Rush Otto Fellows Biography


	This biography appears on pages 273-274 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
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				RUSH OTTO FELLOWS. 

	Rush Otto Fellows is postmaster of Belle Fourche and is also 
interested with Bart L. Kirkham in the ownership and publication of the 
Northwest Post. He was born in Flowerfield, Michigan, August 23, 1852, 
a son of Milo and Chloe Delight (Brush) Fellows. He is of Revolutionary 
ancestry and his grandfather, Abiel Fellows, was a colonel in the War 
of 1812, while his grandmother, Dorcas (Hopkins) Fellows, was a 
granddaughter of Stephen Hopkins, one of the signers of the Declaration 
of Independence. Milo Fellows was born on the Susquehanna river, in 
Pennsylvania, in 1822 and devoted practically all of his life to 
farming. He served as postmaster of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, during the 
period of the Civil war and also at one time acted as postmaster in 
Michigan. In the year 1858, attracted by the gold discoveries in 
Colorado, he made his way to Pike,s Peak and engaged in freighting 
between Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Pike,s Peak, Denver, and other points. 
He died near Hastings, Iowa, in 1897, having for many years survived 
his wife, who was born in Ohio in 1823 and passed away in 1856. He 
afterward married again and his widow remained in Iowa, where her death 
occurred. 

	Rush O. Fellows attended the rural schools of Wisconsin and 
Michigan and for one term was a student in a seminary at Schoolcraft, 
Michigan, while in the school of experience he has learned many 
valuable lessons of life. He turned his attention to the printer's 
trade in 1868 at Three Rivers, Michigan, and later worked at his trade 
at Schoolcraft, that state, for about three years. In 1873 he went to 
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, in which city he engaged in newspaper work for 
seven years. In 1880 he became the owner of a paper, The Post, at 
Auburn, Nebraska, which he conducted until the fall of 1895, when he 
sold out and was afterward in the employ of others at Denver for eight 
months. In January, 1897, he took charge of a printing plant of the 
Western Envelope Company at Omaha, continuing there for eight months, 
and in March, 1898, he began the publication of The Daily Post at 
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, where he continued until October, 1902. At that 
time he removed his plant to the Black Hills, locating at Belle 
Fourche, where he established the Northwest Post, of which he is still 
one of the owners, his partner in the enterprise being Bart L. Kirkham. 
The Post has won for itself a liberal patronage and because of its 
large circulation proves an excellent advertising medium. In addition 
to his interest in the newspaper plant Mr. Fellows is the owner of city 
property in Belle Fourche. 

	On the 13th of March, 1883, at Pekin, Illinois, Mr. Fellows was 
united in marriage to Miss Eunice M. Sage, who was born in Whiteside 
county, Illinois, a daughter of Henry and Angeline Delight (Upson) 
Sage. The father's birth occurred in New York in 1819 and he passed 
away in 1896, while the mother, who was born in Connecticut in 1833, 
died in 1883. Mr. Sage was an architect and builder and for many years 
lived in Pekin, Illinois, but after the death of his wife, which 
occurred in that city, he made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Fellows. His 
death occurred, however, in Denver, Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Fellows have 
one child, Laura Delight, now the wife of William G. Chase, of Newell, 
South Dakota, who is manager for a mercantile store at that place. 
Their son, born January 20, 1914, is named for his grandfather, Rush 
Fellows Chase. 

	Mr. Fellows is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and is a 
democrat in politics, in which connection he has done active and 
effective work for the party and has been rewarded by election or 
appointment to several offices. in Auburn, Nebraska, he served as 
postmaster for four years and since coming to Belle Fourche has filled 
the position of city auditor for live years, while at the present time 
he is postmaster, having assumed the duties of this position on the 1st 
of July, 1913. He is conscientious in meeting his responsibilities in 
this connection, is prompt and thoroughly reliable and so directs his 
efforts that substantial results accrue for the benefit of the 
community.