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Jesse W. Fell. ESSE W. FELL was born November io, 1808, in Chester county, Pennsylvania. His ancestors emigrated from Eng- land with William Penn. His mother, a daughter of joshua Roman, was 'C an acceptable preacher of the Society of Friends and an associate with Lucretia Mott in philanthropic work. Jesse was one of nine children, seven of whom survived him. The combined ages of the eight at the time of his death amounted to nearly six hundred years. Mr. Fell's early days were spent in hard work on a farm, but, bent on obtaining an education, he entered a boarding school at Downingtown, kept by the famous joshua Hoopes. Here, for two years, he supported himself and paid his tuition by working about the garden and accompanying and aiding Prof. Hoopes on his botanical excursions. Then followed nearly two years' experience as a teacher, after which he set out to find a home in the VVest. By the time he had reached Steubenville, Ohio, he found it necessary to look for employment, and was glad to accept a student's place with the law Hrm of Stokely 85 Marsh. At the end of two years, declining a partnership with Gen. Stokely, he proceeded west on foot. The next winter, having found near the Mackinaw the family of William Brown, whom he had known near his Pennsylvania home, he was per- suaded to remain and ff teach the children. Une of these, Miss Hester Brown, in 1838, became his wife. This couple became the parents of eight children, of whom six are still living: Henry C., Mrs. W. O. Davis, Mrs. Clara V. Fyffe, Mrs. A. F. Treakle, and Misses Alice and Fannie. In the winter of 1832-3, McLean county had just been organ- ized, and Bloomington was beginning to attract attention. Mr. Fell opened an office in the infant town, and became Blooming- ton's first lawyer. He was appointed commissioner of school lands. Within three years, having little taste for the practice of law, he turned over his law books and papers to David Davis- afterward known as the honorable judge and distinguished