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use. It is of the class known as "Place
Names," that is, a name derived from the
locality. Fugel, signified fowl, and ton,
or tun, enclosure, so that the name liter-
ally means Fowl Enclosure, and was assumed
in the early centuries by one who
lived near such an enclosure.
The centuries which passed from the
time of the first of the name to the time
of the immigrants are filled with many
records of the members of the Fulton family.
It is a long step to the time in which
the grandfather Newton A. Fulton lived,
which was the early part of the eight-
eenth century.
(I) David Fulton, above referred to,
was one of the early pioneers of Fayette
county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer,
and was the Methodist minister of the
locality in which he lived. A just and up-
right man, he held the respect of his fellow-townsmen,
and was often sought for
counsel and advice. The Christian name
of his wife was Mary.
(II) Wesley Fulton, son of David and
Mary Fulton, was born October io, 1847,
in Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsyl-
vania. He was educated in the public
schools of Uniontown, and about 1865 his
parents removed to Illinois. They located
on a farm of eighty acres that had
an orchard on one end of it and a spring
of water at the other, strong inducements
in an Illinois farm in those days. Wesley
Fulton, although but a boy when the Civil
War was raging, planned to run away
with an older brother to join a regiment,
but fortunately peace came about the time
they were ready to start. Mr. Fulton
remained on the home farm until the time
of his marriage, and then for four or five
years worked a farm of his own. About
1875 he removed to Chariton, Iowa, and
subsequently to Atlantic City, Iowa. He
is now (1920) a resident of Waterloo, In-
diana, engaged in farming and dairying.
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Mr. Fulton is a staunch Republican in
politics, and actively interested in all public
matters. He married, in 1869, Susan
Elizabeth Dorns, of Carroll county, Illi-
nois, daughter of John Dorns, and their
children were : Newton Alfred, of further
mention ; Cora B., born November 9,
1876; Mary Letitia, born October 24,
1898.
(Ill) Newton Alfred Fulton, only son
of Wesley and Susan Elizabeth (Dorns)
Fulton, was born in Fair Haven, Carroll
county, Illinois, December 2, 1874. He
was educated in the public schools of
Iowa and Indiana, and pursued a course
of study in Valparaiso University. For
five years he was an insructor in the pub-
lic schools of Illinois, thence removing to
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he attended
business college for a year. From there
Mr. Fulton went to Kingston, New York,
as teacher in a private commercial col-
lege, remaining a year. The following
year he spent in Mount Vernon, New
York, in a similar school, and was then in
South Norwalk, Connecticut, for a year.
Mr. Fulton's services were sought by the
Derby High School in their commercial
department, and for four years he gave
faithful instruction to the students of that
school. The eight months following until
May, 1914, were spent in Derby, Connec-
ticut, in a private school. In the spring
of 1914, Mr. Fulton purchased the Mer-
rill Business Colleges, located in Portchester,
New York, South Norwalk and
Stamford, Connecticut. These three
schools have (1919-1920) an enrollment
of about two hundred and ninety-five in
the day class and four hundred and thirty
in the night schools. A teaching force of
ten instructors is necessary to maintain
the high standard of the schools, and all
work done is under the supervision of
Mr. Fulton, whose wide experience and
teaching ability is of untold value to his