Fessenden, Thomas Green – Field, David Dudley
Fessenden, Thomas Green
author, poet, was born April 22, 1771, in Walpole, N. H. He was an agricultural writer of Boston who edited the New England Farmer and similar journals, but in earlier life won considerable attention as a satirical poet under the name of Christopher Caustic. He was the author of Country Lovers and the Terrible Tractoration; poems by which he is membered. He published Original Poems; The Ladies' Monitor; American Clerk's Companion; Democracy Unveiled; Pills, Poetical, Political, and Philosophical; and Laws of Patents for New Inventions.
He died Nov. 11, 1837, in Boston, Mass. re-
Fessenden, William Pitt
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 16, 1806, in Boscawen, N. H.
He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1832 and in 1840; was a representative in congress from 1841 to 1843, declining further service; and was again in the state legislature in 1845 and 1846, and in 1853 and 1854. He was elected a senator in congress for six years, from 1853; and in 1859 was re-elected for the term of six years. In 1864 he was elected a senator in congress for the term 1865-71. He died Sept. 8, 1870, in Portland, Maine.
Fessenger, John G
physician, scientist, inventor, was born Nov. 24, 1844, in Trenton, Ohio. He served as a union soldier during the civil war as first lieutenant, and was subsequently promoted to lieutenant-colonel. After the close of the war he graduated in medicine, and during 1888-93 served as surgeon and physician in the United States service. He has patented several articles of merit, and has taken a great interest in scientific subjects.
Fessenler, Orville David
merchant, legislator, was born April 11, 1865, in Boston, Mass. He is a successful merchant of Brookline, N. H.; has filled numerous public offices of trust, and served with distinction as a member of the New Hampshire legislature.
Festetitts, Mrs. Kate Neely
author, was born in 1837 in Virginia. She is a writer of children's books whose home has been in Washington since 1885.
She is the author of Ellie Randolph; and A Year at Dangerfield.
Fethers, Ogden Hoffman
educator, lawyer, was born Sept. 20, 1845, in Sharon, N. Y. In 1863 he graduated from the Fort Edward Collegiate institute, and subsequently received the degrees of A.
M. and LL. D. For many years he was regent of the university of Wisconsin, and in 1889 was commissioner from Wisconsin to the celebration centennial of constitutional government. He has attained eminence as one of the foremost lawyers of Wisconsin, and is the senior member of the leading law firm of Janesville.
Fetter, George W
educator, was born Jan. 22, 1827, in Montgomery county, Pa. For eighteen years he taught grammar schools in Philadelphia, where he was in 1864 elected principal of the girls' normal school.
Fetterolf, Adam H
educator, college president, was born Nov. 24, 1841, in Montgomery county, Pa. Since 1883 he has been president of Girard college of Philadelphia.
Feuchtwanger, Lewis
chemist, author, was born Jan. 11, 1805, in Bavaria.
He was a noted chemist of New York city who came to America from Germany in 1829. He was the author of Popular Treatise on Gems; Elements of Mineralogy; Treatise on Fermented Liquors; and Practical Treatise on Soluble or Water Glass. He died June 25, 1876, in New York city.
Few, Ignatius A
college president, was born April 11, 1789, in Georgia. He was elected to the presidency of Emory college in 1837, opened the new institution in 1838, and resigned in 1839, because of failing health. He died Nov. 28, 1845, in Athens, Ga.
Few, William
soldier, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born June 8, 1748, in Maryland. In 1778 he was surveyor-general of the state, and presiding judge of the Richmond county court. In 1780 he was sent as delegate to congress and was again appointed in 1786. In the next year he assisted in forming the national constitution, which he duly signed. After its adoption he was elected a senator in congress, serving from 1789 to 1793. In 1796 he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the state of Georgia. He subsequently served upon the bench in the legislature of that state. During the latter years of his life he resided in the city of New York, of which he was mayor; and was elected to the legislature of New York. He also held the office of commissioner of loans. He died June 16, 1828, in Fishkill, N. Y.
Fewkes, Jesse Walter
ethnologist, author, was born in 1850 in Massachusetts. He is an ethnologist of Boston who has written valuable professional monographs; and edited the Journal of American Ethnology and Archæology.
