San Isabel View in Hillside, Colorado has a beautiful pioneer section. This fenced in plot had these 2 stones, although they are spelled different.
The first one pictured is Oscar Fellows. Oscar was a well respected member of the community. He died at his parents residence near Hillside on March 27th, 1892. The funeral was one of the largest that the community had seen in the valley according to the Silver Cliff Rustler Newspaper. Oscar was 23 years old and died of pneumonia contracted while working in the Last Change Mine in Creede, Colorado.
The Silver Cliff Rustler Newspaper printed a story about William Henry Fellows, brother to Oscar. The paper stated that Will was 26, when a telegram bought sad news that he was dying. His brother James and his father in law, JA Smith, started immediately for Idaho Springs but made it too late and arrived after he had already passed. His body was sent to Hillside, Colorado arriving on a Tuesday. Funeral services were February 2, 1898 and well attended by friends.
The article tells of his employment at the Geyser Mine for 4 years, and that he was well respected in his job and by his peers. The mine he was working for was near Boulder but then was moved to mine near Idaho Springs. He suffered a rock fall injury resulting in broken ankle, bruised hip and internal injury. A nurse supplied by the Woodsman of the World took good care of him. He was seeming to get better and fell under a spell of pneumonia, resulting in his death.
Will was married to Miss Daisy Smith of Silver Cliff. The article tells of her sorrow and that sadness has entered the home since the passing of his brother Oscar a few years before, and the home is now a bit darker again.
The new article also sends sympathy from the entire community for the bereaved ones. “May they be strengthened by the friend of friends the dearest.”
A few short years later another brother James would pass away in Goldfield of pneumonia. He was brought back to Hillside for burial and I buried a few feet away from Will. He is just outside the fenced in area.
These 3 brothers spend the afterlife together, their graves are only a feet apart. Below are the dates and information and photos of their stones. May they all rest in peace.
Oscar O Fellows
May 9th, 1869 to March 27th, 1892
Aged 22 years, 10 months and 18 days.
His inscription reads “Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth.”
His stone is spelled Fellowes.
William Henry Fellows
August 29th, 1871
January 30th, 1898
Aged 27 years, 5 Mouths and 1 Day.
His inscription reads “Farewell dear, but not forever. There will be a glorious dawn, We shall meet to part no, never. On the resurrection morn,”
James W Fellows
Born in 1878
Died April 11th, 1908
Aged 30 Years.
*Disclaimer – I’m not a historian, scholar or writer. I aim to honor and remember all the souls and landmarks I encounter in my explorations. Sharing these helps to keep their memory from fading away. I do my best to find information and I’m always open to edits and corrections when needed. I would never post anything incorrectly with harmful intent. Cemeteries are full of stories, sometimes I can find them, sometimes I can’t.
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