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HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. many years a regent university of California, of which one of the founders. He died May

Salem, Mass. He was the author of Annals History of Ipswich, Essex and

Oakland; and was for

of Salem;

of

Hamilton; Historical Account of Massachu-

he was

Currency; Memoirs of Hugh Peters; The Customs of New England; and Ecclesiastical History of New England. He died in 1869 in Salem, Conn. Felter, Harvey Wickes, physician, author, was born June 15, 3865, in Rensselaer, N.Y. He is an eminent physician of Cincinnati, Ohio; and the author of medical Monosetts

graphs. Felton, Charles N., state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1832, in Erie county, N.Y. He 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 1885-89 he was a representative from California to the fortyninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican; and in 1891-93 he was a 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; and was pres^ ident 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 was the author of

Selections

from

Modern ers,

Greek Writwith Notes; Fa-

miliar

Letters

from

Europe;

and Greece, Ancient and Modern. died Feb. 26, 1862, in Chester, Pa. Felton, George Hurlburt, educator, physician, mathematician, was born Sept. 7, 1846, in Granville, Mass. In 1869 he graduated from Brown universi-

He

ty with the degrees of A.B. and A.M.; and graduated from the medical department of the university City of New York with the degree of M. D. Until 1887 he practiced medicine in Massachusetts and Minnesota. I n 1891-98 he was professor of materia medica in the medical department of the New Orleans university. Since 1887 he has been professor of mathematics and natural sciences in the Leland university of New Orleans, La. He has contributed to scientific publications. Felton, John Brooks, lawyer, was bom in 1837 in Sangus, Mass. He was mayor of

3,

the

1877, in Oakland, Cal.

Felton, Samuel Morse, civil engineer, railroad president, was born July 17, 1809, in

Newbury, Mass. He was superintendent and engineer of the Fitchbiirg railroad in 1843-51; and in 1851-65 was president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore road. He died Jan. 24, 1889, in Harvard, Pa. Felton, Samuel Morse, railroad president, was born Feb. 3, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Since 1890 Cincinnati, railway.

he has been president of the Orleans and Texas Pacifi.c

New

Felton, William H., farmer, congressman,

was born June 17, 1823, in Cartersville, Ga. He was a graduate from the university of Georgia;

and from the medical college of

He was engaged in farming. In he was a member of the Georgia house

Georgia.

1851

of representatives. In 1875-81 he was a representative from Georgia to the fortyfourth, forty-fifth, and the forty-sixth congresses. In 1884-90 he served in the Georgia state legislature. For ten years he was trustee from state at large for the university of Georgia. Josiah, governor, was bom in In 1657 he was governor of Maryland, serving until 1660. He died in Mary-

Fendall,

England. land.

Fenley, D. E., congressman. In 1899-1903 he was a representative from South Carolina to the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses as a, democrat.

Fenn, Harry, painter, artist, was bom 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 1864-65; district attorney in 1869 and again in the assembly in 1873, and served as speaker ot the house of representatives. In 1875-79 he was a territorial delegate from Idaho to the

forty-fourth

and

forty-fifth

congresses.

Fenn, William Wallace, clergyman, theologian, author, was born Feb. 12, 1862, in Boston, Mass. In 1901 he became professor of systematic theology in Harvard divinity school of Cambridge, Mass. He is the author of The Flowering of the Hebrew Religion.

Fennell, James, actor, tragedian, was born Dec. 11, 1766, in London. He was a vigorous and versatile actor, and soon won an eminent position in his profession. He died in June, 1816, in Philadelphia, Pa.