History of North Sandwich, (Carroll County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Samuel McGaffey Fellows - A Biography

Samuel McGaffey Fellows, educator, was born in North Sandwich, N.H., Nov. 13, 1818; son of Stephen and Peggy (McGaffey) Fellows; grandson of Stephen and Hannah (Sargent) Fellows, and a descendant of William Fellows, who came from England to America about 1635 and settled in Ipswich, Mass. He was a teacher in Rock River seminary, Mt. Morris, Ill., 1843-53; principal of Iowa conference seminary, afterward Cornell college, 1853-75; professor of Latin language and literature there, 1857-59; president of Cornell college and a trustee of that institution, 1860-63, and professor of mental and moral science, 1859-63. He received the degree of A.M. from Wesleyan and Indiana Asbury, 1852. He died in Mount Vernon, Iowa, June 26, 1863.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor