Henry Medicus Fennel (Born Saturday, September 11, 1847 South Carolina-Died Friday, April 28, 1899 South Carolina) (Civil War/Confederate States of America veteran/South Carolina 3rd Calvary Regiment, Company D), son of Joseph L. Fennel (Born Ca 1810/1815-Died After 1880 Census Ca 1884) and Emiley(Miley) Susannah Harvey/Fennel (Born Ca 1815/1820 South Carolina-Died After 1880 Census South Carolina). Grandson of Henry Fennel (Born 1774/1780-Died 1835 South Carolina) (Barnwell District, S.C. Will of 1835). Henry Medicus Fennel was the brother of James Seth Fennell (Born July 28, 1836 South Carolina-Died December 5, 1887 South Carolina) (Civil War/Confederate States of America veteran, Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton County, S.C.), Joseph Washington Fennel (Born 1839 South Carolina-Died 1896 South Carolina) (Civil War/Confederate States of America veteran), Laura Ann Fennel (Born December 24, 1844 South Carolina-Died July 25, 1917 South Carolina)/(Mrs. James M. Allen) and Elizabeth Jane Fennel (Born October 20, 1850 South Carolina-Died September 15, 1912 South Carolina)/(Mrs. Wiley S. Black). Henry Medicus Fennel married Rhoda Laura Smart (Born May 10, 1855 South Carolina-Died January 14, 1921 South Carolina), daughter of James Smart 3rd (Born Ca 1775/1800 South Carolina-Died After 1860 Census South Carolina) and Elizabeth Jane Ginn/Smart (Born 1814 South Carolina-Died 1900 South Carolina). Henry Medicus Fennel and Rhoda Laura Smart/Fennel were the parents of (1) Joseph O.Fennell (Born August 30, 1871-Died May 28, 1878), (2) Henry Walter Fennell (Born July 11, 1874-Died June 12, 1936), (3) Raymond Kempton Fennell (Born July 28, 1877-Died March 9, 1926), (4) Leola Fennell (Born February 29, 1880-Died May 24, 1957), (5) Everett Wiley Fennell (Born April 19, 1883-Died May 28, 1929), (6) Jasper William Fennell (Born March 30, 1886-Died March 20, 1916), (7) Coy E. Fennell (Born September 8, 1889-March 14, 1955), (8) Kate Fennel (Born April 11, 1892-Died January 24, 1985), (9) Charles McVeigh Fennell (Born May 13, 1896-Died July 4, 1936) and (10) Connor Durward Fennell (Born June 10, 1899-Died October 26, 1918). Henry Medicus Fennel (Born September 11, 1847 South Carolina-Died April 28, 1899 South Carolina) and Rhoda Laura Smart/Fennel (Born May 10, 1855 South Carolina-Died January 14, 1921 South Carolina) are buried in the large Fennel/Smart/Ginn Family Plot at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery/Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, Allendale County, South Carolina. NOTE: All three Fennel brothers, James Seth Fennell, Joseph Washington Fennel, and Henry Fennel served in the Civil War/Confederate States of America, South Carolina 3rd Calvary Company D. Henry Medicus Fennel, 5'4" tall 110 pounds, dark eyes black hair, enlisted in Confederate States of America at Barnwell County Court House 26 September 1864. He was a member of the 8th Battalion Reserves Regiment (Stallings), Company C, and transfered on 15 February 1865 to South Carolina 3rd Calvary Regiment, Company D, to be with his brothers, James Seth Fennel and Joseph Washington Fennel. (WGM)