Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Fuller, Richard 1829 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 7, 2006, 10:10 pm Author: T. H. Ball (1904) RICHARD FULLER. Richard Fuller was for some years one of the extensive farmers of Lake county, operating one thousand acres, and his name has been a prominent and honored one in connection with agricultural interests and with the dealing in hay, grain and stock. He is now proprietor of the Fuller House at Shelby, and few men of this part of the state have a wider or more favorable acquaintance than has Richard Fuller. Moreover, he is entitled to distinction as a self-made man. whose success is attributable directly to his own efforts Mr. Fuller was born in Athens county, Ohio, February 12, 1829, and has, therefore, passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey. His parents were James and Lydia (Dodge) Fuller, both of whom were natives of Maine. His maternal grandmother, however, was born in Scotland and was brought to America when a little maiden of seven summers. The paternal grandfather was born in Maine and was of English descent, the family having been founded in America in early colonial days. When the colonists attempted to throw off the yoke of British oppression he joined the continental army and fought for the independence of the nation. Both Mr. and Mrs. James Fuller were reared and educated in the Pine Tree state, and their marriage was there celebrated. They became the parents of eleven children, of whom Richard Fuller is the tenth child and ninth son. Richard Fuller was in his tenth year when he came to Lake county, Indiana, with his father and mother. The family home was established in Cedar Creek township, where his father entered land from the government and improved a farm, spending his remaining days thereon, his death occurring when he was in his seventy-first year. His wife passed away when about the same age. They were pioneer settlers of Lake county and actively assisted in the early development and progress of this portion of the state. Richard Fuller pursued his education in one of the old log school houses of Lake county, attending through the winter months, while during the remainder of the year he assisted in the arduous task of cultivating new land and developing the home farm. He gave his father the benefit of his services until he had attained his majority, and then engaged in farming on his own account in Cedar Creek township. He later removed to West Creek township, where he remained until 1888, when he came to Shelby, and here carried on general agricultural pursuits. At one time he operated over a thousand acres of land where he now resides. He was extensively engaged in dealing in hay, grain and stock until about ten years ago, when he purchased his present place, the Fuller House, which he is now conducting. In 1854 Mr. Fuller was united in marriage to Miss Deborah Hale, a native of Maine, who was reared, however, in Lake county, Indiana. She died in 1875, leaving eleven children, all of whom reached adult age, and nine are living at this writing. Cyrus Julian, who finished part of the high school course, is married and a farmer at Rose in Woodson county, Kansas. Clara Adelia was educated in the grammar schools and is now a resident of Shelby, this county. James Franklin, a contractor and builder of Canyon City, Colorado, is a very successful man, and has erected many fine buildings in Kansas as well as in Canyon City. Naomi Adeline is the wife of Henry Parsons, of New Haven, Connecticut, who is an artist by profession and was educated in the city where he now resides. Richard Edwin is married and is a successful restaurateur at Monon, Indiana. Hannah Ann is at home with her parents. Joseph Allen, a farmer at Shelby, was educated in the common schools and is a Democrat in politics. Laura Jeannette is the wife of James Block, a prosperous stock farmer of Orchard Grove, Indiana. Agnes Deborah, the youngest of the children, is the wife of John Borg, who is editor of the News Review at Thayer, Indiana. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Fuller served for six months as a member of Company E, Fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was then honorably discharged by reason of the cessation of hostilities, July 27, 1865. He is a Democrat in his political views and a supporter of W. J. Bryan. He has been a resident of Lake county for sixty-five years, and few of its citizens have longer witnessed its progress and improvement. His life has been characterized by untiring activity and perseverance and he is well known and highly respected because of his many sterling traits of character. Additional Comments: Extracted from: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Genealogy and Biography OF LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA, WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 1834—1904 A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. REV. T. H. BALL OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO NEW YORK THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1904 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/lake/bios/fuller404gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb