Featherston, Lewis Porter – Felton, John Brooks
Featherston, Lewis Porter
planter, congressman, was born July 28, 1851, in Oxford, Miss. He removed to St.
Francis county, Ark., where he engaged in planting. He was elected to the state house of representatives in 1886 for the term of 1887-88. He was elected to congress in 1888, but counted out; contested and was seated March 5, 1890.
Featherston, Winfield Scott
soldier, congressman, was born Aug. 8, 1821, in Rutherford county, Tenn. He was elected to congress as a democrat, and served in 1847-51, but was defeated for a third term by the union candidate. He took part in the rebellion of 1861-65 as a brigadier-general.
Febiger, Christian
soldier, was born in 1746, in Denmark. He served in the revolutionary war, retiring from active service Jan. 1, 1783, and was brevetted brigadier-general in the following September. He died Sept. 20, 1796, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Febiger, John Carson
naval officer, was born Feb. 14, 1821, in Pittsburg, Pa. He served in the United States navy during the civil war; attained the rank of commodore; and in 1882 he was made rear admiral in the United States navy.
Fechter, Charles Albert
actor, was born Oct. 23, 1824, in London, England. He came to New York and appeared for the first time on the American stage at Niblo's garden in 1870, as Ruy Blas.
The last part which he created was Karl in Lover's Penance, produced at the Park theater in 1874. He died Aug. 5, 1879.
Feehan, Patrick A
Roman catholic archbishop, was born in 1829, in Ireland. He acquired great reputation as pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in St. Louis, and in 1865 was consecrated bishop of Nashville, Tenn.; and is now archbishop of Chicago.
Fegely, William Oliver
clergyman, poet, was born Jan. 8, 1867, in Breinigsville, Pa. After receiving his education at the Keystone Normal school of Kutztown, Pa., he taught school. In 1887 he entered Muhlenberg college of Allentown and graduated in 1890. He then studied theology at the Lutheran Theological seminary; and has since attained success as a clergyman. His poems have been given a place in several standard works.
Fegley, Harry Winslow
educator, librarian, was born July 2, 1871, in Hereford, Pa. He attended Ursinus and Eastman colleges; taught school for several years; and was elected president of the Hereford Literary society, the oldest society of its kind in eastern Pennsylvania, and which office he still fills, being also its librarian.
Fehr, Frank
brewer, was born March 3, 1844, in Germany. He founded the firm of Brohm and Fehr of Louisville, Ky.; soon became sole proprietor, and so continued until the firm was incorporated in 1890, when he generously admitted to partnership every man who had been with him five years. He died March 15, 1891.
Fehr, Herman
lawyer, was born Feb. 27, 1865, in Milwaukee, Wis. Since 1886 he has been engaged in the practice of law in his native city, and has achieved eminence at the bar.
Fehr, Julius
physician, pharmacist, was born March 29, 1825, in Germany.
After experimenting for several years, he succeeded in perfecting his celebrated preparation of compound talcum. From a small beginning in 1873, the manufacture of Fehr's compound talcum grew to be a large and increasing business, extending not only through the United States, but to foreign lands.
Feininger, Charles William Frederick
composer, was born July 31, 1844, in Germany. He has written symphonies and overtures for orchestra and operetta choruses and songs.
Felch, Alpheus
lawyer, jurist, governor, United States senator, was born Sept. 28, 1806, in Limerick, Maine. He was a member of the Michigan state legislature in 1836 and 1837; was appointed bank commissioner of Michigan in 1838, and resigned in 1839; for a short time in 1842 was auditor general of the state, but relinquished that position for a seat on the bench of the supreme court of Michigan. In 1845 he was elected governor; resigned in 1847, and was elected a senator in congress for six years; and was a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1864. For many years he was professor of law in the university of Michigan.
Felch, Will Farrand
author, poet, was born in Columbus, Ohio. He has written several works of fiction, a few dramas, and a volume of poems entitled Legends and Lyrics.
