Francis X. Desnoyers

{{short description|Wisconsin pioneer, 2nd mayor of Green Bay.}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Francis X. Desnoyers

|image =

|imagesize =

|caption =

|order = 2nd

|title = Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin

| term_start = April 1855

| term_end = April 1856

| predecessor = William C. E. Thomas

| successor = H. E. Eastman

|state1 = Wisconsin

|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin

|district1 = BrownDoorKewaunee

| term_start1 = January 1854

| term_end1 = January 1855

| predecessor1 = Randall Wilcox

| successor1 = Morgan Lewis Martin

|party = Republican
Democratic (before 1855)

|birth_date = July 29, 1813

|birth_place = Detroit, Michigan Territory

|death_date = {{death date and age|1868|8|13|1813|7|29}}

|death_place = Brown County, Wisconsin, U.S.

|restingplace = Allouez Catholic Cemetery, {{nobreak|Green Bay, Wisconsin}}

|spouse = Louisa A. Baird

|children = Frank B. Desnoyers and 2 others

|parents = Peter J. Desnoyers
Marie

}}

Francis Xavier Desnoyers (July 29, 1813{{spaced ndash}}August 13, 1868) was an American merchant, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 2nd mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1854 session.

Biography

Desnoyers was born on July 29, 1813, in Detroit, Michigan Territory,{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/derrick-destrehan.html#590.71.28|title=Francis Xavier Desnoyers|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=2011-09-28}} 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.

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Category:Wisconsin city council members

Category:Mayors of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Category:Wisconsin Republicans

Category:Politicians from Detroit

Category:Place of death missing

Category:1813 births

Category:1868 deaths

Category:19th-century mayors of places in Wisconsin

Category:19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature