FRED ARTHUR FELLOWS.

FRED ARTHUR FELLOWS.
Fred Arthur Fellows, an electric contractor and dealer in electrical supplies in Laramie, where he has won substantial success in the conduct of his business, was born in Kalamazoo county, Michigan, June 1, 1866. His paternal grandfather, James M. Fellows, was a native of Pennsylvania but became one of the pioneer settlers of Michigan, where he engaged in carpentering and building. His son, Henry W. Fellows, was born in Michigan and became a prosperous farmer but is now living retired, making his home near Kalamazoo, Michigan. He has been quite active as a leader of the republican party in that state and served as county treasurer of Kalamazoo county. He married Ruth Jane Williams, a daughter of Erastus Williams, who was of Scotch descent and a representative of one of the old families of the state of New York. Mrs. Fellows also survives. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1908. By her marriage she became the mother of four children, two of whom have passed away, while those still living are Fred Arthur and Edith Ann, the latter the wife of Clarence A. DeLong, a resident farmer of Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Fred A. Fellows acquired his education in the public schools of his native county and in the Baptist College of Kalamazoo. He remained upon the home farm during the period of his boyhood and youth, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. When twenty-five years of age he left the farm and engaged in the electric business in Kalamazoo, starting out as a lamp trimmer with the Kalamazoo Light & Power Company. He continued with that corporation for six years and during that period learned the business in all of its branches. The company sold its street lighting system to the city, after which Mr. Fellows continued in the employ of the city as lineman and lamp repairer for six months. He then returned to his former employers and was again with that company for two years, after which he studied and worked at intervals in connection with wiring and fixture work. He was thus engaged until 1902, when he left Kalamazoo and went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he wired the Michigan building which was erected on the fair grounds of the St. Louis exposition. Such was the excellence and skill of his work that he did not have to make a single change. After the completion of his task there he removed to Denver, Colorado, where lie had charge of the Manhattan Gardens and on the completion of the buildings installed the plant and finished the transmission line for the Waldorf Mining & Milling Company of Denver. He was afterward with the Denver Gas & Light & Power Company for a time and also assisted in installing electric and telephone systems for the George Lyner Engineering Company at Littleton, Colorado. From there he went to Victor, Colorado, and installed a large plant for the Independence Mining Company, installing fifty odd motors of three hundred horse power, four hundred lights and three large transformers. He was next with the Mountain States Telephone Company for eighteen months and in February, 1910, he arrived in Laramie, where for eight months he was with the Laramie Light & Power Company, in charge of construction work. He then established the business in which he has since been actively and profitably engaged as an electric contractor and dealer in electrical supplies. His long and wide experience well qualifies him for the duties which he has undertaken in this connection. His patronage is liberal and of an important character and he is regarded as one of the prominent representatives of electrical interests in the state. On the 20th of December, 1889, Mr. Fellows was united in marriage in Kalamazoo county, Michigan, to Miss Cornelia Ella Howe, a native of that county, the wedding being celebrated on the home farm of her parents, Warren H. and Cornelia Ella Howe, both of whom were descended from old families of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Fellows have become the parents of three children. Claire Howe, who was born in Kalamazoo, March II, 1893, was a non-commissioned officer of Company E of the Three Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry at Camp Lewis in Washington and was commissioned second lieutenant in April, 1918. He was a member of the class of '18 at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Henry Duane was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 29, 1896, and is connected with the medical department of the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Field Artillery of the Forty-first Division, doing duty in France. Both sons served with Company K of the Wyoming National Guard. Frances Winifred was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, December 10, 1899, and is a student in the Laramie high school and is also receiving a musical education. She is studying under the direction of the Sherwood Conservatory of Music of Chicago, in the piano department. Mr. Fellows is a republican and an active worker in party ranks. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and both he and his wife attend the First Presbyterian church. They occupy an enviable position in social circles, enjoying the friendship and high regard of many with whom they have come in contact. Mr. Fellows in his business career has always been actuated by the spirit of enterprise and progress and has never been content to pause at any point in his career, feeling that he had attained a sufficiently high degree of efficiency. On the contrary he has continually studied and experimented, advancing in knowledge and power, and he stands today as one of the capable representatives of electrical interests in the state.

