Martin Edgar Fanning, 1882–…

Name
Martin Edgar /Fanning/
Family with parents
father
1839–1920
Birth: January 9, 1839 — North Carolina
Death: March 3, 1920 — Lexington, Henderson Co. TN
mother
1848–1919
Birth: June 30, 1848 31 31 — Tennessee
Death: February 14, 1919 — Lexington, Henderson Co. TN
Marriage Marriage — November 11, 1871 — Decatur Co. TN
8 months
elder brother
1872–1950
Birth: July 11, 1872 33 24 — Tennessee
Death: 1950
elder brother
1872–1957
Birth: July 11, 1872 33 24 — Tennessee
Death: August 24, 1957
5 years
elder sister
1876–…
Birth: about 1876 36 27 — Tennessee
4 years
elder brother
1879–…
Birth: about 1879 39 30 — Tennessee
3 years
himself
1882–…
Birth: January 1882 42 33 — Tennessee
3 years
younger sister
1884–…
Birth: November 1884 45 36 — Tennessee
8 years
younger brother
1892–1933
Birth: December 25, 1892 53 44 — Decatur Co. TN
Death: 1933 — Jackson, Madison Co. TN
Father’s family with Cassie Orr
father
1839–1920
Birth: January 9, 1839 — North Carolina
Death: March 3, 1920 — Lexington, Henderson Co. TN
father’s partner
1843–1870
Birth: about 1843 26 26 — Tennessee
Death: about 1870
half-sister
1864–…
Birth: about 1864 24 21 — Tennessee
Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Decatur Co. TN
4 years
half-sister
1866–…
Birth: October 1866 27 23 — Tennessee
Family with Vera S. ?
himself
1882–…
Birth: January 1882 42 33 — Tennessee
wife
1890–…
Birth: about 1890 — Tennessee
Marriage Marriage — about 1907 —
7 years
son
1913–
Birth: about 1913 31 23 — Gleason, Weakley Co. TN
Shared note

History of Scotts Hill, Tennesee, Gordon Turner

The membership of that Scotts Hill Silver Band sounds like an honor roll of that time; Lester C. Austin, Director who by now could play any instsrument in that band but usually played lead cornet; and, Leonard L. Brigance, Charles Smith Austin, ValDee Austin, Bill Brigance, and Jake Swift, cornets; Pleas and Atkins Austin and Elmer D. Brigance, altos; Caleb Perry Patterson and Will T. Austin, trombones; Oscar Stephens, B-flat base; M. Edgar Fanning, E-flat base; Henry P. Davenport base drum; and John Lee Austin, snare drum.

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Edgar Fanning went to Gleason, Tennessee to organize a band there. He did that alright but he also got a job in the hank, rose to be cashier and manager and chalked up an unexcelled 50-plus year record before his death a few years ago.

Scotts Hill Items in the Lexington Republican February 23, 1906

Edgar Fanning of Gleason was called home to see his mother, who is very low.