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BIOGRAPHIES
Source: History of Gallia County
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Cheshire Twp. -
GEORGE
A. FIFE - is a son of John K. and Catherine E.
(Ripe) Fife, who settled in this county in 1801 from
Shenandoah county, Virginia. George is native
of this township, born Aug. 1, 1822. He was married to
Margaret F. Rowley, in Cheshire township, June 27, 1843.
She is also a native of this township, born Oct. 15, 1825.
Her parents are Isaac and Rachel (Lemlie) Rowley, who
came to Gallia county in 1801. The children of Mr.
and Mrs. Fife are: Joseph W., born Mar. 8,
1846, resides in this township; Rachel E., May 2,
1847, resides in West Virginia; William, Jan. 1849,
died Oct. 13, 1861; Mary J., April, 1851, resides in
Cheshire; George W., In 1853, resides at home;
Sarah Katharine, in 1857, resides in West Virginia;
Margaret E., Mar. 2, 1859, resides in Cheshire township;
John, May 15, 1861, resides in Morgan township.
Mr. Fife and his son, J. W., were soldiers in
the war of the rebellion. Mr. Fife enlisted
Aug. 7, 1861, in Company I, 4th West Virginia Volunteer
Infantry, serving three years, three months and three days.
His son, J. W., enlisted in 1863 in Company G, 13th
West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and served till the
close of the war, both receiving honorable discharge.
Mr. Fife is a carpenter, joiner, and is also engaged
in farming. His postoffice address is Kyger, Gallia
county, Ohio.
Source: History of Gallia County
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Guyan Twp. -
JONATHAN L. FILLINGER - and Mary F.
Willcoxon were married in Gallia county, Ohio, Oct. 1,
1868. They are both natives of this county, he born
Apr. 7, 1848, and his wife Feb. 4, 1846. The parents
of Mr. Fillinger and Louis and Elizabeth
(Williams) Fillinger; his father was born May 1, 1801,
and died Dec. 25, 1874; his mother was born June 16, 1809.
They came to this county in 1822, and endured the privations
and hardships incident to a pioneer's life. The
parents of Mrs. Fillinger were Henry H. and Nancy
A. (Legett) Willcoxon, settlers of this county in 1842.
Her father was born May 2, 1807, and died Oct. 12, 1879; her
mother was born Nov. 9, 1812, and died Dec. 30, 1852.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Fillinger are: Alonzo
M., born July 21, 1869; Louis H., Dec. 18, 1870;
Lorena B., Oct. 5, 1872; Minnie A., Mar. 19,
1874; Nettie M., Feb. 10, 1876; Willie C.,
Apr. 20, 1879; Rosco W., Dec. 4, 1880. Mr.
Fillinger has been trustee of Harrison township for one
year. He is a resident of Guyan township, where he is
engaged in farming. His postoffice address is
Mercerville, Gallia county, Ohio.
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Morgan Twp. -
CASSIUS M. FISHER - and
Mary E. Guinn were married in Springfield
township Jul. 9, 1872. Both of them were born in Gallia
county; Mr. Fisher, Dec. 1, 1844, and his
wife in Springfield township, June 21, 1858. They have
the following children: Waldo A., born
Aug. 17, 1873; Augustus, May 30, 1875, died
Aug. 3, 1876; Charley R., Mar. 22, 1877;
Blanche, July 19, 1879; Hal., Mar.
19, 1881. The parents of Mr. Fisher are
Nathaniel A. and Sarah (Eagle) Fisher.
Mrs. Fisher is a daughter of Robert
and Mary (Morehouse) Guinn. Mr. Fisher
served his country in the war of the rebellion.
He was member of the 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C.
He is engaged in farming in Morgan township. His
postoffice address is Pine Grove, Gallia county, Ohio
Source: History of Gallia County
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Clay Twp. -
WILLIAM J. FLETCHER, M. D. - son of
Julia A. and David R. Fletcher, was born in
Chambersburg, Gallia county, Sept. 26, 1857, and was married
to Loraine E., daughter of Josiah Cornwell, in
Chambersburgh, Gallia county, Mar. 21, 1880.
Business, physician and druggist. Address, Eureka
postoffice, Gallia county, Ohio.
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Gallipolis Twp. -
FREDERICK FORD - son of Newton and
Mary (Warder) Ford, deceased was born in Harrison
County, West Virginia, Jan. 5, 1824, and came to Gallia
county, Ohio, July 4, 876. He was married Jan. 1,
1856, in Taylor county, West Virginia, to Mary M.
