Biography

Desnoyers was born Francis Xavier Desnoyers on July 29, 1813 in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

. He would marry Louisa A. Baird of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

 and had three children. Their son, Frank

Frank B. Desnoyers

-Biography:Desnoyers was born on August 7, 1859. His father, Francis, had previously been Mayor of Green Bay. He married Leila E. Lindsley, daughter of Green Bay Mayor M. P. Lindsley, in 1882. They had four children before her passing on October 19, 1920. In 1923, he married Augusta Nixon of...

, would also become Mayor of Green Bay and would marry the daughter of another Green Bay Mayor, M. P. Lindsley

M. P. Lindsley

M. P. Lindsley was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.-Biography:Lindsley was born Myron Plato Lindsley on September 18, 1825 in Middlesex, New York. His daughter, Leila, would marry Green Bay Mayor Frank B. Desnoyers, who was also son of another Mayor of Green...

. Desnoyers passed away on August 13, 1868.

Political career

Desnoyers was Mayor of Green Bay in 1855. He also served as an alderman. He was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

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