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John T Fennell
JOHN T. FENNELL, who is engaged in mining in Bethel township, Armstrong
county, has lived in the county all his life, having been born Sept. 23, 1873,
in Manor township, son of George Fennell. He has had his home in Bethel
township from an early age.Mr. Fennell�s great-grandfather came to Indiana county, Pa., from Germany
with his wife and family. His son George was a resident of Indiana and
Westmoreland county.George Fennell, son of George, married Mary J. Keeler, who was born at
Blanket Hill, Armstrong county, and died in 1896, aged 67. Mr. Fennell resides
at Pattonville, with his daughter Melissa. They had a family of nine children,
five sons and four daughters, namely: William is deceased; Anthony is a
resident of Montgomeryville, Armstrong county; George A., merchant and farmer,
lives in Bethel township; Melissa married John Bryan, a merchant, of Manor
township (who is a near relation of William J. Bryan, the “great
commoner”), and they have a family of five children, four sons and one
daughter; May married John Bennett, of Pittsburgh and has five children, four
sons and one daughter, Aubrey, Elsie, Arlie, Clifford and Rex; Nancy, who
married Daniel Klingensmith, died in 1890, leaving two children, Nettie and
Clarence; Bertha married William Bryan (brother of John, her sister Melissa�s
husband), and they had two children, May and Ruth, the latter dying when two
years old; John T. is mentioned below; Arthur Gordon, who lives in Bethel
township married Clara Klingensmith, and has three children, Grace, Ralph and
Ruby.John T. Fennell was educated in the common schools. He has been engaged in
mining and as a carpenter, blacksmith and bricklayer at the coal mines, being
at present in the employ of the Raridan & East Brady Coal Company.On May 5, 1898, John T. Fennell was married to Flora Booher, of Armstrong
county, daughter of Joseph and Emma (Wilson) Booher, and six children have
been born to this union: Mervyn, born April 15, 1899; Clarence, born Aug. 20,
1901; Orin, born Oct. 2, 1904; Wyley, born June 11, 1907; Hilary, born March
7, 1910; and Lloyd S., born July 6, 1912.Mr. and Mrs. Fennell are Baptists in religious connection, members of the
Homewood Church. Mr. Fennell was a member of White Rock Lodge, No. 979,
I.O.O.F. in politics he is a Republican.Source: Pages 767-768 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by Kathy Zagorac for the Armstrong County Beers
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