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Dan's parents were:
Clark Sirenus Fabun, b. Aug. 4, 1816 in Onondaga County, NY. and d. Apr. 27, 1880 about 40 miles from San Bernardino County, CA. on the way back from Ivanpah &
Susanna Harris, b. Feb. 14, 1840 in Berrien County, Michigan and d. May 31, 1917 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
On Aug. 20/26, 1856, Clark Sirenus Fabun and Susanna Harris were married in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA.
Clark & Susanna Fabun's children were:
1. Cyrenus Clark Fabun, b. Sep. 1857 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 17, 1906...
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Dan's parents were:
Clark Sirenus Fabun, b. Aug. 4, 1816 in Onondaga County, NY. and d. Apr. 27, 1880 about 40 miles from San Bernardino County, CA. on the way back from Ivanpah &
Susanna Harris, b. Feb. 14, 1840 in Berrien County, Michigan and d. May 31, 1917 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
On Aug. 20/26, 1856, Clark Sirenus Fabun and Susanna Harris were married in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA.
Clark & Susanna Fabun's children were:
1. Cyrenus Clark Fabun, b. Sep. 1857 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 17, 1906 in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. Cyrenus marr. Alice Bell Robinson.
2. Susanna Delphina "Della" Fabun, b. Sep. 6, 1859 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Apr. 7, 1949 in Orange County, CA. Della married John Francis Faris.
3. Gideon Smith Fabun, b. 1862 and d. Sep. 21, 1879 in San Bernardino County, CA.
4. Amasa Russell "Russ" Fabun, b. Jul. 22, 1865 in CA. and d. Feb. 18, 1945 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
5. George Washington Fabun, b. Jun. 19, 1869 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 23, 1909 of typhoid in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. George was marr. to Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Anderson) Churchill-Neel.
6. Elsie Lovina Fabun, b. Feb. 23, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. and d. Nov. 19, 1954 in Hemet Riverside, CA. Elsie marr. Frank H. Ford, and 2nd, Iler Gustin Harris.
7. John Harris Fabun, b. Sep. 1874 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 20, 1904 of consumption in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. John married Libbie Lorena Mathis.
8. Daniel Eiler Fabun, b. May 24, 1878 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Sep. 17, 1951 in San Bernardino county, CA. Daniel was married first, to Minerva E. Cook and 2nd, to Lucy "Lulu" M. Burton.
On Apr. 22, 1880, when Dan was not quite 2 years old, his father, Clark S. Fabun died of heart disease about 40 miles from San Bernardino, CA. on his way back from Ivanpah.
In the Jun. 11, 1880 U. S. census, 2 yr. old Danl. I. Fabun, b. in CA., was living on 8th St. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. with his
40 yr. old widowed mother (and head of household), Susanna Fabun, carrying on the business of the farm, b. in Michigan
22 yr. old brother, Cyreninz (Cyrenus) Fabun, a laborer, b. in CA.
20 yr. old sister, Delphina Fabun, b. in CA.
14 yr. old brother, Russell Fabun, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, George Fabun, b. in CA.
8 yr. old sister, Elsie Fabun, b. in CA.
5 yr. old brother, John Fabun, b. in CA.
On May 8, 1904, 25 yr. old D. E. Fabun, b. in CA., and 20 yr. old Minerva Cook, b. in IA., were married in Los Angeles, according to CA., County Marriage records for 1849-1980.
Daniel & Minerva had two children (one had died by the 1910 census - and the other appears to have been adopted after the 1910 U. S. census):
Lettie Fabun, b. abt. 1907 in CA.
In the 1910 U. S. census, 31 yr. old Daniel E Fabun, a Carpenter, b. in CA., was living in a rented house at 1044 45th St. in Los Angeles Assembly District 70, Los Angeles county, CA. with his
26 yr. old wife, Minerva E Fabun, b. in IA.
This was a first marriage for Daniel and Minerva. They had been married for 6 years.
Minerva was the mother of one child, no longer alive by this census.
Daniel had been out of work for 13 weeks.
