History of Winchester, (Adams County) Ohio United States of America

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A Biography of Lucien Jerome Fenton

Lucien Jerome Fenton, representative, was born near Winchester, Ohio, May 7, 1844; son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Smith) Fenton; grandson of Jeremiah and Roeanna (Lawrence) Fenton, and of Barnabas and Elizabeth (Rees) Smith. His first ancestor in America was Samuel Fenton. He attended the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, and the Ohio university at Athens. On Aug. 11, 1862, he enlisted in the 91st Ohio regiment and served until disabled by a gunshot wound at the battle of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. He held various offices in the town and county, and in 1880 was appointed to a position in the custom house at New Orleans, La. In 1884 he organized the Winchester (Ohio) bank. He was appointed a trustee of Ohio university in 1892, and in the same year was a delegate to the Republican national convention. He was a Republican representative from the 10th district of Ohio in the 54th and 55th congresses, 1895-99.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor