Fessenden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Anna Parker Fessenden
Anna Parker Fessenden (April 8, 1896 – May 3, 1972) was an American botanist and mathematics educator.
Early life and education
Anna Parker Fessenden was born in Thomaston, Maine, and raised in Mattapan, Massachusetts, the middle of three d ...
(1896–1972), American botanist, math educator
* Beverly Fessenden (1926-2008), known as the actress
Beverly Garland
Beverly Lucy Garland (née Fessenden; October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008) was an American actress. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in low-budget action or science-fiction movie ...
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Francis Fessenden
Francis Fessenden (March 18, 1839 – January 2, 1906) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of Maine who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Eicher, p. 234. He was a member of the powe ...
(1839–1907), American Civil War major general, lawyer and politician, son of William P. Fessenden
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James Deering Fessenden (1833–1882), American Civil War brigadier general, son of William P. Fessenden
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John Milton Fessenden (1804–1883), West Point graduate (Class of 1824), topography engineer and railroad engineer.
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Larry Fessenden
Laurence T. Fessenden (born March 23, 1963) is an American actor, producer, writer, director, film editor, and cinematographer. He is the founder of the New York based independent production outfit Glass Eye Pix. His writer/director credits inclu ...
(born 1963), American film director
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Laura Dayton Fessenden (1852-1924), American author
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Nicholas Fessenden
Nicholas Fessenden (November 23, 1847 – December 18, 1927) was a US attorney and politician who served from 1891 to 1896 as Secretary of State of Maine.
Life
Nicholas Fessenden was born in Saco, Maine, the son of Hewett Chandler Fessenden (1 ...
(1847–1927), Secretary of State for Maine (father of Stirling Fessenden)
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Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-born inventor, who did a majority of his work in the United States and also claimed U.S. citizenship through his American-born father. During his life he received hundre ...
(1866–1932), Canadian radio pioneer
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Richard Fessenden
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
, chemistry professor,
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...
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Samuel Fessenden
Samuel Fessenden (July 16, 1784 – March 13, 1869) was an American attorney, abolitionist, and politician. He served in both houses of the Massachusetts state legislature before Maine became a separate state. He was elected as major general i ...
(1784–1869), American abolitionist; father of Samuel Clement Fessenden, T. A. D. Fessenden, and William P. Fessenden
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Samuel Fessenden (lawyer)
Samuel Fessenden (April 12, 1847 – January 7, 1908) was an American lawyer, politician, and Civil War veteran.
The son of Samuel C. Fessenden, he was born and raised in Maine, where he attended Lewiston Falls Academy (now Edward Little High Sch ...
(1847–1908), lawyer and politician
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Samuel C. Fessenden (1815–1882), judge and U.S. Representative from Maine (1861–63)
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Stirling Fessenden (1875–1944), American lawyer, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council (1923–29)
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Susan Fessenden (1840–1932), American activist, reformer
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T. A. D. Fessenden
Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden (January 23, 1826 – September 28, 1868) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
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Biography
Born in Portland, Maine, he attended North Yarmouth Academy and Dartmouth College ...
(1826–1868), attorney, and briefly U.S. Representative from Maine
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Thomas Green Fessenden
Thomas Green Fessenden (April 22, 1771 – November 11, 1837) was an American author and editor who worked in England and the United States.
Biography
Born and raised on the family farm in Walpole, New Hampshire as oldest of nine children, Fessen ...
(1771–1837), American author and editor
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William P. Fessenden (1806–1869), U.S. senator and Lincoln's Treasury Secretary
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