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	Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) — of New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, July 16, 1784. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1815-16; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1818-19. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, March 19, 1869 (age 84 years, 246 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Fessenden and Sarah (Clement) Fessenden; married to Ruth Green and Deborah Chandler; father of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; grandfather of James Deering Fessenden, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; great-grandfather of Charles Milton Fessenden; second cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Ira Edgar Locke, Henry Nichols Blake and Seth Grosvenor Heacock; fourth cousin of Bennet Bicknell; fourth cousin once removed of Abel Merrill, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Peter Rawson Taft, Simeon W. Spafard, Charles H. Eastman and Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Theodore Davenport (1792-1884) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., January 16, 1792. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford, 1825. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., September 9, 1884 (age 92 years, 237 days). Interment at Northfield Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of John Davenport and Mary Sylvester (Welles) Davenport; married, May 9, 1833, to Harriet Grant Chesebrough; father of Helen Matilda Davenport (who married Samuel Fessenden); nephew of James Davenport; grandson of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789); first cousin once removed of Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; first cousin twice removed of Pierpont Edwards; second cousin of Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; second cousin once removed of Aaron Burr, Theodore Dwight, Abel Huntington, Henry Waggaman Edwards and Thaddeus Betts; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Jonathan Hunt and Joseph Pomeroy Root; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin four times removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood and Randolph Appleton Kidder; third cousin of William Alfred Buckingham; third cousin once removed of Jabez Huntington, Aaron Kitchell, Joshua Coit, Samuel H. Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel Clesson Allen, Peter Buell Porter, John Adams Taintor, Henry G. Taintor and Roger Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell, Evert Harris Kittell and Henry Vance Clymer; third cousin thrice removed of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; fourth cousin of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Zina Hyde Jr., Charles Robert Sherman, Greene Carrier Bronson, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, William Augustus Bird, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph Lyman Huntington, Elisha Hunt Allen, Peter Buell Porter Jr., Elisha Mills Huntington, Gouverneur Morris and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich, Hezekiah Case, James Kilbourne, William Woodbridge, Jabez Williams Huntington, Isaac Backus, John Hall Brockway, Henry Titus Backus, Charles Taylor Sherman, John Appleton, Edward Green Bradford, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman, Ulysses Simpson Grant, John Sherman, Robert Coit Jr., Collins Dwight Huntington, William Fessenden Allen, George Milo Huntington, Selah Merrill, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Abial Lathrop, Rodolph A. Woolsey, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Frederick Hobbes Allen and Edward Williams Hooker.   Political families: Huntington #1 family of Norwich, Connecticut; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine; Davenport-Huntington family of Stamford, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881) — of Cumberland, Providence County, R.I. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass., June 13, 1797. Cotton goods manufacturer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1855-56; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1855-56; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1869-70; postmaster. Unitarian; later Baptist. Died January 6, 1881 (age 83 years, 207 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; married, December 13, 1821, to Mary Wilkinson; nephew of Nathaniel Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Otis and Samuel Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John Milton Fessenden and Reuben Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, James Deering Fessenden, Henry Nichols Blake, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Lincoln and Charles Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter Rawson Taft, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Asa H. Otis and Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Milton Fessenden (1804-1883) — also known as John M. Fessenden — Born in Warren, Bristol County, R.I., December 21, 1804. Civil engineer; worked on canals and railroads; U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1850-54. Died in Washington, D.C., February 8, 1883 (age 78 years, 49 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.   Relatives: Son of John Fessenden and Abigail Miller (Child) Fessenden; married, May 21, 1834, to Mary Pierce Bumstead; married, June 25, 1868, to Sarah Ann Murphy; second cousin twice removed of Henry Nichols Blake; third cousin of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), Benjamin Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Pitt Fessenden, Walter Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen, Joseph Palmer Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903) and Robert Fiske Bradford; third cousin twice removed of James Deering Fessenden, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Peter Rawson Taft, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor and Charles Grenfill Washburn.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H., October 16, 1806. Whig. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1840-41, 1845-46, 1853-54; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1841-43; delegate to Whig National Convention from Maine, 1848, 1852; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1854-64, 1865-69; died in office 1869; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 8, 1869 (age 62 years, 327 days). Original interment at Western Cemetery, Portland, Maine; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.   Presumably named for: William Pitt   Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Ruth (Green) Fessenden; half-brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; married, April 23, 1832, to Ellen Maria Deering; father of James Deering Fessenden, Francis Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1841-1862; killed in Civil War); uncle of Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; granduncle of Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg; fourth cousin of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Bennet Bicknell, Ira Edgar Locke, Henry Nichols Blake and Seth Grosvenor Heacock.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about William Pitt Fessenden: Robert J. Cook, Civil War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic   Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
	Walter Fessenden (1813-1884) — of Townsend, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Groton, Middlesex County, Mass., September 20, 1813. Democrat. Cooper; postmaster; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856, 1860; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1861. Died in Townsend, Middlesex County, Mass., January 28, 1884 (age 70 years, 130 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Townsend, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Fessenden (1772-1837) and Lavina (Stevens) Fessenden; married, February 6, 1838, to Harriet Elizabeth Lewis; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881) and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin of Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin once removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and John Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, James Deering Fessenden, Henry Nichols Blake, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden (1813-1895) — also known as C. B. H. Fessenden — of Utica, Macomb County, Mich.; New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass., July 17, 1813. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Macomb County, 1842; U.S. Collector of Customs at New Bedford, Mass., Massachusetts, 1853-61; newspaper editor; Bristol County Sheriff, 1863-69. