The Political Graveyard: Fellows-Fling family of Bucksport, Maine

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Fellows-Fling family of Bucksport, Maine

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Lewis W. Fling — of Bristol, Grafton County, N.H. Member of New Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1871-73. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Father of Eva M. Fling (who married Oscar Fowler Fellows); grandfather of Raymond Fellows (1885-?) and Frank Fellows.
		Political family: Fellows-Fling family of Bucksport, Maine.

Oscar Fowler Fellows (1857-1921) — also known as Oscar F. Fellows — of Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Bristol, Grafton County, N.H., September 10, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1901-03; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1903. Methodist. Died December 28, 1921 (age 64 years, 109 days). Interment at Silver Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine.

		Relatives: Son of Milo Fellows and Susan D. (Locke) Fellows; married, May 24, 1883, to Eva M. Fling (daughter of Lewis W. Fling); father of Raymond Fellows (1885-?) and Frank Fellows.
		Political family: Fellows-Fling family of Bucksport, Maine.

Raymond Fellows (b. 1885) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, October 17, 1885. Republican. Lawyer; Maine state attorney general, 1925-28; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1946-54; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1954-56; resigned 1956. Unitarian. Interment at Silver Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine.

		Relatives: Son of Oscar Fowler Fellows and Eva M. (Fling) Fellows; brother of Frank Fellows (1889-1951); married, February 11, 1909, to Madge Gilmore; grandson of Lewis W. Fling.
		Political family: Fellows-Fling family of Bucksport, Maine.

Frank Fellows (1889-1951) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, November 7, 1889. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1941-51; died in office 1951. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Kiwanis. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, August 27, 1951 (age 61 years, 293 days). Interment at Silver Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine.

		Relatives: Son of Oscar Fowler Fellows (1857-1921) and Eva Marie (Fling) Fellows; brother of Raymond Fellows; married, June 27, 1910, to Georgia Eleanor Maling; grandson of Lewis W. Fling.
		Political family: Fellows-Fling family of Bucksport, Maine.
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