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tempore of the senate, Mavcli 5. ISSTT, Feb. SO. 1878, April 17, 1878 and March 3, 1879. In 1883 lie was again a candidate before the state legis- lature for re-election to the U.S. senate and after balloting from Januarj' Kith to March 17th, Thomas W. Palmer was elected. He died in Grand Haven, Midi.. Oct. 14, 18!I0.

FESS, Simeon Davidson, educator, was born near Lima, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1801; son of Henry and Barbara Fess, and of Swiss descent. He was graduated from the Ohio normal universitj-, Ada, Ohio, in 1889, serving as tutor during 1887- 89. On his graduation he was appohited profes- sor of history in the university, and in 1893, after completing the law course and receiving the degree of LL. B., he was placed in charge of the law department. He was married in 1890 to Eva Candas, daughter of Capt. B. A. Thomas of Rushville, Ohio. He acquired considerable dis- tinction as a lecturer, and in 1888-89 delivered lectures on Abraham Lincoln, W. E. Gladstone, and "The Swords of Grant and Lee." His pub- lished works inchide: A Compendium of United States HiMory (1891); Outlines of Physiology and Ilijiliene (1898).

FESSENDEN, Francis, soldier, was born in Portland, Maine, March 18, 1839; son of William Pitt and Ellen Maria (Deering) Fessenden, and grandson of Gen. Samuel Fessenden. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 18.58, became a lawyer, and at the outbreak of the civil war was ap- pointed a captain in the 19th U.S. infan- try, May 14, 1861. He was on recruiting duty, 1861; com- manded a company in the army of the Cum- berland, January to April, 1862; was se- verely wounded at Shiloh, April, 1862, was colonel of the 25th Maine volun- teers, 1862-63, and

j^ commanded a bri-

trZMt^ Jc^CPtA^^t^ gaJe in the defences of Washington, D.C. He was colonel of the 30th Maine veteran in- fantry from September, 1863, to May, 1864. He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, May 10, 1864, and was with Gen. N. P. Banks in the Red River expedition, taking part in the bat- tle of Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill and Monetfs Bluff. He led the assault and lost a leg at the last-named battle, receiving for his gal- lantry the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel, U.S.A., July 6, 1864. He was also brevetted major on the same date for his services at Shiloh.

He was made major general of volunteers, Nov, 19, 186.), and commanded the 1st infantry division, department of West Virginia. He was subsequently assigned to the 1st veteran corps. He was on the Wirtz military commission from August to October, 186.5, president of a court of inquiry, and of a military commission, from No- vember, 186.J, to March, 1866, and in the bureau of refugees, freedmen and abandoned lands in 1866. He declined the appointment of lieutenant-, colonel, 4.5th U.S. infantry, in August, 186G. He was transferred to the 38th infantry on the re- organization of the army and was retired from the regular army on his own application, Nov. 1, 1866, with the rank of brigadier-general. He was also brevetted colonel, brigadier-general, and major-general, U.S. army. He was mayor of Portland, Maine, in 1876, and practiced law in that city after his retirement from the army. He was married in 1863 to Ellen W^inslow, daugh- ter of Edward Fo-v of Portland, Maine.

FESSENDEN, James Deering, soldier, was born in Westbrook, Maine, Sept. 38, 1833; son of William Pitt and Ellen Maria (Deering) Fessen den. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1852 and practised law in Portland, Maine. He was mar- ried in 1856 to Frances Gushing Greeley. He enlisted a company of volunteers in the civil war and was commissioned captain of the 2d U.S. sharpshooters, Nov. 3, 1861. He served on the stair of Gen. David Hunter, 1862-63, and en- gaged in the operations on the Carolina coast. He was promoted colonel of volunteers in 1863, and organized and commanded the first regiment of colored troops in May, 1863, but the govern- ment then refused to accept such service. He was transferred to the army of the Tennessee in 1863, and was under Hooker in the campaigns of Chattanooga in 1863, and Atlanta in 1864. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Aug. 8, 1864, was ordered to report to General Sheridan in the valley of Virginia and took part in the battle of Cedar Creek in October, 1864. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, and served in South Carolina until mustered out. He was appointed register in bankruptcy in 1868, and was a representative in the state legislature, 1873-74. He died in Portland, Maine, Nov, 18, 1882.

FESSENDEN, Reginald Aubrey, electrical engineer, was born in Bolton, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 6, 1866; son of Elisha Joseph and Clementina (Trenholm) Fes.senden; and grandson of Eli.sha and Susan (Tibbetts) Fessenden, and of Norman and Mary (Ridley) Trenholm. The Fessendens of Canterbury, England, immigrated to America in 1641 and settled in Cambridge, Mass., and the Trenholms were of Stockholm, Sweden, Burton, England and Virginia. He was prepared for col-