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Guillaume VIGNE and Adrienne CUVELIER (1st Generation)
Dirck VOLCKERTSZEN and Christine VIGNE (2nd Generation)
Volkert DIRCKS and Annetje PHILLIPS (3rd Generation)
Dirck VOLKERTSON and Maria DE WITT (4th Generation)
Volkert VOLKERTSON (DERRICKSON) and Dinah Aeltje VAN LIEU (5th Generation)
James FULKERSON was baptized as Jacobus VOLKERTSON
on 22 Jun 1737 at the Raritan Dutch Reformed Church in Somerset Co.,
NJ. James married Mary VAN HOOK (19 Sep 1747-1831), daughter of
Jacob VAN HOOK and Hannah DeBOW on 18 Jan 1764 in Orange Co., NC (now
Caswell Co.). His complete story is told at Captain James Fulkerson - An Overmountain Citizen.
Their 12 children were:
Peter FULKERSON........26
Sep 1764-23 Jun 1847, b. in NC, d. in Lee Co., VA, m. Margaret CRAIG
(22 Jan 1773-28 Oct 1839) on 11 Oct 1791. Margaret's father
Robert CRAIG was a wealthy landowner. He gave them a large tract of
unimproved land in Powell's Valley, Lee Co., Virginia, where Peter
built a two-story log house and cleared out a large farm for his
family. This was still a frontier area in the 1790's, at the gateway to
the Cumberland Gap, with dangers including Native Americans and bears.
Peter appears on the 1795 tax rolls for Lee County, his
household counted as having one white male over the age of 15 and nine
horses. Five years later, the Virginia Republican Party appointed him
(together with brother-in-law Benjamin SHARP) to the five-member Lee
County "Corresponding Committee" - part of the state's political
machine in support of Thomas Jefferson in the Presidential election of
1800. In that same year, on 16 Jan 1800, he received a patent for 436
acres in Lee Co., "on Lone Branch a branch of Walling Creek on the
north side of Powells Mountain." The 1810 Lee Co. tax list showed that
Peter owned 3 slaves and 12 horses. Peter and his brother Isaac
appeared in the records of the Augusta Co., VA Circuit Court (pages
227- 228) in the case of McKenney vs. Preston: "29th of May 1811 Peter
Fulkerson deposes in Lee County" and "12th of March 1811 Isaac
Fulkerson, aged 34 yrs. deposes in Lee county."
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Page from the James Fulkerson family Bible, located
at the Washington County Historical Society in VA
Image courtesy of Marian Jackson |
Peter was an officer in the War of 1812. (One
Fulkerson genealogy states he was a Colonel, while another [Preston]
says he was a Captain with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
in 1815. An 1836 diary by Anne Middleton Craig - possibly a relative -
described her journey from Virginia to Missouri. In it she stated she
stayed at "Col. Fulkerson's" residence, October 2nd-5th.) Peter and
Margaret's ten children were:
- Mary (Polly) FULKERSON..................23 Oct 1792-11 Jan 1823, m. Oliver PRATT about 1826 in Washington Co., VA
- Robert Craig FULKERSON.......23
Aug 1794-17 Mar 1876. Robert Craig experienced adventure as a young man
and throughout his life. He served in the War of 1812 and rose to
become Colonel of Militia for Lee County. In 1816 he went west to
Missouri with his uncle Benjamin SHARP, his aunt Hannah Fulkerson SHARP
and 10 of their 12 children. He then returned to Virginia to become
Sheriff of Lee County for seven years. About 1827 he married (1st)
Lavinia DICKERSON. They moved west to Calloway Co., MO in 1828, where
he was a volunteer during the Black Hawk War (1831-32). By 1836 they
moved to Loutre Lick, Montgomery Co., MO. Robert owned and operated the
Loutre Lick Store in 1838-39, selling items such as sugar, fabric,
coffee, tobacco, and articles of clothing. In 1840 they purchased a
farm at Danville, same county, and that remained his home thereafter.
He also began a period of public service, serving as County Treasurer
and as Danville Township's Justice of the Peace from 1843 until 1849. [Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-Columbia]
Either their home or a separate building housed the "Fulkerson Tavern"
in Danville, which was photographed in the US Dept of Interior's
Historic American Building Survey during the 1930's. Click here for four images of the "tavern."
In 1850 his oldest son Peter traveled west on
the Oregon Trail to the Portland/Vancouver region. Amazingly - perhaps
because there is virtually no modern-day equivalent to this venture -
Robert and Lavinia went on the Trail in 1851 to visit
him. Lavinia died in 1852, sometime before or after their return from
the Oregon Territory. He married (2nd) the widow DAVIDSON in 1853. For
a few months in 1856 he hosted his younger brother Frederick De Bough,
who was moving his family (a party of 16 including six slaves) from
Virginia. Robert was against secession during the Civil War but
interceded on behalf of his nephew, Tennesseean Peter Graham FULKERSON,
when the latter was captured by Union forces and threatened with
execution. He died at his home in 1876.
- Peter Craig FULKERSON.....1829-1870??,
b. in Danville, Montgomery Co., MO, went west on the Oregon Trail in
1850, m. Minerva Penelope FITZGERALD on 13 Jun 1853 in Portland,
Multnomah Co., OR. Minerva was born 27 Dec 1838 in Elm Springs,
Washington Co., AR, died 14 Mar 1900 in Vancouver, Clark Co., WA, and
was buried on 16 Mar 1900. In the 1859/60 Census, Minerva's brothers
(who were all born in Arkansas) were living with the Fulkersons -
Sandford (b. 1841) a farmer, Zachary (b. 1847) and Nicholas (b. 1844).
In the 1870 Census for Cowlitz County, Minerva Fulkerson was 30 years
old and listed as living in an insane asylum (possibly she had no money
and had to scatter her children out to people who would care for them).
Peter either died or disappeared in the 1860s (there's been one bit of
speculation that he went to California). Minerva remarried to John W.
TARLTON, a house painter, on 15 Nov 1873. They had two additional
children. Minerva and John were buried at the Vancouver City (Old City)
Cemetery, Vancouver, WA. (Some of the preceding information was
compiled by the Clark County Genealogical Society.)
- Josephine FULKERSON......b. 14 Jan 1856 at Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington, m. Isaac F. LOCKWOOD
- Hannah Elizabeth FULKERSON ("Anna")......15
Mar 1857-22 Jan 1913, b. at Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington, d. in
Portland, Oregon, m. George William FORCE, Jr. Numerous
descendants still live in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon.
- Robert Craig FULKERSON.......15 Sep 1859-4 Dec
1941, b. in Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington, d. in Baker City, Baker
Co., OR and was buried there on 7 Dec 1941. In the 1870 Census he was
living with David R. FALES (who was in the same wagon train as Peter
Fulkerson...possibly the same wagon train that brought the FITZGERALD
family to the West). Robert married Elnora Jennet ALDRICH on 5 Dec 1881
in Grant, Oregon. Elnora was b. 1 Jun 1864 at The Dalles, Wasco Co., OR
and d. 23 Sep 1950 in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, daughter of Ellery
Wood ALDRICH and Cynthia Eurena Cecelia Alice SWEET, both pioneers of
1852. Robert and Elnora are buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker, OR.
The 1880 Census found Robert working as one of five laborers employed
at South Fork, Grant Co., Oregon by William MURRAY, a 25-yr-old Scotch
immigrant who'd married his sister Nellie FULKERSON three years
earlier. Robert was in Montana and Canada about the turn of the
century. A Klondike Gold Rush record listing fortune hunters who
arrived from the State of Montana includes the following entry: Volume
6 - North West Mounted Police records at Chilkoot checkpoint:
"Mar 3, 1900 FULKERSON, R.C., Mt. Vernon, Grant Co., OR"
NOTE: Records for the Wrangell Mountain Region
of Alaska Territory show that a Robert FULKERSON prospected the upper
White River with William GIBBON, Adolph SMITH, and Edward STROEKER in
1903-04. The following summer, he and Harry DUNN mined Schrader Gulch,
a tributary of Copper Creek He was living near Tanana, a small village
on Alaska's Yukon River, when he was contacted by the U.S. census
enumerator in 1910. However, this may have been the Robert James
FULKERSON, born 22 August 1875, who registered for the draft in 1917 at
Ruby, Alaska (also on the Yukon River) and died in July 1924 after
falling down a mine shaft near Solomon Creek.
- Cora FULKERSON....5 Dec
1882-24 Feb 1978, b. in Dayville, Grant Co., OR, d. in John Day, Grant
Co., OR and was buried in Baker City, Oregon. She m. John Wesley LEMONS
Jr. (1880-1935) on 14 Feb 1899 and had two daughters. She divorced John
and married again - to Harry C. WHITWORTH. Cora and Harry are buried in
Mount Hope Cemetery.
- Edith FULKERSON....8 Nov 1884-23 Nov 1950, Edith
married Percy Douglas Sutherland Campbell MARTIN (1871-1960) on 24 Apr
1905 at Dayville, Grant Co., Oregon. They had one daughter. There are
no living descendants. Edith was buried on 27 Nov 1950 in Mount Hope
Cemetery, Baker City, Baker Co., Oregon. Percy was born at Dayville,
Grant Co., Oregon and died at New Plymouth, Payette Co., Idaho.
- Olive FULKERSON....31 Dec 1887-1938, m. (1st)
Volney Venn WATSON, (2nd) Mr. FLAUGHTER, (3rd) Mr. BIRD, (4th) Mr. LONG
. She reportedly had three children. Two are known.
- Robert Isaac WATSON....born 14 Oct 1912
- Lillian Rachel WATSON....born 28 Oct 1914
- Ellery FULKERSON....8 Jul 1889-, never married
- Nellie FULKERSON....b.
1861 at Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington, died before 1900 in Castle
Rock, Malheur Co., Oregon. She m. William MURRAY (born 9 Jun 1850 in
Lairg, Sutherlandshire, Scotland; died after 1900 in Drewsey, Harney
Co., Oregon) on 15 Nov 1877 in Yakima, Washington. The 1880 Census
found them at South Fork, Grant Co., Oregon. He was the same Scotsman
William MURRAY who employed her brother Robert in 1880.
- Ellen MURRAY.....b. 1878
- Christine MURRAY.....Jul 1882-1944, m. William John ALTNOW, 2 daughters reported, one known
- Ina ALTNOW....born 1882 in Drewsey, Harney Co., Oregon
- Leah MURRAY....born in Drewsey, Harney Co., Oregon, married a Mr. VINSON
- Rebecca FULKERSON.....1833 (date from 1850 census)
- Amanda FULKERSON.....1836
(date from 1850 census)...m. Walter A. (Albert?) SIMPSON, had eleven
children, died when the youngest was an infant.
- Frank Fulkerson SIMPSON.....was the youngest
of the 11 children, born in Missouri. His father died when he was 13,
so Frank went to Colorado to live with an older brother. Per a
descendant, "They took some cattle up to Pierre Wibaux in S.D., ( in
1892), as they were working for him. Consequently, Frank F. married my
grandmother Mary Lena BAKER (also from MO.) in Ekalaka, Montana in
1907. "
- Anna FULKERSON.....1838 (date from 1850 census)
- John FULKERSON.....1841, moved to Bates Co., MO
- Robert FULKERSON.....?
- Margaret FULKERSON.....?
- James FULKERSON..............17
May 1796-15 Jan 1859, b. near Abingdon, VA. He became a physician. His
wife, Frances PATTERSON (13 Mar 1806-19 Oct 1881, b. in Philadelphia,
PA) was the sister of General Robert PATTERSON. Her father, Francis
PATTERSON, was a soldier in the army of Robert EMMET - who consorted
with Napoleon BONAPARTE and led an abortive upising in Ireland
in July 1803 - and escaped to America after EMMET was captured, tried
and hung. James and Frances moved to Tazewell, Claiborne Co.,
Tennessee, where he bought a 5-room, two-story stone house that was
built in 1808. His farm consisted of 300 acres, which was worked by
"about ten" slaves. Frances could cook, weave and spin, but had it done
by slaves or servants. By the time of his death, the farm was worth
about $6,000 and his property about $20,000 (per son Peter). James died
from pneumonia at age 62, caught while riding horseback through the
mountains in the rain while attending the sick. Frances was 74 at the
time of the 1880 Census. Living with her were her 37-yr-old son Thomas,
15-yr-old servant Mary COFFMAN and 26-yr-old laborer Washington
JOHNSON. The story of James' six sons in the Civil War is related in a letter by his son Thomas. Their eight children were:
- William Houston FULKERSON.......9 Sep 1834-3 Dec 1919, b. in
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Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN, d. in Jerseyville, IL, m. Cornelia
RUSSELL; their nephew was the famous Western artist, Charles M.