Felder, John Myers
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 7, 1782, in Orangeburg, S. C. He was a member of the state assembly in 1812, and subsequently of the senate. He was a trustee of South Carolina college; served as a major of militia; and was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1831 to 1835. He died Sept. 1, 1851, in Union Point, Ga.
Felker, Charles W
soldier, educator, lawyer, was born Nov. 25, 1834, in Penn Yan, N. Y. He received a liberal education, and attended the Brockport Collegiate institute. During the civil war he served gallantly as captain of the forty-eighth regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry. Since 1875 he has been actively engaged in the profession of law at Oshkosh, Wis. He has served as postmaster of his city; as alderman; and as superintendent of schools.
Fell, George E
physician, surgeon, was born July 10, 1849, in Chippewa, Ontario, Canada. He has been professor of physiology and microscopy in the university of Niagara. He was the first to practically demonstrate the value of forced respiration in saving human life.
Fell, John
congressman. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the continental congress from 1778 to 1780.
Fell, Thomas
clergyman, college president, was born July 15, 1851, in Liverpool, England. He is best known as the honored president of the St. John's college of Annapolis, Md.
Fellows, Isaiah
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 20, 1860, in England. In 1868 he emigrated with his parents to America, and has since lived in Cohoes, N. Y. In 1891 he was elected school commissioner; and the same year was appointed a member of the hospital commission. In 1896 he was appointed for a term of four years judge of the recorder's court of his city, with criminal jurisdiction. He has a large practice in railroad and life insurance litigation.
Fellows, John
soldier, was born in 1733, in Pomfret, Conn. He served in the French and Indian war; and was a member of the Massachusetts provincial congress in 1775. He died Aug. 1, 1808, in Sheffield, Mass.
Fellows, John
author, was born in 1760, in Sheffield, Mass. He was the author of The Veil Removed; and Mysteries of Free Masonry. He died in 1844.
Fellows, John R
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 29, 1832, in Troy, N. Y. He settled in Arkansas, and was elected to the state senate. He removed to New York city in 1868; was appointed assistant district attorney in 1869; and was elected district attorney in 1887. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Fellows, Samuel M
college president, was born Nov. 23, 1818, in North Sandwich, N. H. In 1859 he was elected president of Cornell college of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, serving until 1863. He died June 26, 1863.
Felt, David P
journalist, was born Aug. 7, 1860, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is prominent in the newspaper world, and is editor and owner of the Independent of Springville, Utah. In 1897 he was elected president of the Utah Press association.
Felt, Joseph Barlow
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 22, 1789, in Salem, Mass. He was a congregational minister of Massachusetts who, after retiring from the ministry, devoted himself to antiquarian research at Salem. He was the author of Annals of Salem; History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton; Historical Account of Massachusetts Currency; Memoirs of Hugh Peters; The Customs of New England; and Ecclesiastical History of New England. He died in 1869.
Felton, Charles N
public official, congressman, was born in 1832, in Erie county, N. Y. He was under-sheriff of Yuba county, Cal., in 1857; was elected tax collector of that county; and served two terms as a representative in the California legislature. He served as officer of the United States mint at San Francisco for six years, a part of the time as assistant treasurer, and the remainder as treasurer of the mint. In 1884 he was elected a representative from California to the forty-ninth congress; and was reelected to the fiftieth as a republican; and in 1891-93 served as United States senator to fill a vacancy.
Felton, Cornelius Conway
educator, author, was born Nov. 6, 1807, in West Newbury, Mass. He was a Greek scholar of eminence who was president of Harvard college in 1860-62. Besides his many translations from the Greek, among which The Clouds and The Birds of Aristophanes are the most noteworthy, he published Selections from Modern Greek Writers, with Notes; Familiar Letters from Europe; and Greece, Ancient and Modern. He died Feb. 26, 1862, in Chester, Pa.
Felton, John Brooks
lawyer, was born in 1827, in Sangus, Mass. He was mayor of Oakland, where he lived; and was for many years a regent of the university of California, of which he was one of the founders. He died May 3, 1877, in Oakland, Cal.