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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fellows , John 1733 -1808 (search)
Fellows, John 1733-1808
Military officer; born in Pomfret, Conn., in 1733; was in the French and Indian War (q. v.); was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775; led a company of minute-men to Cambridge after the skirmish at Lexington, and was made brigadiergeneral of militia in June, 1776.
He commanded a brigade in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, and Bemis's Heights, and was very active in the capture of Burgoyne, October, 1777.
After the war he was high sheriff of Berkshire county.
He died in Sheffield, Mass., Aug. 1, 1808.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)