RUSSELL. William went west where he freighted wagons and rode for the
Pony Express, then returned to become Captain and later Lt. Colonel of
the 63rd Tennessee regiment. After the war he moved to Illinois where
he was active in cattle breeding, banking, education, state government
and even managed a railroad. Cornelia died on 31 Oct 1909. William and
Cornelia are buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Jersey Co., IL. They
had five children:
- Frances Russell FULKERSON.....9 Aug 1862-9
Dec 1918. She was b. in Tazewell, TN, never married, d. on the family
farm in Jerseyville, IL. Frances is buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in
Jersey Co., IL, her name listed as "Fannie."
- James Whitehill FULKERSON.....12
Dec 1864-27 May 1883, b. in Tazewell, TN, d. in Billings, MT of Rocky
Mountain spotted fever while enroute to a summer of ranch work with his
young cousin, Charles M. RUSSELL (19 Mar 1864-1926). James was buried
at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Jersey Co., IL.
- Sarah Blanche FULKERSON.....20 Sep 1867-12 Nov 1925, b. and d. in Jerseyville, m. Judge Charles S. WHITE.
- Joseph Russell FULKERSON.....16
Aug 1869-1962, b. in Jerseyville, IL. Just before his death he compiled
a family history for which we will be forever grateful. He was a
livestock specialist, active as a delegate or president in numerous
farm bureaus, conventions, committees and commissions. In 1893 he was
Superintendent of the Sheep Department at the Chicago World's Fair. He
married Mary Alice CORY on 21 Nov 1906 and had two children. Both are
buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Jersey Co., IL.
- Frank Eberle FULKERSON.....5 Jun 1873-11 Dec 1968,
b. in Jerseyville, IL, he took over his parent's farm in 1909. He m.
Charlotte LOWE on 31 Dec 1906 and had three children, one of whom
(Frank) was killed in France on 2 Aug 1944 (World War II). Frank,
Charlotte and their son Frank are buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in
Jersey Co., IL.
- Robert Francis "Frank" FULKERSON.........11
Dec 1836-11 Jun 1880, never married. Frank was an officer in the
Confederate Army by 10 Aug 1862, when he was listed as Captain R. Frank
Fulkerson, Co. F (Claiborne Co.), 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Frank
afterward ranched in Kansas. He died at brother William's home in
Jerseyville, reportedly from a tumor caused by injuries when he was
gored by a Texas steer.
FULKERSON, Mary A. Oak Grove Jersey ***** 30 Oct 1945
- James Whitehill FULKERSON.......13
Dec 1838-25 Nov 1863, m. unknown, served as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army
of Tennessee during the first year of the Civil War. "At the end of the
first year, the Co. re-enlisted and re-organized for the war, and
elected Jim their Captain. He...was in all the leading battles with
Bragg in Tenn. Ky. & Georgia. Was wounded at Murfreesboro and again
at Missionary Ridge, shot through both thighs, breaking both bones,
from which he never recovered but died in a hospital at Atlanta."
- Peter Graham FULKERSON...........5
Dec 1840-1926?...........Peter m. (1st) to Emma GLENN. and (2nd) to
33-year-old widow Jennie Eliza (FUGATE) TREECE in 1882. Jennie was born
14 Sep 1848 in Claiborne Co, TN and died 11 Feb 1936, apparently in
Texas. She was listed on the 1880 Census in Claiborne Co with her
husband Newton and her mother Martha. Her father is reported to be
Johiel FUGATE (1809-1863, buried at Irish Cemetery, Claiborne Co, TN).
Jennie had one son, Alfred, born ca. 1874, who reportedly became an
attorney -- possibly with help from his step-father Peter Graham
FULKERSON.
Per an account attributed to him in 1926, Peter was born at
Mulberry Gap, northeast of Tazewell, TN, which at that time was in
Claiborne Co. and later became Hancock Co. Peter was educated at
schools in Tazewell (about 5 months per year) and Danville, MO. He was
living in Montgomery Co., MO in 1861 when he entered the Confederate
Army. He served in Col. Elliott's regiment and then in Gen. Sterling
Price's corps, participating in the battles of Big Blue and Lexington.
He was captured at Danville, where the Union Army had issued an order
similar to the "Kansas Jayhawker" rules that Southerners found in Union
districts were to be executed. His uncle Robert Craig FULKERSON of
Danville, an influential Union supporter, convinced the Army to release
him and got them to send him North on condition that he stay North
during the War. So he went to Philadelphia, PA, where his uncle William
PATTERSON put him to work and gave him employment until the War ended.
Peter returned to Tazewell after the War and
then went back to Missouri, where he farmed for two years and began
studying law. He returned to Tennessee and was admitted to the bar in
1868. Peter was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1870 and
in 1873 was appointed Attorney General of the State of Tennessee. The
Goodspeed's "History of Claiborne County" (1886) reported he was living
in the "fine stone residence" built in 1814 by William GRAHAM,
Tazewell's first merchant. Peter himself was an historian, whose works
included the "Early Settlers of Claiborne County." Click here to read his description of frontier homes. Peter had six children with Emma and two children with Jane.
- Glenn Ewing FULKERSON....1870-??, died young
- Frances Craig FULKERSON....1872-??, m. Judge Herman HUGHES
- Cornelia Russell FULKERSON....1874-?, m. Dr. Charles ALEXANDER
- James Whitehill FULKERSON....1876-??, died young
- Emma Aurelia FULKERSON....1877-?, m. Wharton MOORE
- Francis Frederick FULKERSON....1881-??, died young
- Jennie FULKERSON.....26 Dec 1883-20 Nov 1887
- Catherine Sallie FULKERSON.....1
Mar 1885, m. James R. PARKEY, moved to Mankins, Archer Co., TX. The
1930 Census found them there with mother 'Janey' in the household.
- Thomas Graham FULKERSON.....b.
18 Dec 1842. Thomas served as a sergeant in brother William's
company in the Civil War, then returned to the family farm to care for
his widowed mother. The 1880 census listed him as a farmer at his
mother's household in "District 9, Claiborne, Tennessee." Two other
household members were laborer Washington JOHNSON (age 26) and servant
Mary COFFMAN (age 15), both black.
Thomas married Hallie EVANS. He died about 1923
while visiting his son William in Newark, OH, but not before leaving a
dictated account of his family's participation in the Civil War. (See Six Brothers in the Civil War.) The three children of Thomas and Hallie:
- Tipton E FULKERSON...............21 Oct 1884-??, m. Viola ________. Tipton and Viola lived at Tazewell, TN, later moved to Gillette, Wyoming, where they operated the Fulkerson Oil Company
and had three children. One son began Fulkerson Aviation at the
Gillette-Campbell County Airport in 1939, was a contract flight
instructor for the Army Air Corps at Spearfish, South Dakota during
World War II, and operated his flying service in Gillette until 1978.
Another son was mayor of Gillette from 1948 to 1952.
- Frederick F FULKERSON.............17 Aug 1888-25 Jun 1908, age 19
- William Fugate FULKERSON........20 Dec 1890-??, m. Florence _______
- Frederick Eberle FULKERSON.......31
Jan 1845-??, m. Ida HUFF. Serving in the Confederate Army, he had an
arm shot off in a charge up Snodgrass Hill (Brother Peter reported that
31 of the 39 men in his company were killed or wounded in this charge.)
Older brother Thomas described his Civil War service:
Fred
the youngest son joined Blackburne's Co. in the First Tenn. Cavalry and
saw active service in East Tenn. and Va., was wounded too bad to be
taken off by Yanks in same fight that I was Captured and again later
but was able to be with the Regiment when surrendered by Johnson at
Charlotte, N. C.
- Sarah Ann FULKERSON......15 Feb 1847-??, m. unknown
- Mary Frances FULKERSON....3 Oct 1849-??, m. John SCARBOROUGH
- Benjamin Franklin FULKERSON.......b.
22 Mar 1798 in Lee Co., VA, m. Mary Jane EWING who was born in Beth
Co., KY. They lived in Lee Co., where their first children were born,
and by 1840 were living in Kentucky. In 1842 they moved west and
settled on 160 acres of prairie and timber land [bought at $1.25 per
acre] in Grundy Co., Missouri, northeast of the town of St. Joseph.
They eventually increased their holdings to about 1200 acres. The tale
of their pioneer life was told in the "History of Northwest Missouri":
Peter Glenn
Fulkerson was but nine years of age when he accompanied his parents to
Grundy County, and such education as he was able to secure was obtained
in the primitive schools. He experienced every hardship and witnessed
every incident of pioneer life, and is frequently prevailed upon today
to speak of the times when he lived in the little log cabin in the
midst of a country filled with wild game and in which the Indians still
roamed in great numbers.
The little home of
the Fulkersons, like those of other pioneers, boasted of neither floor
nor door. The hard earth served for the former, while a quilt in winter
months was used to keep out the cold. A wooden mallet was used to crush
the corn, although hominy was the chief cereal used, as most easily
secured; the leather for the family shoes was tanned by some member of
the family and then kept until the shoemaker made his rounds and
fashioned it into footwear. About the year 1852 the community began to
become more thickly settled, many families coming here by way of
ox-teams....
But while neighbors
became more numerous, it was many years before primitive conditions
ceased to exist. Sugar was a luxury not to be thought of, and honey was
accordingly used to sweeten the food, this being gathered in the
timber. Money was scarce, and but one store was located on the present
site of the City of Trenton, while such mail as was received was paid
for at the rate of twenty-five cents per letter. Tea and coffee being
too expensive, the inventive settlers made a good brew from bark,
boiled over a fire started by striking flints. The home-made candle
furnished the light by which the mother made the summer clothes from
flax, carded the wool, wove the cloth therefrom, or knitted the socks
for the family, the latter commodity often being exchanged for the
family bacon, at a ratio of one cent per pound, money being too scarce
to pay for this article.
...the cooking was
done at the fireplace, and the children had nothing but corn bread on
week days, while on Sundays they were feasted with flour biscuits
sweetened with honey taken from the trees in the surrounding forest.
While the Indians were numerous they were peaceable, and the principal
relations the settlers had with these original residents of the forest
were trading, though the Indians were notorious as beggars and if not
watched were inclined to petty thieving.
All this country in
the 40's had an abundance of wild game of all kinds - turkey, deer and
other animals - and wolves were the chief obstacle to the raising of
live stock, the cattle and hogs having to be carefully watched until
well grown....It was with wagon and ox teams that the Fulkersons came
from Virginia to Missouri, and for a number of years all the farm work
was performed by the slow plodding oxen, and the plow was made of wood
shod with iron. When [Benjamin and Mary Jane] came to Northwest
Missouri they brought with them one slave, whom they afterwards [about
1852] liberated and paid his passage to the Liberian Republic, where
all American slaves were welcomed, and he was given 160 acres of land
and reached a considerable degree of prosperity before his death.
[Note: the last sentence is unverified and may be taken as pure embellishment.]
Benjamin and Mary Jane's 12 children were:
- Jane Eliza FULKERSON.........16 Jul 1828-5 Nov 1841, died at age 12
- Margaret Amanda FULKERSON.....19 Mar 1830-5 Sep 1901, m. Reese SHANNON on 18 Nov 1847 in MO
- Mary SHANNON
- Eva Elinor SHANNON.....m. Dr. ____ RICHMOND, 3 children
- Evaline Watkins FULKERSON........15 Oct
1831-5 Aug 1914, m. (1st) John T. WITTEN (1820-1888, as his 3rd wife)
on 26 Sep 1878 in Edinburgh, MO. John died at Trenton, Grundy Co., MO.
