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Chatterton, Fenimore

lawyer, legislator, was born July 21, 1860, in Oswego, N. Y. During 1870-78 he attended the public schools of Washington, D. C., and the preparatory department of the Columbia college. In 1888 he was treasurer and probate judge of Carbon county, Wyo.; in 1890-92 was state senator for two terms; the latter year serving as vice-president of the state senate. In 1894-96 he served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Carbon; and is known as one of the foremost lawyers in the west, with a large practice at Rawlins, Wyo.

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