Henry H. A. FAHNESTOCK
Alias:/Harry/ REFN: 9113 He founded the wholesale grocery business ofOakford and Fahnestock in 1856, with Aaron S. Oakford. He was organizer andpresident of the Loan and Homestead Association in Peoria, IL. He promoted the first public park system in the city. He was the first Park Commissioner, and later Treasurer of the Commission. He was an expert taxidermist. He owned a 6,000 acre rice plantation in Louisiana, and a large ranch in King's County, CA, where he later retired.
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He married Frances Ellen Hill 1 Jul 1861 at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois . Frances Ellen Hill was born at Saco, York, Maine 10 Jul 1837 daughter of Percy Hill and Hannah B . Robbins .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Lillie Lucille Fahnestock
born 15 Dec 1862.
Leah Fahnestock
born 12 Dec 1865.
Howard Roy Fahnestock
born 7 Jul 1874.
Henry H. A. Fahnestock died 2 Oct 1902 at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois .
Frances Ellen Hill died 15 Apr 1919 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California .