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Fasquelle, Jean Louis – Fay, Francis Ball

Fasquelle, Jean Louis

educator, author, was born in 1808, in France. He was a French educator who came to America in 1834, and was professor of modern languages at Michigan university in 1846-62. He was the author of Lessons in French; French Course; Télémaque, with Notes and Grammatical References; and General and Idiomatic Dictionary of the French and English Languages. He died in 1862, in Michigan.

Fassett, Cornelia Adele

artist, was born Nov. 9, 1831, in Owasco, N. Y.

She has executed portraits of Vice-President Henry Wilson, Justices Miller and Field, Chief-Justice Waite, President Garfield, John A. Logan, Clara Barton, and others, and in 1877-80 painted The Electoral Commission in Open Session, containing portraits of about two hundred persons.

Faulk, Andrew J

governor, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed governor of the territory of Dakota in 1866, residing at Yankton, and remaining in office until 1869.

Fauquier, Francis

governor, was born about 1720. He succeeded Dinwiddie as governor of Virginia in 1758; and after that was lieutenant-governor until his death. He died March 3, 1768, in Virginia.

Faville, Henry

clergyman, and founder of the Sunday Evening Club movement, was born July 7, 1847, in Milford, Wis. He is a distinguished clergyman of Wisconsin, and now fills a pastorate in La Crosse.

Fawcett, Lemuel S

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born June 24, 1845, in Overton, Pa. He served as a soldier in the union army; and since 1873 has practiced law in Houston, Texas, where he is judge of his county. He is a logical speaker and a well known political writer.

Fawcett, Mary Huestis

author, poet, was born in May, 1843, in Ohio.

She was educated in the Mount Pleasant seminary of Ohio, and for many years has contributed both prose and verse to periodical literature. In 1880 she published a volume of poems; and in 1890 appeared a second volume entitled Ernestine and Other Poems.

Faxon, Henry W

journalist, was born about 1830, in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1861 he became an army correspondent for New York papers. Among his most noted efforts were the Silver Lake Snake Story; and the A. P. L. Parin Papers.

He died Sept. 11, 1864, in Washington, D. C.

Faxon, William

journalist, public official, was born April 27, 1822, in Hartford, Conn. He was one of the editors and proprietors of the Hartford Courant; and in 1856 established the Hartford Press, the first republican paper in Connecticut. He was chief clerk of the navy department from 1861 to 1866; and assistant secretary of the navy from 1866 to 1869.

Fay, Amy

musician, author, was born in 1844, in Louisiana. She is a Chicago musician; and the author of Music Study in Germany.

Fay, Edward Allen

educator, author, was born Nov. 22, 1843, in Morristown, N. J. He has been prominent in educational work, and was editor of American Annals of the Deaf. He is the author of Concordance of the Divina Commedia, and other works.

Fay, Francis Ball

merchant, state senator, congressman, was born June 12, 1793, in Southborough, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate in 1842 and 1845; mayor of Chelsea in 1857; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1852 to 1853. He died Oct. 6, 1876, in South Lancaster, Mass.