Evaline m. (2nd) Asa DENT on 6 Nov 1901. She had no children from
either marriage. [A Witten
family site lists John's origins and prior marriages: Children of JAMES
STANLEY WITTEN and LAVICIE THOMPSON are: i. JOHN T. WITTEN b. September
27, 1820, Tazewell Co., VA; d. June 29, 1888, Trenton, Grundy Co., MO;
m. (1st) LUCY ANN KALKENER PEERY Abt. 1840 in Tazewell, VA; m. (2)
CAROLINE V. THOMPSON August 04, 1842, Tazewell Co., Va; b. Abt. 1824;
d. 1866; m. (3) Evaline Watkins FULKERSON , September 26, 1878]
- Peter Glenn FULKERSON........16
May 1833-Mar 1922, b. in Lee Co., VA, raised in Grundy Co., MO. He
worked on his father's farm until 1861, when his father gave him 100
acres of land, ten miles north of Trenton, and built a one-room log
cabin where all of his children would later be born. Peter enlisted in
the Missouri State Militia following the outbreak of the Civil War,
then m. Eliza CARNES (1841-1909) on 5 Dec 1861. In 1875 was elected a
county judge, served four years, and thereafter retained the title of
Judge. Peter and Eliza had six children:
- Dr. William Dow FULKERSON...........29 Oct 1862-??, m. (1st) Ina JOHNSON on 15 Sep 1895, m. (2nd) Sallie WELDON by whom he had one child:
- George FULKERSON....a poet in California
- Walter Perry FULKERSON................9
Oct 1865-23 Feb 1956, b. at Trenton, Grundy Co., MO; reported to have
died at Los Angeles, CA. Walter m. Sarah M. HARPER of Cathage, MO (Feb
1871-25 Dec 1915) on 8 Mar 1895. He was a banker. There is a sketch on
Walter P. Fulkerson at the State Historical Society of MO called "St.
Joseph - City Worthwhile." An undated article, quoted in a 1977 book,
"The Fruit of the Family Tree," said that banker Walter P. Fulkerson of
St. Joseph was building a row of houses, in one of the best residential
districts, to rent only to newly-weds and families with children.
Tenants who had a child while living there would have their month's
rent returned. On the other hand, newly-weds would be asked to vacate
if they were childless at the end of the year's time. (No word on
whether this caused a run on the bank.)
- Lucile Harper FULKERSON.... a graduate of Ward-Belmont School of Nashville TN
- Walter Perry FULKERSON, Jr.....attended Culver Military Academy, Culver, IN
- Thomas Franklin FULKERSON.....31 Oct 1868, m. Mamie MILBANKS of Chillicothe, MO
- Emmett Glenn FULKERSON.......14 Dec 1871-6 May 1948, m. Louise PEERY of Ogden, Utah, was a livestock commissioner in Chicago. He is apparently the Emmett G. FULKERSON found on the Cook Co., IL census in 1900 and 1920. His death certificate states he died at Moberly, Randoloph Co., MO after living in that community for 4 years. His wife was listed as Lela B. Fulkerson. Emmett was buried at the Trenton Masonic Cemetery, Grundy County, MO.
- Henry Cortez FULKERSON......5
Oct 1875-??, m. Ida SCHUMACHER (also Shoemaker) of Clinton, MO, was
reportedly a successful farmer and livestock feeder, had at least 3
boys
- John FULKERSON......
- Emmett FULKERSON......
- E. Carnes FULKERSON......1911-2003,
b. in Perrin, MO, was a lifelong resident of the Plattsburg area as a
livestock farmer, and farmed all of his working life within one mile of
his birthplace, per a Kansas City, MO newspaper obituary.
- Anna Eliza FULKERSON.....15 Nov 1877-22 Jul 1908, m. Dr. _____ SMITH of Gallatin, MO, had one boy, died of appendicitis
- Rachel Elinor FULKERSON.....11 Mar 1835-17 Sep 1858, died at 23, never married
- Putnam Samuel FULKERSON...........6 Nov 1838-12 Mar 1912, m. Alice ASHER (b. 22 Mar 1856 in OH) on 15 Oct 1882, no children
- Joshua Frederick FULKERSON..........8 Oct 1841-11 Feb 1893, b. in Kentucky, m. first cousin Margaret Frances FULKERSON
"at the old Dr. Thompson brick house, in Grand River bottom about 4
miles west of Edinburgh [MO] where Frederick D. Fulkerson, father of
Margaret, was living at the time." He enlisted in the Missouri State
Militia during the Civil War and held the rank of Captain, but most of
his service was spent 'subject to call' and on minor skirmish duty. He
was mustered out of service at war's end in 1865 at Chillicothe, MO.
Having received 80 acres from his father, he began farming with one
horse, a team of oxen and a one-room log house - shingled with walnut -
that he built in 1866.
- Nancy Jackson FULKERSON....22 Feb 1867-1869
- Eva Waitstill FULKERSON....22 Dec 1869-14 Oct 1958, m. Rev. Hugh MITCHELL (1871-1939), had 7 children, d. in Council Bluff, IA
- Frederick DeBow FULKERSON....28
Jul 1870-24 Feb 1947, b. at Taylor Township, Grundy Co., MO, he
attended local schools and then went on to Grand River College at
Edinburgh and the University of Missouri where he studied law. He
returned to the family farm following the death of his parents and
became one of the more successful farmers in the county. He drained
swamps and there grew corn and other crops, and became a leading stock
raiser. He exhibited some of his livestock at the St. Louis World's
Fair, as well as state fairs in four states. In addition to farming he
owned town property and the Fulkerson & Dent hardware business in
Brimson, and held the offices of tax collector, town trustee and
justice of the peace. He m. Margaret MORROW, with who he had no
children. He d. in West Plains, MO.
- Benjamin Franklin FULKERSON....23 Mar 1872-9 Aug
1955, m. Martha FUNK, lived first in Hereford, TX, then moved to an
80-acre ranch at Roswell, NM, where the family is still active in
business. They had 5 children.
- Peter Ross FULKERSON....12 Mar 1875-after 1960, m. Nancy MYZER, lived in MO, had one child who died at age 8
- Amanda Lydia FULKERSON....14 Apr 1876-after 1960, never married
- Craig Dent FULKERSON....9 Nov 1879-25 Feb 1893, died at age 13
- Martha Corrine (Cora) FULKERSON....15 Sep 1881-4 Sep 1945, m. Herbert ____ in 1940, no children
- John Francis FULKERSON....8 Mar 1884-after 1960, m. Irene ____, lived in MO and then moved to Glendale, CA. They had one son.
- Theophilus Preston FULKERSON.......6 Apr 1845-7 Sep 1923, m. (1st) cousin Sarah Jane (Sally) FULKERSON (1845-21 Feb 1874) on 4 Jul 1867 and had 2 children. He m. (2nd) Phylenah E. HUDSON (1852-1935) on 2 Mar 1876, d. at Brimson, MO. He was buried at Peery Chapel Cemetery, Madison Township, Grundy County, MO, next to first wife Sarah J. (cemetery records).
- Fanny FULKERSON........died as infant
- Frederick FULKERSON.......1870-1891
- Anna Laura FULKERSON......6 Aug 1877-6 Aug 1877
- Ira Thomas FULKERSON.......4 Apr 1879-??, m. Mildred Creswell ____ (a widow), had 3 children
- Eret Glenn FULKERSON.....15 Aug 1881-21 Sep 1897
- Adeline Eva FULKERSON.....14 Oct 1883-27 Feb 1912, m. W. ____, died at age 28
- Burt (or Bert?) FULKERSON.....8 Oct 1885-??, m. Elizabeth ____ on 12 Aug 1908
- Boyle John FULKERSON.......28 Nov 1887, m. Rena ____ (sister of Elizabeth above), had 6 children
- Clarence Samuel FULKERSON.....8 Aug 1890, m. Bessie ____, 4 children
- Wilbur FULKERSON.....28 Aug 1892, m. Maurine ____ in 1919, ran a farm and had 1 son
- Mary Elva FULKERSON.....7
Feb 1894, m. Harvey ____, a singer, teacher, bandleader and farmer.
Athough he was described as "A tip-top fellow, anywhere or anyway you
take him," they had no children
- Catherine Elizabeth FULKERSON......18 Mar 1847-19 Mar 1847
- James Evans FULKERSON.......3
Apr 1848- 23 Apr 1926, m. Georgia SHANNON (1855-1927) on 24 Aug 1876
near Dearborn, MO, worked in a bank in Trenton, MO, then moved to
Wellington, KS about 1885 where he handled real estate for the Santa Fe
Railroad. He returned to MO to work for another railroad, the Frisco
Line, at Monett. In 1890 he was in Lebanon, MO for the Magnetic Water
Company. He then ran a feed and grocery business, and purchased a farm
near Lebanon in 1901. He had 7 boys (& no reported daughters):
- Hugh Floyd FULKERSON........24 May 1877 - 10 Jul 1896. He was the graduating class valedictorian in 1896, died 3 months later of ruptured appendix.
- Hosea FULKERSON.........7 Sep 1883-1884
- Lou Homer FULKERSON.......26 Jun 1881-1950, probably born in MO, m. Carrie DENHOFF, was living at Kelso, WA in 1911, d. in Alva, OK, had 1 son:
- Dodd Dent FULKERSON...born 11-11-1911 at Kelso, Cowlitz County, WA
- Oscar Forrest FULKERSON........4 Dec 1884-28 Jun 1960, d. a bachelor in Lebanon, MO
- Jewett Hayden FULKERSON.......28
May 1887-??, b. at Wellington, KS, m. Dovie Mae ROE, operated at mill
and elevator business in Weaubleau, MO - I'm not making up these
places, people - then moved to Lebanon, La Clede Co., MO where he was
elected Clerk of the Court. He and Dovie had 2 children.
- Lowell McKittrick FULKERSON......14 Aug 1891-??,
lived in the western states as a young man, and even went to Canada and
Mexico, m. Phoebe ____, then settled in La Clede Co., MO. They had 2
children.
- Paul McCabe FULKERSON......25 Sep 1893-5 May 1899, died at age 5
- Ewing Wirt FULKERSON.......19 Apr 1851-19 Dec 1925, m. 21-yr-old Margaret DENT on 17 Feb 1881
- Rosa Lee Genella FULKERSON.....23 Jun 1883-??, m. Graham ____
- Cortez Dent FULKERSON.....1 Aug 1884-??, m. Grace ____, 4 children
- Anna Grace FULKERSON.....25 Oct 1888-??, m. Charles ____ (brother of Rena and Elizabeth above), had 2 girls
- Benjamin FULKERSON.....1891-1892
- Patrick Dow FULKERSON.......9 Jun 1855-26 Feb 1862, died at age 6
- Jacob Van Hook FULKERSON....30
Mar 1800-1885, b. in Lee Co., VA, m. Kitty EWING. Jacob was a farrier
and a merchant in Lee Co., VA, and at one time he served as sheriff of
Lee County. His name appears in an 1846 Lee County lawsuit: Jacob Fulkerson et al. vs. Isom Hubbard et al.
Seventeen years later he served as a Major in the Confederate Army,
although his age may have been slowing him down by then. According to
Preston ("The Fulkerson Story" by John F. Preston, 1961) Jacob lived in
Virginia until he was quite old and then moved to Lafayette Co., MO.
His son Dr. Putnam Smith FULKERSON was on the Lafayette Co., Mo. census
in 1850. So his children started moving to Missouri some time before he
did. Jacob and Catherine had the following children:
- Margaret C FULKERSON.....19 Jan l825-12 Dec
1921, m. Harrison LY0N. They lived all their lives in Virginia. He was
a carpenter and building contractor. She was 96 when she died.
- Dr. Putnam Smith FULKERSON.....10
Jan 1827-1905, m. Mary Jane RIDINGS. Putnam studied medicine in
Tennessee with his uncle, James Monroe FULKERSON, and then as a young
man had thoughts of adventure. His cousin Samuel Vance FULKERSON,
recently returned from service as an Army officer in the Mexican War,
wrote to him from Jonesville, Lee Co., VA on 9 Sep 1849:
"Dear Putnam: Let me assure you that it will afford me much pleasure to
render you any assistance...in procuring for you the desired position
in the Utah Expedition."
Putnam went west only as far as Missouri,
practicing in Chapel Hill, Texas Prairie and Wellington. He was listed
as an M.D. on the 1860 Lafayette Co. census. During the Civil War he
was a surgeon in Parson's Brigade, Elliott's Regiment, General Joe
Shelby's Army (Confederate). After the war he moved to Lexington and
continued his practice until his death in 1905. Putnam and Mary had 3
children who never married:
- Catherine (Kitty) FULKERSON.....1868-1946
- Emmet FULKERSON.....1869-1905
- Arch FULKERSON.....1870-1896
- Jane Eleanor (Helen) FULKERSON.....20 Jul 1829, m. Dr. William FRICK, and lived at Oak Grove, MO. They had six children, two of whom were doctors:
- Katherine FRICK.....1857-??, m. Dr. Neil WOOD
- Albert FRICK.....1859-1860
- Eva FRICK.....1862-??, never married
- Dr. William FRICK.....1863-??, m. Katherine MENET
- Dr. Dow FRICK.....1864-1902, never married
- Frank FRICK.....1866-after 1960, m. Isabelle MASTERSON. They had no children.