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 16, 1895 (age 81 years, 273 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Benjamin Fessenden; married, June 21, 1842, to Sarah A. H. Fitch; nephew of Nathaniel Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Otis and Samuel Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John Milton Fessenden and Reuben Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, James Deering Fessenden, Henry Nichols Blake, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Lincoln and Charles Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter Rawson Taft, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Asa H. Otis and Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) — also known as Samuel Fessenden — of Thomaston, Knox County, Maine. Born in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine, March 7, 1815. Republican. Pastor, Second Congregational Church, Thomaston, Maine, 1837-56; lawyer; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1846, 1847, 1848; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in Saint John, 1879-81. Congregationalist. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., April 18, 1882 (age 67 years, 42 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Deborah (Chandler) Fessenden; half-brother of William Pitt Fessenden; brother of Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; married to Mary Abigail Grosvenor Abbe; father of Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; uncle of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; grandfather of Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg; fourth cousin of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Bennet Bicknell, Ira Edgar Locke, Henry Nichols Blake and Seth Grosvenor Heacock.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden (1826-1868) — also known as Thomas A. D. Fessenden — of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 23, 1826. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856, 1868; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1861; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1862-63. Died in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, September 28, 1868 (age 42 years, 249 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Deborah (Chandler) Fessenden; half-brother of William Pitt Fessenden; brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; uncle of James Deering Fessenden, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; granduncle of Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg; fourth cousin of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Bennet Bicknell, Ira Edgar Locke, Henry Nichols Blake and Seth Grosvenor Heacock.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Joseph Palmer Fessenden (1831-1909) — also known as Joseph P. Fessenden — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 27, 1831. Republican. Physician; postmaster at Lewiston, Maine, 1861-70. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., March 26, 1909 (age 77 years, 180 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Deborah (Chandler) Fessenden; half-brother of William Pitt Fessenden; brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) and Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden; uncle of James Deering Fessenden, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; granduncle of Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg; fourth cousin of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Bennet Bicknell, Ira Edgar Locke, Henry Nichols Blake and Seth Grosvenor Heacock.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	James Deering Fessenden (1833-1882) — also known as James D. Fessenden — Born in Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine, September 28, 1833. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1872-74. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 18, 1882 (age 49 years, 51 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.   Relatives: Son of William Pitt Fessenden and Ellen Maria (Deering) Fessenden; brother of Francis Fessenden; married, November 5, 1856, to Frances Cushing Greeley; nephew of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin of Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; first cousin once removed of Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903).   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Francis Fessenden (1839-1906) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, March 18, 1839. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; suffered a battlefield injury which resulted in a leg amputation; lawyer; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1876-77. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 2, 1906 (age 66 years, 290 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.   Relatives: Son of William Pitt Fessenden and Ellen Maria (Deering) Fessenden; brother of James Deering Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1841-1862; killed in Civil War); nephew of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin of Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; first cousin once removed of Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903).   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Joshua Abbe Fessenden (1841-1908) — also known as Joshua A. Fessenden — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, February 15, 1841. Republican. Postmaster at Stamford, Conn., 1897-1908. Died, from heart disease, in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., June 24, 1908 (age 67 years, 130 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) and Mary Abigail Grosvenor (Abbe) Fessenden; brother of Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; married to Mary Abbie Conner; nephew of William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; uncle of Charles Milton Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903), Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903) — of Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass., May 28, 1845. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 22, 1903 (age 57 years, 239 days). Interment at Bay View Cemetery, Sandwich, Mass.   Relatives: Son of William Fessenden and Lucy Parker (Pope) Fessenden; married, November 6, 1872, to Mary Morse; first cousin once removed of Benjamin Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin of Walter Fessenden and Austin Wells Holden; third cousin once removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and John Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of James Deering Fessenden, Henry Nichols Blake, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, April 12, 1847. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; bank director; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford, 1875, 1879, 1895-96; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1895-96; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1876, 1880, 1884 (alternate), 1888 (speaker), 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker); Secretary of Republican National Committee, 1884-88; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1896; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1901; member of Connecticut state senate, 1905-08. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., January 7, 1908 (age 60 years, 270 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) and Mary Abigail Grosvenor (Abbe) Fessenden; brother of Joshua Abbe Fessenden and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; married 1873 to Helen Matilda Davenport (daughter of Theodore Davenport); nephew of William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; uncle of Charles Milton Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903), Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine; Davenport-Huntington family of Stamford, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden (1855-1921) — also known as Oliver G. Fessenden — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, December 25, 1855. Republican. Candidate for mayor of Stamford, Conn., 1897. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., July 20, 1921 (age 65 years, 207 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) and Mary Abigail Grosvenor (Abbe) Fessenden; brother of Joshua Abbe Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908); married, June 14, 1882, to Virginia I. Weed; father of Charles Milton Fessenden; nephew of William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903), Richard Bradford Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Charles Milton Fessenden (1883-1955) — also known as C. Milton Fessenden — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 28, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Died January 11, 1955 (age 71 years, 136 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Virginia (Weed) Fessenden and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; married, June 5, 1915, to Anna P. Barkley; nephew of Joshua Abbe Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882); grandnephew of William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; great-grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin once removed of James Deering Fessenden and Francis Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden.   Political families: Fessenden #1 family of Maine and Massachusetts; Fessenden #2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial