Samuel W. FENIX

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Happy WHITNEY

(1) Record of Marriage, Vital Records of Phillips, ME.

  1. Mary Ann FENIX
  2. Hannah Eliza FENIX
  3. Sarah Jane FENIX
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Notes

Updated January 25, 2016. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Record of Marriage, Vital Records of Phillips, ME

- "Samuel W. FENNIX and Happy WHITNEY, both of Phillips, May 18, 1821. Intention of marriage given 14 days prior to this date."

(2) 1850 United States Census Maine, Penobscot Co., Town of Etna: August 25, 1850.

Samuel PHINX is married to Happy [WHITNEY] PHINX. He is 51 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $300, and born in Maine.

(3) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Penobscot Co., Plymouth (Plymouth Post Office): Page 17, June 7, 1860.

Samuel FENOX is head of household, married to Hepsey [WHITNEY] FENOX. He is 61 years old, an Inn holder (?) with real estate valued at $1,500 and personal estate valued at $400), and was born in Maine.

(4) U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists via Ancestry.com

- 1863 (May 4): Maine, District 4; FENIX Samuel W., Plymouth, Hotel 8th Class, $5
- 1864 (May 2): Maine, District 4; FENIX Samuel W., Plymouth, Hotel 8th Class, $5
- 1864 (Aug 31): Maine, District 4; FENIX Samuel W., Plymouth, Hotel 8th Class, $10
- 1865 (May 20): Maine, District 4; FENIX Samuel W., Plymouth, Hotel, $10

(5) 1870 United States Census for Maine, Cumberland Co., Westbrook: page 139; July 28, 1870.

Samuel FENIX is head of household, married to Happy [WHITNEY] FENIX. He is 71 years old, a Laborer with real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $500, and was born in Maine. He is eligible to vote.

(6) Maine, Death Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Samuel W. FENIX
- Place of Death: Deering
- Age: 82 Years
- Date of Death: 1880, May, 25
- Cause of Death: Disease of Heart
- Name of Cemetery: Evergreen
- Undertaker: N. W. MORSE
- Source: City Clerk's Office, Portland

(7) Samuel W. FENIX via Find a Grave

- Name: Samuel W. FENIX
- Birth: Jan. 7, 1799
- Death: May 25, 1880
- Burial: Evergreen Cemetery; Portland. Cumberland County, Maine, USA
- Plot: Sec-Q Lot-130 Grv-5

(8) Whitney Research Group.

"Happy WHITNEY m. 18 May 1821, Phillips, ME, Samuel Wilson PHOENIX. They resided in Madrid and Plymouth, ME and had four children, two of whom died young."

(9) The History of Gorham Maine, by Hugh D. McLellan, Picton Press, Camden, ME (originally published 1903 by Smith & Sale, Portland, ME), 1992. Page 834.

- of Phillips Maine
- This source spell his surname PHOENIX

(10) Our Pioneering Families, Genealogies of Whitney, Groathouse and Lignitz, researched and compiled by Vivian Gail Morrow Wade, Dec. 1986, first edition. Self-published manuscript available at DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 66.

- This source spells his surname FINIX