About James Fenelon
Lived 1845 – 1915 (aged 69–70). James Fenelon was an American farmer and politician.
James E. Fenelon (May 25, 1846 – September 24, 1915) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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. He died on September 24, 1915.
State legislative career A Republican, Fenelon was elected to the Assembly in 1900 and 1908. Previously, he had refused a Democratic nomination for the Wisconsin State Senate in 1884.
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James Fenelon was born in 1845 in County Carlow.
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James Fenelon died on 24 September 1915.
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James Fenelon was a farmer and politician.
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