Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

464 BIOGRAPHY AND RER~INI SCENCES
CZi~zton fir7Ze~*, son of Ainbrose ancl Hannah (Munson) Fullel, mas
born in Luzerne a)unty, Pa., October 3, 1820. IIis earlier vears were
those corninon to bogs in the W~o11liilg Valley (luring the 61ast part of'
the centbury. In 3839 he c;\.irle 11ere w ~ this parerits i111d i~~~i~ted tlle111
in builtling up their home. 111 1853 11t. l)ui*cl~:~.sed 160 acres on section
29, stockect and improvecl it ant1 in 185.5 ndtleti cigl~ty acres to the
original purclrase. IIere he Tras cngagetl up to 1SG5, ~\;herl he est:: b-
lished the Fuller store at Elmira, antl this ln~*g:.e busi~iess ile llns carrietl
on in connectiol~ l-vitll his f'i1~111 (10\v11 to this tlrne. In 1858 he u1;~rrietl
Miss Eliza, claugll ter of Isaac and A~ln (Wiults) Ilal*~*is, 11at iues of
Doclless county, K. Y. To tlrein one cl~ilcl mas bolw, ~11o tlietl in
infancy. Tlle mother died J:~nn;try 25, 1SS2. MI*. F~~llcr c;rst llis
first vote for 11 enrv Cl:~y, and JV 11 en' tl~e 1:eprlblicnll p;~rty was foianlctl
he was among its first adllerel~ts, i~iltl is totl;~y one ol tlrc glae;lt palaty's
rnost faiti~f'ul ~lleml~ers. In 1852 he Wits e1ec;tet'l sller~ff of Stnz.1;
county. In 1865 ire was :q)pointetl postn1;lster ;tt Eln~ira, holtling the
ofice down to tlre present time. In towllship ant1 school inattcrs hc
lras been trustetl wi tll serel*;tl o-fficial positions. 1)uring the tlao~~l,lot~s
tlays of 1861-5 lle was a ineltll)e~ of tl~e Union J,eaglie, i~ntl ot,he~* 01.
@nizations, hut today only clai~ns ine~~lbership ~vitll the Odtl Fellows.
A reference to the history of the tomnsl~ip points out tl~e several l~arts
he llas taken here; so also does the general llistory contain references
to his clei~lings with the county.
lf/CI.'cdter lificn sari, fitller, son of A 111 brose i~n tl Ilannall (Mun son)
Fuller, 113s born in Pennsrlran ia., Septenher 20, 1822. IIis I;~ther
moved to Pennsylvania JIT~~JI lx~rents in llis youtlr, ivo~alrecl on the
homestead farm, there learned the millwrigl~t's trade, married Miss
Munson, and in 1839 came to this county, settling on lands i~llicll
he purcl~ased on section 20, Ellnil;, township. Walter M. ~eceived
a li herd an cl pr;~cticn.l t.tluc;~.tion. On Janu:\ lay 1, 1849, lle ina~lrietl
Miss Chloe M., :I, claughter of J;elrles ant1 Ilian:~ Ito\re, llntires of
Maine. IIer father tliecl in 1827; 11er lnotl~er mai*i~ietl agdili, and \\-it11
her Mrs. Fuller came here in 183!). (In IS54 11er motllel. ancl stepfather
moved to Io\ra,, where she died ill 1859.) Tlrey ;we tlhe parents
of four children : Jalnes A., tleceasetl ; William1 W., lleacl of a family in
this to~msl~il) ; Augusta, nnlnalarietl, tint1 Luella >lay, married and
resicline here. After Mr. Fuller's marriage he l)nrcl~asetl the interests
of his tather's lleil*s in the llolnestentl fal*m of 110 acres, to \rl~icll lle
has since added 190 nclaes of fa'rm lantl antl 50 acres of tirnber lantls, all
in this tomnsllip. Mr. Fuller has been ;I menlber of the 3Ietlloclist
Episcopal cllurcll for over thi~t~y gears, his wi fe and dauglltelas being
also members. ITe has been to1\7nshil) school treasurer for tl~irty-four
years, justice of the peace for ten years, and town clorlc thirty ienys.
To learn of the ],art he h;ts talken ill builtling up the social and inclustrial
interests of Elmir;~, the rtmler is yeferret1 to tlre cl~apter on the
l~istory of tlrnt to~vnshil~.
N'iUinnc Jli'~~fi4tIt7 iicl/~~~, son of Walter and Chloe (Ro~ve) Fuller,
was born in F:hnil*a township, Stni*k county, Ill., July l(i, lS52. Elis
fatl~er 1173s a Penllsylvanian, and mother a native of i\laine, as relaked
in other pages. William W. passed his earlier gears on the farm or