- Peter Logan FULKERSON.....14 Dec 1831-1832
- Samuel Wirt FULKERSON.....27 Feb 1834-1835
- Dr. Albert Preston FULKERSON.....3
Apr 1836-1904, was listed as an M.D. on the 1860 Lafayette Co. census,
was a surgeon with the Confederate Army, d. in Lexington, Missouri in
1904. Notes from another member of the family said that his mind was
not right soon after his marriage to Carrie GODWIN (or was it PTSD, due
to his recent experience in the war?). Nevertheless they had three
children:
- Albert FULKERSON.....1867-??
- William FULKERSON.....1869-??
- Senova FULKERSON.....1871-??, three husbands, no children
- James Piper FULKERSON.....19 May 1839-l861
- Leigh Dow FULKERSON.....4 Feb
1842-??. Leigh was in business in a large wholesale house in New York
in 1866, but returned to Lee County and m. Harriet Ann BALES (b. ca.
1850) on 27 July 1868. The 1880 Census listed him as "Doua Fulkerson" -
farming at Rose Hill, Lee Co., Virginia, with his wife, seven children
and three servants - Ada Cloud [a former slave], Margaret Ayers and
Thomas Bacchus. An 1889 directory showed him farming at Bales' Mills,
Lee Co., VA. The 1900 Census for Lee Co., VA listed a widow Hatty A.
FULKERSON and children He and Harriet had ten children:
- Walter Charles FULKERSON.....7 Jun 1869-??,
m. (1st) Lillian SIMPSON. They had one child, Paul, born in Nebraska.
Walter m. (2nd) Flora S. MARTIN by 1897 and had a second child.
- Paul S. FULKERSON....b. 1892 or 1896, born in Nebraska, lived in Freeport, TX
- Katherine FULKERSON....1897-??
- Clarence Ewing FULKERSON.....28
Oct 1870-??, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, m. (1st) to Cora MAUPIN and
(2nd) to Jane HENSLEY about 1904, was living at Bales Mill, Precinct I,
in 1900
- Laura D. FULKERSON.....1870-??, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, (twin?)
- Robert Jacob FULKERSON.....2 Mar 1872-??, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, m. Laura RAWLINGS, had one child.
- Arthur Putnam FULKERSON.....6 Apr 1873-??, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, never married, living at Bales Mill, Precinct I, in 1900
- Katherine M. FULKERSON.....9 Nov 1874-??, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, living at Bales Mill, Precinct I, in 1900, later m. Dr. Davis PIERCE
- William Dow FULKERSON.....29 Feb 1876-??, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, never married
- Harry Werdebough FULKERSON.....13 Sep 1877-about 1898, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, d. at age 21
- Samuel Houston FULKERSON......1881-??, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, m. Lily PAYTON
- Nathaniel Caleb FULKERSON.....5 May 1883-??, born at Rose Hill, Lee Co VA, living at Bales Mill, Precinct I, in 1900
- Emily Rachel FULKERSON.....20 Sep
1844-??, b. in Lee Co., VA, d. in Shawnee, OK; m. Stephen Sylvester
REEDER (1833-1887) who was a Captain in the Union Army, in Feb 1870 at
Agates Mill, VA. Their children were:
- Katherine REEDER.....27 Jul 1872-24 Jun 1960, m. Olcott S. BULKLEY on 11 Apr 1898
- Pearl Pennington REEDER.....3 Jun 1874-27 Jul 1959
- Dr. Henry Maurice REEDER.....27 Apr 1876-27 Mar 1950
- Lyman French REEDER.....12 May 1878-18 Dec 1943
- Walter Fulkerson REEDER.....27 Dec 1880-31 May 1959
-
- Dr. Jacob Johnson FULKERSON.....3
Oct 1847-1914, served in the Civil War as a private in an Army of
Northern Virginia regiment, was captured but made his escape after a
short time. He went to Missouri in 1870 and attended St. Louis Medical
College, from which he went into practice in Oak Grove. He m. Mary
GODWIN (1853-1899) and lived in Higginsville and Lexington, MO. During
the Spanish-American War he joined the Army as a Captain but the War
ended while he was enroute to Cuba. Both are buried at the Higginsville
City Cemetery in Lafayette Co., MO: "Go in tree-canopied main entrance
to small circle, first left after circle, look to immediate right
across from tall pine tree, 4th & 5th stones." Jacob's and Mary's
children were:
- Jacob FULKERSON.....1876-1876
- Mary FULKERSON.....1880-1880
- Lillian Catherine FULKERSON.....16 Jul 1883-??, m. Felix Grundy ____
- Blanche Wilkerson FULKERSON.....2 Nov 1884-after 1960, never married
( See the Fulkerson Tidbits page )
- Emma Jane FULKERSON.....6 Sep 1888-after 1960, never married
- Putnam FULKERSON.....1890-1890, died young
- Helen Bulkley FULKERSON.....27 Mar 1893-after 1960
- Pearl Elizabeth FULKERSON.....19 Sep 1894-??, a nurse, she served as a 2nd Lieutenant in France during WWI
- Peter James FULKERSON.......22 Dec 1802-??, b. in Lee Co., VA, m. Eleanor ANDERSON
- Mariah FULKERSON....1839-??, m. Sylvester HENSLEY of Scott Co., VA
- William Whitehill FULKERSON....1842-24
Jan 1912, served in Companies I and G of the 25th Regiment Virginia
Cavalry from 1863 to 1865. Further information comes to us from a
widow's pension claim filed by Fannie (KEEFER) FULKERSON of Jasper Co.,
Illinois, who married him on 7 Dec 1883. His own pension claim was for
a Tennessee Pension under No. 7296, made in 1905. He died on 24 Jan
1912 at Linton, Green Co., Indiana, and she was filing the claim some
20 years later from Vero Beach, FL.
- Margaret FULKERSON....1844-??
- Charles FULKERSON....1845-,
placed here by 1880 Census, living at Rose Hill, Lee Co., VA, with a
30-yr-old sister named Retta (Margaretta?) He was a 35-yr-old drummer
with a 30-yr-old wife Elizabeth and two children: Mary (3) and
Archilaus (1). All were born in VA.
- John Whitehill FULKERSON.....22 Feb 1805-19 Apr 1843, born in VA. He was m. to Harriet Elizabeth SCRUGGS, daughter of Moses and Nancy McCoy SCRUGGS of Morganton, Blount Co., TN, on 27 Sep 1827 by Rev. James MILLER in Knoxville, TN. They lived in Blount Co., TN (now Loudon Co., TN). John died at the age of 38 and was buried at Rose Hill, Lee Co., VA. His will was dated on June 19, 1843 - probably the probate date - in Will Book 2-51 of Lee Co., VA. Harriet died by 1855, possibly in Blount Co., TN. The following notice was published in The East Tennessean (Maryville, Blount Co., TN) on October 26, 1855:
In accordance with a decree of the county court of Blount County, I will offer for sale
to the highest bidder, in the town of Morganton on Saturday,
the 3rd day of November next, two slaves belonging to the heirs of Harriett E.
Fulkerson, deceased, viz: A girl named Tempa, aged about 28 years, and her child,
named Nancy, aged about two months.
Said slaves will be sold for the purpose of dividing the proceeds among said heirs. They
will be sold together, on a credit of twelve months, bearing interest from date. Note
with approved security will be required and a lien will be retained on said slaves until the
purchase money is paid.
J.C. McCoy, Clerk
By, W.A. Walker, P.C.
Their children were:
- Leonidas Scruggs FULKERSON.....10 Sep
1828-14 Jul 1892, m. Rebecca BALES (b. 1828) in Claiborne Co., TN.
Leonidas was buried behind his residence in King Cemetery, east of Rose
Hill, Lee Co., VA. Their children were:
- Mary Alana FULKERSON......1856-??, m. Robert BALES
- Whitehill Caleb FULKERSON.....1859-1927, m. Jennie ELY. The 1900 Census for Lee Co., VA listed her age as 26.
- Martha Elizabeth FULKERSON......25 Jan 1861-??, m. Henley CAMPBELL
- Jennie Margaret FULKERSON.....1868-25 May 1890
- Rachel FULKERSON.....1864-1932, m. Andrew D. CAMPBELL
- Archibald CAMPBELL
- Joseph CAMPBELL
- Lee CAMPBELL
- Lee Scruggs FULKERSON.....1870-??
- Nancy McCoy FULKERSON.....19
Oct 1834-6 Dec 1917, m. (1st) James S. ANDERSON and (2nd) William C.
CONNER in Blount Co., TN on 28 Dec 1857. She had at least 7 children,
including:
- Jacob S. ANDERSON....ca. 1853-
- Claibourn W. ANDERSON....ca. 1855-
- Margaret H. CONNER....ca. 1859-
- Frederick Russ CONNER....16 Jun 1864-3 Aug 1918
- Martha Elizabeth CONNER....24 Jan 1867-21 May 1957 [great-grandmother of contributor of information about Nancy McCoy Fulkerson's marriages and children]
- Emma CONNER....ca. 1870-
- William M. CONNER....ca. 1873-
- James Finley FULKERSON.....18
Sep 1832-18 Nov. 1914, b. in Blount Co., TN. He m. (1st) Martha Jane
HOWARD on 22 Dec 1851 in Lee Co., VA. James and Martha had 4 children
before Martha died on 3 Jan 1860. James m. (2nd) Mary Magdalene BRUNK
on 5 Jul 1860. He then served during the Civil War in Company G, 25th
Virginia Cavalry. James and Mary had 7 children, whose births indicate
the family moved to Texas by 1872 and Arkansas by 1875. In the 1880
census they were farming at Cane Hill, Washington Co., Arkansas with
seven children. James was listed as 47 years old, Mary 44. They were
later separated, and she moved to Wallula, WA to live with a daughter
until her death 5 Dec 1919. She is buried in Walla Walla, WA.
NOTE: James Finley, with his surname changed to OLSON, appears as the central figure in Cheryl Schmidt's Separated Souls, an historical novel (published in late 2005) about the Civil War era. This web site apparently
contributed to her research efforts. She wrote, "There will be no
direct facts that were obtained from your site that I was not able to
verify through Genealogy.com, etc. but I really feel you did so much
for me in writing my book." Good luck, Cheryl! CLICK HERE to see what the book looks like...or to find out how to order it :^)
- Harriet Elizabeth FULKERSON.....7 Nov 1852-??, m. George CLOUD, d. in Alvarado, Texas
- Archelaus William CLOUD.....22 Feb 1888-1964
- John Wesley CLOUD.....1886-??
- James A. CLOUD.....1890-1915
- John Whitehill FULKERSON.....14 May 1854-3 Jun 1854
- Archelaus Hughes FULKERSON.....28
Oct 1856-1943, m. (1st) Julia SMITHE and had 2 boys (names unknown). He
m. (2nd) to Sarah Ann McKINNEY (prob. sister of Liza, below) on 2 Jul
1886 in Lee Co., VA. It is unclear whether he remained in VA at age 16
when his parents moved to Texas, or whether he returned to VA to marry
Sarah.
Sometime after marrying they moved to Ellis Co., TX, where they settled down and raised 8 children. NOTE:
There was previously a Fulkerson in Ellis County, TX, origin unknown:
Edward FULKERSON m. Elizabeth ANDULIN there on 4 Apr 1861. Archelaus died in Muldoon, TX.
- James Franklin FULKERSON.....29 Jan 1889-??
- Joseph Craig FULKERSON.....11 Sep 1890-??
- Charles William FULKERSON.....7 Jun 1892-??
- Bertie May FULKERSON.....1 Apr 1894-??
- Rose Lee FULKERSON.....16 Apr 1896-??
- Fanny Alice FULKERSON.....6 Jun 1898-??
- Martha Jane FULKERSON.....21 Feb 1900-??
- John Whitehill FULKERSON.....9 Aug 1902-??
