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Falligant, Robert

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 12, 1839, in Savannah, Ga. As soldier, lawyer, legislator and judge, he has been successful, and is one of the best public speakers in the state of Georgia. He was chosen state representative in 1882, and as state senator in 1884.

Falloon, George

civil engineer, merchant, state senator, was born April 3, 1852. He was educated as a civil engineer and surveyor; elected county surveyor of Athens county in 1875 and 1881; and was elected to the Ohio state senate in 1895.

Faneuil, Peter

founder, was born in 1700, in New Rochelle, N. Y. He was the founder of Faneuil hall, which, with the exception of the capitol at Washington, is probably the best known building in the United States. He died March 3, 1743, in Boston, Mass.

Fanning, David

free-booter, author, was born in 1756 in Johnston county, N. C.

He was a famous free-booter who acted with the royalists during the American revolution, and was one of those persons exempted by name from benefits of the general pardon. He was the author of a Narrative of Adventures in North Carolina, edited by J. H. Wheeler, and printed privately in 1861. He died in 1825 in Digby, N. S.

Fanning, John Thomas

civil engineer, author, was born Dec. 31, 1837, in Norwich, Conn. He is a distinguished civil engineer of Minneapolis, whose Treatise on Water Supply Engineering has had wide circulation.

Faran, James J

journalist, congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative from Ohio to the thirtieth congress; and subsequently became one of the proprietors of the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Farfax, Donald Macneill

naval officer, was born Aug. 10, 1822, in Virginia. He served in the United States navy during the civil war; for gallant and meritorious services attained the rank of rear admiral.

Fargo, James Congdel

was born May 5, 1829, in Pompey, N. Y. In 1866 he came to New York city as the general superintendent and manager of the Fargo Express company; and succeeded to the presidency in 1881. He is also the president of the Merchants' Despatch Transportation company, and director of several important railroad and express companies.

Faris, George W

educator, lawyer, congressman, was born June 9, 1854, in Jasper county, Ind. In 1884 he was the republican nominee for the circuit judgeship, but was defeated by a slender majority. He has been active in republican politics; and was elected to the fiftyfourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Farlee, Isaac G

Congressman, was born in New Jersey. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.

Farley, E. Wilder

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1818, in Maine. He was in the state legislature in 1845, and from 1851 to 1853. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1853 to 1855; and served in the state senate in 1856.

Farley, Harriet

journalist, author, was born in 1815, in Claremont, N. H. She was a factory operative of Lowell who, in 1841 and subsequently, edited The Lowell Offering. A selection from its pages, Mind among the Spindles, was published in London in 1849. Shells from the Strand of Genius is partly original and partly selected. Fancy's Frolics, a juvenile work, appeared many years later.