Bio of Feller, Hon. William H. (b.1821) Wabasha Co., MN
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Feller, Hon. William H., of the township of Elgin, who since the war of
the rebellion has been prominently identified in the history of Wabasha
county, was born in the town of Milan, Dutchess county, New York State, on
October 25, 1821, being the son of David and Elizabeth Feller, who, like
himself, were native born Americans. During the summer months of his early
life he worked on his father's farm in Dutchess county, and in the winters
he learned the rudiments of education at the common schools of the county.
In 1841 he was offered and accepted the position of clerk for the firm of
Tyler & Kent, freighters, at Barrytown, Dutchess county, New York. March
3, 1842, Mr. Feller married Miss Helen M. Best, of Pine Plains, in his
native county, and was engaged in farming until the spring of 1844, when
he started a country store at Red Hook, in the same county, which he
conducted until the spring of 1852, and in the fall of 1853 he removed
with his family to Manchester, Ontario county, New York, being engaged in
farming from the time he gave up his store at Red Hook until the spring of
1860, when he again moved to Oconomowoe, Waukesha county, Wisconsin. In
December, 1861, Mr. Feller received a commission from the war department
at Washington, as sutler of the 28th regt. Wis. Vols., and served with his
regiment during the war until it was mustered out of the service at
Madison, Wisconsin, during September, 1865. In the spring of 1866 Mr.
Feller and his family came to Elgin, where he purchased the farm on which
he yet resides, consisting of the N. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4, and the S.E. 1/4 of
N.E. 1/4 of Sec. 33, and the S. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4 of Sec. 28. Mr. Feller has
frequently been called upon by the people to represent them in various
positions of trust and responsibility, besides having also been sought for
by the United States government to fill important offices. In the spring
of 1845, when little over twenty-three years of age, he was elected
justice of the peace of Dutchess county, New York, and in 1849 he was
re-elected to that office. In the fall of 1850 he was elected member of
assembly from the third assembly district of Dutchess county, New York, on
the whig ticket, although the district was strongly democratic, taking his
seat on January 1, 1851. In the spring of 1867 he was elected chairman of
the board of supervisors of the town of Elgin, while at other times he has
held the offices of assessor and supervisor of that town. In April, 1869,
Mr. Feller was appointed receiver of the United States land office at
Duluth, Minnesota, which office he held for the full term of four years,
when he was immediately appointed register of the same office, which
position he resigned after he had filled it for three years, the
resignation, which was to take effect January 1, 1876, not being accepted
by the department until the following month. At the fall election of 1878
Mr. Feller was elected a member of the house of representatives from the
third district of Wabasha county, and he is now chairman of the board of
supervisors of the town of Elgin. Mr. Feller is a member of Elgin lodge,
No. 115, A.F.A.M., and a republican in politics.