Alexander Fulton

Generation 5

Historical Notes

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And yet again the Fultons have managed to confuse the family tree by naming their children for their relatives! This Alexander Fulton, born in Ohio in 1826, is the son of William and Mary Coalman Fulton. His cousin, Alexander Robert Fulton, son of James and Rebecca Green Fulton was born in Ohio in 1825. Both cousins died in 1891...A.R. [as Alexander Robert was usually called] on 29 September, this Alexander just two months later on 7 December.

We know that the Fulton children moved from household to household helping where needed, so it is difficult in the following two census reports to ascertain for sure whether the Alexander and A. R. in the records cited below are the same person or two different individuals.

The following information for the William Fulton household appears in the 1850 Wapello County, Iowa Census:

Household	Sex	Age	Occ.	Acres	Born
Fulton:
William	M	61	farmer	1300	Ohio
Alexander	M	24	farmer		Ohio
David	M	19	farmer		Ohio
Thomas	M	16	farmer		Ohio
Nancy	F	28			Ohio
Hannah	F	28			Ohio
Marilla	F	4			Ohio
William	M	1			Ohio

In the 1860 Fairfield, Iowa Census (which was actually taken in 1856) we find these entries:

Fulton, William	age 67	born: PA	mason	6y in Iowa
Fulton, Thomas	age 23	born: OH		living with Alex. Fulton
Fulton, A.R.	age 31	born: OH	sawyer	5y in Iowa

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