Joseph Warren Fellows was the son of John and Polly (Hilton) Fellows, and he was born in Andover, N. H., January 15, 1835, on the homestead of Elijah Hilton, his maternal grandfather. He was the seventh in direct descent of Samuel Fellows, who came to this country from Bowden, Nottinghamshire, Eng. Samuel Fellows, the immigrant, was styled planter in the colonial records and was a man of means and influence. Joseph Fellows, his great-great-grandson and great-grandfather of the subject of this Memoir, served in the second expedition against Louisburg, and the powderhorn he carried on that memorable campaign was a highly prized heirloom among his descendants. This Joseph Fellows removed from Salisbury to Andover, N. H., then known as New Breton, in 1761, being the first settler, and for the first year he was the only inhabitant in that township. His son Stephen and grandson John were born and lived upon the farm he cleared from the wilderness. The ancestors of Mr. Fellows' mother, the Hiltons, came to New England about 1700, to become active and influential throughout the troublesome period of colonial hardships.
The boyhood of Joseph Warren Fellows was passed upon his father's farm, where he acquired the habit of industry and sobriety. He attended the district school, and fitted himself for college at the Andover Academy. He entered Dartmouth College in 1854, earning his way by teaching during vacations, and upon graduating in 1858 became principal of Andover Academy, where he remained one year. In September, 1859, he went to Georgia to become principal of the Brownwood Institute at La Grange, which he left to become principal of Marietta, Ga., Latin School. But the ominous awakening of the Civil War was already disturbing the peace of the country, and the young pedagogue deemed it wise to abandon his position and return north.
At this stage, he changed the course that had seemed mapped out for him and, instead of continuing his teaching, though he had been very successful, he began the study of law with John M. Shirley of his native town. He followed his studies here with a law course at the Albany Institute, from which he graduated in 1861. Upon being admitted to the bar in the New York state court, he returned to New Hampshire and entered the office of Pike and Barnard at Franklin, 1862. Remaining here a few months, he came to Manchester, was admitted to the supreme court of New Hampshire, and the following month formed a partnership with Amos B. Shattuck.
Captain Shattuck had already enlisted for the war, and it was the plan that the young lawyer should take charge of the business until his return, when the partnership should be continued. But the former fell at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and on January 1, 1863, Mr. Fellows began practice alone in an office in Merchant's Exchange, where he remained for thirty years, one of the most successful lawyers in the state, and in addition to his extensive and successful general practice, he was clerk of Concord Railway from 1874 to 1884, and was its attorney and for the Concord and Montreal and Boston and Maine Railroads until his death. He made the law relating to corporations his special study, and was one of the most successful and careful corporation counsellors in the state.
He was made judge of the police court in 1874, but esigned the following year, in July. While Judge Fellows was an ardent Democrat in politics and an active worker in his party, he never sought an office. Positive in his religious beliefs, he was a staunch Unitarian, doing much for the upbuilding of that society. He was particularly zealous in his efforts towards establishing the Unitarian grove meetings at the Weirs; was a charter member of the Unitarian Educational Society and a trustee of the Proctor Academy, the successor of the Andover Academy, where he prepared for college. He was one of the original grantees of the Gale Home, and served as its clerk from its organization.
Judge Fellows was always a prominent force at the meetings of the members of the state bar, never forgetting the dignity and importance of his association. It was his idea and purpose to build up at the courthouse a large law library, and did much towards the accomplishment of that plan. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but never became very closely identified with its work. It was with the Masonic fraternity that he gave most of his time and mind. He became a member of the order in 1858, and step by step advanced through all of the grades, including the orders of Knighthood, and the 33d, and last, degree. He held many positions in the subordinate and Grand bodies of the fraternity; was Grand Commander of Knights Templar in the state of New Hampshire, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Masons of New Hampshire, and for many years was a member of the law committee. He was a member of the Committee of Jurisprudence of the Grand Encampment of the United States. He gave the same thought and diligent attention to Masonic matters that he did to the law, and was the author of many reports of careful and logical reasoning which exerted significant influence over the deliberations of the body. He was one of the most active promoters of the movement which gave the fraternity the beautiful Masonic Home in this city. He was chairman of its board of trustees. Deeply interested in historical affairs, he was an interested and valuable member of the Manchester Historic Association, and was its vice-president for several terms. He prepared a life sketch of Hon. George W. Morrison for Vol. Ill of the society's Historic Collections.
As well as prominent in professional, political and Masonic circles, Judge Fellows was a loyal son of Dartmouth and a devoted and zealous member of his class, which contained several names of wide and highly eminent distinction. He was chairman of the committees which arranged for the fortieth anniversary at Hanover, forty-fifth at Boston, was on the committee to prepare for the fiftieth- which was held at Hanover in 1908, though he had passed into the Great Beyond at the time it was held. An edito rial in the Union, summing up his character, says most aptly:
"Judge Fellows was of the type of men who take life most seriously. His classmates in college recognized this trait of character in his youth. He entered in this spirit of seriousness upon the profession of a teacher, and when the situation in the South, where he was already achieving success, radically changed his plans, he returned and entered upon the profession of the law with the same earnestness and seriousness of purpose. From the first he felt that his clients were entitled to the best that he could bring to their service, and throughout all of his long career they had it without reserve. The same earnestness characterized him in all of his relations."
Judge Fellows married 1st in June 8, 1866, Susan Frances Moore, daughter of Henry E. and Susan (Farnum) Moore. She died in 1874, and in 1878 he married 2nd on Oct. 8, 1878, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davis who survives him. Judge Fellows died after a short illness from a cold, which developed into a lung trouble, April 26, 1906, in his 72d year, apparently endowed with sufficient strength to meet the demands of several years more. >Manchester Historic Association Collections, pp273-276, in part.
Judge Fellows was head of the Manchester police court in Manchester. >Manchester Historic Association Collections, p281.
The boyhood of Joseph Warren Fellows was passed upon his father's farm, where he acquired the habit of industry and sobriety. He attended the district school, and fitted himself for college at the Andover Academy. He entered Dartmouth College in 1854, earning his way by teaching during vacations, and upon graduating in 1858 became principal of Andover Academy, where he remained one year. In September, 1859, he went to Georgia to become principal of the Brownwood Institute at La Grange, which he left to become principal of Marietta, Ga., Latin School. But the ominous awakening of the Civil War was already disturbing the peace of the country, and the young pedagogue deemed it wise to abandon his position and return north.
At this stage, he changed the course that had seemed mapped out for him and, instead of continuing his teaching, though he had been very successful, he began the study of law with John M. Shirley of his native town. He followed his studies here with a law course at the Albany Institute, from which he graduated in 1861. Upon being admitted to the bar in the New York state court, he returned to New Hampshire and entered the office of Pike and Barnard at Franklin, 1862. Remaining here a few months, he came to Manchester, was admitted to the supreme court of New Hampshire, and the following month formed a partnership with Amos B. Shattuck.
Captain Shattuck had already enlisted for the war, and it was the plan that the young lawyer should take charge of the business until his return, when the partnership should be continued. But the former fell at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and on January 1, 1863, Mr. Fellows began practice alone in an office in Merchant's Exchange, where he remained for thirty years, one of the most successful lawyers in the state, and in addition to his extensive and successful general practice, he was clerk of Concord Railway from 1874 to 1884, and was its attorney and for the Concord and Montreal and Boston and Maine Railroads until his death. He made the law relating to corporations his special study, and was one of the most successful and careful corporation counsellors in the state.
He was made judge of the police court in 1874, but esigned the following year, in July. While Judge Fellows was an ardent Democrat in politics and an active worker in his party, he never sought an office. Positive in his religious beliefs, he was a staunch Unitarian, doing much for the upbuilding of that society. He was particularly zealous in his efforts towards establishing the Unitarian grove meetings at the Weirs; was a charter member of the Unitarian Educational Society and a trustee of the Proctor Academy, the successor of the Andover Academy, where he prepared for college. He was one of the original grantees of the Gale Home, and served as its clerk from its organization.