According to his Sep. 12, 1918 WWI Draft Registration card, 40 year old Daniel Eiler Fabun, b. May 24, 1878, was living at 1906 S. San Pedro in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, CA. with his wife, Minerva. Daniel was working for (the film director) D. W. Griffith as a stage mechanic (at the studio) on Sunset & Hollywood Blvds.
Daniel was described as tall and slender, with blue eyes, dark brown hair and nothing apparent that would disqualify him from serving in the military.
In the 1920 U. S. census, 41 yr. old Daniel Fabun, a Technical Director for a Moving Picture Company, b. in CA., was living in a rented home at 661 Fairmount Blvd. in Riverside Ward 2, Riverside, CA. with his
35 yr. old wife, Minerva Fabun, b. in IA.
13 yr. old daughter, Lettie Fabun, b. in CA.
Daniel's father was b. in Michigan and his mother in MO.
Minerva's mother was b. in MO.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 12, Col. 2
Tue., Nov. 13, 1928
Excerpt from: Doings of the Pioneers
Early days Are Recalled by Fabun
Dan Fabun, son of the well known pioneer, Clark S. Fabun and Susana Fabun, and Edward Fabun, the eldest son of Syrenus Fabun, were present Saturday with their wives, and entertained the pioneers with interesting reminiscences of early San Bernardino history, especially relating to the park where the pioneers assembled to celebrate July Fourth and to crown the May queens, which was known as Fabun's park. Dan Fabun stated that so many changes have taken place in recent years, and landmarks almost obliterated that he wished to give the exact spot which was known years ago as "Fabun's Park." It is now included in the Santa Fe yards west of the viaduct. In the old days it consisted of 10 acres, with willow trees for shade and meadow grass for a carpet. On their days of celebration the pioneers of San Bernardino and the surrounding valley would form a procession on Fourth street in front of the two adobe school houses, and march westward to Fabun's Park where the exercises of the day were always held. The May day queens would be crowned, and the bishop, maid of honor and flower girls would all participate. On July Fourth the president of the day would give the oration, and there would be a reader of the Declaration of Independence.
On Oct. 15, 1929, 51 yr. old Daniel Eiler Fabun and Lulu Waltz, residents of San Bernardino, posted a Notice of Intention to Wed, according to the San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 19, last column.
In the 1930 U. S. census, 51 yr. old Daniel E Fabun, a self-employed violin maker in his own shop, b. in CA., was living in a home (not on a a farm) he owned, valued at $3,000 at 168 Julia in San Bernardino Ward 1, San Bernardino, CA. with his
45 yr. old wife, Lulu Fabun, b. in KS.
70 yr. old widowed mother-in-law, Sarah Burton, b. in IL.
There was not a radio in the home.
Daniel was 25 yrs. old and Lulu was 17 at the time of their first marriages.
Daniel's father was b. in NY. and his mother in Michigan.
Lulu's father was b. in MO. and her mother in IL.
Sarah's father was b. in IN. and her mother in IL.
Daniel was a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
In the 1940 U. S. census, 62 yr. old (head of household) Dan Fabun, a Construction Foreman in the building trade, b. in CA., was living in a home he owned valued at $1,000 at 546 East 3rd St. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. with his
55 yr. old wife, Lulu Fabun, b. in KS.
79 yr. old widowed mother-in-law, Sarah C Burton, living off an old age pension, b. in IL.
Dan, Lulu & Sarah were all living in the same house in 1935.
The highest grade Dan and Lulu had completed was 8th grade; Sarah had gone as far as 5th.
Dan worked 44 hours in the week prior to the census and 52 weeks in 1939.
His income was listed as $1,560 and he had no income from other sources.
According to his Apr. 25, 1942 WWII Draft Registration card, 63 yr. old Daniel Eiler Fabun, b. May 24, 1878 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA., was living at 329 E. 4th St. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. with his wife, Lulu Fabun. He was working for the Triangle Rock & Gravel Co. in Highland & Lytle Creek, San Bernardino county, CA.
Daniel was described as 5'10" tall, weighing 140 lbs., with gray eyes, gray hair, a light brown complexion and no other obvious physical characteristic that would aid in identification.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 17, Col. 7-8 and P. 20, Col. 7
Sun., Oct. 10, 1948
PIONEER - (Pioneer Society Plans Big Part In Days of Gold Celebration.
