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William S. Fell
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biography
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WILLIAM S. FELL,
farmer, post-office Orangeville, Ohio, was born on his present
homestead, in West Salem Township, October 22, 1820. His father, John
Fell, was born in Bucks County, Penn., April 11. 1781, and came with his
parents, Nathan and Ann Fell, to Mercer County, Penn., in the spring of
1798. They settled in what is now Pymatuning Township, where their
grandsons, Aaron and Mahlon, reside. John there grew to manhood and
married Catharine, daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Miller) Campbell, who
settled in the southwest corner of West Salem Township toward the close
of the last century. After marriage John Fell located on a farm in West
Salem Township, where the balance of his life was spent. He reared a
family of seven children: Elizabeth, deceased; John, deceased; Rachel,
widow of Francis Trunkey; George, deceased; Anne, widow of Harvey
Trunkey, who died September 20, 1888; Sarah, deceased, and William S.
The parents lived and died in the Methodist Episcopal faith. In politics
Mr. Fell was a Whig, and died in 1837, his widow surviving him until
1857. He was an enterprising, energetic, successful farmer, and was
recognized as one of the leading citizens of Mercer County. Our subject
has spent his whole life in his native township, and was married
September 24, 1845, to Catharine, daughter of Ezra Marvin, of Trumbull
County, Ohio. Mrs. Fell was born in that county November 24, 1824, and
is the mother of six children: Ellen, wife of D. W. Fuller; Henriette,
wife of R. A. Luce; Alice, wife of W. E. Drake; Irene, William W. and
Lillian. Mr. Fell and wife have been members of the Baptist Church
nearly forty years. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and one of
the prominent, enterprising citizens of the county.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1177 |
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