Judge Fellows was always a prominent force at the meetings of the members of the state bar, never forgetting the dignity and importance of his association. It was his idea and purpose to build up at the courthouse a large law library, and did much towards the accomplishment of that plan. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but never became very closely identified with its work. It was with the Masonic fraternity that he gave most of his time and mind. He became a member of the order in 1858, and step by step advanced through all of the grades, including the orders of Knighthood, and the 33d, and last, degree. He held many positions in the subordinate and Grand bodies of the fraternity; was Grand Commander of Knights Templar in the state of New Hampshire, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Masons of New Hampshire, and for many years was a member of the law committee. He was a member of the Committee of Jurisprudence of the Grand Encampment of the United States. He gave the same thought and diligent attention to Masonic matters that he did to the law, and was the author of many reports of careful and logical reasoning which exerted significant influence over the deliberations of the body. He was one of the most active promoters of the movement which gave the fraternity the beautiful Masonic Home in this city. He was chairman of its board of trustees. Deeply interested in historical affairs, he was an interested and valuable member of the Manchester Historic Association, and was its vice-president for several terms. He prepared a life sketch of Hon. George W. Morrison for Vol. Ill of the society's Historic Collections.
As well as prominent in professional, political and Masonic circles, Judge Fellows was a loyal son of Dartmouth and a devoted and zealous member of his class, which contained several names of wide and highly eminent distinction. He was chairman of the committees which arranged for the fortieth anniversary at Hanover, forty-fifth at Boston, was on the committee to prepare for the fiftieth- which was held at Hanover in 1908, though he had passed into the Great Beyond at the time it was held. An edito rial in the Union, summing up his character, says most aptly:
"Judge Fellows was of the type of men who take life most seriously. His classmates in college recognized this trait of character in his youth. He entered in this spirit of seriousness upon the profession of a teacher, and when the situation in the South, where he was already achieving success, radically changed his plans, he returned and entered upon the profession of the law with the same earnestness and seriousness of purpose. From the first he felt that his clients were entitled to the best that he could bring to their service, and throughout all of his long career they had it without reserve. The same earnestness characterized him in all of his relations."
Judge Fellows married 1st in June 8, 1866, Susan Frances Moore, daughter of Henry E. and Susan (Farnum) Moore. She died in 1874, and in 1878 he married 2nd on Oct. 8, 1878, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davis who survives him. Judge Fellows died after a short illness from a cold, which developed into a lung trouble, April 26, 1906, in his 72d year, apparently endowed with sufficient strength to meet the demands of several years more. >Manchester Historic Association Collections, pp273-276, in part.
Judge Fellows was head of the Manchester police court in Manchester. >Manchester Historic Association Collections, p281.
Joseph Warren Fellows was the son of John and Polly (Hilton) Fellows, and he was born in Andover, N. H., January 15, 1835, on the homestead of Elijah Hilton, his maternal grandfather. He was the seventh in direct descent of Samuel Fellows, who came to this country from Bowden, Nottinghamshire, Eng. Samuel Fellows, the immigrant, was styled planter in the colonial records and was a man of means and influence. Joseph Fellows, his great-great-grandson and great-grandfather of the subject of this Memoir, served in the second expedition against Louisburg, and the powderhorn he carried on that memorable campaign was a highly prized heirloom among his descendants. This Joseph Fellows removed from Salisbury to Andover, N. H., then known as New Breton, in 1761, being the first settler, and for the first year he was the only inhabitant in that township. His son Stephen and grandson John were born and lived upon the farm he cleared from the wilderness. The ancestors of Mr. Fellows' mother, the Hiltons, came to New England about 1700, to become active and influential throughout the troublesome period of colonial hardships.
The boyhood of Joseph Warren Fellows was passed upon his father's farm, where he acquired the habit of industry and sobriety. He attended the district school, and fitted himself for college at the Andover Academy. He entered Dartmouth College in 1854, earning his way by teaching during vacations, and upon graduating in 1858 became principal of Andover Academy, where he remained one year. In September, 1859, he went to Georgia to become principal of the Brownwood Institute at La Grange, which he left to become principal of Marietta, Ga., Latin School. But the ominous awakening of the Civil War was already disturbing the peace of the country, and the young pedagogue deemed it wise to abandon his position and return north.
At this stage, he changed the course that had seemed mapped out for him and, instead of continuing his teaching, though he had been very successful, he began the study of law with John M. Shirley of his native town. He followed his studies here with a law course at the Albany Institute, from which he graduated in 1861. Upon being admitted to the bar in the New York state court, he returned to New Hampshire and entered the office of Pike and Barnard at Franklin, 1862. Remaining here a few months, he came to Manchester, was admitted to the supreme court of New Hampshire, and the following month formed a partnership with Amos B. Shattuck.
