Logan County IL Archives Biographies.....Fulcher, William J August 11, 1870 - 
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Author: History of Logan Co IL 1911

Biography of William J Fulcher
History of Logan County Illinois 1911 pages 223-224

Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., - Historian, Bock Family 
Association

William J. Fulcher, who has won a gratifying measure of success in his 
operations as an agriculturist, is now the owner of two hundred and eighty-
eight acres of rich and arable land in Hurlbut township.  His birth occurred 
in Waverly, Ohio, on the 11th of August, 1870, his parents being Herman and 
Louise (Koono) Fulcher, both of whom are natives of Germany.  Unto them were 
born four sons and six daughters, as follows: Mrs. Mollie Gompf, who now makes 
her home in Petersburg, Indiana; William J. of this review; Mrs. Lena Lucas, a 
resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma;  Mrs. Tillie Helfenbein; John; Mrs. Anna 
Mitchell; Mrs. Ida Holman; George; Mrs. Lulu Stonecypher; and Henry.  The last 
seven named all live in Petersburg, Indiana.

William J. Fulcher spent the first eighteen years of his life in the place of 
his nativity and then removed to Petersburg, Indiana, where he made his home 
until 1896.  In that year he took up his abode on a farm three miles southwest 
of Elkhart and has there resided continuously since, being today in possession 
of two hundred and eighty-eight acres of highly improved and valuable land in 
Hurlbut township.  The well tilled fields annually yield golden harvests in 
return for the care and labor which he bestows upon them and he is entitled to 
recognition among the substantial and enterprising citizens of the community.  
In his beautiful home are found all modern conveniences and because of the 
prosperity which has rewarded his labors he is now in a position to enjoy many 
of the comforts and luxuries of life.

On the 16th of September, 1896, Mr. Fulcher was united in marriage to Miss 
Elizabeth Bock, a daughter of Abraham and Julia (Mohr) Bock.  The father was 
born on the 1st of December, 1832, while the mother’s birth occurred on the 
1st of July of the same year.  They emigrated from Germany to the United 
States in 1857 and were married in Ohio on the 8th of January of the following 
year.  In 1862 they came to Elkhart, Illinois, locating on the homestead which 
is now in the possession of our subject.  Abraham Bock was in limited 
financial circumstances at the time of his arrival and underwent all the 
hardships and privations of pioneer life in and effort to earn a livelihood 
here.  A man of untiring industry and indefatigable energy, he prospered as 
the years passed by and is now the owner of one thousand acres of fine land in 
Logan county.  He is a consistent and devoted member of the German Lutheran 
church, in the faith of which his wife passed away on the 5th of  September, 
1884.  They had a family of four sons and two daughters, namely: Fred, living 
in Portland, Oregon; Louis, William and George, all of whom are deceased; Mrs. 
Fulcher; and Mrs. Ella Gellion, who is a resident of Elkhart.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Fulcher are the parents of one son and one daughter: Abraham, whose birth 
occurred on the 4th of December, 1898; and Ella whose natal day was February 
28, 1903.

Mr. Fulcher is a democrat in his political views but not offensively 
partisan.  His fraternal relations are with Kenwood Lodge, No. 405, K. P., at 
Elkhart, and both he and his wife belong to Court of Honor, No. 508, at that 
place.  They are also valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church in 
Elkhart and that its teachings form the guiding influence of their lives is 
indicated in the esteem and regard which is accorded them by an extensive 
circle of friends and acquaintances.

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