Show COL JOHN R FELLOWS DEAD HAD BIEN BEEN ACTIVE IN POLITICS FOB A LIFETIME was an elector on the bell everett ticket la ift 1800 joined jo the south in the tha war and was captured new tork dec 7 col john H R follows fellows district attorney and former member 0 of congress died today of 0 an illness which had confined him to his bed from about the time of his return from an electioneering electioneer ing tour of 0 the middle states stales in lint tour he spoke frequently in behalf ot of etli mer and buckner the nominees of the national democracy john it 11 fellows was born in troy in 1832 in 1850 he vent to camden aik at tile the invitation ot of an ail uncle N ho he was a merchant at that place he jj e was x 11 a an elector on tile the bell and everet ticket 11 in amo and made speeches throughout the state after the election 0 of lincoln lie I 1 urged acquiescence sri in the result but when aben secession was dela declared wred young I 1 fellows enlisted in the first ai kansas arkansas regiment after the battles batt lefi around corinth he was vaa promoted to colonel c and was waa inspector general et at port hudson la ullen that thai place mace del deded ed re he was a fix prisoner idoner ot f war at johnsons island lit in lake erlo erie ort off sandusky 0 until the spring 0 of 1865 when lie ile was sent south for exchange but was riot not rele released abed until the close 0 the war col fellows resumed the practice ot of law in camden lie he was A a state senator and in 1888 1868 he spoke in this s city at a seymour meeting at cooper union being a 9 delegate to the national convention held in this city which nominated seymour and main after the election on gov seymours advice col fellows came to live in this city try lie he was tas an assistant under district attorney gari ganan in from the fall fail of 0 1863 1869 to january 1 ile he was counsel to the excise ba biard baard ard for two years care and later was assistant under district attorneys makcen alexcee and martin in 2 liss li SS 43 he wan wait elected district attorney and after the expiration of lil I 1 19 term served as member of 0 tile the house ot of representatives from this city |