From History of Walworth County Wisconsin, Vol. 1, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Pages 703 - 704
 
TIMOTHY HOPKINS FELLOWS.  It is always a pleasure when we can trace our 
ancestry back through several generations, especially if our progenitors have 
been men and women of honor and usefulness, as were those of Timothy Hopkins 
FELLOWS, who traces his ancestry back to William, father of Ephraim, father of 
Abiel, father of Abiel, Jr., the subject being the son of the latter and his 
third wife Dorcas HOPKINS, she the daughter of Timothy HOPKINS.  This is an old 
Connecticut family, which settled in Wyoming Valley, or near Forty Fort.  The 
subject was born on March 14, 1812, and he came to Kalamazoo county, Michigan, 
in 1829 and was married on December 1, 1831, to Eliza Ann DUNCAN, daughter of 
William and Ruth (GILMORE) DUNCAN, and they had eleven children.  The DUNCANS 
were of New Hampshire.  The subject's sister, Emma, who was born in 1816, 
married George FIELD; and other sister, Lucy, who was born in 1826, married 
Charles W. SIBLEY, son of John SIBLEY, and they all settled at Bloomfield, 
Walworth county, Wisconsin, in an early day, when the country was wild and 
neighbors few, the subject settling here in 1839, in sections 33 and 34, 
Bloomfield township, and here established a good home through his industry and 
perseverance, despite obstacles and hardships.
 
Mr. FELLOWS took a lively interest in the affairs of his community and he was 
three times a member of the county board, and he was a member of the General 
Assembly in 1852 and there made his influence felt for the good of his locality 
and the people in general.  In this race he beat Dr. Hilton W. BOYCE and Moses 
SEYMOUR, two strong men of that period.  He made such a commendable record that 
he was chosen to represent the county at the next session of the Legislature 
over Capt. Albert Y. WHEELER and Dr. Lewis N. WOODS.  He was a keen observer 
and noted the trend of events and he had rare ideas as to what was best for the 
new state at that time, when conditions were all different to what we find 
today and he made a most satisfactory record as a public man.
 
The death of Mr. FELLOWS occurred on November 5, 1894, after a successful and 
honorable career, his wife having preceded him to the grave on April 23, 1887.

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