BIOGRAPHIES:  Henry C. FULLER, Pepin, Pepin Co., WI

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Henry C. Fuller, steamboat captain, Pepin, was born at Thompson,
Geauga county, Ohio, December 28, 1846, a son of Dr. Joseph and Ruth
(Burns) Fuller, the latter of Scotch descent.  His parents had six
children:  Candace, Emeline, John A., Henry C., Ira A. and Harriet. 
When Henry C. was six years old his father died, and his mother removed
to Troy, Jefferson county, Pa., and two years later to Pepin.  She was
afterward married to Mr. Ira Ballard.  Henry C. Fuller attended the
district school in winter until about fifteen years of age, when he
began running on the river.  Since 1867 he has been pilot and captain
on a raft steamer.  He also scaled logs in pineries in winters from
1871 to 1875.  In the course of his life he has met with numerous
adventures and some narrow escapes.  At one time, about 1865, he became
entangled in a raft line and was in great danger of being crushed to
death.  He is a great sportsman and an expert shot, having killed the
largest deer ever brought into Pepin.  He was captain of the ill-fated
steamer, "Sea Wing" until a few days before the great disaster on Lake
Pepin, in July, 1890.  In 1864 he offered to enlist but was refused on
account of being under size.  He made a trip to his native place and
thence to Oil City, Pa.  He then went to Ohio and from there to
Nashville, Tenn., where he drove a supply wagon.  Later, he made a trip
on a supply boat from St. Louis to Duvall's Bluff, Ark.  February 10,
1878, Mr. Fuller married Miss Ada R. Moore, and they have two
daughters, Estelle and Hazel.  In politics Mr. Fuller is a democrat. 
He has been town treasurer for two years.  He is a member of the
Pilots' Association and the A. O. U. W.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," page 509


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