Desnoyers, Hon. Francis B.

1859 - 1945  (86 years)    Has 6 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Desnoyers, Francis B.
  Prefix	Hon.
  Born	7 Aug 1859	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Birth - Church Record	7 Aug 1859
  Name:Francis Baird Desnoyers Birth Date:7 Aug 1859 Birth Place:Brown, Wisconsin Gender:Male Father's Name:Frank Desnoyers Mother's Name:Louisa A Baird FHL Film Number:1306423
  1880 Census	1880	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Charles E. Crane52 Louisa A. Crane52 Mare L. Desmoyer27 Elizabeth C. Desmoyer24 Frank B. Desmoyer20 Gustus Anderson39 Rose Dandon17
  Biography	1895  [1]
  Commemorative Biographical record page 0947
  Political Office	Between 1896 and 1898	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
  Biography	1913
  History of Brown County, Wisconsin Page 326
  HON. FRANK B. DESNOYERS. The city of Green Bay has been noted for many years for the quality and attainments of the men who have been its mayors at various periods in its municipal existence. Political life is peculiar in that honest men are not always the most prominent ones and the city which can boast of a long line of honorable and worthy public officials is indeed fortunate. Hon. Frank B. Desnoyers has been prominent in political affairs in this city for a number of years, is an ex-mayor and has held the position of county treasurer of Brown county since January, 1008. He is a native of Green Bay, where his birth occurred on the 7th of August, 1859. His parents were Francis N. and Louise A. ( Beard) Desnoyers. His father, a native of Michigan, came to this city from Detroit in 1850 and carried on a general mercantile business here until his death in 1868. In addition thereto he was active in the real-estate business and built a number of important buildings in Green Bay. In 1865 he erected what is known as "Uncle Frank" block and ten stores on Washington street. His wife survived him until 1894, and they were buried side by side in Allouez cemetery. He was a republican and prominent in local politics, serving several times as alderman, and had the distinction of being the second mayor of Green Bay, and a member of the state legislature. On the mother's side the family is an old Pennsylvania one and was prominent in this country. During the Civil war several of its members were soldiers in the Federal army during the entire four years of the conflict. The father of Mrs. Louise A. Desnoyers was Captain Thomas Heard. United States Army, and she was a niece of the late Judge Henry S. Beard of Green Bay. Another uncle was Henry Carey of the publishing house of Lea & Carey, a prominent man and writer, who wrote several books on political economy. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Desnoyers Marie L., Elizabeth and Frank B. The paternal branch of the family is of French extraction, but has been in this country for many generations. Frank B. Desnoyers received his early education in the public schools of Green Bay and was graduated from the local high school at the age of eighteen years. He removed immediately to Milwaukee and engaged for eight months in the mercantile business in that city, returning at the expiration of that period to Green Bay. Here he entered upon the gentlemens furnishing goods business, abandoning this later for real estate, which line of activity he still follows and he is at present engaged in looking after the family estate. Politically he is a republican and ever an active factor in local affairs. The weight of his political influence is always on the side of right and good government and he has gained a reputation in this city for honesty and fair dealing in the line of activity in which these qualities are too seldom found. He served for three terms, 1896, 97 and 98, as mayor of the city and was a member of the city council for four years, 1891, 92, 93 and 94, two years of which he was chairman of the finance committee. He was second mayor of greater Green Bay. In 1908 Mr. Desnoyers was elected to the important office of county treasurer and that he has made himself well worthy of the confidence his constituents placed in him is evident by the fact that he was reelected in 1910 and is now ably filling that office. In 1882 Mr. Desnoyers was married in this city to Miss Lelia E. Lindsley, a native of Green Bay and a daughter of Myron P. and Frances (Ingalls) Lindsley, the former of whom came to Brown county from Lockport, New York, and became a pioneer real-estate agent and a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which organization he held the office of state lecturer for a number of years. He served in the capacity of county clerk for some time and died in 1881. He also was mayor of Green Bay. His wife survived him until 1907 and they are buried in adjoining graves in the Woodlawn cemetery, where to his memory a monument has recently been erected by his fellow members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Desnoyers and his wife are the parents of four children: Frank L., who is city editor of the Green Bay Gazette; Marie E.. the wife of Edgar J. McEachron, a superintendent of the Fuller- Johnson Manufacturing Company of this city; Harry B., clerk in the employ of the Pittsburg & Ohio Mining Company; and Philip P., a graduate of the Green Bay high school. The family residence at 315 South Monroe street is a popular and hospitable home, in which the many friends of Frank B. Desnoyers and his family are always welcome. He is prominent in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is a devoted member of St. Willebrod's Catholic church in this city. His religious faith is a working force in his life, influencing his actions and dominating his career and has given to a man naturally public-spirited and worthy, the added qualities of a true Christian gentleman.
