I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview . This group pertain to Papa’s Fellows ancestors who resided in Newaygo County, Michigan.

Henry H. Fellows died 19 September 1905 at the hospital in Big Rapids, Mecosta Co., Michigan. Belle had the need for some cash; apparently she sold her Newaygo County property to obtain it.

The village of Denver was located just north of the 40 acres owned by Henry and Belle. You can click on the thumbnail to better see the location of the land is illustrated on the Ashland Township map from the old Newaygo County Atlas¹ .

1. C. O. Titus, Atlas of Newaygo County, Michigan / compiled and drawn for the publisher by E. L. Hayes ; H. H. Avery, assistant, W. B. Patterson, assistant. (Philadelphia, PA : C.O. Titus c1880), page 57, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3927793.0001.001 : accessed 15 February 2010.

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview . This group pertain to Papa’s Fellows ancestors who resided in Newaygo County, Michigan.

This deed states, “Reserving all crops now in the ground that can be harvested before 1 November 1896 and possession of the house until 1 November 1896.”

This appears to be when Henry and Belle left Newaygo County and headed north. They would have been following the work available in the lumber woods. Although the family farmed, the men also worked in the woods in the winter. Belle and Henry and their children appear on the 1900 census of Orange Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan in the home of George McAfee. Henry was a “hired man”, and Belle and their oldest daughter Bertha are listed as servants. The other children who were old enough are “attending school.”

The location of this land is illustrated on the Ashland Township map from the old Newaygo County Atlas¹ . Click thumbnail if you wish to enlarge the map.

1. C. O. Titus, Atlas of Newaygo County, Michigan / compiled and drawn for the publisher by E. L. Hayes ; H. H. Avery, assistant, W. B. Patterson, assistant. (Philadelphia, PA : C.O. Titus c1880), page 27, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3927793.0001.001 : accessed 15 February 2010.

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview . This group pertain to Papa’s Fellows ancestors who resided in Newaygo County, Michigan.

The land conveyed was: All of the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 13, T11N R13W that is south of the state road running through said land except a strip on the south end starting at the SW corner and running north 20 rods and 4 feet, then east to the Newaygo & Lake Shore RR, then on the line of the RR S 20 rods and 4 ft., then west to the start. This is the land which Henry H. (b ca 1859) purchased from his uncle, also Henry H. (b. ca 1839) just after the younger Henry turned 21.

I do not know which Joel B. Fellows purchased this land from the younger Henry H. Fellows. There is evidence two men by that name resided in Newaygo County. At the time of the 1880 census, Joel Fellows, the younger brother of Henry H. Fellows “Jr.”, was enumerated as a boarder, “Works in Woods” in Alleyton, Newaygo Co., MI. This younger Joel and the younger Henry were sons of Erastus G. Fellows and Mary Scofield. This Joel was born 9 October 1860, according the his father’s pension file, and would have been over 21 and old enough to purchase land in April, 1882.

Also on the 1880 census, the following listing appears in Ashland in the home of James M. Britton, family 22, dwelling 22: Fellows, J.B., white, male, 58, boarding, single, no occupation, born New York, both parents born Connecticut. This man may be the same Joel who purchased property from the estate of Erastus G. Fellows, the father of the younger Joel. He also appears on the 1884 census of Newaygo County, and his death is recorded in Ashland Township, Newaygo County, MI 21 January, 1892.

I will need to make a very thorough review of the land records and probate records to determine which Joel purchased this land.

The location of this land is illustrated on the Ashland Township map from the old Newaygo County Atlas¹.

1. C. O. Titus, Atlas of Newaygo County, Michigan / compiled and drawn for the publisher by E. L. Hayes ; H. H. Avery, assistant, W. B. Patterson, assistant. (Philadelphia, PA : C.O. Titus c1880), page 37, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3927793.0001.001 : accessed 15 February 2010.

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview . This group pertain to Papa’s Fellows ancestors who resided in Newaygo County, Michigan.

I have not discovered the deed which shows Henry H. (b ca 1839) purchasing this land. However, on the 1880 atlas he si shown as the owner of the SW 1/4 of the piece. Once again, Henry’s nephew is listed as, Henry H. Fellows, Jr.”.

The location of this land is illustrated on the Ashland Township map from the old Newaygo County Atlas¹, you may click to enlarge the thumbnail and see a larger view.

1. C. O. Titus, Atlas of Newaygo County, Michigan / compiled and drawn for the publisher by E. L. Hayes ; H. H. Avery, assistant, W. B. Patterson, assistant. (Philadelphia, PA : C.O. Titus c1880), page 41, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3927793.0001.001 : accessed 15 February 2010.

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview . This group pertain to Papa’s Fellows ancestors who resided in Newaygo County, Michigan.

I have more than a passing interest in this deed, which conveys land between the older Henry Fellows and the younger one. In this case, the Jr., does mean younger, not, “My son with the same name”.

The land conveyed was: All of the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 13, T11N R13W that is south of the state road running through said land except a strip on the south end starting at the SW corner and running north 20 rods and 4 feet, then east to the Newaygo & Lake Shore RR, then on the line of the RR S 20 rods and 4 ft., then west to the start.

Henry Fellows purchased this land the day after he turned 21 years of age. Also, it is interesting that Henry Fellows and Belle Lamunion were married on 16 August 1879, just a few days after Henry purchased this property from his uncle.

The location of the land is illustrated on the Ashland Township map from the old Newaygo County Atlas¹. You can enlarge by clicking on the thumbnail.

1. C. O. Titus, Atlas of Newaygo County, Michigan / compiled and drawn for the publisher by E. L. Hayes ; H. H. Avery, assistant, W. B. Patterson, assistant. (Philadelphia, PA : C.O. Titus c1880), page 41, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3927793.0001.001 : accessed 15 February 2010.