Pioneer San Bernardino's whose residence antedates the coming of the railroads will play an important part in the Oct. 21-23 Days of Gold celebration.
The Pioneer society will have a share in the "gaslight review" of both Friday and Saturday nights of the celebration. On Friday night the Pioneer society and the St. Elmo club of Warm Springs will stage a square dance contest while on Saturday there will be a competition between "old time fiddlers" for which four contestants have registered to date.
Several pioneer families will have their own entries in the huge pageant-parade of Saturday, Oct. 23. The Bemis-Hancock-Roberts clan which scored with the entry of an original conestoga wagon in last year's parade, is planning a two-wagon entry and a marching group this year.
Daniel E. (Dan) Fabun, a vice-president of the Pioneer society is chairman of the pioneer participation in Days of Gold events and one of the most active of all committee chairmen.
Mr. Fabun, who was born in 1878 in the old Lugo ranch house on the site of the present Santa Fe roundhouse, is the son and grandson of noted San Bernardino founders.
Dan Fabun's father, Clark E. Fabun, was the wheelwright and wagon maker whose shop was placed in the central plaza of the Mormon stockade of 1851-52 on the sight (site) of the present courthouse. Early maps label the shop as "Fabun's blacksmith shop" but Dan Fabun asserts his father was a wheel smith rather than a blacksmith. The wagon maker ranked as one of the most important members of any caravan.
Mr. Fabun's grandfather, John Harris, is credited with bringing the first flour mill in San Bernardino - on Lytle creek's banks south of Base Line. The Harris mill, later converted into a woolen mill, is said to have antedated the famous Mormon grist mill that was built on Mill street, near the present Allen street intersection. Mr. Fabun recalls visiting his grandfather's mill as a boy but only after the machinery had been removed from that pioneer valley industry.
Fabun has spent most of his life in San Bernardino where for decades he was a well-know general contractor. Three decades ago, he journed to Hollywood and built stage sets for the infant movie industry. The first sets used by Universal were Fabun-made as were those of Griffith in many noted early pictures.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 8, Col. 2
Mon., Feb. 27, 1950
Excerpt from: Fabun Appointed on Orange Show Group
Dan Fabun, president of the Pioneer society, was appointed to the general advisory committee for the 35th National Orange Show. The announcement was made at Saturday's meeting of the society in the log cabin in Pioneer park.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 15, Col. 7-8
Tue., Mar. 21, 1950
CITY PIONEERS 'SORE'
Society Ignored in Mormon Welcome, Says President
President Dan Fabun of the San Bernardino Pioneer society charged yesterday that the society was "entirely ignored" in the Mormon battalion welcoming program on the stage of Swing auditorium at the Orange Show Saturday.
Although it was previously announced that the society greeted the Utah visitors and staged a square dance on the exposition stage, President Fabun said, "we were never called on to dance."
"Our 200 members are sore and you can't blame them," he added.
"While the arrangements were all agreed on in advance and the San Bernardino society worked and prepared for the event, when the time came the San Bernardino pioneers were entirely ignored. After we waited back stage, we were never called on to dance.
"So much for the sons and daughters of the men and women who were the real builders of San Bernardino."
Orange Show officials said the exposition has nothing to do with such stage programs, but merely provides the time for groups desiring to appear.
Royal P. Skousen, president of the San Bernardino county chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers - sponsors of the Mormon battalion ceremonies in San Bernardino - said the commission of the Pioneer Society group from the program was apparently due to an upset schedule.
The battalion was late in arriving in San Bernardino and the stage mixup resulted.
"The Sons of Utah Pioneers sincerely regret the incident," he said.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 5, Col. 4
Mon., Apr. 3, 1950
Excerpt from: Pioneer Society Holds Story Telling Session Saturday
An impromptu story telling session and music featured Saturday's meeting of the San Bernardino Pioneer society in the Pioneer park log cabin.
George Banford, first vice-president, conducted the business session for Dan Fabun, president, who was handicapped with a broken leg.
