Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Fellman, M. B.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township A-M


   M. B. FELLMAN merchant, P.O. Quakertown.  Among the 
successful business men in the borough of Quakertown who 
have attained their present position solely through their 
own merits, starting in life without legacy or endowment, 
save that of a good family name and a willing hand, 
supplemented with a determined spirit, is Martin Biehn 
Fellman, who was born December 25, 1833, in Richland 
township.  He is the eldest son of Jacob and Hannah (Biehn) 
Fellman, the former a son of Samuel Fellman, all natives of 
Bucks county.  When a young man he determined to fit himself 
for mercantile pursuits and engaged as clerk in the store of 
Samuel Scheetz at Bunker Hill, where he remained four years. 
 He was then for three years with his uncle, Charles 
Fellman, at Richlandtown.  In 1860 he returned to Bunker 
Hill and opened a store on his own account, principally on 
borrowed capital, continuing there until 1866, when he came 
to his present location in Quakertown.  He has since been 
most successful, and is one of the substantial merchants of 
this county.  In September, 1859, he married Ellamanda, 
daughter of John Headman.  Of the four children born to them 
three are living:  Hattie, Flora and Mary J.   Nelson died 
in 1866, aged 4 years.  Hattie is the wife of F. Musselman, 
and Flora is the wife of Warren Snyder, both of the borough 
of Quakertown.  Mr. Fellman is a member of the M. E. church.