- Margaretta FULKERSON.......28 Mar 1858-24 Mar 1859
- Leonidas Edward FULKERSON.....14 Jul 1861-??, b. in Cumberland Gap, VA, was 18 yrs old and living with
parents in Arkansas on 1880 census, m. Liza Jane McKINNEY. Per one research enquiry on the Internet, Leonidas was called Lee – and Liza, who was born about 1863 in KY, died in 1898 (age 35) at Aberfoil, TX
- Salina Almaretta FULKERSON.....8 Apr 1863-??, b. in Cumberland Gap, VA, was 16 yrs old on 1880 census (in Arkansas), m. John HUBBARD
- Frederick Craig FULKERSON.....20 Jan 1866-??, b. in Cumberland Gap, VA, was 14 yrs old on 1880 census (in Arkansas), never married
- Christley Rush FULKERSON.....19 Dec 1867-??, b. in Cumberland Gap, VA, was 12 yrs old on 1880 census (in Arkansas), m. Edith Minnie JONES
- Amanda Hannah FULKERSON.....20
Jul 1870-??, b. in Cumberland Gap, VA, was 10 yrs old on 1880 census
(in Arkansas), m. William Lewis JONES in Seneca, MO in 1887. They had
12 children.
- Mary Rebecca FULKERSON.....23 Oct 1872-??, b. in Dallas, TX, was 7 yrs old on 1880 census (in Arkansas), m. Peter BAUER
- Charlotte Amy FULKERSON.....26
Nov 1875-??, b. in Washington Co., AR, was 5 yrs old on 1880 census (in
Arkansas), m. Floyd Clarkson JONES (the 3 JONESES listed here were
siblings)
- Peter FULKERSON...1834-??
- William Rush FULKERSON......23
Sep 1836-12 May 1864, b. in Blount Co., TN, m. Martha MONTGOMERY on 30
Mar 1858. His early death (age 27) occurred during the Civil War, but
his actual participation in the war is unknown. He and Martha had 2
daughters:
- Anne E. FULKERSON....27 Aug 1860-1944, m. W.H. KEENE
- Elizabeth FULKERSON....17 Oct 1863-??, m. J.L. GODDARD
- Frederick DeBow FULKERSON.....1838-??,
during the Civil War he was Captain of Co. H (1862-31 Jan 1863) and Co.
I (1 Feb 1863-30 Jun 1865), 5th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (Union).
He enlisted at Barbourville, Kentucky on February 25th, 1862 as a
private in Company H and was honorably discharged at Nashville,
Tennessee on June 30th, 1865. Present on rolls of Company from
enrollment to December 31, 1862; muster out roll of Company dated May
16, 1865. Transferred to Company I February 1, 1863 by reason of
promotion; rolls February 28, 1863 to June 30, 1863 show him absent
sick at Somerset, Kentucky June 30, 1863 to October 31, 1863 show him
present. Received commission from the Governor of Tennessee as Captain
on September 10th, 1863 awaiting muster in from that date. He was
discharged as an enlisted man September 1, 1863 for promotion to
Captain. Returns prior to May, 1863 not on file; May, 1863 reports him
as absent recruiting service since April 25th, 1863.
Personal: He was a blacksmith from Morganton, Blount County, Tennessee and married to Elizabeth J.
Declaration for an invalid pension dated November 1, 1869:
"He was wounded by gunshot wound in right
leg fracturing the bone, at Resaca, Ga. May 14th, 1864 when in command
of this Co. and in an engagement with the enemy. He was taken to
Lookout Mountain Hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn. and kept there 14 days
and Here transferred to Asylum Hospital Knoxville Tenn. He states His
wound effects him in walking, standing, and riding. He considers
himself 3/4 disabled."
General Affidavit signed by F. D. Fulkerson:
"He enlisted in Co. H 5th Regt. Tenn. Vols.
Inft. the 25th day of Feb. 1862. About the first of March following he
was detailed by James T. Shelley, Col. Comdg., 5th Tenn. Inft. as
recruiting officer to proceed to East Tenn. and pilot Union men to the
U.S.A. and enlist them in the same. While in this service he was
greatly exposed. While within the enemy lines he could travel only by
night and lay consealed in some secluded forest through the day. Often
being forced to wade and swim rivers and creeks and lay in his place on
consealment went through the day in] his wet clothing without the
benefit of a fire to dry them. He made several of these trips into East
Tenn. during the year 1862 (the year the conscript law was so
vigorously enforced). At one time over seven hundred Union men crossed
the Cumberland mountain with him many of them stil living to testafy to
the exposure and harships they had to undergo. On the last day or night
of Oct. 1862 he left Blount Co. with 72 men, waded Holsten Riv. one
hundred and eighty yds. wide[.] A hevy frost fel that night. The
following day, they lay in sight of the Confederate picket line in
their wet and frosen clothes. They waded new river Clinch and
Cumberland Rivers on that trip. The above facts can be proven by many
witnesses. When he entered in the Army he was stout—active and
fleet—had no serious or dangerous sickness that would in any way injur
his constitution but when he left it he was physically reeked. He
claims that in his opinion he contracted catarrh of the head and piles
and weakness of the eyes from the service and exposure described above
that affected him first at Murfresborogh Tenn Feb. 1863 and that he is
unable to do but little for the support of himself and family."
Proof of disability signed by G. H. Tipton in 1886:
"... by reason of being with the command at
the time and seeing claimant while he was suffering with piles and
cattarrah and by talking to him at the times while he was in the
service in regard to said diseases. I was mustered out of the service
at the same time he was & entered in the goods business with him
& lived within 3 miles of him until the year 1875. I know that he
was suffering from Cattarrah of the head & piles frequently during
that time."
Proof of disability signed by Marion Finger in 1886:
"...I went with claimant to Kentucky in the
early part of 1862 in company with about 700 men. We was exposed in
going traveling over the mountain wadeing creek, Rivers &c and
sleeping in the wet clothing and traveling by night through the rain
& snow and concealing ourselves in day light without the benefit of
any fire to dry our clothes by for fear of being captured by the enemy.
I also know of him making several trips across the mountain as an
Recruiting Officer and from the statements by men whom he recruited at
different times that the exposure was greater than it was on the trip I
made myself. I further state that the applicant was a stout able bodied
man when he enlisted."
Letter by David G. Bowers dated March 2, 1869:
"Personally appeared before me the
undersigned authority David G. Bowers, late Maj. 5th Tenn. Inf., who
being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that he was in
command of the 2nd Battalion of said Regiment in the month of May 1864,
and that Capt. Frederick D. Fulkerson of Co. `I' of said Regt. was
wounded while in an engagement with the enemy at Resaca Georgia on or
about the 14th day of may 1864 while in the line of duty. He was
wounded in the right leg below the knee fracturing the bone and affiant
is informed that said Fulkerson was taken to Lookout Mountain Hospital,
Chattanooga Tenn. & from there to Asylum Hospital at Knoxville.
Fulkerson was in affiant's Battalion at the time he was wounded..."
Frederick died in the Soldiers' Home in Blount Co., TN. He m. Elizabeth
J. BARNHILL on 25 Feb 1862 in Blount Co., TN. She died in Washington,
DC in 1928. Their children were:
- Frederick DeBow FULKERSON, Jr.....1868-1891, never married, d. in Blount Co., TN
- Roe Parham FULKERSON....11 Jul
1870-10 Jan 1949, b. at Maryville, Blount Co., TN, was an optician in
Washington, DC and later lived in Hollywood, FL, where you can now find
the Roe Fulkerson Masonic Lodge (No. 299). Also served in the Florida legislature. He was the founding editor of the Kiwanis magazine and also authored that organization's motto, "We Build." [see the Tidbits page] He married at age 58 and had a daughter at age 63.
- Margaret Elizabeth FULKERSON.....1842
- Frederick De Bow FULKERSON...19
Mar 1809-18 Jul 1868, b. in Lee Co., VA, d. in Lafayette Co., MO. He m.
(1st) Nancy DUNN on 31 May 1842. She was born 27 Jul 1827 in
Massachusetts. Her father, John DUNN, was a Scot who came to American
in 1812 as a British soldier or sailor, and was captured at the Battle
of Lake Erie by Oliver Hazard Perry. He stayed after the war, settling
in Lenox, MA and about 1836 moving to Lee Co., VA by wagon. Nancy died
on 5 Dec 1849 in Lee Co., VA, 2 weeks after bearing her 5th child.
Frederick
m. (2nd) Nancy's sister, Waitstill Melissa DUNN (16 Jun 1826-1 Aug
1909) on 16 Feb 1851 in Lee Co., VA. She was a large, tall woman who
taught school for a number of Fulkerson children in Lee Co. before her
marriage. Jacob Van Hook Fulkerson wrote on 19 Sep 1849:
I have three boys now going to school to Waity Dunn. At the last
session, Albert commenced geography and went entirely through it, Piper
is also studying geography and little Dow is learning his letters.
Frederick
and Melissa moved to Lafayette Co., MO, in 1856, with 7 daughters, 1
son & 6 slaves. On arrival they stayed for a time with his brother,
Robert Craig FULKERSON in Montgomery Co. Frederick scouted the region
and found good land in Dover Twp. He purchased the Page Farm, 300 acres
with a five-room log house, a log barn and several smaller buildings,
and renamed it the "Lone Sycamore Farm." When the Civil War started
Frederick's political viewpoint became known and the farm became the
target of guerilla raids. After some loss of livestock they decided
their lives were in danger, so they temporarily moved north to Grundy
County to live with the family of his deceased brother Benjamin
Franklin FULKERSON. They returned to the Lone Sycamore in 1867, but
Frederick died a year later. He is buried at the Higginsville City
Cemetery in Lafayette Co., MO., near several of his children. He left
his wife with six girls between the ages of 11 and 20, and three sons
aged 2 to 8. With the help of an older step-daughter, who never
married, she was able to keep things going until son Craig reached 18
and was able to take over the farm. His wife is buried at the
Higginsville City Cemetery in Lafayette Co., MO as "Waity M.
Fulkerson."
- Peter James FULKERSON....13
May 1843-12 Apr 1917, b. in Lee Co., VA, d. in Higginsville, MO, m.
Nancy Ann WILES (2 Aug 1838-12 Dec 1922) on 27 Oct 1870. Served as a
Private in the Union Army, then returned to MO to farm. No children. He
is buried at the Higginsville City Cemetery in Lafayette Co., MO., as
is his brother Frederick DeBow FULKERSON II
- Margaret FULKERSON....2 Jun 1844-20 Dec 1886, b. in Lee Co., VA, d. in Grundy Co., MO, m. first cousin Joshua Frederick FULKERSON on 30 Jan 1866.
- Sarah Jane (Sally) FULKERSON....1845-21 Feb 1874, b. in Lee Co., VA, m. cousin Theophilus Preston FULKERSON on 4 Jul 1869, died 5 years later leaving two children. Buried at Peery Chapel Cemetery, Madison Township, Grundy County, MO. Her husband was buried next to her.
- Amanda Melissa FULKERSON....11
Jan 1848-8 Mar1933, b. in Lee Co., VA, never married, taught school and
helped at the Lone Sycamore Farm after her father's death, d. in
Trenton, MO. She is buried at the Higginsville City Cemetery in
Lafayette Co., MO., near her brother Peter James FULKERSON
- Marietta FULKERSON....22
Nov 1849-18 Feb 1905, b. in Lee Co., VA, m. James or John MENEFEE on 7
Sep 1876. They lived most of their lives on a farm near Paola, KS
- Frederick MENEFEE....1877-1951, m. Pearl LAUGHLIN
- James T. MENEFEE....1879-1950, m. Pearl [not a typo] YOUNG
- Buford Debow MENEFEE...
- Virginia FULKERSON....30
Nov 1850 or 1851-17 Aug 1929, b. in Lee Co., VA, m. on 2 Jan 1878 to
William W. PRESTON (b. 4 Feb 1836 in Rocheport, Columbia Co., MO; d. 2
Mar 1892 in Higginsville, Lafayette Co., MO) at Lexington, Lafayette,
MO. Virginia died in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO. Both are buried at
Higginsville, Lafayette Co., MO, per info at a Mason family site which also augmented information about their children.
- Laurana PRESTON....nicknamed
'Rana,' 21 Oct 1878-17 Nov 1939, b. at Dover, Vernon Co., Missouri. She
married Carlton R. BENTON on 16 Feb 1909 in Higginsville, Lafayette
Co., MO. Both are buried in Greenton Cemetery, Odessa, Lafayette, MO.
