James Fenelon
James E. Fenelon (c. 1845 – September 24, 1915) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1]
Biography
Fenelon was born in County Carlow, Ireland around 1845; sources differ on the date. A Roman Catholic, he attended what is now Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Later, Fenelon owned a farm in Ripon, Wisconsin. In the 1880s he owned a meat market in Ripon, which was destroyed in a fire in 1885.[2] He died on September 24, 1915.[3]
State legislative career
A Republican,[4] Fenelon was elected to the Assembly in 1900 and 1908.[5] Previously, he had refused a Democratic nomination for the Wisconsin State Senate in 1884.
References
- ↑ Maurice McKenna, ed. (1912). Fond du Lac County Wisconsin Past and Present. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 309.
- ↑ "The Ripon Fire". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. January 29, 1885. p. 3. Retrieved January 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Wisconsin Session Laws. Madison, WI. 1917. p. 1333.
- ↑ "Stephenson in Washington". Eau Claire Leader. April 21, 1909. p. 1. Retrieved January 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, WI. 1909. p. 1118.
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