FULLER, Ned M., M. D., Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
 Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 612.  Edited by Alcée 
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Fuller, Ned McGuire, M. D., well-known young physician of Bosco, is a son of 
Dr. John Nathaniel and Ida (Robinson) Fuller, and was born July 1, 1885, in 
Calhoun, Ouachita parish, La.  The father was born Aug. 29, 1841, where 
Calhoun is now located, and practiced medicine there until his death, in 1893, 
having been killed by a runaway saddle-horse.  He was in the Pelican Grays 
from Ouachita parish through the Civil war.  He was in the siege of Vicksburg, 
was taken and held 1 year as prisoner, having several diseases of an infectious 
character.  He was paroled at the close of the war and took up the practice of 
medicine.  In reconstruction days he was very active and became captain of the 
Ku Klux Klan of the hill section of Ouachita parish.  As a democrat he took a 
deep interest in politics, but was not an office holder.  He was a member of the 
Masonic order, of the Knights of Pythias and the M. E. church, South.  His wife
was also a native of Ouachita parish, and bore him the following children:  
Lotta, now widow of J. M. Smith, of Port Arthur, Tex.;  Addie, teacher in 
Alexandria high school;  Mattie, now Mrs. R. H. Bennett, of Rob Roy, Ark.;  
Mande, now widow of Dr. E. L. Wright, of Bosco;  John Newton, farmer, of 
Calhoun;  Richard Robinson, mail carrier, of Calhoun, and  Ned McGuire, the 
subject of this sketch.  It is thus seen that Dr. Ned McGuire Fuller is the seventh 
and youngest child of his parents.  He was reared at Calhoun, where he attended 
public school, and worked on a farm during vacations.  Having finished the 
Calhoun high school at the age of 15, he entered the L. S. U. in his 18th year, 
spending 2 sessions there, and then went out of school for 2 years.  He entered 
the medical department of Tulane university in 1907, and graduated in 1911, 
with the degree of M. D.  Having been licensed to practice the same year, he 
located in Bosco, where he has since resided.  There is no other physician in 
Bosco, and Dr. Fuller has an extensive practice extending over a large extent 
of country.  He is a democrat, but not active in politics, and lives with his 
sister, the widow of the late Dr. E. L. Wright.

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