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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Fenner, Arthur, governor, was born in 1745 in Providence, E.I. He was clerk of the superior court of Rhode Island; and the first governor in 1790-1805. He died Oct. 15, 1805, in Providence, R.I. Fenner, Charles Erasmus, lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 14, 1834, in Jackson, Tenn. In 1855 he was admitted to the bar. During the civil, war he served with Captain Fenner's Louisiana battery in the confederate army. In 1880-94 he was associate justice of the state supreme court of Louisiana;

and now practices

his

New York

to the thirty-third, the thirtythirty-seventh and thirtyeighth congresses. In 1865-69 he was the twenty-second governor of New York. In 1869-75 he was United States senator. He died Aug. 25, 1885, in Jamestown, N.Y. Fenton, Lucien Jerome, banker, congressman, was born May 7, 1844, in Winchester, Ohio. He was superintendent of public schools in Ohio for a number of years. He

fifth, thirty-sixth,

organized the Winchester bank in 1884,

profession in

New

Orleans, La. Fenner, Cornelius George, clergyman, poet, was born Dec. 30, 1832, in Providence, R.I. He became pastor of the First unitarian church in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the author of Poems of Many Moods. He died Jan. 4, 1847, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fenner, James, governor, United States senator, was born in 1771, in Providence, R.I. In 1805-07 he was United States senator. In 1807-11 and 1843-45 he was the fourth governor of Rhode Island. In 1818he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Rhode Island, but declined to accept that office. He was a presidential elector in 1831, 1837, and 1837; and was president of the convention that framed the state constitution in 1843. He died April 17, 1846, in Providence, R.L Fenner, Mrs. Mary Galentine, litterateur, poet, was born May 17, 1839, in Rush, N.Y. She is the author of a volume of Poems. Fenner, William, governor. In 1834-31 he was governor of Rhode Island. Fenno, William Augustus, actor, was born March 1, 1814, in Boston, Mass. In 1848 he appeared in Philadelphia 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. FenoUosa, Ernest Francisco, educator, lecturer, author, poet, was born Feb. 18, 1853, in Salem, Mass. In 1878-86 he was professor in the Tokio university of Japan; and in 1886-90 was connected with the Imperial museum of Tokio. In 1890-96 he was connected as curator with the museum of fine arts of Boston, Mass. He is the author of East and West, a. volume of poems. FenoUosa, Mrs. Mary McNeil, author, poet, was born in Alabama. In 1897-1900 she She is the author of A resided in Japan. Flight of Verses; and Children's Verses on

Japanese Subjects. Fenton, Hector Tyndale, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 6, 1850, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was admitted to practice law in 1870; and has made a specialty of patent and copyright cases. He is the author of American Politics; and Law of Patents and Designs.

Fenton, Reuben Eaton, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born July In 1853-55 and 1, 1819, in Carroll, N.Y. 1857-65 he was elected a representative from 28

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and still retains connection therewith. He

was appointed a

trustee of the Ohio university by Governor McKinley in 1893; and in 1895-99 he was a representative to the fifty-fourth and fiftyfifth congresses as a republican; and served on several important

committees. Fenton, William Matthew, soldier, merchant, statesman, was born Dec. 19, 1808, in Norwich, N.Y. For eight years he followed the sea; was a merchant at Pontiac, Mich.; and the village of Fenton was named for him. From 1842 he practiced law; in 1846-47 was a member of the Michigan state senate; and in 1848-53 was lieutenantgovernor of Michigan. During the civil war he attained the rank of colonel. For several years prior to the civil war he was register of the United States land office. He died Nov. 13, 1871, in Flint, Mich. Fenwick, Benedict Joseph, clergyman, bishop, was born Sept. 3, 1782, in Leonardtown, Md. In 1817 he was elected president of Georgetown college; and was at the same time rector of Trinity college. In 1825 he was appointed second Roman catholic bishop of Boston. He died Aug. 11, 1846, in Boston, Mass. 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. He died in 1655 in Fen-

wick Manor, Md. Fenwick, Edward

D.,

Roman

catholic

was bom in 1768 in St. Mary's county, Md. In 1805 Father Fenwick trabishop,

versed the entire valley of the Mississippi on a tour of observation with the view of finding a suitable center for his missionary He selected a farm in Kentucky, labors. 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, George, colonist, was born in England. He came to America in 1636 to take charge of the Saybrook plantation, so named after Lords Say and Brook, who with others produced a patent for the ter-