- William Frank PRESTON....13 Aug 1881-19 Nov 1942,
b. at Higginsville, Lafayette Co., MO, d. Great Falls, Cascade Co., MT.
He married Annie NEILL (18 Oct 1881-29 Jul 1936, b. in Lafayette Co.,
MO, d. in Great Falls, Cascade Co., MT.) on 18 Aug 1906 in
Higginsville, Lafayette Co., MO. Both are buried in Great Falls,
Cascade Co., MT
- John Frederick PRESTON....nicknamed 'Ted,' 26 Feb
1883-after 1960, m. Maud HUNICKE (1886-1959, d. in Washington, DC) on
17 Jun 1908 in Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO. Educated as a forester at Univ.
of Michigan, Bachelor's in 1907, Master's in 1915. Worked for the US
Forest Service 1907-1925, Hammermill Paper 1925-1936, Soil Conservation
Service 1936-1946. Lived in Missoula, MT region and Washington, DC. In
1961 he produced an extensive and well-written genealogy of his
Fulkerson ancestors (typed, 99 pages, legal size) which gained wide
distribution in the Captain James branch (a copy was sent to me from
New Mexico!) His history began in southwest Virginia about 1770. He did
not discover that during the preceding 140 years his branch had moved
successively from North Carolina, New Jersey, Brooklyn and Manhattan
Island. Relying on a mix of logic and family lore, he believed that
Captain James was born in "some foreign country": Scotland, Ireland,
England, Germany - or possibly even Holland. (He admitted that "quite a
legend has been built about the Dutch origin" -- but deferred judgment
by stating, "Hard to tell whether or not there is any basis in fact for
these legends.") He made an invaluable contribution concerning the
history of Captain James' descendants. It's a shame we can't repay him
by sharing the knowledge about our New Amsterdam beginnings and
Norwegian ancestry that we've collectively researched and assembled on
the Internet.
- Philip Gaw PRESTON....13 Sep 1885-3 Nov 1945, b. at
Higginsville, Lafayette Co., MO, d. at Ontario, Oregon. Lived at Great
Falls, MT and later in Oregon, making his living in farming and real
estate. He m. Helen MCDONALD in 1914 at Lewiston, MT.
- Kitty PRESTON....30 Mar 1888-1891, buried at Higginsville, Lafayette Co., MO.
- Corinna (Cornelia?) FULKERSON....24
Aug 1853-13 Sep 1879, b. in Lee Co., VA, m. James W. McCLEARY on 3 Oct
1877. She left him a widow after two years, and he died less than four
years later.
- Emma Eugenia FULKERSON....25 Nov 1855-5 Aug 1937, b.
in Lee Co., VA, she was a baby on the trip west to Missouri. She m.
James Hamilton CATHER, a farmer and school teacher, on 27 Jan 1875, and
lived near Dover, MO. His great grandfather was Jasper CATHER, an Irish
immigrant who served in the American Revolution. Another of Jasper's
descendants was Willa CATHER, a well-known novelist of the early 20th
Century.
- Lourana Taine CATHER.....b. 25 Aug 1876-after
1960, known as a teacher, writer and gardener, m. Russell CHERRY
(1875-1946) 24 Jan 1906 at Shreveport, LA. He was a station agent for
the Pacific Texas RR, then owned and operated general stores at Dover,
MO and later in Louisiana. They moved to a farm east of Raymondville,
TX in 1928.
- Dr. Ernest Jasper CATHER.....4 Nov 1878-8 May 1934,
eduated at a Kansas City medical school, then at Chicago University and
Johns Hopkins and Tulane. Practiced in Oakdale, LA. He m. Mabel Claire
PALMER on 27 Jan 1909 in Kansas City, MO. She died in Oakdale in 1916,
age 38.
- Amanda (Mayme) CATHER.....4 Nov 1880-23 Apr 1930,
b. at Dover, MO, d. at New Boston, TX. She m. William Hoskins EUBANK (4
Mar 1888-6 Feb 1930) on 2 May 1908 at Hoston, LA. During his short
lifetime William was employed by a business college, railroad and bank,
in addition to being a cotton farmer.
- Martha Catherine FULKERSON....4 Jun 1857-20 Sep 1901, b. in Waverly Co., MO, m. William C. FRICK (1851-1948) on 3 Nov 1886
- Creigh Fulkerson FRICK....16 Oct 1887-after 1960, served in WWI and was sheriff of Lafayette Co., MO, 1924-28 (during the first year, his uncle Frank Ballard FULKERSON was the Prosecuting Attorney in that county)
- Frank William FRICK....28 Jun 1889-??
- Sanford C. FRICK....23 Feb 1891-??
- Henry Wallace FRICK....15 Jan 1894-??, served in 35th Artillery Div. in France, WWI
- Lois Waitstill FRICK....7 Sep 1898-??
- Whitehill FULKERSON....30 Dec 1859-31 Dec 1859 in Waverly Co., MO
- John Craig FULKERSON....1 Feb
1860-3 May 1918, b. in Waverly Co., MO, ran the Lone Sycamore Farm from
the age of 18, m. twice, no children. One of his wives was Nellie A.
____, 22 Oct 1864-2 Aug 1902. Both of them are buried adjacent to his
parents' graves at the Higginsville City Cemetery in Lafayette Co., MO.
- Charles Henry FULKERSON....9 Mar 1862-30 Aug 1862 in Waverly Co., MO
- Frederick DeBow FULKERSON II....8
Jun 1863-6 Sep 1920, b. in Waverly Co., MO, m. (1st) Virginia Lee
McDOWELL (1864-1905) on 22 Nov 1892, (2nd) Mildred G. PRICE, was a
lawyer and judge at Batesville, Independence Co., AR and St. Joseph,
MO. In 1906 he was listed as one of the directors of the Theodore
Maxfield Bank and Trust Company in Batesville. He is buried at the
Higginsville City Cemetery in Lafayette Co., MO, near a light post,
with the inscription: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my
course." He had 3 children.
- Rep. Frank Ballard FULKERSON....5
Mar 1866-20 Aug 1936, b. in Grundy Co., MO, m. Parthenia McMELAN
(1874-1943) on 29 Jun 1898, no children, but raised 3 orphans of
Parthenia's sister. Frank was elected Prosecuting Attorney in Johnson
Co., MO in the 1890's and moved to St. Joseph to practice law in 1900.
He was elected as a Republican in a strong Democratic district to serve
in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1905 to 1907, during the
first Roosevelt administration (as the "Whistling Congressman" - see Tidbits).
He returned home to establish the Lone Sycamore as a dairy farm. His
last venture in politics was as Prosecuting Attorney for Lafayette Co.,
MO in 1921-25.
- Evaline Waitstill FULKERSON....3 Jul 1868-29 Oct 1870, b. in Waverly Co., MO, buried at the Higginsville City Cemetery in Lafayette Co., MO
- Rachel FULKERSON...............14 Aug 1813-??, m. Nathaniel EWING (one source said Joshua) on 4 Jul 1837
- Sally EWING......b. ca. 1838, m. _____ POTEET
- Margaret (Peggy) FULKERSON.............20
Jan 1817-1879, b. in Lee Co., VA, d. in Claiborne Co., TN, m. James M.
PATTERSON on 22 Mar 1832 in Lee Co., VA, nothing further known
Dinah FULKERSON..........15 Jan 1766-22 Jan 1766
Jacob FULKERSON..........12
Dec 1767-21 Apr 1791, m. Catherine EWING. Jacob was riding with brother-in-law Benjamin Sharp in April 1791, looking for strayed horses and cattle. They became separated and Jacob was never seen again. His horse returned home riderless but carrying the message that he had been killed: an Indian tomahawk stuck under the saddle.
Hannah FULKERSON........5
Jan 1769-4 Sep 1848, her middle name was probably DeBow or DeBough. She m. Benjamin SHARP about 1787. He had grown up on the same southwest Virginia frontier, and in his later years wrote letters and articles describing the perils that arose from the clash of white and Indian cultures. One of those letters, written in 1842, may be viewed here.
In 1816 they moved their family to Missouri and settled on a farm in Warren Co., 3 miles east of Pinckney. In 1818 this area was reorganized as Montgomery Co., and Benjamin became clerk of the County and Circuit courts. A log cabin was built in his yard and this served as the court house. They had 12 children, all born in Virginia:
- James F. SHARP.....b. ca. 1788, m. Catherine NEILL
- John D. SHARP.....remained in VA to become a prominent attorney and politician
- Polly SHARP.....m. Jerry NEILL
- Jacob L. SHARP.....m. Margaret VANCE
- Catherine E. SHARP.....
- Attosa Pinckney SHARP.....(female) married John WYATT
- Mary Neil WYATT....married Richard Harrison GENTRY
- Mary Wyatt GENTRY....married John Gallatin PAXTON. One of their great grandsons was the actor Bill PAXTON,
who starred in motion picture films including: Stripes (1981), The
Terminator (1984); Weird Science (1985); Aliens (1986); Tombstone
(1993); True Lies (1994); Apollo 13 (1995); Twister (1996); Titanic
(1997); Mighty Joe Young (1998); Vertical Limit (2000); Spy Kids (2002
and 2003); Club Dread (2004); Big Love (2006); The Good Life (2007) and
The Slammin' Salmon (2008)
- Hannah D. SHARP.....
- Peter L. SHARP.....
- Elvira E. SHARP.....
- Malinda M. SHARP.....
- Margaret J. SHARP.....
- Benjamin F. SHARP.... [Updated June 2004]
per a great-great-grandaughter, the youngest son of Hannah FULKERSON
and Benjamin SHARP, became a physician and married a young teacher,
Mary Harrison MCGHEE (1820-1924), in 1840. Their daughter Mary
(1852-1899) was her grandmother's mother. Mary Harrison McGhee SHARP
lived to the age of 104. Her husband, Benjamin F. Sharp, died in 1896.
Both are buried in the Montgomery City, Missouri cemetery.
James FULKERSON.........27
Sep 1771-1851.........by family records, m. (1st) Sarah BALFOUR, then
m. (2nd) Patience POTEET (b. 1775) on 2 Oct 1795. James moved to
Tennessee by 1809. He was one of the county commissioners when White
County was established by the state legislature, and helped lay out the
county seat at Sparta in 1810. He next appears on the Lawrence Co.,
Indiana census in 1820 and 1830. The lineage below is from the
FULKERSON-POTEET family Bible and 1850 Census records, which showed
Patience living with or near her children at Van Buren Township in
Daviess Co., IN.
Note:
One DAR lineage and a county historical account credit this James with
marriages to (1) Nancy MARTIN, who married into the HUGHES family that
was associated with the FULKERSONS during this period, and (2)
Elizabeth McMILLAN, who is well-documented as having married Abraham
FULKERSON's son James. The Dalton Newsletter in 1976 stated that Nancy
MARTIN, daughter of William MARTIN and Rachel DALTON married her 1st
cousin Archelaus HUGHES, Jr. and her 2nd husband was "a FULKERSON." We
further have it that a James W. FULKERSON,
born 1763 and a cousin of this James, married a Nancy MARTIN.
Subsequent generations in that branch include males with Martin as a
first or middle name.
The children of James Jr. and Patience POTEEET were:
- Polly FULKERSON....1796-??, b. in VA
- Isaac FULKERSON....1797-Jul 1820, b. in VA, m. Sarah JOHNSON, drowned in Lawrence Co., IN
- Betsy FULKERSON....13 Jan 1801-??, m. Reuben KILGORE on 1 Oct 1818 in Lawrence Co., IN
- Thomas Poteet FULKERSON....22
Dec 1802-after 1850, m. Adelaide MOORE (b. ca. 1813 in TN), lived in
TN, IN & IL, then appeared on 1850 census in Pulaski Co., MO.
Thomas and Adelaide must have died before their last child reached
majority, because she was listed as an orphan in Maries Co., MO.
- Silberina FULKERSON....b.
ca. 1833 in TN, also known as "Selbrina." From ROBERSON family research
[on a BERG family site] we learn that she (1st) "married Roysdon
ROBERSON Jr, son of Roysdon Roberson and Betsy (?), circa 1850. Roysdon
and Silberina homesteaded a farm in Dry Creek Township in what became
Maries County, MO. After a year or two they sold out and moved near
Dallas, Texas. But they did not like the country and after a few years
returned to Maries County. Silberina went to live with her father when
her husband was called to service in the Civil War. Her husband,
Roysdon ROBERSON Jr, died in 1862 of pneumonia...Silberina (her second
marriage) married Henry LAWSON circa 1865. Silberina died on 12 June
1896."
