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

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, his father was the British-American geologist

George William Featherstonhaugh George William Featherstonhaugh ( /ˈfɪərstənhɔː/ '' FEER-stən-haw''; 9April 178028September 1866) was a British-American geologist and geographer. He was one of the proposers of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad and was the first geolo ...

. He settled in Calumet County,

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and operated a flour mill and a store in

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. Featherstonehaugh served in the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847–1848 and the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives from 1846 to 1848. He then lived in

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and died in

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.George W. Featherstonhaugh, ''Evening Wisconsin'', April 6, 1895 (Wisconsin Historical Society).

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1814 births 1900 deaths Politicians from Albany, New York People from Brothertown, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Businesspeople from Albany, New York Duane family 19th-century American businesspeople {{Wisconsin-politician-stub