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2.4.1.6.7.1.4.8 David Fellows OR Fellows David, son of Oliver Perry (Oliver, possible son of Barzillai, Malatiah, Benjamin, David, John) and Huldah (Bowen) Pease; b. Mar 16, 1834, Tioga County, PA; d. Oct 20, 1920 from internal injuries sustained in an auto accident in Medford, OR where he was visiting relatives; bur. Absarokee, Montana; m. Mar 1859 near Berthold, ND, to Margaret Wallace, a half breed Crow; b. Apr 10, 1836 in Crow Reservation, MT; d. Jan 10, 1902; bur. Mount View Cemetery, Billings, MT. There are a few stories about Margaret. She may have been the adopted daughter of John Wallace, a noted French Crow warrior. He married Margaret’s older sister, who raised Margaret. She also may have been the wife of Mitch Bouyer an Indian Scout who died with Custer. Margaret left Mitch and three children before his death to marry Fellows. Margaret’s mother drowned at “Old Rabbit Crossing” on the Big Horn River near Fort Smith, MT. David (east of the Mississippi known as David Fellows; west as Fellows David) grew up in Steuben County, NY, and at age 18 headed west to Chicago, Illinois. From there, he traveled down the old canal to Joliet, took the train to Rock Island, and joined a party of pioneers at the Mississippi River heading to Wisconsin. In that state, David worked in the forests as a surveyor. He fixed the boundary line between Minnesota and Iowa, and worked with the Sioux Indians in the lumber business. His next endeavor was merchandising on the Missouri River, as a member of the “Little Opposition” Firm, doing business along the river from Fort Benton to Fort Sully. The firm joined the Northwest Fur Company, and traded with the Indians. After the transfer of the company to Peck & Durfee, Major Pease as he was known left the business to join a company that supplied horses from Utah and Colorado to the government. In 1860, Pease traveled back to Pennsylvania to cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election. In 1870, he was appointed as the first civil agent for the Crow Indians, with his agency set up at the mouth of the Mission Creek, on the south side of the Yellowstone River. In the spring of 1875, Major Pease, Paul McCormick, and Z. H. Daniels made plans to form a colony and did so, establishing it with about 50 on Pease’s Bottom, on the Yellowstone. McCormick and Daniels took care of the colony, while Pease went back East to purchase supplies, a trip that lasted throughout the winter of 1875-76. While he was gone, the attack on Custer had occurred along with an attack on the newly formed Fort Pease. The colonists abandoned the fort. When Pease returned, he sold the supplies to other posts, and took up mining in Park County, before being appointed as agent of the Crow Indians at Fort Parker. Some of the Crow Indians wanted to ally themselves with the Sioux, who were always at war with the white man during this time. Blackfoot, chief of the Crows, his wife, a daughter of Sioux Chief Crazy Horse, persuaded the Crow to stay with the whites, preventing future conflicts, and establishing a peaceful coexistence. Major Pease was instrumental in this effort, and he was made an honorary member of the Crow Tribe, May 1920. He was made a Mason by special dispensation at Knoxville, PA in 1868, and affiliated with the Livingston Lodge No. 32, with the Scottish Rite Bodies and Algeria Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Helena, Montana. Children of Major David Fellows and Margaret (Wallace) Pease:
2.4.1.6.7.1.4.8.1 Laetus W. b. 1862 d. 1918 Seattle, WA
2.4.1.6.7.1.4.8.2 Levantia b. Jan 01, 1864 d. ca. 1955 Glendale, AZ
2.4.1.6.7.1.4.8.3 George Hamilton b. Jun 26, 1866 d. Dec 19, 1916 Lodge Grass, MT
Margaret left Fellows and married James B. Cooper; b. Mar 1848 in Georgia; d. Jul 10, 1940 in Yellowstone Co, MT. He served in the Confederate Army during the civil War. She had seven children with him.
Rick
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