Cumberland County, Maine – Willard N. Fenderson
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Biography
Willard N. Fenderson
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 65

Willard N. Fenderson, who conducts a flourishing canning business at Chebeague
Island, Cumberland County, Me., where his factory is located, was born February
9, 1863, at Scarboro, this State. His grandfather, Abial Fenderson, was a
lifelong resident of Scarboro, where he owned fifty acres of land, which he
improved and tilled; and, in addition, he worked at the mason's trade, being an
industrious and hardworking man. He married Elizabeth Marshall, a native of
Scarboro; and they had but one child, Nathan, the father of Willard N. Both of
the grandparents lived to a good old age, the grandfather dying at the age of
seventy-five, and his wife at the age of sixty years. He was a Democrat of the
old school, and both were liberal in their religious views.

Nathan Fenderson's birth occurred in Scarboro, Me., in the year 1828. He learned
from his father the trade of a mason, which he followed for several years. He
succeeded to the ownership of the parental farm, which he managed besides
practising his trade, making an excellent living for himself and family. He
married Bethuba, daughter of Sylvester Tibbetts, of Newfield, Me., and of the
five children born to them three are now living, namely: Liberty L., who lives
on the Scarboro homestead; John, born in 1859, and married in 1884 to Miss Annie
Langille, of Nova Scotia, they having one child, Mabel; and Willard N.

Willard N. Fenderson completed his school studies at the Scarboro High School,
and after leaving this institution began learning the art of making cans. This
occupation he followed in his native town for ten years. Deciding then that
there would be more profit in filling the cans after they were made, he leased
in 1891 the land on which his factory stands on Chebeague Island. Erecting his
present plant, Mr. Fenderson has since been prosperously engaged in canning
clams, clam chowder, fish, apples, and other provisions suitable for the
purpose. In the comparatively short time in which he has been thus occupied, he
has built up an extensive and lucrative trade, his goods being shipped to
Boston, Providence, Chicago, and other cities. His factory has a capacity of one
hundred bushels per day; and in the busiest seasons of the year, the spring and
fall, forty hands are kept in constant employment. His goods, which are all
labelled "The Chebeague Brand," are noted for their excellence and purity, and
have gained for him a reputation which he endeavors to uphold.

On December 4, 1886, Mr. Fenderson married Mary C., daughter of Charles E.
Roberts of Scarboro. In politics Mr. Fenderson is a strong Prohibitionist, and
both he and his wife are liberal and broad in their religious views. Socially,
he is a member of Golden Cross Lodge, No. 232, "Scarboro," of Dunston Corners,
Scarboro.