- Adalida ROBERSON....
- Carroll ROBERSON....b. ca. 1858
- Thomas Roysdon ROBERSON....27 Oct 1859-9 Feb 1937
- Martha ROBERSON....b. ca. 1860
- Nancy Ellen LAWSON....1876-1936
- James D FULKERSON....ca. 1835, b. in TN
- Polly A FULKERSON....ca. 1838, b. in IN
- Robert M FULKERSON....ca. 1841, b. in IN
- Augustine C FULKERSON....ca. 1843, b. in IL
- Martha C FULKERSON....ca. 1848, b. in IL
- Filander E FULKERSON....ca. 1849, b. in MO
- Sebrina FULKERSON....b. in MO, m. Boysden ROBERSON
- Laura FULKERSON....27
Nov 1853-4 Dec 1910, per death certificate. Born in Maries County, MO,
she died there in the town of Jackson. The certificate noted a 35 to 50
year arthritic deformity, and stated she was employed as a house
servant. She died from pulmonary tuberculosis. The informant was a W.
G. Boderdick (Broderick?) of Vienna, MO. The body was to be removed to
Robinson Co., MO by undertaker Wm. McKeever of Vienna, MO.
- Michael Dillingham FULKERSON....26
Jan 1805-?? With relatively few males named Michael during this
era, this Michael FULKERSON should have been easy to research. That
hasn't been the case. A "Michael D. FULKISON" served in Cos. A and C,
11th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army) during the Civil War. Also
see the Tennessee Unattached Branch page for another possible reference to his name.
- Catherine FULKERSON....28 Jan 1807-??, m. Stephen KILGORE on 15 Apr 1843 in Lawrence Co., IN
- James FULKERSON (III?)....7
Jul 1809-??, b. in TN, m. Pantha Ann EVANS (b. in IN) on 16 Feb 1836 in
Lawrence Co., IN (where her name has been transcribed from marriage
records as Panthy M. GEORGE). He appeared on the 1850 Census for
Daviess Co., IN, living in Van Buren Twp, with his wife listed as
"Anne" and five children: Isaac (14), Calvin (12), Michael (10), Jacob
(6), Zebba (1). The 1880 Census found "Anne" (b. in KY; father: CT,
mother: GA) living with a 24-yr-old son James H. FULKERSON in the very
large household of William A. BEAN at Steele, Daviess Co., Indiana.
- Isaac FULKERSON.....1837-1911, m. Margaret Louisa ALLEN, lived in Daviess Co., IN, had ten children.
- Eldon FULKERSON....9 Feb 1862-20 Mar 1943, married (1st) Dell GUERIN and (2nd) Sadie MANLEY
- Weldon FULKERSON
- Alva FULKERSON
- Alice Carrie (or Cary) FULKERSON....24 Dec 1863-1 May 1938) married Daniel H. COURTNEY and had 6 children:
- Ora COURTNEY
- Cortland COURTNEY
- Myrtle COURTNEY
- Lois COURTNEY
- Verna COURTNEY
- Arthur L. COURTNEY
- Alva Otis FULKERSON....18 Mar 1868-19 Sep 1938, married Minnie E. CASEY (1 Jan 1870-16 July 1950).
- Clarence Dale FULKERSON....15
Nov 1871-4 Nov 1939, married Alberta Pearl DONALDSON. Both were born in
Indiana, per a very scanty Arizona death certificate found for one
known son:
- Donald Roy FULKERSON....1 May 1908-?? (date of death and other details omitted, possibly because the death certificate was a recent issue)
- Edgar Lane FULKERSON....15
Nov 1871-2 Oct 1875; twin of Clarence; Edgar bumped into the kitchen
stove and knocked it off its legs. He died from burns sustained from
the scalding water that was boiling on the stove.
- Oliver Herbert FULKERSON....23 Jan 1873- 14 Oct
1946. Oliver also courted Alberta who married Clarence. He disappeared
the day after the wedding and was not heard from for 16 years. In
August of 1917 at outbreak of WWI he telegraphed Arthur. They met in
Washington D.C. before Oliver went overseas. He later settled in
California.
- Allen Burt FULKERSON....3 Mar 1878-, married Blanche BERRYHILL, no children
- Effie Loduska FULKERSON....8 Dec 1880-August 1945, m. Bert ____
- Ziba Roy FULKERSON....1 Oct 1886-1960, married Evelyn _____, one child
- Arthur Leamon FULKERSON....1887-1948,
born in Raggsville, Daviess Co., Indiana, attended Purdue University,
was captain of the football team and an All-American, later taught
school in Methuen, Massachusetts. The street where his home stood is
now Fulkerson Street. He had 4 children.
- Calvin Marion FULKERSON.....1838-26
Dec 1862, b. in IN, served in Co. B, 27th Indiana Infantry (Daviess
County Rangers), died of typhoid at Harpers Ferry, VA
- Michael FULKERSON.....b. 1840 in IN (per census)
- Ziba FULKERSON.....b. 1849 in IN (per census)
- Jacob FULKERSON.....b. 1844 in IN (per census); the 1880 Census finds him in the household of his uncle Jacob as a 36-yr-old single white farmer, listed as a nephew, at Bogard, Daviess Co., Indiana
- Henry FULKERSON.....
- William FULKERSON.....
- Irene Q FULKERSON.....
- James H. FULKERSON....listed
on 1880 Census, 24 years old, b. in IN, living with mother "Anne"
Fulkerson in the household of William A. BEAN at Steele, Daviess Co.,
IN
- Sally FULKERSON....26 Jul 1811-??, b. in TN
- Francis (Frank) FULKERSON....1 Dec 1812-??, b. in TN
- Jacob FULKERSON, Sr.....Dec
1815-??, b. in TN m. (1st) Meritta KILGORE (27 Nov 1810-15 May 1846) on
23 Jan 1839 in Daviess Co., IN. He m. (2nd) Rhoda RIGGINS on 13 Dec
1847 in Lawrence Co., IN. Jacob and Rhoda are listed in the 1850 Census
for Daviess Co., IN, living in Van Buren Twp, occupation: farmer. The
1880 Census finds him at Bogard, Daviess Co., Indiana with a wife Emily
C., age 48. Their household included three children who may have been
theirs together, plus a nephew Jacob.
- Jacob FULKERSON, Jr.....Oct
1846-?? Reported born in Illinois, m. Nancy Ellen LAWSON (Apr
1866-1936, b. and died in Maries Co., MO) about 1884, two known
children:
- Albert Lee FULKERSON....Jun 1885-, b. in MO, m.
Frances J. STAMPER (b. 1892), lived in Miller Co., MO (where some
distant Fulkerson cousins had also settled in the 1800s). They had two
daughters.
- Charles E. FULKERSON....21 Jul 1887-21 Nov 1946, b. in MO
- James M. FULKERSON....b. ca. 1860 in Indiana per 1880 Census
- Sara P. FULKERSON....b. ca. 1864 in Indiana per 1880 Census
- Mary FULKERSON....b. ca. 1872 in Indiana per 1880 Census
- Benjamin Franklin FULKERSON.....24
Mar 1820-23 Aug 1915, born in Lawrence Co., IN, lived to age 95. He was
listed in the 1850 Census for Daviess Co., IN, living in Van Buren Twp,
occupation: farmer. He married Mary RIGGINS on 19 April 1852. There was
a biographical sketch on B. F. Fulkerson in the "History of Harrison
and Mercer Counties, MO," page 533.
- Sarah FULKERSON....b. ca. 1852 in IN, known as 'Sadie.' She m. Amassa INSCHO on 10 Sep 1876.
- Jasper FULKERSON....14 May 1858-29 Nov 1929, b. at Andover, Harrison Co., MO, d. in the same county. He m. Lillie M. FERRIS, had
- James M. FULKERSON....8
Jul 1863-19 Sep 1950, born in MO. The 1880 US Census found him at Salt
Springs, Saline Co., MO, listed as an 18-year old laborer on the farm
of Erastus SIMMONS. (The SIMMONS family had 4 daughters born in Canada
before 1867, two born in MO after 1868, and one 19-yr-old son). James
m. Emma SPARKS on 28 Apr 1898 and had four children. He died at age 87
in Phoenix, AZ of postoperative shock immediately following surgery for
a benign prostate tumor. The death certificate reported he was married,
son of Benjamin Franklin FULKERSON and Mary RIGGINS, with an occupation
of "oil distributor." The informant was Mrs. Woodrow SPIRES.
- Ruth FULKERSON....m. A.T. HOWARD
- Ralph Leland FULKERSON....2 Aug 1907-19 Mar 1916, b. at Fredericktown, Madison Co., MO
- Helen L. FULKERSON....b. ca. 1911, m. Woodrow SPIRES
- Ella FULKERSON....
- Wilmer A. FULKERSON....7 Apr 1866-Feb 1952, b. at Andover, Harrison Co., MO, d. in Linn Co, MO. He m. Nellie RICHARDSON, had four children.
- Elma FULKERSON
- Evelyn FULKERSON
- Hazel FULKERSON
- Frederick FULKERSON
- Mahala FULKERSON.....Indiana
marriage records showed Mahala FULKERSON m. John DITTON in Lawrence
Co., IN on 10 Feb 1838; no other info found to definitely link her to
this family, but they appear to be the only Fulkersons there at the
time.
John FULKERSON............5
Jan 1775- 29 Jan 1846. Lee County tax records for 1795 show John owning
two horses. He m. Jane "Jeancie" HUGHES, dau. of Col. Archelaus HUGHES
and Sally DALTON, on 16 Jun 1801 in Patrick Co., VA. Tax records show
them living in Lee County in 1810. John died on 22 Jan 1846 in Lee Co.,
VA. Their nephew Archelaus Hughes III of Dresden, TN, opposed (and lost
to) Davy Crockett in a Congressional election. Lucy Henderson
Horton who wrote of the Hughes, Martins, Daltons and other allied
Virginia families included a tale of their courtship:
Jeancy Hughes, daughter of Colonel Archelaus Hughes, of the Revolution,
and his wife, Mary Dalton, was born at the old home, "Hughesville," in
Patrick county, Virginia. She is said to have been a most charming and
popular girl. She was engaged to be married to John Fulkerson of Lee
County Va. Her family opposed the match, preferring another suitor of
more wealth, a Mr Lacey. Jeancy was in distress because the engagement
had been broken off.
She and her brother, Capt. John Hughes, were visiting relatives near Abbingdon Va.,
when John Fulkerson came to see Jeancy. The brother, seeing them together, read the heart
of his sister and said to Jeancy privately, "Jeancy, if you love John Fulkerson, go on and
marry him."
The marriage of Jeancy Hughes and John Fulkerson was a most happy one.
He became a
favorite of the family. John Hughes named one of his sons, John
Fulkerson Hughes. Col. John Fulkerson and his wife, Jeancy Hughes, went
out into the wilderness to live a long, happy, and useful life. They
lived in Lee Co. Virginia . Here they reared a large and splendid
family.
John and Jeancie had 10 known children, with most born in Lee Co., VA:
- Mary Dalton FULKERSON....27
Jul 1803-1 Apr 1871, b. in Patrick Co., VA, d. in Warrensburg, MO, m.
Stephen Thomas NEILL, a brother of Rebecca NEILL who married Isaac FULKERSON
- Major Henry Alexander NEILL....b. in 1828 in Lee Co., VA. By profession an attorney, he led the Union force that pursued Quantrill after the raid on Lawrence, Kansas. Among Quantrill's "Confederate" raiders were three sons and a son-in-law of his first cousin, Virginia Fulkerson BERRY.
After the war he was an attorney in Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO, where
his next-door neighbor was attorney (and former Confederate general) Francis Marion COCKRELL. Both are buried (in adjacent family plots) at the Sunset Hill Cemetery in Warrensburg.
One of our Fulkerson cousins also reports this interesting information:
"Mary Dalton Fulkerson, who married Stephen Neill of Lexington, had a
grandson named Hyman Graham Neill. He was working as a teenager about
1880's and was sent to get rags, used then in print shops. He jumped on
a train going behind the building and yelled : "I'm going to Tipton to
get yer darned rags! Went to Colorado, worked in silver mines, then
went to Mexico with a friend. They worked up a rag-tag opera company
and toured Mexican villages. Must have been a dandy show. He later was
a guide for journalist Charles Dudley Warner.