Davidson, born in that county Feb. 3, 1828. Her
father, Alexander Davidson, is deceased. the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Ford are: Fannie B.,
born Oct. 14, 1856, resides in White Cottage, Ohio; Lucy
D., Sept. 10, 1858, resides in Gallipolis; Sallie L.,
Apr. 14, 1860, deceased. The war record of
Frederick Ford is one in which any man might glory and
its details, which we have space only to touch upon, will be
part of his country's history in all coming time. In
April, 1861, Captain Ford resigned a position as
steamboat pilot on teh great Kanawha river, between
Charleston, W. Virginia, and Nashville, Tenn., and began at
his own expense to recruit a company of volunteers for the
Union army. But his country needing more his special
services as a loyal pilot, he accepted an appointment in
that capacity. July 9, 1861, a fleet of United States
war steamers, Commodore Kountz commanding, under
orders of General McClelland sailed up the Great
Kanawha, Captain Ford being pilot on board the
flag-ship, Marmora. On the morning of the 17th they
encountered the enemy at Scarey creek, and the Union forces
drove the enemy, under General Wise, up the river.
Captain Ford was now one of those on whom devolved
the responsible duty of piloting Kanawha boats from the Ohio
to the head of navigation. These boats were always
loaded with troops and supplies, and the country on both
sides of the river infested with detached bands of
Confederate troops. He performed this duty so well
that he was given command of the transport Victor No. 2, and
with this little steamer, often perforated with
bullet-holes, he successfully ran many a blockade. A
brilliant and courageous officer, he so exasperated the
enemy whose attempts to capture him he always foiled, that
when General Wise was in command of the Confederate
forces of West Virginia, he offered a reward of money and
promotion for the capture of Captain Ford.
March 29, 1863, a blockade was established by the enemy,
whose explicit purpose was to capture Captain Ford
and his boat, cross into Ohio, invest Gallipolis, and
overrun the State of Ohio. A large amount of
Government funds was then on board Captain Ford's
boat, in charge of United States Paymaster Cowen.
In an official communication to his superior officer,
Brigadier-General Scammon, Cowen gives all the credit of
the frustration of the enemy's plans of Captain Ford.
We have also the assurance of the press of the time and
locality that the high honor was his due. The
Gallipolis Journal of Apr. 9, 1863, says: "No one can
deny that in case of capture the boat, loaded with the
enemy, might have landed at the wharf unmolested, and
commenced their work of destruction," etc. "We
chronicle these facts from gratitude to the unassuming
captain." But Captain Ford, with his little
unarmed transport, passed the danger, saved the government
money, and reached Point Pleasant, twenty-five miles
distant. Here, the next morning, Mar. 30, while an
engagement was taking place with the chances favoring the
enemy, he ran in to a wharf boat just deserted by our
troops, took off $100,000 worth of military supplies and
under heavy fire brought them safely to the quartermaster at
Gallipolis, four miles distant. After this two days'
death struggle, again called on to approach Point Pleasant,
he asked for and received a battery of guns, called for
volunteers to man them, and again steamed away. The
battle was still raging when he came in sight with his
little Victor No. 2, and at a proper distance he opened fire
with his three gun battery. He drove the enemy, retook
the town, saved the military stores there, captured
twenty-four, and relieved the close-pressed Union forces.
After the fight it was found that the Victor's pilot house
and cabin were literally torn in pieces. The West
Virginia legislature passed resolutions calling upon their
representatives to use their influence to secure Captain
Ford a reward for his extra hazardous services in the
war. He has held hte position of government inspector
of boat-hulls for the port of Gallipolis since 1876.
His postoffice address is Gallipolis, Gallia county, Ohio.
