Age 52y
PARENTS:
MARRIAGE: 10/11/1875
1838-1904 Long, Anne Marie
CHILDREN:
1) 1879-1903 Fenstermaker, Henry C Jr
2) 1881-1948 Fenstermaker, July Victor
CAUSE OF DEATH:
Stroke
BIOGRAPHY:
HENRY CLAY FENSTERMAKER
1839-1891
Henry Clay Fenstermaker served in the Union Army with General Grant at Shiloh.
After the war he left Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and spent the remainder of his life on Fish Creek Springs, Eureka, Nevada where he founded the Fish Creek Ranch.
Rich lead and silver ore were discovered in September 1864 by a miner who cried "Erueka" thus naming the boom town.
Henry Clay Fenstermaker Sr. prospered, at one time owning a third interest in one of the larger mines, until the boom ended in 1891.
Years after his death July Victor and Carrie returned (from California) to Eureka with a monument for Henry Sr, which they erected at Fish Creek Ranch. The monument marks the grave and reads:
Henry Clay Fenstermaker
1839-1891
With Grant at Shiloh
Founder of Fish Creek Ranch
The monument also marks the location of the original Fish Creek Ranch buildings, which no longer exist. Fish Creek Ranch headquarters, now a considerable distance from the original site, changed hands for the sum of $1,500,000.00 seventy-five years ago from the date of this biography, but Annie Long Fenstermaker received very little for it in 1891.
REFERENCE:
The Family of Adam Long - pg 67
The material for this biography was from notes by Theresa Mau-Damele in the Autograph Album of Pietrina Damele-Etchegary supplemented from the memory of Albert Mau, a nephew in 1965-1966.
PARENTS:
MARRIAGE: 10/11/1875
1838-1904 Long, Anne Marie
CHILDREN:
1) 1879-1903 Fenstermaker, Henry C Jr
2) 1881-1948 Fenstermaker, July Victor
CAUSE OF DEATH:
Stroke
BIOGRAPHY:
HENRY CLAY FENSTERMAKER
1839-1891
Henry Clay Fenstermaker served in the Union Army with General Grant at Shiloh.
After the war he left Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and spent the remainder of his life on Fish Creek Springs, Eureka, Nevada where he founded the Fish Creek Ranch.
Rich lead and silver ore were discovered in September 1864 by a miner who cried "Erueka" thus naming the boom town.
Henry Clay Fenstermaker Sr. prospered, at one time owning a third interest in one of the larger mines, until the boom ended in 1891.
Years after his death July Victor and Carrie returned (from California) to Eureka with a monument for Henry Sr, which they erected at Fish Creek Ranch. The monument marks the grave and reads:
Henry Clay Fenstermaker
1839-1891
With Grant at Shiloh
Founder of Fish Creek Ranch
The monument also marks the location of the original Fish Creek Ranch buildings, which no longer exist. Fish Creek Ranch headquarters, now a considerable distance from the original site, changed hands for the sum of $1,500,000.00 seventy-five years ago from the date of this biography, but Annie Long Fenstermaker received very little for it in 1891.
REFERENCE:
The Family of Adam Long - pg 67
The material for this biography was from notes by Theresa Mau-Damele in the Autograph Album of Pietrina Damele-Etchegary supplemented from the memory of Albert Mau, a nephew in 1965-1966.
Age 52y
PARENTS:
MARRIAGE: 10/11/1875
1838-1904 Long, Anne Marie
CHILDREN:
1) 1879-1903 Fenstermaker, Henry C Jr
2) 1881-1948 Fenstermaker, July Victor
CAUSE OF DEATH:
Stroke
BIOGRAPHY:
HENRY CLAY FENSTERMAKER
1839-1891
Henry Clay Fenstermaker served in the Union Army with General Grant at Shiloh.
After the war he left Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and spent the remainder of his life on Fish Creek Springs, Eureka, Nevada where he founded the Fish Creek Ranch.
Rich lead and silver ore were discovered in September 1864 by a miner who cried "Erueka" thus naming the boom town.
Henry Clay Fenstermaker Sr. prospered, at one time owning a third interest in one of the larger mines, until the boom ended in 1891.
Years after his death July Victor and Carrie returned (from California) to Eureka with a monument for Henry Sr, which they erected at Fish Creek Ranch. The monument marks the grave and reads:
Henry Clay Fenstermaker
1839-1891
With Grant at Shiloh
Founder of Fish Creek Ranch
The monument also marks the location of the original Fish Creek Ranch buildings, which no longer exist. Fish Creek Ranch headquarters, now a considerable distance from the original site, changed hands for the sum of $1,500,000.00 seventy-five years ago from the date of this biography, but Annie Long Fenstermaker received very little for it in 1891.
REFERENCE:
The Family of Adam Long - pg 67
The material for this biography was from notes by Theresa Mau-Damele in the Autograph Album of Pietrina Damele-Etchegary supplemented from the memory of Albert Mau, a nephew in 1965-1966.
PARENTS:
MARRIAGE: 10/11/1875
1838-1904 Long, Anne Marie
CHILDREN:
1) 1879-1903 Fenstermaker, Henry C Jr
2) 1881-1948 Fenstermaker, July Victor
CAUSE OF DEATH:
Stroke
BIOGRAPHY:
HENRY CLAY FENSTERMAKER
1839-1891
Henry Clay Fenstermaker served in the Union Army with General Grant at Shiloh.
After the war he left Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and spent the remainder of his life on Fish Creek Springs, Eureka, Nevada where he founded the Fish Creek Ranch.
Rich lead and silver ore were discovered in September 1864 by a miner who cried "Erueka" thus naming the boom town.
Henry Clay Fenstermaker Sr. prospered, at one time owning a third interest in one of the larger mines, until the boom ended in 1891.
Years after his death July Victor and Carrie returned (from California) to Eureka with a monument for Henry Sr, which they erected at Fish Creek Ranch. The monument marks the grave and reads:
Henry Clay Fenstermaker
1839-1891
With Grant at Shiloh
Founder of Fish Creek Ranch
The monument also marks the location of the original Fish Creek Ranch buildings, which no longer exist. Fish Creek Ranch headquarters, now a considerable distance from the original site, changed hands for the sum of $1,500,000.00 seventy-five years ago from the date of this biography, but Annie Long Fenstermaker received very little for it in 1891.
REFERENCE:
The Family of Adam Long - pg 67
The material for this biography was from notes by Theresa Mau-Damele in the Autograph Album of Pietrina Damele-Etchegary supplemented from the memory of Albert Mau, a nephew in 1965-1966.
Gravesite Details
Henry Clay Fenstermaker Sr. tombstone BIRTH 10 Jan 1839 Pennsylvania, USADEATH 10 Jan 1891 (aged 52) Eureka County, Nevada, USA Burial at Fish Creek Ranch, Eureka, Nevada original owner of Fish Creek Ranch 20 miles south of Eureka, Nevada
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