The Colton Courier (Colton, CA.), P. 1, last 2 columns
Mon., Sep. 17, 1951
TWO BADLY INJURED IN SHOOTING
Husband Found Dead After Attack On Pair In Victory Village Today
Shots rocked Victory Village early this morning as a San Bernardino man shot down his estranged wife and brother-in-law and then escaped only to take his own life.
Victims of the early morning tragedy were Mts. Lulu Fabun, 66, who is in critical condition after being shot in the back and head; James Woodward, 72, who was seriously wounded in the stomach; and gunman, Dan Fabun, 73, who apparently poisoned himself.
"My husband, Dan Fabun, shot me," was all that Mrs. Fabun could tell sheriff officer Barton Keene before doctors ordered her isolated, but an eyewitness account of the affair was obtained from Woodward.
Fabun came to the Woodward home in the housing project near Norton Air Depot to see his wife, who had been living there about a month, the wounded Woodward told Keene.
During this first visit, which occurred at about 8 a.m., Fabun told his wife to be at their home in San Bernardino by 9 a.m. to meet a real estate man who was going to sell their house. When, on the advice of her brother, she didn't show up at the appointed time, Fabun returned in his car and honked.
Both the woman and her brother, according to Keene, went out to see what he wanted. Fabun showed his wife a contract for the sale of the home and she got into the from seat to read it.
According to Woodward's statement, the woman became suspicious, and asked whose writing was on the paper and then accused Fabun of writing it himself. At this point, Fabun whipped out a .32 automatic and shot through the back window at Woodward, who was standing behind the car.
His Wife Twice
At the sound of the first shot Mrs. Fabun, according to Woodward, jumped out of the car and started to run away, but her husband turned and fired two shots, hitting her both times. At this point, Keene reported, Woodward came around to the front of the car to see what was going on and was dropped by a shot to the stomach.
Woodward told police he played dead when Fabun came over to examine the body, and then he saw his brother-in-law raise the gun to his temple and pull the trigger. Instead of firing, the gun only clicked, Woodward reported. At that point, Fabun got into his car and sped away.
Found in Car
Sheriff's officers who answered the frantic call from a terrified neighbor who had spotted the two bodies lying on the lawn, found faun dead in a field a short ways down the street.
Burns which were discovered about Fabun's mouth led to believe that the would-be murderer had taken poison and had died at the wheel of his car while escaping from the scene of the crime.
According to Captain J. F. Miller the shooting climaxed a long feud between Mr. and Mrs. Fabun. He reported that Fabun had been arrested last July for threatening his wife with a deadly weapon and had been given a suspended sentence on the condition that he turn over all his firearms in the court.
Fabun was arrested again last mont, said Miller, after he had beaten up his wife.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA. P. 15, Col. 1
Tue., Sep. 18, 1951
Pistol Shots Poison End In One Dead, Two Injured
Pioneer Fabun Takes own Life; Wife 'Critical'
Marital Troubles Blamed in Letter Left in Clothing
A 66-year-old woman was in "extremely critical" condition and another victim termed serious at the County hospital last night as the result of what investigators said was a fusillade fired by her estranged husband, Dan E. Fabun, 73, climaxed by his own death by poison.
Marital troubles were blames for the action by Fabun, a past president of the San Bernardino Pioneer society.
The blaze of gunfire about 9 a.m. yesterday resulted in two bullet wounds for Mrs. Lula (Lulu) Fabun, and one for James E. Woodward, 72, at the latter's home, 908 East Cardiff avenue. Fabun's body, slumped over in the front seat, was found in his car a few blocks away.
BOTTLE FOUND
Chief Deputy Edward P. Doyle of Coroner R. E. Williams' staff said a small bottle of a deadly poison had been found near the Woodward residence. He expressed belief Fabun had swallowed some of it and had managed to drive several blocks before collapsing.
At the County hospital, Mrs. Fabun was unable to be questioned in detail. Physicians allowed Lt. Barton Keene of Sheriff Eugene L. Mueller's homicide detail to ask one question, "Who shot you?"
My husband, Dan Fabun, shot me," came her whispered reply, Lieutenant Keene reported.
