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FENLEY

Pleasant M.

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Pleasant M. Fenley and his wife Sarah A. Blair Fenley came to Brazil bringing the children Charles Columbus (born 1859), P. P.A. Fenley “Pulaski” (born 1847), Hulda V. (born 1851), Sarah L. (born 1849), and Elisabeth B. (born 1849). They were married, respectively, to Eugenia Minchin, Mary Virginia Carlton, John Rowe, John Rowe (for this, second marriage), and John Carlton. All of these have their burials at the Cemiterio do Campo, in Santa Barbara, SP. They were natives of Edgefield, South Carolina, in the USA, but, at the time of coming to Brazil, they were residing in Mariana, Jackson County, Florida, having moved there after the 1850 census probably in 1851 as that is where and when daughter Hulda was born. They were a family of Baptists.

 

Pleasant M. Fenley passed away in Santa Barbara,  SP, on December 3, 1885, at the age of 70. At that time he was a pastor of PIB / SB, missionary Edwin H. So per • . The inscription in the title of Pleasant M. Fenley's title reveals that he was a member of a Baptist church for years and had died firmly in faith. On the gravestone, the Masonic sign is seen, thus designating his affiliation to the Masonic Order.

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From the inscription of Sarah A., wife of PM Fenley, we have that she was the daughter of CC and SA Blair, born on August 19, 1819, and died on 2 January 29, 1879, also in Santa Barbara, being a member of a Baptist church. for 45 years.

 

On December 28, 1980, Rev. Richard Ratcliff sent a letter from Texas to FMB on the issue related to the problem that arose between workers Quillin and Teixeira de Albuquerque. Ratcliff mentioned PM Fenley's sons and his son-in-law, John Rowe, as sincere and trustworthy men, able to help solve the problem. Both were members and devotees at the time of the State Baptist Church; the second.

 

The exact date of the Fenley family's arrival in Brazil is unknown,.  It is likely during the years 1869/1870.

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It is said that before living in Santa Barbara, the family was in Parana; At the Campinas Forum, in the Intake da "Distribuiao" we find the record of a Script of Purchase and Sale, Book 9, p. 25, 15.06.1881, by Alexandr € 'and Charles Fenley passing to Dr, Jorge Green Mattheus, 35 bushels of land. We find below the records of Purchase and Sale of land between Alexandre Fenley, Charles Fenley, and Guilherme Norris, Booklet of Scriptures 16, p. 13, 10.10.1888; P. 26, 12.01.1889; P. 28, 01.22.1889. In the-Book No. 13, p. 44, 06.08.1886, and distributes "Escritura" of sharing signed by Alexandre Fenley, his brothers, and brothers-in-law of the goods left by the late Pleasant Fenley ". The house that Charles Fenley built, now repaired and a little modified can be seen on the way out of the city of Americana going to Nova Odessa. There is a restaurant in it "A Gazela".

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 SOURCE:  Loosely translated and paraphrased from the original Portuguese manuscript.

CENTELHA   EM  RE STOLHO  SECO

Uma  Contribuiao  para  a  Hist6ria dos Prim6rdios do Trabalho Batista no Brasil    1985

Betty  Antunes  de Oliveira

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Pleasant M Fenley

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BIRTH 1815 • South Carolina, USA

DEATH 3 DECEMBER 1885 • Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:  1846

Sarah Agnes Blair

BIRTH 19 AUG 1819 • Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA

DEATH 29 JAN 1879 • Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Children:

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1.

Pleasant Pulaski Fenley

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BIRTH 4 AUGUST 1847 • South Carolina

DEATH 27 AUGUST 1890 • Brazil

Married:

Mary Virginia Carlton

BIRTH 18 JAN 1858 • , , Mississippi, USA

DEATH 18 NOV 1951 • Brazil

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2.

Sarah L Fenley

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BIRTH ABT 1849 • South Carolina

DEATH Unknown

Married:

John Henry Rowe  (Her deceased sister's - Hulda - husband)

BIRTH 22 FEB 1846 • Gadsden County, Florida, USA

DEATH 16 DEC 1922 • Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil

Son of Stephen Hiram Rowe and Nancy Bird

They are not recorded as having children

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3.

Elizabeth B Fenley

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BIRTH 25 APR 1849 • Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina

DEATH 22 JULY 1910 • Brazil

Married: 

John Alexander Carlton

BIRTH 28 NOV 1846 • Warsaw Sumpter County, Alabama, USA

DEATH 9 NOV 1922 • Brazil

Son of Richard G. and Cynthia Elizabeth Carlton 

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               Elizabeth and John had at least five children,  all born in Brazil

 

            1.  Chaeles D. Carlton

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            2.  Alberta A. Carlton

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            3.  Eula V. Carlton

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            4.  Alice s. Carlton

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            5.  John E. Carlton

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4.

Hulda V Fenley

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BIRTH 6 MAY 1851 • Florida, USA

DEATH 14 SEP 1890 • Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil

Married:  1875 • Sao Paulo, Brazil

John Henry Rowe

BIRTH 22 FEB 1846 • Gadsden County, Florida, USA

DEATH 16 DEC 1922 • Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil

Son of Stephen Hiram Rowe and Nancy Bird

He married secondly Hulda's older sister Sarah L Fenley

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                Hulda and John had at least six children:

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            1.  Charles P. Rowe 

            (1876-1941)

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            2.  Stephen P. Rowe 

            (1878-1897)

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            3.  John Franklin "Frank" Rowe

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                BIRTH 12/12/1879 • Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil

                DEATH 6/29/1930 • Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

                Married:  17 Dec 1903 • Brazil

               Eula Lee Kennerly

                BIRTH 20 FEB 1883 • Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao, Brazil

                DEATH JUN 1967

                Daughter of John Conrad Kennerly and Elizabeth Ann

                Hetherwick

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                                     John and Eula would have at least three children:

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                            1.  Evelyn Augusta Rowe 

                                      (1905-????)

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                            2.  Nina Ethel Rowe 

                                      (1907-2005)

                                      Married:

                            Ernest C. Michelson

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                            3.  Henry Rowe 

                                     (1905-????)

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            4.  Lee Rowe 

            (1880-????)

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            5.  Arthur Ernest Rowe 

                BIRTH 1 MAR 1881 • , Usa

                DEATH 22 MAR 1948 • Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil

                Married:

            Minerva "Minnie" Carlton Seawright

                BIRTH 07 MAY 1885 

                DEATH 4 MAY 1964 • Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

                Daughter of Eugene Virgil Seawright and Anna Elizabeth

                "Bettie" Carlton

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                                      Arthur and Minnies would have at least five children (2 listed)

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                                     1.  Stephen Gordon Rowe 

                                     (1915- 1977)

                                     Married

                                     Elga Bradley

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                                     2. James L. Rowe 

                                      (1927-1947) 

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                6.  Laura V. Rowe

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Charles Columbus Fenley

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BIRTH 10 JUNE 1859 • Mariana, Jackson County, Florida, USA

DEATH 29 MAY 1935 • Villa Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:

Eugenia "Jenny" Minchin

BIRTH 18 OCT 1869 • Brazil

DEATH 23 MAY 1957 • Brazil

Daughter of Joseph Long Minchin and Julia Antoinette Pyles

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Charles and Jenny had at least five children

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                1.  

            Hiram M. Fenley

            1892–1933

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            2.

            Vivian Urania Fenley

                BIRTH 16 JAN 1894 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

                DEATH 1963 • Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil

                Married:  10 May 1917 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

            Jefferson Lafayette Keese

                BIRTH 01 JAN 1891 • Jaú, Sao Paulo, Brazil

                DEATH 13 JAN 1955 • Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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