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The 1870 Census records for Union Township in Conway County, Arkansas (house number 38) listed his household: James Fulkerson, age 37, with spouse Julia, age 33. Their children were Sarah, age 17; Louisa, age 9; Thomas, age 7; David, 7; Tennessee, age 5; and William, age 1. All gave Arkansas as their place of birth except James who was from Tennessee. In total, James and Julia had 11 or 12 children, exact order uncertain:
- Nancy J. FULKERSON
- Sarah F. FULKERSON....b. ca. 1853
- Michael Perry FULKERSON....born in TN, nicknamed "Cud," married Mary Etta SHANDS,
- James K. FULKERSON....
- Huldah L. FULKERSON....possibly the Louisa who was born about 1861?
- Thomas Wilson FULKERSON....b. 24 May 1863 at Van Buren, AR, d. 13 Jun 1940 at Wichita Falls, TX,
m. 11 Jan 1888 in Erath Co, TX to Emma L. GORDON (b. 26 Apr 1870 Stephenville, Tx. d. 12 Jul 1946 Wichita Falls, Tx.)
- Mineola FULKERSON....m. Elbert Howell METCALF
- Leona FULKERSON....m. a SHOUP
- Calista FULKERSON....m. a VERNON
- Ralph FULKERSON
- Ruth FULKERSON....m. a SHOUP (brother of above)
- Grace FULKERSON....m. a HUGGINS
- Savola FULKERSON....m. a SECREST
- David Anthony FULKERSON....probably a twin to Thomas, b. 1863
- Tennessee FULKERSON....b. ca. 1865
- John William "Bill" FULKERSON...b. ca. 1869, m. Susan Belle SHANDS, sister of Mary Etta, in Erath Co., TX
- Martha T. FULKERSON
- Susan "Fanny" FULKERSON
- Adam "Doc" FULKERSON
- Wade Hampton FULKERSON
SEPT 2009 - CONSIDERED SOLVED:
- The evidence below is sufficient proof (beyond reasonable doubt) that the father of James F. FULKERSON was Michael Dillingham FULKERSON, born in Virginia to James FULKERSON Jr. and Patience POTEET, and grandson of Captain James FULKERSON.
- Two early Alabama land records mention a Michael FULKERSON.
* Document number: 22798 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 40.0200 Accession number: AL2660__.496
Patentee Surname: Fulkerson Patentee given name: Michael
*State name: Alabama *
Volume: 2660 Page number: 496
Land office: Tuscaloosa Aliquot part reference: SENE
Section number: 21
Township: 15 South Range: 16 West
Meridian or special survey area: Huntsville Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Sep. 20, 1839
- The 1860 census (Conway Co., Arkansas) reported that Nancy FULKERSON's daughter Hulda was born in Alabama and her other children in TN:
Nancy Fulkerson 44 Tenn $400 land value Huldah 22 Ala Rachel 19 Tenn William T. 17 Tenn Jno F. 15 Tenn Dona M. 14 Tenn Susan F. 12 Tenn - Old Arkansas land records indicate a husbandless Nancy living next door to James F. FULKERSON.
- The names Hulda, Michael and Nancy appear in the list of James' children below.
- The 1880 Census showed Isaac and Hulda STEELE living at Elm Springs, Washington Co., Arkansas, with four children and Hulda's widowed sister, Rachel EDWARDS.
- From the Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas
Goodspeed Publishers, 1891
Isaac J. Steele has attained wealth as a farmer and stock-raiser, by honest labor, and is a gentleman who commands the respect and esteem of all who know him. He was born in the year 1837, in [p.461] Perry County, Tenn., to Isaac and Catherine (Faucett) Steele, the former born in South Carolina, in 1802, and the latter in Tennessee, their marriage occurring in Maury County, Tenn., where they were reared. They soon after moved to Perry County, and in 1848 came to what is now Van Buren County, Ark., where Mr. Steele passed from life February 16, 1857, his widow dying November 29, 1875, both members of the Methodist Church of many years' standing. Mr. Steele was a blacksmith by trade, but at the time of his death was following merchandising.
His father, Michael Steele was of Irish descent, a South Carolinian by birth, and died in Maury County, Tenn., of which he was one of the early settlers, a gunsmith and farmer by occupation. He was a soldier in the Creek War. Richard Faucett, the mother's father, was a tiller of the soil of Maury County, Tenn., and there passed from life. Isaac J. Steele was the sixth of seven children, but as he was compelled to labor hard on the farm in his youth, he received but little schooling. Since the age of eleven years he has been a resident of Arkansas, and from here enlisted in the Confederate Army, in 1861, becoming a member of Company K, Tenth Arkansas Infantry, and served in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, taking part in the battles of Shiloh, Port Hudson, and some others. He was wounded and captured at Port Hudson, but after being paroled he returned home, and did not again enter the service.
In 1866 he was married to Huldah, daughter of Michael and Nancy Fulkerson, both of whom were born in Tennessee, in which State Mr. Fulkerson also died, his widow afterward coming to Arkansas, dying in Van Buren County. Mrs. Steele was born in Tennessee, and of a family of five children born to her union with Mr. Steele, one son and two daughters are living. Mr. Steele lived five years in Washington County, five years in Franklin County, but since 1887 has been one of the prominent and substantial residents of Polk County. His admirably kept farm, which is situated one mile east of Dallas, comprises 320 acres, 240 acres being in the home farm, with about 100 acres cleared and under the plow. This land is well improved with suitable buildings, good fences, etc., and the entire property is the result of his own efforts. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church.
