William C. Fulton

Generation 5

Historical Notes

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From the 1850 Census of Fairfield:

Household	Sex	Age	Occ.	Born
ALEXANDER FULTON	M	45	Farmer	PA
Eliza	F	42		Ohio
Robert J.	M	21	clerk	Ohio
G. Lafayette	M	19	farmer	Ohio
William	M	17	farmer	Ohio
Martha A.	F	12		Ohio

From the Fairfield Ledger, 12 March 1857, page 2, col. 6:
William Fulton, age 21 yrs, 1 mo., 2 days, died March 6 at parents home. Rev. Jos. Gassner delivered funeral discourse.

Alexander Fulton, Eliza Jones Fulton and four of their children are buried in the West half of Lot # 52 of the Old Fairfield Cemetery , Fairfield, Iowa. There is one large tombstone, #492, bearing the following inscriptions:

West face:
Alexander, Died January 17, 1885, Aged 79 yrs. 4 mos. 19 ds.
North face:
Robert J., son of A. & E. Fulton, Died May 26 1857, Aged 28 yrs. 3 mos.
William C., son of A. & E. Fulton, Died Mar. 6 1857, Aged 21 yrs. 1 mo. 23 ds.
East face:
Martha Amelia, Only Dau. of A. & E. Fulton, Died Apr 11 1855, Aged 17 ys. 1 mo. 28 ds.
Gilbert L., son of A. & E. Fulton, Died Mar 12 1853, Aged 21 ys. 11 mo. 25 ds.

There are also five small stones bearing the names Alexander, Robert, William, Martha A. and Gilbert to designate the individual grave sites. In 1994 the carving on the large tombstone was barely legible.

We do not know why Eliza's name is not included on the large stone or one of the small stones. Cemetery records indicate that she is buried beside Alexander.

Also, please note that four of the five Fulton children died within a four years and two months time span, and William and Robert died just two and a half months apart.

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