Biographical Sketch of Frederick D. Fulkerson, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Frederick D. Fulkerson, deceased.  Though no longer among the living, Mr.
Fulkerson will long be remembered among the old citizens of Lafayette
county.  He was born in Lee county, Virginia, March 17, 1809, and was the
son of Peter and Margaret Fulkerson.  He was raised and educated in Lee
county, and moved to Missouri in 1856.  Being raised on a farm, he never
followed any other calling.  He operated a large farm in Virginia, and
owned there a large body of slaves.  Having sold his land in Virginia, in
1856, he moved his family and slaves to this county, where he purchased a
large farm, on which his widow still resides.  They moved from Virginia
to Louisville, Kentucky, in wagons, and there embarked on the river, by
which they came to this county, two and one-half miles southwest of 
Higginsville, where he continued to live until his death.  He was twice
married, first to Miss Nancy A. Dunn, May 31, 1842, daughter of John Dunn
a Scotch gentleman who had settled in Lee county, Virginia.  She lived 
about seven years, and died December 5, 1849.  His second marriage was
February 16, 1851, to Miss W. Melissa Dunn, a younger sister of his first
wife, who now survives him.  By his first marriage he had one son and 
three daughters living; all married except one daughter.  By his last 
union he had ten children, six of whom are living.  Mr. Fulkerson took
no part in the civil war, but remained quietly at home.  He was always a
union man and strongly oppossed secession.  He was driven from his home
for a short time.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church, as was 
also both his wives.  He also belonged to the masonic order, though he
attended no lodge after coming to this state.  He suffered greatly with
rheumatism prior to his death, but died peacefully July 18, 1868.  In his
death the county lost a first class citizen, and his family a faithful
husband and father.

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