The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ed there. His last appearance in pub-lic was on the occasion of a memorial service heldon the occasion of Gen. Grants funeral. Mr. Fen-ton was twice married. His first wife was Jan
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ed there. His last appearance in pub-lic was on the occasion of a memorial service heldon the occasion of Gen. Grants funeral. Mr. Fen-ton was twice married. His first wife was Jane,daughter of John Frew. She lived but two yearsafter their marriage, dying in 1840. On June 14,1844, he married Elizabeth Scudder, born atVictor, Ontario Co., N. Y., and daughter of JoelScudder, who survived her By this unionhe had three children: Josephine, now Mrs. FrankEdward Gifford; Jeannette, now Mrs. Albert Gil-bert, Jr., and Reuben E. Fenton. His death wassudden and unexpected. He was president of theFirst National Bank of Jamestown, and on the after-noon of the day of his death he visited the bank,as was his habit, and seated himself in his accus-tomed seat in the directors room. He was readinga letter, when he was suddenly stricken with Fentons loss was viewed by his fellow-citizensin Jamestown as a personal bereavement, whilethroughout the state and the Union there was a gen-. eral exp-ession of grief and regret on the part of thepublic. He died Aug. 24, 1885. HOFFMAN, John Thompson, governor ofNew York (1869-73), was born at Sing Sing, N. Y.,Jan. 10, 1828. His grandfather, Philip LivingstonHoffman, a resident of Columbia county, was ed-ucated for the bar. He married Helena Kassam,and his son, Adrian Kassam Hoffman, was thefather of John T. Hoffman. Later the family removedto Montgomery county and Adrian K. Hoffmanstudied medicine and took hisdegree. He married the daugh-ter of Dr. John Thompson, ofSaratoga county, and removed toWestchester cou
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