Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Fulton, Samuel
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bensalem Township


SAMUEL FULTON farmer, P.O. Oakford, was born at Hulmeville, 
Bucks county, November 29, 1819, and is a son of John and 
Mary (Lane) Fulton, the latter a native of New Jersey.  His 
father was born in Ireland, and was a coach blacksmith by 
trade, at which he worked in Bucks county for many years.  
His mother lived to the advanced age of 87 years.  Samuel 
was the ninth in a family of 11 children, and was reared in 
Bucks county, where he attended the common schools.  He and 
his brother Mahlon learned the wheelwright trade.  The 
latter is now manufacturing wagons and carriages in 
Philadelphia, and is doing an extensive business. Samuel 
also worked at his trade until 1857, when he commenced 
farming, and has followed that occupation since.  He is the 
owner of a well-improved farm in Bensalem township, where he 
resides, and owns other valuable real estate.  He is a 
congenial and agreeable gentleman, upright and honorable in 
all his dealings.  In 1839 he married Harriet Gibson, 
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bee) Gibson.  Her parents were 
of French and Irish descent, her father being a soldier in 
the revolutionary war.  This union has been blessed with two 
children:  Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph Vanhorn, a farmer; 
and Rebecca, wife of Theodore Larue.  Mr. and Mrs. Larue 
have a daughter and son, Dora M. and Samuel F.  The daughter 
married Nelson W. De Saw, and has one child, John Fulton De 
Saw.  Mr. and Mrs. Fulton are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal church.  In politics Mr. Fulton is a democrat.