Source: History of Gallia County
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Greenfield Twp. -
SETH FOSTER - a prominent citizen of
Gallia County, was born in Greenfield township on Feb. 11,
1822. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Shaffer)
Foster. The father first settled in Gallia county
in 1822, where he died in September, 1826. The mother,
born Nov. 24, 1798, survived until Mar. 20, 1868, when she,
too, laid down the burdens of life to enter upon her
promised reward. Seth Foster assumed the bonds
of matrimony on the 26th day of February, 1843, uniting his
fortunes with those of Colinda Sheldon. His
wife was born in the same county where she at present
resides, on the 26th day of November, 1824. Fourteen
children were the fruits of this union, as follows:
Francis M., born July 17, 18__, died May 5, 1865;
infant son, Nov. 20, 1844, died Nov. 22, 1844;
Marquis L., Jan. 2, 1846, resides in Mercer county,
Missouri; Jasper N., Jan. 25, 1847, resides at Monroe
Furnace, Jackson county, Ohio; Abbott B., Feb. 12,
1849, died Oct. 12, 1866; Sumter M., Oct. 30, 1850,
resides in Springfield township, Gallia county, Ohio;
Lucinda E., Nov. 5, 1852, lives in Madison township,
Jackson county, Ohio; Oscar A., June 26, 1854,
resides in Madison township, Jackson county, Ohio; Sirena
N., Apr. 13, 18__*, lives in Wisconsin; and Mary L.,
Feb. 28, 1858, resides in Greenfield township, Gallia
county, Ohio; L. H. D., Jan. 8, 1860, resides at
home; Lydonia M. J., June 14, 1862, resides in
Jackson county, Ohio; Ida N. J., June 26, 1864,
resides at home; Thurston S., Apr. 17, 1868, resides
at home. Mrs. Foster is the daughter of
Henley and Hannah (Rice) Shelton, both deceased, the
former born Dec. 16, 1790, died Apr. 20, 1868. The
subject of this biographic sketch has held the office of
justice of the peace for three terms, and was elected for
his fourth term on July 5, 1882. He has also served
the township as assessor for eight terms. He is a
farmer by profession, and is very highly respected in the
community where he resides. His postoffice address is
Gallia Furnace, Gallia county, Ohio. Mr. Foster's
father was in the war of 1812. One son, Francis M.,
served in the 173d Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the
rebellion, and died in 1865 from chronic diarrhœa.
He was buried in Greenfield township, Gallia county, Ohio,
on May 13, 1865.
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Guyan Twp. -
HARRISON FOWLER- was born in Kanawha
county, West Virginia, June 8, 1812, and came to this county
with his parents in 1815. His parents were Elijah
and Jane (Bogan) Fowler. When they settled in
Gallia county it was in a very wild state; no roads, mills,
or any conveniences. His father taught school, and was
the first justice of the peace elected in Guyan township.
Harrison Fowler by hard work and careful management,
has obtained a large farm, located in Guyan township, which
is in first-class condition. He was married in this
county, Oct. 10, 1840, to Aromenta Mart, who was born
in Giles county, Virginia, June 16, 1818, her death took
place in December, 1863. Her parents were Nathaniel
and Lydia Mart, settlers of this county in 1825.
The children of Mr. Fowler are: Anda L., born
Oct. 7, 1841, died in January, 1864; William F., May
13, 1843, died in September, 1863; Mahala J. (Clary),
Jan. 5, 1845, resides in Lawrence county, Ohio; Elijah
July 21, 1847, died Dec. 3, 1871; Henry, Nov. 16,
1848, died Feb. 5, 1863; Lydia C., Dec. 9, 1850, died
January, 1866;; Charles M., Apr. 11, 1854, resides in
this township; Thomas J., Oct. 18, 1855, died in
infancy; James H., Nov. 9, 1860, resides at home;
John R., Sept. 9, 1861, resides at home. Mr.
Fowlers father was born Mar. 25, 1770. The subject
of this sketch has held the office of justice of the peace
for many years. Mr. Fowler had two sons who
lost their lives in the late war; Anda Lewis
served six months, and died of typhoid fever in Tennessee;
William served two years and six months, and died
from disease brought on by hardships endured in teh
Lynchburg raid. Mr. Fowlers postoffice address
is Crown City, Gallia county, Ohio.
Source: History of Gallia County
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Springfield Twp. -
DAVID
FREDERICK - and Mary E. Young were married in
Gallia county, September 23, 1856. He is a farmer in
Springfield township, and was born in Columbiana county,
Ohio, March 21, 1835, moving to this county the following
year with his parents, Henry and Hannah (Ewens) Frederick.
His wife was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, June 14, 1832,
and came to this county with her parents, Richard and
Sarah (Bard) Young, in 1844. She is the mother of
four children: William H. H., born June 21,
1857, lives in Gallia county, Sarah E. (Kelly),
February 8, 1860, resides in Gallia county; John M.,
March 9, 1865, at home; Dora M., February 8, 1872, at
home. Mr. Frederick formerly held the office of
school director for twelve years. He is at present
supervisor, which office he has held for several years.
Address, Heatly postoffice, Gallia county, Ohio.
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Morgan Twp. -
HENRY FREDERICK
- was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, June 8, 1812, and was
married in the same county, May 17, 1834, to Hannah Ewing,
who was also born in Columbiana county, Jan. 2, 1815.
They are parents of the following children: David
born Mar. 21, 1835, resides in Gallia County, Ohio;
Joseph July 26, 1836, resides in Mississippi; Jacob,
Nov. 1, 1837, resides in this county; Sarah A. (Jackson),
June 9, 1839, resides in this county; Nancy M., Oct.
9, 1840, died Oct. 20, 1841; Margaret J., July 31,
1842, died July 6, 1863; Lydia E. (Fee), Nov. 27,
1843, resides in this county; John C., Oct. 13, 1845,
resides in Price county, Ohio; Malinda A.
(Warner), April 22, 1847, resides in Gallia
county, Ohio Noah, Aug. 27, 1848, resides in
Mississippi; Mary S., Dec. 10, 1850, resides in this
county, William H., July 15, 1852, resides in this
county; Hannah E., Sep. 19, 1854, died Sept. 22,
1855; George W., Aug. 30, 1856, resides in this
county. The father of Henry, George
Frederick, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
July 6, 1775, and died in Gallia county, Ohio, June 11,
1840. Barbary (Smith) Frederick, the mother of
Henry was also born in Pennsylvania Sept. 20, 1778,
and she died in Columbiana county, Pennsylvania, June 20,
1866. Henry Frederick's great-grandfather,
Noah Frederick, emigrated from Germany and settled in
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and while plowing in the
field one day, (two of his sons being with him, one named
Thomas, seven years old, and a younger brother whose
name is not known), the Indians came and killed the old
gentleman, and took his two sons as prisoners.
Thomas, the oldest, was released with the treaty with
the French. His mother could not recognize him only by
a scar on the back of his neck. The youngest brother
was never heard of to this day. Thomas was a
prisoner among the Indians fourteen years, during seven
years of which time he never saw a piece of bread, living
entirely on fish, game, roots and herbs. The parents
of Mrs. Frederic are Joseph and Sarah (Gilbert)
Ewing. Mrs. Frederick had two brothers in the late
war named George and John Ewing. Mr. Frederick
is located in Morgan township, where he carries on a farm.
He came to the county in 1837, his parents having preceded
him a year. His post-office address is Eno, Gallia
County, Ohio.
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Ohio Twp. -
CHARLES E.
FRY - was born in Gallia county, Ohio, March 21, 1840.
He is a son of Guy and Sarah (Holley) Fry, settlers of
this county in 1823. Mr. Fry was a soldier in the
late war, serving two and a-half years, being disabled, and
was discharged; but he reenlisted and served to the close of
the war. He enlisted as a private in the 33d Ohio
Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to sergeant. He has
held the office of constable in Guyan township for seven
years, and was elected trustee of Ohio township in 1882.
Mr. Fry was married to Ida M. Martin in this
county. She was born in Meigs county, Ohio, January 25,
1850. Her parents are Daniel and Mary (Postlethwait)
Martin, settlers of this county in 1866. She is the
mother of one child, Emma E., born November 27, 1878.
Mr. Fry is a farmer, his land being located in Ohio
township. His postoffice address is Eureka, Gallia
county, Ohio.
Source: History of Gallia County
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Guyan Twp. -
GUY FRY - was born in Giles county,
Virginia, Mar. 17, 1809, and came to this county in 1822.
At that date the county was in a very wild state, there
being no roads, mills, schools, or churches; most of their
corn for bread was pounded, they having to go twenty miles
to a mill, and carry their corn on their backs. There
was plenty of wild game, Mr. Fry killing on an
average of twenty-five deer a year; he killed no less than
five in one day; wild turkeys were also very plentiful.
The inhabitants of the county at that time enjoyed life, and
were also friendly to one another, going as far as fifteen
miles to help each other raise their log cabins.
Mr. Fry has a farm of between 400 and 500 acres, and he
bought it by had, laborious work on Ohio river boats,
earning fifty cents a day. He has now one of the most
approved farms located in Guyan township, and in his old age
is very comfortably settled. He is a son of Henry
and Catherine (McCoy) Fry, both of whom died in
Kentucky. Mr. Fry was married in Gallia county,
Sept. 21, 1830, to Sarah Halley, who was born in
Virginia, Feb. 4, 1813. She is the mother of the
following children: Lucinda A., born Feb. 23, 1832,
died Apr. 18, 1851; Mary C., Mar. 12, 1833, resides
in Bladensburg, Gallia county; Elizabeth J., July 5,
1834, resides at home; William H., Mar. 23, 1836,
died in Louisiana in 1859; James H., Oct. 9, 1837,
supposed to have been killed in the war; Charles E.,
May 21, 1840, resides in Bladensburg; John M., July
29, 1849, died Dec. 8, 1848; Sarah C., Apr. 28, 1840,
died in Dec., 1857; infant, born and died in 1850;
Charles F., Nov. 30, 1852, resides in Charlestown,
Virginia. The parents of Mrs. Fry are Giles
and Sarah Halley. Mr. Fry has filled the
office of township trustee for twenty years. He was
elected first lieutenant of the Light Horse Cavalry, and was
afterward promoted to captain. He had two sons in the
late war; James enlisted in the regular army, and was
sent to California, and he has never been heard of since;
Charles E. enlisted for three years, and after serving
nine months was discharged for disability. He
afterward enlisted and served to the close of the war; he
was in the battle of Bentonville, the day before peace was
declared. Mr. Fry is engaged in farming and
gunsmithing. He came to this county in 1823, and
located at Mercerville, where he should e addressed.
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Gallipolis
Twp. -
WILLIAM GREENLEAF FULLER - was born in
Boston, Mass., Jan. 6, 1827. His parents were
Sumner and Mary Hervey (Greenleaf) Fuller. He
married Lucy Lucretia Newton Nov. 4, 1850.
Three children have been born to them, as follows:
Alice Hervey, born Feb., 1852, died Mar., 1869;
Stella Newton, in Aug., 1861, died in Nov., 1861; W.
Burtt, in May, 1869, resides in Gallipolis, Ohio.
Mrs. Fuller was born in Warren township, Washington
county, Ohio. She is the daughter of Oren and
Elizabeth Newton, who came to Washington county at an
early day. Colonel Fuller, during the war of
the rebellion, was captain, then major, then colonel in
quartermaster's department. He was in charge of United
States military telegraph operations in the southwest from
Virginia to Texas. His father was in the war of 1812.
One of his brothers was a lieutenant in the 6th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Another brother was a private in
the Maine regiment. Colonel William G. Fuller
descended from noted New England families, among whom
Sumner and John G. Whittier are familiar names.
His father, Sumner Fuller, was a prominent man, a
graduate of Yale college, a soap and tallow chandler in
Boston and Andover, Massachusetts. In 1834 he met with
an almost fatal accident; removed to Charleston, South
Carolina, for his health, but he died there in 1838.
His death left his widow with the care of seven children and
a small patrimony. These children are all alive, a
monument to their mother's faithfulness. She, too, is
still living. In 1846, William G. shipped on
the United States steamer Mississippi for the Mexican war,
as fireman. His health failing he was changed from
fireman to ship's yeoman, having charge of the ship's
stores. At Point Isabel he, with others, volunteered
to reinforce General Zach. Taylor, then about to meet
the Mexicans in battle. They reached the battle-field
just as Taylor was securing his second victory at
Resaca de la Palma. Thus he was in the first fight
with the Mexicans, and afterwards participated in attacks
and exploits along hte Mexican coast. He figured in
engagements at Tampico, Vera Cruz, Alvarado, Tobasco and
Campeachy. In 1847 Mrs. Fuller, without the
knowledge of William, procured his discharge on
account of his minority, and he turned his attention to the
art of telegraphy, then coming into prominence. He
engaged with F. O. J. Smith and Eliphalet Case,
in the New Orleans and Ohio line, building from Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, to New Orleans, Louisiana. He served
that company as operator at Cincinnati, Ohio, New Richmond,
Ohio, and at Marietta, Ohio, and in 1854 was appointed its
superintendent. In 1856 he rebuilt the line on the
Marietta and Cincinnati railway; in 1857, built for Amos
Kendall the Independent Telegraph Company's line, on the
Baltimore & Ohio and Marietta & Cincinnati railroads, from
Baltimore to Cincinnati, opening the first opposition to the