Fred Arthur Fellows, an electric contractor and dealer in electrical supplies in Laramie, where he has won substantial success in the conduct of his business, was born in Kalamazoo county, Michigan, June 1, 1866. His paternal grandfather, James M. Fellows, was a native of Pennsylvania but became one of the pioneer settlers of Michigan, where he engaged in carpentering and building. His son, Henry W. Fellows, was born in Michigan and became a prosperous farmer but is now living retired, making his home near Kalamazoo, Michigan. He has been quite active as a leader of the republican party in that state and served as county treasurer of Kalamazoo county. He married Ruth Jane Williams, a daughter of Erastus Williams, who was of Scotch descent and a representative of one of the old families of the state of New York. Mrs. Fellows also survives. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1908. By her marriage she became the mother of four children, two of whom have passed away, while those still living are Fred Arthur and Edith Ann, the latter the wife of Clarence A. DeLong, a resident farmer of Kalamazoo county, Michigan.
Fred A. Fellows acquired his education in the public schools of his native county and in the Baptist College of Kalamazoo. He remained upon the home farm during the period of his boyhood and youth, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. When twenty-five years of age he left the farm and engaged in the electric business in Kalamazoo, starting out as a lamp trimmer with the Kalamazoo Light & Power Company. He continued with that corporation for six years and during that period learned the business in all of its branches. The company sold its street lighting system to the city, after which Mr. Fellows continued in the employ of the city as lineman and lamp repairer for six months. He then returned to his former employers and was again with that company for two years, after which he studied and worked at intervals in connection with wiring and fixture work. He was thus engaged until 1902, when he left Kalamazoo and went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he wired the Michigan building which was erected on the fair grounds of the St. Louis exposition. Such was the excellence and skill of his work that he did not have to make a single change. After the completion of his task there he removed to Denver, Colorado, where lie had charge of the Manhattan Gardens and on the completion of the buildings installed the plant and finished the transmission line for the Waldorf Mining & Milling Company of Denver. He was afterward with the Denver Gas & Light & Power Company for a time and also assisted in installing electric and telephone systems for the George Lyner Engineering Company at Littleton, Colorado. From there he went to Victor, Colorado, and installed a large plant for the Independence Mining Company, installing fifty odd motors of three hundred horse power, four hundred lights and three large transformers. He was next with the Mountain States Telephone Company for eighteen months and in February, 1910, he arrived in Laramie, where for eight months he was with the Laramie Light & Power Company, in charge of construction work. He then established the business in which he has since been actively and profitably engaged as an electric contractor and dealer in electrical supplies. His long and wide experience well qualifies him for the duties which he has undertaken in this connection. His patronage is liberal and of an important character and he is regarded as one of the prominent representatives of electrical interests in the state.
On the 20th of December, 1889, Mr. Fellows was united in marriage in Kalamazoo county, Michigan, to Miss Cornelia Ella Howe, a native of that county, the wedding being celebrated on the home farm of her parents, Warren H. and Cornelia Ella Howe, both of whom were descended from old families of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Fellows have become the parents of three children. Claire Howe, who was born in Kalamazoo, March II, 1893, was a non-commissioned officer of Company E of the Three Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry at Camp Lewis in Washington and was commissioned second lieutenant in April, 1918. He was a member of the class of '18 at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Henry Duane was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 29, 1896, and is connected with the medical department of the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Field Artillery of the Forty-first Division, doing duty in France. Both sons served with Company K of the Wyoming National Guard. Frances Winifred was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, December 10, 1899, and is a student in the Laramie high school and is also receiving a musical education. She is studying under the direction of the Sherwood Conservatory of Music of Chicago, in the piano department.
Mr. Fellows is a republican and an active worker in party ranks. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and both he and his wife attend the First Presbyterian church. They occupy an enviable position in social circles, enjoying the friendship and high regard of many with whom they have come in contact. Mr. Fellows in his business career has always been actuated by the spirit of enterprise and progress and has never been content to pause at any point in his career, feeling that he had attained a sufficiently high degree of efficiency. On the contrary he has continually studied and experimented, advancing in knowledge and power, and he stands today as one of the capable representatives of electrical interests in the state.