BIO: Charles FULTZ, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 312.
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  CHARLES FULTZ, Mill Creek, Huntingdon county, Pa., is a son of Jacob 
and Mary (Smith) Fultz. Jacob Fultz was a native of Lancaster county. 
His calling was that of a tailor; he was twice married, his second wife 
being Mary Smith. The children of Jacob and Mary (Smith) Fultz are: 
Sarah, deceased; Abraham, of Allensville, Pa.; Samuel, residing in 
Kansas; Philip, of Allensville; Joseph, residing in Centre county, Pa.; 
Charles; Susan, deceased; and Margaret, deceased. Jacob Fultz died in 
1857; Mrs. Mary Fultz in 1890. Mr. Fultz's great-grandfather was German 
by birth, and a faithful member of the Baptist church.
  At Allensville, Mifflin county, Pa., Charles Fultz obtained a good 
common school education. He first began business as a farmer, and 
afterwards learned the trade of blacksmithing, which he carries on five 
miles from the borough of Huntingdon. Mr. Fultz enlisted during the war 
of the Rebellion, and served four years and two months in Company C, 
Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He is a member of Post NO. 44, 
G.A.R., Huntingdon, Pa. He has been supervisor of Brady township.
  Charles Fultz was married to Jane Hazlett, born in Mifflin county. 
Their children are: Irvin; Alice May (Mrs. R. Lutz), resides in Mill 
Creek; John Walter; and Margaret Alice. Mr. Fultz is a member of the 
Baptist church.