At one time, he did something spectacular for Maximilian and was
given a little bag of precious stones, which my grandmother, Lydia Neill,
had. He went by the name of Santiago Graham, had a Mexican wife and son,
died in 1910 and his uncles in Lexington went down to bring his body home
for burial. In the late 1970's, I wrote the newspaper in Torreon to see if
any info on the son. Got a lovely letter from a professor at the University
of Chicago who told me 'I remember the gallant, dashing Santiago Graham..and
Kathleen. you are getting quite close' ."
HOWEVER, some of that story may have been just
"the good stuff" told about Mr. Neill, and "Santiago Graham" was
probably just one of his ALIASES. Kansas and New Mexico histories
record that Hyman Graham Neill was better known as "Hoodoo Brown" -
leader of the Dodge City Gang involved in stagecoach and train
robberies, various murders and municipal corruption. From 1879 to 1881,
Hoodoo led this gang while simultaneously serving as Mayor, Justice of
the Peace and Coroner at Las Vegas, New Mexico. [The last-listed public
office is seemingly insignificant. But it wasn't. As Coroner, Hoodoo installed his
gang on the "coroner's jury" - which then made determinations whether
killings were homicide or self-defense. This quickly became a convenient tool for
covering up their crimes]
The Las Vegas community assembled a party of vigilantes and
eventually drove Hoodoo and his gang from the state. Hoodoo went to
Houston, Texas, where he was arrested and jailed. A newspaper, the
Parsons Sun, reported he was visited by a recently-widowed young lady
from Las Vegas and "The meeting between the pair is said to have been
affecting in the extreme, and rather more affectionate than would be
expected under the circumstances." Another newspaper, the Parsons
Eclipse added, "The offense committed at Las Vegas, as near as we can
gather the facts relating to it, was murder and robbery, and the
circumstances connected with the arrest here would indicate that the
lesser crime of seduction and adultery was connected with it." He was
released when Texas authorities were unable to establish charges
against him. The Chicago Times, writing of the affair in Las Vegas,
said that the Justice of the Peace and the widow "have been skylarking
through some of the interior towns of Kansas ever since." Records of
Summit Co., Colorado, list a "Mrs. Hoodoo Brown" among its early
residents. Two of his Dodge City gang members, "Dirty Dave" RUDABAUGH and Tom PICKETT, later rode with Billy the Kid (William J. BONNIE) – and according to Old West legend, RUDABAUGH was the only man the Kid ever feared. Another, former lawman John Joshua WEBB (AKA J.J. WEBB), co-owned a saloon with Doc HOLLIDAY and previously rode with Sheriff Bat MASTERSON
in posses organized at Dodge City, Kansas, in 1877 and 1878. The first posse
unsuccessfully chased the Sam BASS gang, whose members included
Hoodoo's cousin Jim BERRY. The second MASTERSON posse, using a tip from Doc HOLLIDAY which was telegraphed by Wyatt EARP, captured a band of outlaws that included "Dirty Dave" RUDABAUGH – he agreed to testify against his fellow outlaws and become a law-abiding citizen, but instead he went to New Mexico where he first joined up with "Hoodoo Brown" and later with "Billy the Kid." (RUDABAUGH was decapitated in a Mexican cantina in 1886 after shooting two men during a poker game. He was played by actor Christian SLATER in the 1990 film, "Young Guns II.")
- Anna Mary NEILL....m. in
1864 to Major General George W. DIETZLER, who was an anti-slavery
activist in the 1850's, Kansas state legislator, Union army officer,
and one of the founders and trustees of the University of Kansas. After
the war they were active in the founding of Emporia, KS, and in 1872
they moved to California. George died in a buggy accident in Arizona in
1884.
- Sarah A "Sallie" FULKERSON.....b. ca. 1805, m. William Smith EWING
- John Hughes FULKERSON.....17
Mar 1807-30 Aug 1889, b. in Lee Co., VA, d. in Lafayette Co., MO, m.
Henrietta O. EWING (5 Oct 1824-24 Jul 1866) on 5 Oct 1841 (it was her
17th birthday, and he was then twice her age).
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Chatham Lee FULKERSON obituary above provided by Michael Flagg |
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John Archelaus FULKERSON
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Betty FULKERSON and Robert DAVIS
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She was the daughter of Judge Young EWING. This John was probably the
one described by the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith when the Mormon's were
being harassed near Richmond, Lafayette Co., Missouri in 1838:
This morning there came a number of men, some of them armed. Their
threatenings and savage appearance were such as to make us afraid to
proceed without more guards. A messenger was therefore dispatched to
Richmond to obtain them. We started before their arrival, but had not
gone far before we met Colonel Price with a guard of about seventy-four
men, and were conducted by them to Richmond, and put into an old vacant
house, and a guard set. Some time through the course of that day
General Clark came in, and we were introduced to him. We inquired of
him the reason why we had been thus carried from our homes, and what
were the charges against us. He said that he was not then able to
determine, but would be in a short time; and with very little more
conversation withdrew. Some short time after he had withdrawn Colonel
Price came in with two chains in his hands, and a number of Padlocks.
The two chains he fastened together. He had with him ten men, armed,
who stood at the time of these operations with a thumb upon the cock of
their guns. They first nailed down the windows, then came and ordered a
man by the name of John Fulkerson, whom he had with him, to chain us together with chains and padlocks...
John and
Henrietta had eight children, most of whose birth years below are based
on the 1860 Lafayette Co. census, when they lived in Washington Twp.
Both are buried at the Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Columbus,
Johnson Co., MO.
- Chatham Lee FULKERSON....1842-20 Nov 1902,
b. in Lafayette Co., MO, m. Mary McKELVY (or McKELLEY?) on 17 Oct 1865 in St. Louis, MO. They had at least 3 children. He served as a lieutenant under General Joe Shelby in the Missouri Cavalry (Confederate) during the Civil War. The 1880 Census found him working as a miller at Walker, Vernon Co., MO (southwest Missouri, on the Kansas border), living with wife "Mary L. FULKERSON" and children 'Hughes' (age 15) and twins Henrietta and Delila (both age 5). His obituary indicates he lived in Nevada, MO for several years. Mary preceded him in death during the winter of 1901-02, in Dallas, TX. Chatham died in Walker, and was to be buried next to his wife in Dallas.
- John Hughes FULKERSON.....Aug 1866-, b. in Washington, Lafayette Co., MO, m. Susie M_____ (b. Dec 1867 in Missouri), by 1892, had 3 known children. He lived in the town of Nevada, Vernon Co., MO in 1902 when his father died.
- Herbert F. FULKERSON....22 Oct 1892-1963, b. in Missouri
- Chatham L. FULKERSON....6 Jan 1895-July 1967, reportedly b. in TX, d. in Granbury, Hood Co., TX. He was an Army sergeant in WWI. Buried at Granbury Cemetery, per the Hood County Texas Genealogical Society. Virginia Pearl FULKERSON (7 Dec 1883-5 Jan 1972) is buried in the same lot.
- Edgar H. FULKERSON....26 May 1897-Jan 1967, reportedly b. in Missouri, d. in Grape Vine, Tarrant Co., TX
- Henrietta FULKERSON.....b.ca. 1875 in Missouri, reported living in Dallas, TX in Nov 1902
- Delila FULKERSON....b.ca. 1875 in Missouri, reported living in Dallas, TX in Nov 1902
- Martha Ann Frelinghuysen FULKERSON....21 Apr 1844-1933, b. in Lafayette Co., MO, nicknamed "Hite," m. in Johnson Co., MO on Christmas Day, 1866 to a cousin, Nicholas Houx FULKERSON
(1842-1900), d. 28 Apr 1933 in Columbus, Johnson Co., MO. She became a
member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on 18 Sep 1912. CLICK HERE for a photograph from her later years.
- Henrietta L FULKERSON....1846-, b. in Lafayette Co., MO, m. Arthur BROWN on 11 Aug 1867 in Lafayette Co., MO
- Lettie FULKERSON....1848-, b. in Lafayette Co., MO
- Ally FULKERSON....1852-, b. in Lafayette Co., MO
- John Archelaus FULKERSON....born
13 Jun 1855 (also reported as 14 Jun 1856) in Davis Co., Missouri. He
m. Wilhemina "Willie" BRADLEY (b. 1859) in Odessa, Missouri, where they
made their home for the next few years. John was sheriff of Lafayette
Co., Missouri from 1896 to 1899. Sometime afterward they moved to
Bentonville, Arkansas where Willie died in 1911. John died at age 57 on
1 May 1913 in Bentonville and is buried in the Knights of Pythias
Cemetery in Bentonville. Their three known children were:
- Shelton Woodson FULKERSON....22 May 1883-17
Aug 1941, b. in Odessa, Lafayette Co., MO, d. in Shreveport, Caddo Co.,
LA, m. Maude HALL on 28 Jan 1908 in Benton Co., AR. They had 8 children
from 1908 to 1926, some of whom later settled in Bakersfield, CA,
Dallas, TX, Texarkana, TX, Seattle, WA, Charleston, WV.
- Carrie W. FULKERSON....3 Sep 1885-12 Nov 1970, b.
in Mayview, Missouri, m. William Nathan HOPKINS on 22 Mar 1906 in
Rogers, Arkansas, d. in Pocatello, Idaho
- Jack Bradley FULKERSON....11 Nov 1888-6 Dec 1956, b. in Sedalia, Missouri, d. in Memphis, Tennessee
- Sallie R. FULKERSON....1857-1931,
m. Thomas Porter MURRAY (1852-1923), in Nevada, MO. They are buried in
the Pittsville Cemetery in Johnson Co., MO
- Bettie Hughes FULKERSON....24 May 1861-30 Jun 1924,
m. Robert Coleman DAVIS on 5 Oct 1884, d. in Kansas City, MO
- Lorne Hughes DAVIS
- Robert Ewing DAVIS
- Fredrick Coleman DAVIS
- Russell Lee DAVIS
- Margaret Jane FULKERSON.....b. Lee Co, VA, m. Benjamin J. WOODSON
- Arch WOODSON....Judge of Missouri Supreme Court
- Dr. G.R. WOODSON
- Benjamin WOODSON
- Stephen WOODSON
- Jane FULKERSON....m. Henry C. TYLER
- Matilda FULKERSON....m. William Harrison SPRATT
[Note: from a CHAPMAN family site we learn that a "Francis Ewing
POTEET...b. Ja, 1857, d. Feb. 15, 1935...married Emily Cochran
SPRATT (she was called May), daughter of John Fulkerson SPRATT, whose
ancestors were for several generations born in Virginia."
- Letitia FULKERSON....m. Britain POTEET
- Archelaus H(ughes?) FULKERSON....,
b. ca. 1822 (listed as age 58 in 1880 census of Lee Co., VA) m. (1st)
____ HILL, (2nd) Henrietta BARTZELL, (3rd) Ida HUFF. He was living with
29-yr-old Ida in 1880, with a 23-yr-old son and a servant, Jane POLSON.
Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1888-89
listed A.H. Fulkerson as one of the principal farmers at Rose Hill in
Lee Co. In the same county it also listed L.D. Fulkerson at Bales'
Mills, and Chas. Fulkerson at Boon's Path.
- John FULKERSON.....b. ca. 1857
- Martha FULKERSON....m. John RANSOM
- Catherine (Kittie) FULKERSON....m. Dr. Joshua EWING
- Joshua EWING
- Thomas EWING
- William EWING
- Kate EWING
Isaac FULKERSON...........9
Aug 1776-Apr 1836..........m. Rebecca NEIL (b. ca. 1781 in VA), served
for a time as a sheriff in Lee Co., VA and appeared on the 1810 tax
rolls for that county. He moved his family to Kentucky and then to
Missouri in 1814, settling near Daniel BOONE at Darst Bottom, St.
Charles Co., MO. He was listed in Femme Osage township in the 1817 St.
Charles Co. Census Enumeration, owning 4 slaves 16-45 years old and one
slave 10-16 years old. On 18 May 1827 he was in St. Louis, settling the
probate of Johnson TAYLOR of neighboring Montgomery Co., MO. In January
1835 one of his slaves, Jack, was arraigned for the murder of Wesley, a
slave of Daniel HAYS (he used a club). See the Boone Connection
The 1850 Census for St. Charles Co., MO found Rebecca, aged 69, living
with her sons Isaac and Peter. He served one term in the Missouri State
Senate. Isaac and Rebecca had 10 children: