Eleanor Schenck was born on 30. Apr. 1815 at Lysander Twp., Onondaga County, New York. She was the daughter of
Rulef Schenck and
Elsie Baird. Eleanor Schenck married
Frederick W. Fenner, son of
James L. Fenner and
Betsey Perry, on 26. Jun. 1834 at Lysander, Onondaga County, New York. Eleanor Schenck married
Perry Hazard Hinsdale on 12. Dec. 1878. Eleanor Schenck died on 31. Dec. 1899 at age 84.
Eleanor Schenck Fenner Hinsdell entered into rest December 31, 1899.
In the passing of "Aunt Ellen" from this life, disappears the last of the generation, and the last of the household of one of the pioneers of Lysander Township.
In March, 1815, Rulef Schenck and his wife Elsie Baird Schenck, with their six children left Charleston, Montgomery County, N. Y., and journeyed in a wagon train to Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., to take up their abode in a log house which had been built for them in the wilderness.
Soon after their arrival Eleanor was born and grew to womanhood on the farm, doing her share of the household duties as she grew into them, which in those days were very arduous, as all the cloth for the garments worn by the family had to be spun and woven in the home. As she grew to womanhood she developed traits of character that were a blessing to all with whom she came in contact in after life—"in her mouth was the law of kindness," and she always had in mind the comfort and happiness of others.
In June, 1834, at the age of nineteen, she married Frederick W. Fenner, of the town of Pompey and their married Iife was one of continued harmony for forty-two years, when her husband passed away. They had six children, two of whom died in infancy.
She was again united in marriage December 12, 1878, to Perry H. Hinsdell, of North Syracuse. While young her educational advantages were limited, yet she was always well in-formed on the leading questions of her day, and her society was sought after by many friends and greatly enjoyed.
If to have been a loving and dutiful wife, an affectionate mother, a hospitable, charitable, and generous neighbor, and to have lived a consistent Christian all the years of her life, may it not be worthily said of her—"Well done, good and faithful servant, enter now into the joy of thy Lord." She was buried at Jacksonville, New York.