Wayne County Biographies



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Jacob Fender

Jacob Fender was born in North Carolina in 1806, the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Lang) Fender, natives of North Carolina, his father born in 1787, and his mother in 1789. In October, 1811, his parents came to Wayne County, Ind., and settled in the southern part of the county, in what is now Union County. In 1814 they removed to what is now Abington Township, and entered 100 acres of land and built a log cabin. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and zealous workers in the church. Their house was used for worship before a church was built. They had a family of eleven children — Jonathan, Gabriel, Susannah, Jacob, Littleton, Sarah, John H., Lydia, Sophia, Mary Ann, and Henry L. Our subject was the fourth child. He was married in 1829 to Betsey Ann, daughter of Elijah Holland, a native of Wayne County, Ind., born in 1811. After his marriage he bought 120 acres of land in Abington Township, where he still resides. He is of a generous and obliging disposition and has assisted many in financial embarrassment, who have taken advantage of his generosity, thus defrauding him of large sums of money. Mr. and Mrs. Fender have had one son — Laban L., who died in his twenty-third year, leaving one child — Celia. She married H. P. Jarrett, and still resides with her grandparents. They have an adopted daughter — Ada Moore.

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