Mrs. Fabun feared for her life when she and her husband separated last month, reported the officer. On her complaint, he had been arrested and convicted of threatening her with a deadly weapon, Keene added. One of the probation terms was that Fabun, for a year, have no weapons in his possession.
From Woodward, Mrs. Fabun's brother-in-law, officers obtained a picture of the shooting. A discussion on the proposed sale of their home climaxed in the four shots being fired.
FIRST MISSES
The first missed Woodward as he stood near the Fabun car; two crumpled Mrs. Fabun as she tried to flee, and the fourth brought down Woodward. As he feigned death, Woodward told Keene, he saw Fabun raise the gun to his own temple and pull the trigger.
Only a faint click resulted.
Then, said Woodward, Fabun sped out of the driveway and turned westward on Cardiff.
Other witnesses said the car was moving slowly when it neared La Junta street. There it veered sharply to the south, crashed through a barbed wire fence and stalled several hundred feet out in a plowed field.
In the car with Fabun was a .32 caliber automatic pistol of a foreign make.
UNDERGOES SURGERY
At the County hospital, Mrs. Fabun was reported to have one wound in the head, the bullet entering her right cheek and emerging near her left ear, and the other in her body, the slug having pierced her back and gone out through her left upper chest. Woodward's wound was in the stomach. He underwent surgery shortly after being admitted to the hospital.
In Fabun's clothing were two letters, one addressed to the coroner, giving directions for funeral arrangements and settlement of his estate. The other, to The Sun-Telegram, blamed marital troubles for the decision to take his life.
"I'm too old to live alone," he said in the letter to the newspaper.
Aiding in the investigation were Undersheriff Harry R. Heap, Deputy Precy Sellas of the identification bureau, Deputy Albert Oehl, and California Highway Patrolman William Beals.
The victim was the son of pioneer San Bernardino valley residents and had been a carpenter for most of his career.
The body was removed to the Mark B. Shaw mortuary.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 5, Col. 5
Sat., Sep. 22, 1951
DANIEL E. FABUN
Funeral services for Daniel E. Fabun will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Mark B. Shaw memorial chapel with the Pioneers society officiating. Burial will follow in Pioneer Memorial cemetery.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 11, Col. 1
Mon., Sep. 24, 1951
Excerpt from: Domestic Dispute Takes Life of Second Victim
Woodward Dies Suddenly From Bullet Wound
Argument Resulted In Suicide Death of Fabun, City Pioneer
Death yesterday claimed James E. Woodward, 72, one of two victims shot down by Dan E. Fabun, San Bernardino pioneer, in a marital dispute last Monday, Fabun took his own life with poison immediately after the shooting.
Woodward, a resident of 908 Cardiff avenue, died unexpectedly at 1:24 p.m. at San Bernardino county hospital. He had been shot in the stomach in the affair in the front yard of his home, which also resulted in the critical wounding of Mrs. Lula (Lulu) Fabun, estranged wife of the suicide victim.
Woodward had been believe in less serious condition than Mrs. Fabun, reported P. H. Evans, deputy of Coroner R. E. Williams, and had appeared to be on the road to recovery during the morning.
AUTOPSY ORDERED
An autopsy was ordered to make certain of the cause of death.
Mrs. Fabun, hit twice by bullets, was reported showing improvements at St. Bernardine's hospital. Attendants said she had been taken off the "critical list", although her condition was still regarded as serious.
The body of Woodward was taken to the Grove-Kircher mortuary, where funeral arrangements are pending. A resident of San Bernardino and of California for six years, he was a retired carpenter and farmer. He was a native of Kansas.
Survivors include his wife, Cora L.; two sons, Ernest of Columbus, Ohio, and Rex of Mt. Vernon, Ill.; a daughter, Mrs. Roy Cristo of Belleville, Kan.; a brother, George of Medicine Lodge, Kan.; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Murphy, also of Medicine Lodge, and six grandchildren.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 9, Col. 6
Sat., Nov. 24, 1951
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my sincere appreciation for the many acts of kindness, cards, letters and flowers during my illness in the hospital and in my home.
LULU FABUN |