Fey, Conrad
business man, state legislator, was born June 17, 1831, in Germany. In 1847 he settled in Detroit, Mich., and since 1862 has resided in East Saginaw, where he has been justice of the peace for eight years, and police justice seven years. In 1873-74 he served with distinction as a member of the Michigan state legislature.
Ficken, John F
lawyer, legislator, was born June 16, 1843, in Charleston, S. C.
F'or six successive terms he served with distinction as a member of the state legislature of South Carolina; and was mayor of Charleston for one term of four years.
Fickett, Fred Wildon
lawyer, jurist, explorer, was born Aug. 29, 1867, in Dixmont, Maine. During 1882-85 he was in charge of the United States signal service stations in Southeast Alaska. In 1895 he represented his department of the government on the famous Copper river expedition. For two years he served as judge of police court of Galveston, Texas.
Ficklen, John Rose
educator, author, was born Dec. 14, 1858, in Falmouth, Va. He filled the chair of history and rhetoric in Tulane university for a number of years, and in 1893 was appointed professor of history and political science in the same university. He has recently published A History of Louisiana, writjoint author. ten with Miss Grace Elizabeth King as
Ficklin, Joseph
educator, author, was born Sept. 9, 1833, in Winchester, Ky.
He is a professor of mathematics in the university of Missouri who has published The Complete Algebra; and Elements of Algebra, and a series of arithmetical textbooks.
Ficklin, Orlando B
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1808 in Kentucky.
In 1834 he was a member of the Illinois legislature, and was attorney for the Wabash circuit in 1835. In 1838 and in 1842 he was again elected to the legislature.
In 1843 he was elected a representative in congress from Illinois, serving six consecutive years, and was again elected in 1850. In 1853 he was colonel of militia, and in 1856 was a presidential elector.
Fiedler, William Frederick
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 8, 1862, in Cleveland, Ohio. He has attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of Ohio at Cleveland; has been prosecuting attorney and judge of the police court, and takes an active part in public affairs.
Fiedler, William H. F
merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 25, 1847, in New York city. In 1877 he was elected a representative in the state legislature, and was re-elected in 1878. In 1879 he was elected mayor of Newark, serving two years. In 1882 he was, a third time, elected to the state assembly to fill a vacancy, and was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.
FIELD, AARON W. He is a noted lawyer of New Marlborough, Mass., and takes an active part in all public affairs.
Field, Archelaus G
physician, was born Nov. 15, 1829, in Ontario county, N. Y. He is an eminent physician and surgeon of Des Moines, Iowa.
Field, Benjamin
state senator, was born June 12, 1816, in Dorset, Vt. In 1854- 55 he was elected to the New York state senate, and in 1867 was a member of the constitutional convention. He died in August, 1876, in Albion, N. Y.
Field, Benjamin Hazard
philanthropist, was born May 2, 1814, in Winchester county, N. Y. He was president in 1886 of the Historical society, an incorporator of the American museum of natural history, the Sheltering Arms, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and was president of the free circulating library and the eye and ear infirmary. He died March 17, 1893, in New York city.
Field, Mrs. Caroline Leslie Whitney
author, poet, was born in Massachusetts. She is a writer of Guilford, Conn., and the author of High Lights, a novel; The Unseen King, and Other Poems.
Field, Cyrus West
merchant, capitalist, was born Nov. 30, 1819, in Stockbridge, Mass. He organized his first Atlantic Telegraph company in 1856, and in 1857-58, after repeated trials and failures, was successful; and a message was sent from the queen and a reply transmitted from the president. He died April 9, 1892, in Hudson, N. Y.
Field, David Dudley
clergyman, author, was born May 20, 1781, in Madison, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Stockbridge, Mass., and the author of History of Pittsfield; Genealogy of the Brainerd Family; and Histories of the Counties of Berkshire and Midatesex.
He died April 15, 1867, in Stockbridge, Mass.
Field, David Dudley
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Feb. 13, 1805, in Haddam, Conn. He studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in New York city. In 1857 he was appointed, by the legislature, chairman of a commission to prepare a new code of laws. He was elected a representative from New York to the fortyfourth congress to fill a vacancy. His Speeches and Miscellaneous Papers have been published in three volumes. He died in 1894.