Fell, Thomas

Born: 1806-06-11 Chester County, Pennsylvania

Died: 1892-02-29 McLean County, Illinois

Flourished: 1835-1892 McLean County, Illinois

Fell, the brother of Jesse W. Fell, was a wheelwright who learned his trade in Maryland and Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1830, he married Eleanor Evans in Pennsylvania, with whom he had twelve children. In 1835, they moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where Fell worked as a house-builder. In 1850, Fell was a McLean County farmer with real estate valued at $800. In 1860, Fell was a master carpenter and owned $4,700 in real estate, with a personal estate of $500.

Gravestone, Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL; E. Duis, The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois (Bloomington, IL: Leader, 1874), 298-300; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Randolph Grove, McLean County, IL, 81; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Lexington, McLean County, IL, 295.