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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. been captain and colonel in the Massachusetts volunteer militia; has been trustee and vice-president of the Franklin savings insti-

and lecturer in the Harvard law school. Since 1891 he has been justice of the

tution;

superior court of Massachusetts.

Fessenden,

Frederick

founder, was burg, Mass.

bom May He was

James,

educator, 1863, in Luneneducated in the public schools and academies of Massachusetts and 8,

New he at

York. In 1887-88

was an instructor the academy in

Lansingburg, N.Y.; in 1888-89 was an instructor

academy

at of

Rugby Philadel-

phia, Pa. In 1889-98 taught in the Berkeley school at New York City; in 18981903 taught in the Hill school at Pottstown, Pa.; and since 1903 has been headmaster of the Fessenden school at West Newton, Mass.

Fessenden, James Deering, soldier, legiswas born Sept. 28, 1833, in Westbrook, Maine. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1864. In 1865 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers, and was on duty in South Carolina. He was appointed register in bankruptcy for the iirst district of Maine in 1868; and represented Portland in the legislature in 1872-74. He died Nov. 18, 1882, in Portland, Maine.

lator,

Fessenden, Mrs. Laura Dayton, journalist, author, was born in New York City. She represented Harper's Bazar at the World's Columbian exposition; and is president of the Chicago newspaper women's club. She Beth; A Puritan is the author of Essie; Lover; A Colonial Dame; and Bonnie Mackirby.

Fessenden,

Reginald

Aubrey,

educator,

was born on Oct. 6, 1866, in Canada. He was educated at the Deveaux electrician,

military school at Suspension Bridge, N.Y. and at the Trinity colof Port Hope, lege In Ontario, Canada. 1886-87 he was inspecting engineer of the Edison company

chemist of the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison. In 1890-92 he was electrician of the

Westinghouse electrical and manufacturing company of Newark, N.J. In 1892-93 he was professor of physics and electrical engineering at Purdue university; and in 1893-1900

was professor

weather bureau. He has contributed many articles to electrical magazines and reviews. Fessenden, Samuel, lawyer, philanthropist, was born July 16, 1784, in Fryeburg, Maine. In 1815-16 he was in the general court of Massachusetts; and in 1818-19 represented his district in the Massachusetts state senate. For fourteen years he was major-general of the twelfth division of Massachusetts militia. He died March 13, 1869, in Portland, Maine. Fessenden, Samuel, soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born April 12, 1847, in Rockland, Maine. He was appointed second lieutenant in the fifth Maine battery in 1865. He was a member of the Connecticut house of representatives in 1874, 1879 and 1895; and was speaker in his last term. Fessenden, Samuel Clement, clergyman, lawyer, congressman, was born March 7, 1815, in New Gloucester, Maine. In 1856 he established the Maine Evangelist; in 1858 entered upon the practice of law; and soon after was elected judge of the municipal court of Rockland. In 1861-63 he was a representative from Maine to the thirty-seventh congress. In 1865 he was appointed a member of the board of examiners of the patent office. He died in 1881 in Rockland, Maine. Fessenden, Thomas, clergyman, author, was born in 1739 in Cambridge, Mass. In 1767-1813 he was pastor in Walpole, N.H. He was the author of The Science of Sanctity, and The Boston Self-Styled GentlemenReviewers Reviewed. He died in 1813 in

Walpole, N.H. Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 23, 1826, in Portland, Maine. In 1858 he was appointed aide-de-camp to the governor of Maine. In 1860 he was elected to the Maine legislature; and in 1861-62 was attorney for the county of Androscoggin. In 1861-63 he was a representative from Maine to the thirtyseventh congress to fill a vacancy. He died Sept. 28, 1868, in Lewiston, Maine. Fessenden, William Pitt, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, cabinet officer, was born Oct. 16, 1806, in Boscawen, N.H. a member of the Maine legislature in 1832 and in 1840. In 1841-43 he was a representative to the

He was

New

York; and in 1887-90 he was head of

of electrical engineering in the university of Pennsylvania. In 1900 he became special agent of the United States

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twenty-seventh

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again

gress.

in the state legislature in 1845-46, and in 1853-71 1853-54. In he was United States senator. In 1864-65 he was secretary of the treasury. He died Sept. 8, 1870, in Portland, Maine. Fessenden, Thomas Green, author, poet, was born April 22, 1771, in Walpole, N.H. He edited the New England Farmer and similar journals and in earlier life won con;