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Fenn, Harry

artist, was born Sept. 14, 1838, in Surrey, England. He has achieved great success as an illustrator of books. Some of his best work is contained in Picturesque America, Picturesque Europe, and Picturesque Palestine.

Fenn, Stephen S

farmer, lawyer, congressman, was born March 28, 1820, in Watertown, Conn. He was a member of the legislative council of Idaho in 1864 and 1865; district attorney in 1869; and again in the assembly in 1872, and served as speaker of the house of representatives. He was elected a delegate from Idaho to the forty-fourth congress; and re-elected to the forty-fifth congress.

Fenner, Arthur

governor, was born in 1745, in Providence, R. I. He was clerk of the superior court of the state; and was chosen governor in 1789, and served until his death. He died Oct. 15, 1805, in Providence, R. I.

Fenner, Cornelius George

clergyman, poet, was born Dec. 30, 1822, in Providence, R. I. He was a unitarian clergyman at one time in charge of a church at Cincinnati; and the author of Poems of Many Moods. He died Jan. 4, 1847, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fenno, William Augustus

actor, was born March 1, 1814, in Boston, Mass.

He appeared in Philadelphia in 1848, at the Arch Street theater, as Romeo; visited California in 1850, and went to England in 1864. He died Feb. 14, 1873, in New York city.

Fenwick, Cuthbert

was born in England. He sat in the assembly of 1648, and in several others. He was speaker of the house of burgesses when it sat separate from the council in 1649. died in 1655, in Fenwick Manor, Md.

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Fenwick, Edward D

Roman catholic bishop, was born in 1768, in St. Mary's county, Md. In 1805 Father Fenwick traversed the entire valley of the Mississippi on a tour of observation with the view of finding a suitable center for his missionary labors. He selected a farm in Kentucky, paid for it out of his private fortune, and in the spring of 1806 built on it the Dominican convent of St.

Rose of Lima. He died Sept. 26, 1832, in Wooster, Ohio.

Fenwick, John R

soldier, was born in 1780, in Charleston, S. C. He was appointed lieutenant of United States marines in 1799. He was commissioned colonel of the fourth artillery in 1822, and brevet brigadier-general in 1823. He died March 19, 1842, in France.

Ferdon, John W

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1828, in Piermont, N. Y. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1855; a state senator in 1856 and 1857; and delegate to the republican national conventions of 1864 and 1876. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth congress as a republican. He died Aug. 6, 1884.

Ferguson, Benjamin H. S

clergyman, was born July 14, 1861, in Pickensville, Ala. He received his education at the Rust university of Holly Springs.

Miss., and subsequently received the degree of LL. D. He has attained success as a clergyman in the methodist episcopal church; and has been pastor in various cities in the Upper Mississippi conference.

Ferguson, Elizabeth

poet, was born in 1739 in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a writer of poems and a translator of French verse. She died Feb. 23, 1801, in Graeme Park, Pa.

Ferguson, Fenner

lawyer, congressman, was born April 25, 1814, in Nassau, N. Y. He was master in chancery in Albany, N. Y., in 1844; also master in chancery in Michigan, and a member of the Michigan legislature, and prosecuting attorney. In 1854 he was appointed chief justice of the territory of Nebraska, which office he resigned, after being elected a delegate to the thirty-fifth congress from that territory. He died in November, 1859, in Bellevue, Nebraska territory.