Farrell, Jeremiah W – Fauquier, Francis
Farrell, Jeremiah W
railroad contractor, was born Jan. 22, 1861, in Jefferson county, N. Y. For ten years he was a member of the democratic state central committee; was judge of awards at the World's Columbian exposition; and was a member of the state board of transportation. He is a successful railroad contractor of Orleans, Neb.
Farrelly, Hugh P
lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 2, 1858, in Greene county, Ill. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Kansas at Chanute, and in 1887 and 1890 was its city attorney. During 1891-94 he was county attorney of Neosho county; and is now a member of the state senate from the thirteenth district, consisting of Neosho and Wilson counties.
Farrelly, John W
state senator, congressman, was born in July, 1809, in Meadville, Pa. He was a member of the state legislature in 1828; a state senator from 1838 to 1841; and a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849. He was sixth auditor of the treasury from 1849 to 1853. He died in Washington.
Farrelly, Patrick
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1760, in Ireland.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1821 to 1826. He died Jan. 12, 1826, in Meadville, Pa.
Farrington, James
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1791, in New Hampshire. He was a member of the state legislature in 1830, 1832, and 1833, and was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1839. He died Oct. 29, 1859, in Rochester, N. Y.
Farris, John W
soldier, lawyer, state senator, was born Jan. 20, 1846, in Marion county, Ill. He served during the civil war in the forty-eighth Illinois infantry, and attained the rank of second lieutenant and adjutant. He was a state senator in 1882; prosecuting attorney in 1890; and a member of the Missouri state legislature in 1896.
Farrow, Edward Samuel
soldier, civil engineer, author, was born in 1855, in Maryland. He was an army officer and engineer; and the author of West Point and the Military Academy; A Military System of Gymnastic Exercises; Mountain Scouting; Pack Mules and Packing; and Farrow's Military Encyclopædia.
Farrow, Samuel
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1760, in Virginia. He was elected to congress from South Carolina as a representative for the terms from 1813 to 1817, but resigned in 1816. He served in the state legislature from 1817 to 1821. He died Nov. 18, 1824, in Columbia, Va. a
Farwell, Charles B
merchant, congressman, United States senator, was born July 1, 1823, in Painted Post, N. Y.
He was elected county clerk in 1853, and re-elected in 1857.
He was appointed member of the state board of equalization in 1867; chairman of board of supervisors in 1868; and was appointed national bank examiner in 1869. He was elected to the fortysecond, forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-seventh congresses, and was subsequently elected to the United States senate.
Farwell, John Villiers
mer-and for a while was temporary president chant, capitalist, was born July 29, 1825, in Mead's Creek, N. Y. He is vice-president and treasurer of the John V. Farwell Co., one of the largest dry goods jobbing houses in the northwest; and has been identified with the commercial life of Chicago about fifty years. He is also president of the Colorado Consolidated Land and Water Co., which is building a long irrigating canal in Montezuma county, Col. He was Indian commissioner during General Grant's first term as president.
In 1887, in company with his brother Charles, he built the state house of Texas in exchange for three million acres of land.
Farwell, Nathan Allen
United States senator, was born in 1812, in Unity, Maine. He was a member of the state senate in 1853, 1854, 1861, and 1862; presiding as president of that body during the latter year. He was elected to the state legislature in 1860, 1863, and 1864; and was a delegate to the Baltimore convention in 1864. In October of that year he was appointed, and soon afterwards elected, a senator in congress from Maine to fill a vacancy.
Farwell, Samuel
contractor, was born about 1800. He was a resident of Utica, N. Y., and was known throughout the United States for fifty years as a contractor for the building of public works. He died Nov. 17, 1875, in Saginaw, Mich.
Farwell, Sewall S
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born April 26, 1834, in Coshocton county, Ohio. He served as a captain in the union army from 1862 to 1865. He was elected a state senator in 1865 and served four years; was assessor of internal revenue from 1869 to 1873; and was collector of internal revenue from 1875 to 1881. He was elected a representative from Iowa to the forty-seventh congress.
Fasnacht, Charles H
soldier, was born March 27, 1842, in Lancaster county, Pa. He enlisted in 1861 in the ninetyninth Pennsylvania regiment, and mustered out of service in July, 1865, as first lieutenant. For his gallantry he received the United States medal of honor, a silver medal from the directors of the sanitary fair at Philadelphia, and the bronze Kearny badge.
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.
Fassett, Jacob Sloat
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 13, 1853, in Elmira, N. Y. In 1875 he graduated from the Rochester university; and in 1878 was admitted to the bar. The same year he was commissioned district attorney for the county of Chemung; and subsequently studied abroad. During 1884-92 he was a member of the New York state senate; 1 of the senate. In 1888 he was a delegate to the republican national convention; in 1891 was nominated by the republicans for governor of New York; and has always taken a prominent part in public affairs. He is engaged in several large business enterprises; controls the Elmira Daily Advertiser; and the management of the Second National bank; and is the responsible manager of the little mining town of Banner, Idaho.
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.
Faulkner, Charles James
was born about 1806, in Martinsburg, W. Va.
In 1841 he was elected to the senate of Virginia, and in 1848 was elected to the house of delegates. In 1850 he was a member of the convention formed to revise the constitution of the state. In 1851、 he was elected a representative in congress; and was re-elected to four successive congresses. In the civil war he acted as chief of staff for General Stonewall Jackson, and wrote all his reports and dispatches; and in 1872 was a member of the convention to frame a constitution for West Virginia. He was also elected to the forty-fourth congress. He died Nov. 1, 1884, in Boydville, W. Va.
Faulkner, Charles James
soldier, jurist, United States senator, was born Sept. 21, 1847, in Martinsburg, W.
Va. In 1880 he was elected judge of the thirteenth judicial. circuit, composed of the counties of Jefferson, Morgan, and Berkeley; and was elected to the United States senate as a democrat, and took his seat March 4, 1887. He was reelected in 1893. He was permanent chairman of the democratic state convention of West Virginia in 1888, and was both temporary and permanent chairman of the democratic state convention of 1892; and was chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee in 1894 and 1896.
Faunce, David Worcester
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 3, 1829, in Plymouth, Mass. He is a baptist minister of New England; and the author of Words and Works of Jesus; Words and Acts of the Apostles: The Christian in the World; A Young Man's Difficulties with his Bible; and The Resurrection in Nature and Revelation.
Fauntleroy, Thomas Turner
soldier, was born Oct. 6, 1796, in Richmond county, Va. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the war of 1812-15 when but seventeen years old. He studied law in Winchester, practiced in Warrenton, and in 1823 was elected to the legislature.
In 1836 he was commissioned a major of dragoons in the regular army, and served in the Seminole war. In 1861 he entered the confederate service. He was commissioned a brigadier-general by the convention of Virginia, and placed in command of Richmond and its defences. He died Sept. 12, 1883, in Leesburg, Va.
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.