Western Union Telegraphy Company in the Burnett House,
in the latter city; remained in charge of these lines until
the opening of the war of hte rebellion. In May, 1861,
he was appointed to manage the government telegraphs on the
branch of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad between Grafton and
Parkersburg, West Virginia. In July, the same year, he
had undertaken to follow the army wherever it went with
telegraph lines. In this month McClellen began
his advance from Clarksburg vial Buckhannon, and was
followed by the first field telegraph of the war under
Colonel Fuller's direction. The line was completed
to Rich Mountain the day of the fight. Another line
was constructed from Clarksburg, West Virginia, and end of
the line being only three miles from Carnifax Ferry on the
day of that battle. Thence lines up New River and down
the Big Kanawha, a cable laid across the Ohio, and the lines
extended to the M. & C. railroad at Hamden. Fuller
was then ordered to Kentucky. Thence from Lebanon to
Nashville, Tennessee, and from Lexington, Kentucky, to
Cumberland Gap. Plum's History of the United
States Military Telegraph, says: "W. G. Fuller and
his men accomplished a great work among the rocky cliffs and
roads and barren mountains of that region. Constantly
beset with dangers, the corps never faltered." "It is
a pleasing fact that throughout the war Colonel Fuller
and his corps never failed to erect a telegraph on any route
that troops could pass over, and many a line was built where
an army could not go." In 1863 Colonel Fuller
was ordered to the Vicksburg district, continuing with
Grant until after that surrender. Then to New
Orleans, where he extended a submarine cable line to Mobile
Bay; and with the aid of the navy blew up the obstructions
and torpedoes sunk in that bay, by an electric explosion of
powder sunk in cans. Fuller entered Mobile on
the second boat that landed there. He became
responsible for from eight to ten million dollars worth of
government property scattered over seven States, yet settled
his accounts without a dollar of defalcation occurring upon
the department books. At the close of the war he
declined an appointment to take charge of overland lines to
California, his nervous system being shattered by his long
service, and exposure, and settled in Gallipolis in 1865.
He was elected an elder in the Presbyterian church in 1866,
having been a member of that body since 1849. In 1868
the firm of Gatewood, Fuller & Co. was formed, and
the first furniture factory built in Gallipolis. The
firm of Fuller, Hutsinpiller & Co. succeeded
this firm in 1870, and still continues, employing over 100
hands, Colonel Fuller having always had the financial
management. He has never applied for an office of a
pension, although a constant sufferer from a shattered
nervous system.
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Addison Twp. -
EARL M.
FULTON- son of William and Jane (Lotherage) Fulton,
who came to this county at a very early date, was born in
Gallia county, April 17, 1828. He married in Meigs
county, Ohio, in 1865, Eliza Jane Gorby, born in
Columbiana county, Ohio, August 9, 1838, a daughter of
Jacob and Ann Heustis Gorby. Their children are as
follows: Frank L., born August 19, 1866, resides
at home; Maggie F., February 28, 1868, at home;
Marcus A., Dec. 20, 1870, killed by a tree falling on him
while cutting it down, Apr. 12, 1881; Samuel E., May
18, 1872, at home; Cally, Jan. 15, 1875, died Feb. 5,
1875; Addie E., June 18, 1876; Sylvester H., May
16, 1878; Irma J., April 15, 1881 - last three at home.
Mrs. Fulton was previously married to William Gorby,
who died June 30, 1864. The children by this marriage
are: Alfaratta, born Apr. 29, 1862; Willmetta,
July 20, 1864, died Aug. 17, 1866. Mary E. Malaby
was the first wife of Mr. Fulton; she died May 28,
1864. Her children were: Celeste, born June
17, 1850, in Ross county, Ohio; John R., July 1852,
teaching in Gallia county; Mary L., Nov., 1854, in this
county; William L., March 4, 1857, in Madison county,
Ohio; La Fayette, June 5, 1859, in Fayette county;
Alfred N., May, 1860, deceased 1863; Bettie F.,
March 17, 1864, in this county. John R. has been
teaching school about eight years. He obtained his
education in a district school by hard studying, and is now
teaching with success, being liked by all his acquaintances.
Earl M. Fulton is a farmer, and his postoffice address
Addison, Gallia County, Ohio.
Source: History of Gallia County
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Publ: H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago & Toledo - 1882-
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