Biographical Sketch of Cap. James H. Fulbright, Laclede County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Capt. James H. Fulbright.  Among those who have secured the confidence
and respect of their fellow men, and rank among the progressive and
enterprising citizens of the county, may be mentioned Capt. Fulbright,
who was the first white male child born in Springfield, Mo., his birth
occurring June 12, 1832.  His parents, John and Jane (Kyrkendall)
Fulbright, were born in North Carolina and Kentucky, respectively, the
former's birth occurring in 1795.  His father, who also bore the name 
of John, was of German descent, and was born in Buncombe county, N. C.
He (John, Sr.) and five brothers were participants in the Revolutionary
War, and in 1810 he came overland to Missouri, settling in Washington
county, where he entered a farm and reared part of his children, and
lived until his death.  His wife, Elizabeth (Coalter) Fulbright, was of
German descent, and an excellent German scholar.  She was nearly one
hundred years old at the time of her death, June 9, 1853.  They were
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  They were the parents of
five sons, William, David, Martin, Daniel and John, and five daughters,
Elizabeth (Williams or Cooper, second husband), Catherine (Evans),
Susanah (Daniels), Christener (Goodwin), and Sarah (Smithers).  John
Fulbright, Jr., was an extensive trader in horses, mules and negroes,
and was the first treasurer of Greene county, Mo., having been taught
to read and write by his wife.  He died in 1862.  His wife was born in
Kentucky, but was married in Tennessee, whither her parents had moved,
her father being one of the very wealthy millers of that state.  She
died in 1833, having borne seven children, two of whom grew to maturity
one living at the present time.  The subject of this sketch, her hus-
band, was reared in Missouri, and served during the latter part of the
War of 1812, receiving for his services, before he was twenty-one years
old, the grant of a tract of land, a portion of which is now resided on
by his son, Capt. Fulbright.  He was a member of the Christian church 
for over forty years, a Democrat in politics, and died on the 16th of
March, 1862.  His wife, formerly Miss Kyrkendall, bore a family of 
seven sons, and died in 1862, after which the father married the widow
of Dr. H. Adkins, by whom he became the father of two children, who are
now deceased.  This lady, second wife of John Fulbright, Jr., died
April 3, 1883.  Capt. James H. Fulbright resided on the home farm until
the breaking out of the late war, when he enlisted in Company I, of the
state guard, and for eleven months served as a private in Parson's 
Infantry.  He was then appointed purchasing agent for the division, and
at the end of eleven months was transferred to the Confederate army,
under Jackson.  He also served as receiving agent in Marmaduke's comm-
and, and after the surrender of Little Rock was appointed purchasing 
agent for the divison and sent to Texas, where he remained until April,
1864, when he returned, and was with Price on his raid through Missouri.
He was made commissary of the Fourth Missouri Regiment, and served
until the surrender.  June 23, 1865, he landed at St. Louis, where,
after about three months, he was joined by his wife, whose maiden name
was Mary L. Wilks, and whom he married June 10, 1852, and removed with 
her to Franklin county from St. Louis, Mo., where he rented land and
resided for three years.  He then located on the old homestead, in 1868
where he has since made his home.  He has always taken a deep interest
in politics, and in 1881-83 was elected county judge, which office he 
filled very creditably.  He has also been school director for ten years.
He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the Agricultural Wheel, and is a
member of the State Board of Agriculture, being appointed for life by
Gov. Marmaduke in August, 1882.  His wife was born in Alabama, November
28, 1833, and became a resident of Lawrence county, Mo., when eight
years of age, and was here reared to womanhood.  The following are her
children: Lucy J. (Mrs. Calahan), Elizabeth K. (Kittle), John H. (a
very wealthy physician of Ozark, Mo.), Emma L. (Ward), Jemimah P. 
(Connella), Jesse M. and James H.  

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