FELL, L. C. - 1914

FELL, WETTLAUSER

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Date: 7/10/2009 at 02:40:04

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

L. C. FELL.

During the entire period of his active life L. C. Fell has been connected with agricultural interests of Cherokee county and is now operating a quarter section of land two and onehalf miles northwest of Larrabee. He was born in Illinois in 1878, a son of George W. and Mary Fell, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Ohio. After their marriage they moved to Illinois, where the father operated a farm until 1901, when he moved to Iowa. He purchased land in Cedar township and operated this until 1909, when he moved into Cherokee, where he has since lived retired.

L. C. Fell acquired his education in Illinois and came to Iowa with his parents in 1901. From his early childhood he assisted his father with the work of the farm and before he had attained his majority was a progressive and able agriculturist. After his fathers retirement he assumed charge of the property and has managed it successfully since that time. He purchased one hundred and sixty acres two and onehalf miles northwest of Larrabee and made this a valuable and attractive place.

In 1901 Mr. Fell was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Wettlauser, a native of Canada and a daughter of Dietrich Wettlauser, who lives near Niagara Falls, on the Canadian side. Mr. and Mrs. Fell have become the parents of three daughters: Mary E., who was born September 3, 1902; Lucile M., born in 1909; and Harriet E., born in 1911. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and both are connected with the Rebekahs. They are well and favorably known in Cedar township, their sterling qualities of character having gained for them the confidence and regard of their neighbors and friends.