  1930 Census	1930	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Francis B Desnoyers70 Augusta A Desnoyers50
  Biography	From online past mayors Green Bay; He was born in Green Bay August 7, 1859, to Francis X. Desnoyers and Louise (Baird) Desnoyers. His father was the second mayor of the city. After Frank's graduation from high school, he operated a store in Milwaukee for eight months, then returned to Green Bay and entered the men's furnishings business and later real estate. In 1882, he married Miss Lelia E. Lindsley, a native of Green Bay and daughter of Myron P. Lindsley, who was the eighth Mayor of Green Bay. She died October 19, 1920. He had one daughter, Mary E., and three sons, Frank L., Harry B., and Philip P. He then married Augusta Nixon, Ashland, VA, in that city on October 4, 1923. Mr. Desnoyers was prominent for years in Green Bay. He served as mayor in 1896,1897, and 1898, and after that three years aa a councilman and as County Treasurer from 1909-1913. He served on the Brown County Draft Board in WW I, was a member of the County Indigent Soldiers Commission, the County Drainage Board, and the Municipal Court Jury Commission. He was active in the organization of the first commercial group to function in the city - the Green Bay Businessmen's Association - and was President of the Association Charities a number of years after its organization. He was also a member of the Brown County Historical Society and the Brown County Fair Association. Desnoyers Home Frank B. Desnoyers' home at 605 Cherry Street. This home was built in 1872. Interested in sports both as a participant and promoter, he was identified with the organization of the Green Bay Athletic Association which operated a gymnasium, a gun club located in Washington Park (now Joannes Park), the Gentlemen's Driving and Riding club, which conducted harness races on the old Fair Association track in Washington Park. He was a driver of horses in these races and at county fairs for several years. Some of the horses he trained for other owners and some were owned by the partnership in which he and Frank J.B. Duchateau were associated for a number of years
  Reference Number	413
  Died	16 Sep 1945	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I323771	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Desnoyers, Francis X.,   b. 29 Jul 1813, , , Michigan, USA ,   d. 13 Aug 1868, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Baird, Louisa A.,   b. 5 Oct 1827, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 15 May 1894, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F208085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lindsley, Lelia E.,   b. 14 Mar 1860, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 19 Oct 1920, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1882	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. Desnoyers, Frank L.,   b. 9 Mar 1883,   d. 16 Mar 1949  (Age 66 years)   2. Desnoyers, Marie E.,   b. 15 Jun 1885, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 27 Oct 1966, , , Wisconsin, USA  (Age 81 years)   3. Desnoyers, Harry B.,   b. 6 Feb 1887, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1965  (Age 78 years)   4. Desnoyers, Philip P.,   b. 4 Feb 1895, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 25 Apr 1991, , Brown County, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 96 years)
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F208086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nixon, Roberta Augusta,   b. 28 May 1879, , , Virginia, USA ,   d. Aft 1930  (Age 51 years)
  Married	4 Oct 1923	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F205223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 7 Aug 1859 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1880 Census - 1880 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Married - 23 Mar 1882 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Political Office - Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin - Between 1896 and 1898 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Married - 4 Oct 1923 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1930 Census - 1930 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Died - 16 Sep 1945 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S1011] Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, J.H. Beers & Co., (Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1895 containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families. Read at Wisconsin History.org web site Or ), Page 947.