Prudence (Fenner) Fairchild (1797 - 1895)

Born 25 Mar 1797 in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua Moroni Fairchild Jr — married 1827 (to 1837) in New York, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1895 at age 98 in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, USA

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Biography

Daughter of Boen Fenner and Betsy Kinyon.

Wife of Aldric Kinyon, Joshua Moroni Fairchild, Stephen Markham.

Prudence Kinyon Fenner was born the 26th of March 1799 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, the youngest of six children, daughter of Betsy Kinyon and Boen Fenner. Little is known of Prudence during her younger years. Her first marriage was to Aldric Kinyon. Divorce or separation unknown, but about 1827 she married Joshua Fairchild Jr. in Ohio. Joshua Fairchild, Jr. married a third time to Prudence Fenner, a Mormon widow with two children. "We lived together eight or ten years and were blessed with three children." Their first child was born in 1828 in Marion, Ohio and named Elizabeth (Betsy).

In 1831, Joshua and Prudence went with a group to northwest Missouri. Two sons were born to them: Alma and Moroni were born in Clay County, Missouri in 1833 and 1835 respectively. Moroni was "baptized by Judge Higby in the Mississippi River 1843 in the city of Nauvoo, Ill. Later they moved with their parents, Joshua Fairchild and Prudence Fenner to Jackson County Missouri. The Fairchilds were in Nauvoo, Illinois and had worked for the Prophet, Joseph Smith and his wife Emma until they were driven out by the mob. In about 1837, Joshua and Prudence parted. We doubt there was a divorce because Joshua states in a letter: "We lived together for eight or ten years, then due to a disagreement we parted."

Prudence met Stephen Markham and they were wed and sealed in Nauvoo, Illinois the 30th of January 1846. They lived together only a short time and they parted also. She came west with the 6th Company of Mormons under Captain David Wood in 1852, bringing her children with her, and settled in Grantsville, Utah. She had dropped the name Markham and went by the name of Fairchild the rest of her life. Prudence was short of stature and small in build with grey eyes, and was a sweet little lady; walked with a cane in her later years. She died on the 5th of September 1895 at age 96 and was buried in the Grantsville cemetery.

Sources

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