Wayne County Biographies



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H. L. Fender

H. L. Fender was born on the farm where he now resides, in 1827, a son of Henry Fender, a native of North Carolina, who settled in Wayne County in 1811. He was reared a farmer, receiving a limited education in the district schools. He now owns eighty-five acres of well-improved land, adjoining the village of Abington. He at one time owned 265 acres of land, and is one of the most substantial business men of the township. Politically he is a Republican. He has served his township as Trustee four terms. He was married in 1848 to C. J., daughter of William Jarrett, an old settler of the county. They have had four children, but two living — Milburn L. and John F. Martha A. died Oct. 26, 1865, aged eight years, and Mary E., Feb. 9, 1871, aged eighteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Fender are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and take an active interest in all matters pertaining to Christianity.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2