BIOGRAPHIES: John F. FULLER, Cumberland, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Vic Gulickson 4 June 2004 ************************************************************************ John F. Fuller, for many years postmaster of Cumberland, and also mayor and alderman, was in his day one of the most prominent men in the eastern part of the county. His death, in 1915, removed a good and useful citizen, whose loss is still truly mourned. He was born in Maine, and was there reared. On both sides of his family, he was descended from long lines of New England ancestry, the founders having come to this country some two decades after the Mayflower landed. Members of the family fought, it is said, in the Colonial Wars, the campaigns against the marauding New England Indians, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He married Lydia E. Michaelson, who was born in Providence, Rhode Island. They came to St. Croix County, this state, in 1866, and located at Star Prairie, where he worked at his trade as a carpenter and conducted a store. In 1882 he brought his family to Cumberland, and there conducted a store for many years. His wife outlived him five years and died in 1920. They had two children, William N. and Elmer, who now live in Polk County, this state. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 1009. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm