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Found a few Fenton's that are from Ireland. Might be yours.
Territorial Enterprise newspaper Virginia City, Nevada
Dennis Fenton 10/20/1866 Registered voter Gold Hill
John Fenton 10/20/1866 Reistered voter Gold Hill
Samuel Fenton 4/1866 death
Nevada Directory 1862 Gold Hill, Nevada John Fenton, Miner
I find a J Fenton 1860 California Eldorado Placerville J. Fenton 33 miner from Ireland
(this was a good gold mining area in the 1860's)
If you go to
www.nevadaculture.com and search for people in the census you can see
these:
Gold Hill Nevada Storey County 1870
Fenton John 43 miner from Ireland
Anna 32 from Ireland
M.A. 3 female born Nevada
Wm A 2 born Nevada
John 9/12 born Nevada
They also show on the same family number many others not related so they were taking in
boarders.
1880 Cenus Nevada Gold Hill Storey county
Annie 41 Widowed from Ireland
Mary a 13 born Nevada
William A 12 Born Nevada
John H 10 born Nevada
George J 8 born Nevada
Margaret E 6 born Nevada
I checked the listings for the Gold Hill Cemetery and only found this: Mary Jane Fenton
8/8/1865-6/30/1886 buried in Gold Hill cemetery.
Checking Gold Hill Cemetery and Storey county (Virginia City) I didn't find John
anywhere. Of course not all names are listed. I did find in the Storey County Deaths
1862-1903 a listing for: John Fenton burial date 26 Nov 1877 Pneumonia St. John's
Episcopal church Records.
Gold Hill Nevada is just down the hill from Virginia City and also in Storey county.
This information comes close to what you wrote. Hope it helps a bit.
Regards, Arline in Nevada