House  1879-80  (District 31)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Stearns
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            12/27/1845
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Hartford, Wisconsin
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Episcopalian
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    F.E.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Cold Spring
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Physician
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Hartford Common Schools, Wisconsin; Elementary School; 
University of Wooster, Ohio; Attended College; 
Charity Hospital Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio; Medical Degree; 1869
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Mayor: 
                                            Litchfield, Minnesota (City Mayor); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Council/Aldermen: 
                                            Litchfield, Minnesota (City Council, Alderman and President, Several Terms); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Navy (United States Civil War, Ohio, U.S. Steamer Lexington, Surgeon's Steward); 
                         
                         1862 to 1865
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Addie F. Simons (married in 1875)
                                    Children: 
                                    Two children:  Emily M., and Frank S.
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was of French ancestry.
He came to Litchfield, Minnesota in 1871.
"He has always been a Republican."  (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 173)
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota.