Logan County IL Archives Biographies.....Fulcher, William 
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Bill Stephenson woodart@srbfl.com August 18, 2006, 7:01 pm

Author: Echoes from the Branches

Biography of William Fulcher
transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr.

Echoes from the Branches p.71

In 1896, William Fulcher arrived, and at 26 years of age he married Elizabeth 
Bock on September 16, 1896.  They farmed the land that Elizabeth’s father, 
Abe, had broken sod on back in 1862.  William and Elizabeth had three 
children: Abraham, Ella and Julia.  Abraham married Blanch Luckhart, Ella 
married Darrell Shockey, and Julia married Richard Stringer.  William and 
Elizabeth are the couple who made their home famous as the “Chicken Dinner at 
Mt. Fulcher’s”.  Their home was located just between Williamsville and Elkhart 
on the highway which is now where interstate 55 goes by.  In the years of the 
depression, 1930-33, the dinners were served on a reservation basis and was an 
entire family affair.   Chickens were raised on the farm along with most of 
the vegetables that were served.  Elizabeth always took care of killing and 
dressing of the chickens, as well as overseeing the preparation of all the 
food.  Ella, Julia and Blanche waited the tables.  Ella Gallion (an aunt) 
always made the cottage cheese and the biscuits.  Betty Gallion washed the 
dishes, and Walter Gallion, her brother, saw to the upkeep of the grounds.  
Meals were served family style with an allowance of one-half chicken per 
person, along with mashed potatoes and milk chicken gravy, a vegetable with a 
salad, and usually an appetizer at the beginning of the meal and possibly home 
made ice cream with coffee or tea for dessert.  The entire cost of the meal 
was $1.00 per person.  The dinners continued for almost ten years.

Mt. Fulcher also had several acres of peonies, in assorted colors, that they 
raised along the south slope of the hill.  They sold these for a $1.00 a dozen 
and most people would come out to buy them for graves on Memorial Day.

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