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.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1177
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