Francis Xavier Desnoyers (July 29, 1813August 13, 1868) was an American merchant, politician, and
Wisconsin pioneer. He was the
2nd mayor of
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...
, and served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly in the
1854 session.
Biography
Desnoyers was born on July 29, 1813, in
Detroit,
Michigan Territory
The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit w ...
,
the son of
Peter J. Desnoyers and his wife Marie.
He married Louisa A. Baird of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and had three children. Their son,
Frank, would also become mayor of Green Bay. Frank married Leila Lindsley, the daughter of former Green Bay mayor
M. P. Lindsley. Francis X. Desnoyers died on August 13, 1868, aged 55.
Political career
Desnoyers was mayor of Green Bay in 1855. He also served as an alderman. He was a
Republican.
References
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Wisconsin city council members
Mayors of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Republicans
Politicians from Detroit
Place of death missing
1813 births
1868 deaths
19th-century American politicians