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MESQUITE, Dallas Co., Texas, Jan. 21 --
Funeral services for Dr. James Harvey Fender were held in the Presbyterian Church of Mesquite Monday.
Born in Roane County, Tennessee, May 10, 1835, the son of Jonathan and Cynthia McCoy Fender. He was a member of a family of ten brothers and sister, only of whom remains, Mrs. M. A. Hartman of Rockwall County.
He was married to Elizabeth Stark, April 6, 1859, at Blue Springs, Tenn. Mrs. Fender died in 1896.
To the couple were born seven children, of whom, three survive--Jonathan and James Harvey Fender of Richardson, Mrs. J. B. Bryant of Mesquite. He also leaves six grandchildren, Robert and Edwin Bryant of Mesquite, Mrs. Olin Bruton and Carl Fender of Dallas, Walter Fender of Richardson and Harvey Fender of Bryan, and two great-grandchildren, Jeff Bryant Bruton of Dallas and Joann Fender of Bryan.
Dr. Fender was secondly married to Miss Sallie Blount Reid, May 13, 1900, at Melissa. She survives her husband.
Dr. Fender received his education at Ewing and Jefferson College, and Hiwasse College, both of Tennessee. He was a graduate of Memphis Medical College and practiced medicine for fifty years.
Dr. Fender moved to Texas in 1859, and lived most of the sixty-seven years in the Dallas area. Part of the time was spent in Kaufman, Rockwall and Fannin Counties.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army in Hawp's regiment, Thirty-First Texas Cavalry, in March, 1862, and six months later, was made assistant regimental surgeon, and so served until the end of the Civil War.
Funeral services were in charge of the Rev. M. U. Conditt, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. In accordance with Dr. Fender's request, the following participated in the funeral service: Dr. Glenn L. Sneed of Dallas, a friend of Dr. Fender's from boyhood; Dr. George W. Fender, of Arlington, a nephew, and J. H. Rugel of Mesquite.
Burial was at Richardson, Texas.