Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), pp. 426-427.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.

Capt. James R. Fuller, Union Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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Capt. James R. Fuller is a native of Troup county, Ga., where he was born
on the 7th of January, 1836, to Levi B. and Sarah (McDowell) Fuller, both
natives of Georgia, where they were reared and married. In 1847 they
removed to Union parish, La., where he devoted his attention to planting, a
calling which had received his attention throughout life. He was a pious
and zealous Christian and was highly respected. Although the early
advantages of Capt. James A. Fuller were quite limited, by contact with the
business affairs of life and by reading he has acquired a good practical
education. He began life for himself in a general mercantile establishment
at Shiloh, where he remained four years or until the breaking out of the
Civil war. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, of the Twelfth regiment
of infantry and served throughout the entire conflict in the Army of
Tennessee, taking part in the engagements of Shiloh, Chickamauga, Franklin,
Nashville and the battles of the Atlanta campaign. During his service
Captain Fuller received two flesh wounds, although he was not disabled for
service. While he was on his way to join Hood's army and had reached
Augusta, Ga. (having just recovered from an attack of fever), news reached
him of Lee's surrender. In the summer of 1862 he was made first lieutenant
and was afterward promoted to the rank of captain. After the war he
returned home and accepted a position with the mercantile firm of T. C.
Standifer & Co. By close application to business he rose rapidly in the
esteem of his employers, and at the time he left them, in 1870, he had
accumulated a capital of from $7,000 to $8,000, all of which was obtained
during his service as a clerk after the war. The $1,000 made prior to the
war his father invested in a store and he thus lost the result of four
years of hard work. With the capital he had accumulated after leaving his
employers in 1870, he invested, in partnership with A. A. Cann, in a
mercantile establishment, which they conducted for one year at Stein's
Bluff. In 1871 they sold out to Stein & Co., but Mr. Fuller continued to
conduct the business for one year longer, when, wishing to embark in
business independently, he removed to Shiloh in the spring of 1873, in June
of which year, in partnership with Dr. J. J. Booles, he opened a mercantile
establishment at that place, which he has since conducted. He carries a
general stock of merchandise of from $12,000 to $15,000, his annual sales
being very large. His business has always been the leading one of the
flourishing town of Shiloh, and he has the reputation of being honorable
and upright in all his transactions. He was married in June, 1868, to Miss
Mary I. Heard, daughter of W. C. Heard, of Union parish, and their union
has resulted in the birth of four sons and three daughters, whom their
father is giving the best of educational advantages. Mr. Fuller is a
member of the A. F. & A. M., the K. of P., in each of which he has held
honorable official positions. He is a prominent member of the Baptist
church and is well known for his benevolence, public spirit and kindness of
heart.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), pp. 426-427.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.

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