Captain Shattuck had already enlisted for the war, and it was the plan that the young lawyer should take charge of the business until his return, when the partnership should be continued. But the former fell at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and on January 1, 1863, Mr. Fellows began practice alone in an office in Merchant's Exchange, where he remained for thirty years, one of the most successful lawyers in the state, and in addition to his extensive and successful general practice, he was clerk of Concord Railway from 1874 to 1884, and was its attorney and for the Concord and Montreal and Boston and Maine Railroads until his death. He made the law relating to corporations his special study, and was one of the most successful and careful corporation counsellors in the state.
He was made judge of the police court in 1874, but esigned the following year, in July. While Judge Fellows was an ardent Democrat in politics and an active worker in his party, he never sought an office. Positive in his religious beliefs, he was a staunch Unitarian, doing much for the upbuilding of that society. He was particularly zealous in his efforts towards establishing the Unitarian grove meetings at the Weirs; was a charter member of the Unitarian Educational Society and a trustee of the Proctor Academy, the successor of the Andover Academy, where he prepared for college. He was one of the original grantees of the Gale Home, and served as its clerk from its organization.
Judge Fellows was always a prominent force at the meetings of the members of the state bar, never forgetting the dignity and importance of his association. It was his idea and purpose to build up at the courthouse a large law library, and did much towards the accomplishment of that plan. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but never became very closely identified with its work. It was with the Masonic fraternity that he gave most of his time and mind. He became a member of the order in 1858, and step by step advanced through all of the grades, including the orders of Knighthood, and the 33d, and last, degree. He held many positions in the subordinate and Grand bodies of the fraternity; was Grand Commander of Knights Templar in the state of New Hampshire, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Masons of New Hampshire, and for many years was a member of the law committee. He was a member of the Committee of Jurisprudence of the Grand Encampment of the United States. He gave the same thought and diligent attention to Masonic matters that he did to the law, and was the author of many reports of careful and logical reasoning which exerted significant influence over the deliberations of the body. He was one of the most active promoters of the movement which gave the fraternity the beautiful Masonic Home in this city. He was chairman of its board of trustees. Deeply interested in historical affairs, he was an interested and valuable member of the Manchester Historic Association, and was its vice-president for several terms. He prepared a life sketch of Hon. George W. Morrison for Vol. Ill of the society's Historic Collections.
As well as prominent in professional, political and Masonic circles, Judge Fellows was a loyal son of Dartmouth and a devoted and zealous member of his class, which contained several names of wide and highly eminent distinction. He was chairman of the committees which arranged for the fortieth anniversary at Hanover, forty-fifth at Boston, was on the committee to prepare for the fiftieth- which was held at Hanover in 1908, though he had passed into the Great Beyond at the time it was held. An edito rial in the Union, summing up his character, says most aptly:
"Judge Fellows was of the type of men who take life most seriously. His classmates in college recognized this trait of character in his youth. He entered in this spirit of seriousness upon the profession of a teacher, and when the situation in the South, where he was already achieving success, radically changed his plans, he returned and entered upon the profession of the law with the same earnestness and seriousness of purpose. From the first he felt that his clients were entitled to the best that he could bring to their service, and throughout all of his long career they had it without reserve. The same earnestness characterized him in all of his relations."
Judge Fellows married 1st in June 8, 1866, Susan Frances Moore, daughter of Henry E. and Susan (Farnum) Moore. She died in 1874, and in 1878 he married 2nd on Oct. 8, 1878, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davis who survives him. Judge Fellows died after a short illness from a cold, which developed into a lung trouble, April 26, 1906, in his 72d year, apparently endowed with sufficient strength to meet the demands of several years more. >Manchester Historic Association Collections, pp273-276, in part.
Judge Fellows was head of the Manchester police court in Manchester. >Manchester Historic Association Collections, p281.
The boyhood of Joseph Warren Fellows was passed upon his father's farm, where he acquired the habit of industry and sobriety. He attended the district school, and fitted himself for college at the Andover Academy. He entered Dartmouth College in 1854, earning his way by teaching during vacations, and upon graduating in 1858 became principal of Andover Academy, where he remained one year. In September, 1859, he went to Georgia to become principal of the Brownwood Institute at La Grange, which he left to become principal of Marietta, Ga., Latin School. But the ominous awakening of the Civil War was already disturbing the peace of the country, and the young pedagogue deemed it wise to abandon his position and return north.
At this stage, he changed the course that had seemed mapped out for him and, instead of continuing his teaching, though he had been very successful, he began the study of law with John M. Shirley of his native town. He followed his studies here with a law course at the Albany Institute, from which he graduated in 1861. Upon being admitted to the bar in the New York state court, he returned to New Hampshire and entered the office of Pike and Barnard at Franklin, 1862. Remaining here a few months, he came to Manchester, was admitted to the supreme court of New Hampshire, and the following month formed a partnership with Amos B. Shattuck.
Captain Shattuck had already enlisted for the war, and it was the plan that the young lawyer should take charge of the business until his return, when the partnership should be continued. But the former fell at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and on January 1, 1863, Mr. Fellows began practice alone in an office in Merchant's Exchange, where he remained for thirty years, one of the most successful lawyers in the state, and in addition to his extensive and successful general practice, he was clerk of Concord Railway from 1874 to 1884, and was its attorney and for the Concord and Montreal and Boston and Maine Railroads until his death. He made the law relating to corporations his special study, and was one of the most successful and careful corporation counsellors in the state.
He was made judge of the police court in 1874, but esigned the following year, in July. While Judge Fellows was an ardent Democrat in politics and an active worker in his party, he never sought an office. Positive in his religious beliefs, he was a staunch Unitarian, doing much for the upbuilding of that society. He was particularly zealous in his efforts towards establishing the Unitarian grove meetings at the Weirs; was a charter member of the Unitarian Educational Society and a trustee of the Proctor Academy, the successor of the Andover Academy, where he prepared for college. He was one of the original grantees of the Gale Home, and served as its clerk from its organization.
Judge Fellows was always a prominent force at the meetings of the members of the state bar, never forgetting the dignity and importance of his association. It was his idea and purpose to build up at the courthouse a large law library, and did much towards the accomplishment of that plan. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but never became very closely identified with its work. It was with the Masonic fraternity that he gave most of his time and mind. He became a member of the order in 1858, and step by step advanced through all of the grades, including the orders of Knighthood, and the 33d, and last, degree. He held many positions in the subordinate and Grand bodies of the fraternity; was Grand Commander of Knights Templar in the state of New Hampshire, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Masons of New Hampshire, and for many years was a member of the law committee. He was a member of the Committee of Jurisprudence of the Grand Encampment of the United States. He gave the same thought and diligent attention to Masonic matters that he did to the law, and was the author of many reports of careful and logical reasoning which exerted significant influence over the deliberations of the body. He was one of the most active promoters of the movement which gave the fraternity the beautiful Masonic Home in this city. He was chairman of its board of trustees. Deeply interested in historical affairs, he was an interested and valuable member of the Manchester Historic Association, and was its vice-president for several terms. He prepared a life sketch of Hon. George W. Morrison for Vol. Ill of the society's Historic Collections.
As well as prominent in professional, political and Masonic circles, Judge Fellows was a loyal son of Dartmouth and a devoted and zealous member of his class, which contained several names of wide and highly eminent distinction. He was chairman of the committees which arranged for the fortieth anniversary at Hanover, forty-fifth at Boston, was on the committee to prepare for the fiftieth- which was held at Hanover in 1908, though he had passed into the Great Beyond at the time it was held. An edito rial in the Union, summing up his character, says most aptly:
"Judge Fellows was of the type of men who take life most seriously. His classmates in college recognized this trait of character in his youth. He entered in this spirit of seriousness upon the profession of a teacher, and when the situation in the South, where he was already achieving success, radically changed his plans, he returned and entered upon the profession of the law with the same earnestness and seriousness of purpose. From the first he felt that his clients were entitled to the best that he could bring to their service, and throughout all of his long career they had it without reserve. The same earnestness characterized him in all of his relations."
Judge Fellows married 1st in June 8, 1866, Susan Frances Moore, daughter of Henry E. and Susan (Farnum) Moore. She died in 1874, and in 1878 he married 2nd on Oct. 8, 1878, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davis who survives him. Judge Fellows died after a short illness from a cold, which developed into a lung trouble, April 26, 1906, in his 72d year, apparently endowed with sufficient strength to meet the demands of several years more. >Manchester Historic Association Collections, pp273-276, in part.
Judge Fellows was head of the Manchester police court in Manchester. >Manchester Historic Association Collections, p281.
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