Pedigree of Brian L. Lightfoot Spencer Alonzo Fanning

Thomas Fanning
(1786-1861)

Mary Mills
(1794-1868)

Abraham Mills Fanning, Sr.
(1823-)

Sarah Ann Gerven
(1827-Bef 1900)

Spencer Alonzo Fanning
(1859-1893)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary A. Smith

Spencer Alonzo Fanning ¹ ² ³

Born: 1859, New York, New York, New York, United States ² ³
Marriage (1): Mary A. Smith on 25 September 1882 in Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Died: 15 May 1893, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States at age 34
Buried: 17 May 1893, New York, New York, New York, United States

bullet Noted events in his life were:

1. 1860 US Census, 3 July 1860, New York, New York, New York, United States. ¹ 1860 US Census
Page 143, Dwelling 408, Family 1136
New York, New York, New York, 16th Ward
Spencer Fanning..2..NY

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1859, then his age should have been 1 instead of 2.

2. 1870 US Census, 19 August 1870, New York, New York, New York, United States. ² 1870 US Census
Page 94, Dwelling 415, Family 511
New York, New York, New York, 21st Ward
Spencer Fanning..11..NY..At Home

(Living with parents.)

3. 1880 US Census, 3 June 1880, New York, New York, New York, United States. ³ 1880 US Census
Page 13, District 516, Dwelling 67, Family 100
New York, New York, New York
345 West 56th Street
Spencer A. Fanning..Son..21..NY..Clerk in Real Estate

(Living with parents.)

Spencer married Mary A. Smith on 25 September 1882 in Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. (Mary A. Smith was born about 1860 and died on an unknown date.)

1 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, New York, New York, New York, 16th Ward, p. 143, dwelling 408, family 1136, Abraham Mills Fanning; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1473181 : accessed 8 October 2026); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.

2 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, New York, New York, New York, 21st Ward, p. 94, dwelling 415, family 511, Abraham Mills Fanning; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1438024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 516, p. 13, dwelling 67, family 100, Abraham Mills Fanning; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 8 October 2026); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll New York, New York, New York.

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Spencer Alonzo Fanning ¹ ² ³