- OGDEN H. FETHERS, senior member of the law firm of FETHERS,
JEFFRIS & FIFIELD, of
- Janesville, Wis., was born in the town of Sharon, Schoharie
Co., N.Y., Sept. 20, 1845. His parents, Daniel and Laura (ADAMS)
FETHERS, reside at Sharon Springs, N.Y., and are numbered among
the highly respected people of that place. Daniel FETHERS was
born at Schenectady, N.Y., in 1807, and is a son of Aaron and
Elizabeth (WADSWORTH) FETHERS, who were descended from English
Puritan ancestors. The first of the FETHERS family to settle
in America came from England in the year 1700 and located in
Massachusetts, while the WADSWORTHs were an old and prominent
family of Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Daniel FETHERS, mother of our
subject, was born in the town of Sharon, N.Y., in 1812, and is
a daughter of Hezekiah ADAMS, a nephew of President John ADAMS.
Her mother was Margaret STALL, who was born at Poughkeepsie,
N.Y., and whose parents came from Holland.
- The subject of this sketch was educated at the Fort Edward
Collegiate Institute, from which he
- graduated in the class of 1863. He then entered upon the
study of law in the office of James E. DEWEY, Esq., of Cherry
Valley, Otsego Co., N.Y., and was admitted to practice in the
courts of that State in 1867. During the winter following he
went to St. Louis for his health, and remained there engaged
in other pursuits until 1874, when he returned to New York and
entered upon the practice of his profession at Canton, St. Lawrence
County. He continued successfully at Canton until December,
1877, when he removed to Janesville and formed a law partnership
with B. B. ELDREDGE, under the firm name of ELDREDGE & FETHERS.
In 1881 he formed a partnership with John WINANS, and in August,
1883, Malcolm G. JEFFRIS was admitted to membership in the firm.
That connection was continued until July, 1885, when Mr. FETHERS
and Mr. JEFFRIS formed a law partnership in connection with
Henry C. SMITH, under the firm name of FETHERS, JEFFRIS &
SMITH, but Mr. SMITH subsequently withdrew and Charles L. FIFIELD
became the junior member of the firm in August, 1888.
- Mr. FETHERS was married at Canton, N.Y., July 15, 1868, to
Miss Frane CONKEY, who
- was born in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N.Y., and is a daughter
of the late Dr. J. S. CONKEY. He is a Republican, and was Chairman
of the Republican State Convention of 1884.
-
- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 896-897.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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