Henry Lee Fenton papers 1859-1949 1880-1922

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Henry Lee Fenton papers 1859-1949 1880-1922

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Papers of a Dallas, Oregon, merchant and businessman, including correspondence, financial and legal records, records of the Polk County Pioneer Association, and records of the firm Fenton and Toner. Also includes papers of other family members, including diaries and World War I papers of Carl Fenton, and a diary of Henriett Coad.

.9 cubic feet (2 document cases, 1 oversize folder)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6381822

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Fenton family.

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Fenton, Henry Lee, 1863-1930.

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The son of a prominent Oregon pioneer family, Henry Lee Fenton was born in Lafayette, Oregon, in 1863. As a teenager he moved to Dallas, Oregon, and worked for the grocer J. D. Lee before beginning his own establishment. He was a well-known amateur athlete who played on the Dallas baseball team "The Alerts." He served as Polk County Treasurer beginning in 1896, and in his later life he engaged in the hop, prune, and angora wool businesses. Fenton's only son, Carl, attended the University of Oreg...

Polk County (Or.). Treasurer.

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Polk County Pioneer Association

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Coad, Henriett

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Haenschen, W. Gus. (Walter Gustave), 1889-1980

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Fenton and Toner (Dallas, Or.)

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