon, died yesterday in a Chicago hospital, of diabetes. Mr. Fenton was employed in Charles Rushton's drug store here at one time and later moved to Elkhart when Mr. Rushton located there. Upon Mr. Rushton's death Mr. Fenton became proprietor of the store at Elkhart. Mr. Fenton was the son of W. T. Fenton residing north of Lebanon. He was also a brother of Arthur Fenton, who is now located in the South. The father of the deceased and also Frank Caldwell and William Fenton left yesterday for Chicago but arrived some time after Taylor's death. Arthur Fenton was also notified and is on his way north. The deceased was about twenty-seven years of age and leaves a widow and one child. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Valparaiso the former home of Mrs. Fenton. W. S. Ritchie and wife left today to attend the funeral. --------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. --------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Copyright 2000 Doris Falkenheiner 23 Mar 2000 12:00 PM