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Note: 1900 Sebewa township, Ionia, Michigan, family 135, Image 11 Adam Fender Head M 55 Oct 1845 Ohio
Louisa C Fender Wife F 46 Apr 1854 Ohio Warren P Fender Son M 22 Dec 1878 Michigan Dora M Fender Daughter F 20 Mar 1880 Michigan Emanuel E Fender Son M 15 Dec 1882 Michigan Ray Fender Son M 11 Frb 1889 Michigan "History of Ionia County, Michigan" by Elam E. Branch, Earl W. De La Vergne - History - 1916
http://books.google.com/books?id=UlMr9wYafTgC&pg=PA46&dq=Kirkendall+Columbiana&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=0
"ADAM FENDER.
Adam Fender, a well-known and progressive farmer of Sebawa township, this county, supervisor of that township and chairman of the county board of supervisors, owner of a fine farm situated on rural route No. 3, out of Lake Odessa, and for years actively identified with the affairs of that neighborhood, is a native of Ohio, but has lived here ever since he was twenty years old, having located here at the close of his service in the Union army during the Civil War. He was born in Putnam county, Ohio, October 9, 1845, son of Jacob and Rebecca (Kirkendall) Fender, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Ohio, who in 1865 carne to Michigan and settled in Barry county, where their last days were spent.
Jacob Fender was trained to the trade of a blacksmith in his native land. At the conclusion of his three years of military service, at the age of twenty-three years, he came to the United States and presently made his way into Ohio, where he married Rebecca Kirkendall, who was born in Columbiana county, that state. They made their home in Putnam county, same state, where they resided until 1865, m which year they came to Michigan with their family and settled on a farm in section 13, Woodland township, Barry county, where they spent the remainder of their lives, Jacob Fender's death occurring in April, 1871. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, of whom six are now living and the eldest of whom is the subject of this sketch, the others being as follow: Daniel, of Lake Odessa, this county; Elias D., who continues to live in Putnam county, Ohio; Peter, of Sunfield, in the neighboring county of Eaton; Van, also a resident of Eaton county, and Louis P., a resident of Costa [sic. Mecosta} county, this state. Adam Eender was reared on a farm in Putnam county, Ohio, and on February 24, 1865, enlisted for service in the Union army, during the continuance of the Civil War, in Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from which command he was mustered out on June 29, following, the war then being at an end. That year his parents moved to Michigan and he accompanied them, he then being twenty years of age. He assisted his father in the development of the home farm in Barry county and remained at home until after his father's death. In the spring of 1873, he then being twenty-seven years of age, Adam Fender came over into Ionia county and bought the farm on which he now lives. He erected on that place a log cabin and the next year married, and he and his wife set up housekeeping in the cabin and established their home there. Mr. Fender is an excellent farmer and his affairs presently began to prosper, it being not very long until he was able to erect a new and very much more comfortable and commodious home on his place. Mr. Fender has not only done well in his farming operations, but he has become interested in various* other enterprises in and about his home neighborhood and is one of the stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Lake Odessa. He also has taken an active part in local political affairs for years and has been elected supervisor of Sebawa township for nineteen consecutive terms, now serving, his second term as chairman of the county board of supervisors. For twelve years also Mr. Fender served as justice of the peace in and for Sebawa township and in other ways has done his part in local governmental affairs.
On June 9, 1874, Adam Fender was united in marriage to Louisa Switzer, who was born in Wyandot county, Ohio, and who came to Michigan with her parents in the fall of 1866, and to this union eight children have been born, four of whom are living, as follow: Warren P., Dora M., wife of Harry B. Everest; N. E., of Odessa township, and Ray, born on February 10, and is unmarried and lives at home. Mr. Fender is a member of Samuel Gurnell Post No. 283, Grand Army of the Republic, and takes a warm interest in the affairs of that patriotic organization. He also is a member of West Sebawa Lodge No. 282, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is past noble grand of that organization."
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On February 24, 1865 Adam, of Putnam County, Ohio, enlisted in Toledo OH to serve in the Union army, Company K, 185th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His grand-daughter wrote in her book "Swing That Pail" that "after being wounded fighting with the troops around the U.S. capitol, he returned to his home in Ohio to recuperate. He was mustered out June 29, 1865, with an honorable discharge by Order of the War Department from the hospital at Louisville, Kentucky. Although his leg healed he suffered great pain from it the rest of his life."
However ......
Charlotte Republican , Friday 9th July, 1869
At Nashville, on the 3rd last, an old cannon which was being fired for the celebration burst into fragments. One of the pieces struck a Mr. Fender of Woodland, cutting arteries near the left ankle and inflicting other injuries. Several others received cuts and wounds from flying pieces, but none other were hurt seriously. The cannon was surrounded by a crowd at the time of the bursting, but being in an oblique position did less injury than if it had been horizontal.
Adam's pension records show that he contracted "typhoid malarial fever" near Eminence KY, was in a Regimental hospital for 2 or 3 weeks, then transferred to the hospital in Louisville KY where he was discharged because of his illness. 35 enlisted men from his Regiment died of diseases contracted during the six months the regiment was active.
http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw185.html - 185th History
Organized February 26, 1865, for one years service, under Colonel John E. Cummins, it performed garrison duty in Kentucky until after the close of the war, and was mustered out September 26, 1865.
From Dyer's Compendium:
185th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered in February 25, 1865. Left State under orders for Nashville, Tenn., February 27. Detained at Louisville, Ky., and assigned to guard duty at various points in Kentucky from Owensboro to Cumberland Gap, with Headquarters at Eminence, till September. 1865. Skirmish in Bath County, Ky., March 26. Garrisoned Mr. Sterling, Shelbyville, LaGrange, Greensboro, Cumberland Gap, etc. Mustered out at Lexington, Ky., September 26, 1865. Regiment lost during service 35 Enlisted men by disease.
Adam's Civil War Service records show that his Civil War pension was based on illness rather than his leg injury.
His father decided to come to Michigan in 1865 to Barry County, where he had purchased a farm. Adam came with him and helped him establish his farm. He worked there until March 1871 when his father died. He moved to Ionia County to homestead. After building a log cabin he married Louisa Sweitzer on June 9, 1874. The farm was on the west edge of Sebewa Township less than a mile north of the Eaton Co. line and the Sweitzer farm.
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 17 Jan 1927
Adam Fender, of Sebewa, was buried last week at Lake Odessa, where he died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. R. Everest. Adam Fender was another of the
few remaining Civil war veterans, and was 81 years of age at the time of his
death. For 20 years he served Sebewa Township and Ionia County as a member of
the board of supervisors, where he was known for his rugged honesty and his
interest in the affairs of the people who kept him so long a member of the
county board. He is survived by three children, Dora M. Everest, Nathaniel E.
and Ray Fender. Mr. Fender settled near Woodland soon after the Civil war and
had been a resident of Sebewa Township over 50 years, on the farm which he cleared.
[Transcriber`s note: There is a notation on the obituary card that he was buried in Lakeside Cemetery.]
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