George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.

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George William Featherstonhaugh Jr.
Member of the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives
In office
1846โ€“1848
Delegate at the Wisconsin Constitutional Convention
In office
1847โ€“1848
Personal details
BornOctober 1814
Albany, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 10, 1900
Gurnee, Illinois, U.S.
ParentGeorge William Featherstonhaugh (father)
OccupationBusinessman, Territorial Legislator

George William Featherstonhaugh Jr. (October 1814 – June 10, 1900) was an American businessman and territorial legislator.

Born in Albany, New York, his father was the British-American geologist George William Featherstonhaugh. He settled in Calumet County, Wisconsin Territory and operated a flour mill and a store in Brothertown, Wisconsin. Featherstonehaugh served in the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847โ€“1848 and the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives from 1846 to 1848. He then lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Gurnee, Illinois.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Forty-Eighth Session, December 11, 1900, Biographical Sketch of George W. Featherstonhaugh, p. 96.
  2. ^ George W. Featherstonhaugh, Evening Wisconsin, April 6, 1895 (Wisconsin Historical Society).