BIOGRAPHIES:  Hiram FULLER, Pepin, Pepin Co., WI

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Submitted by Nance Sampson, Pepin Co. Archives File Manager on 19 November 2004
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Hiram Fuller, (deceased) was born in New York state, January 5, 1807,
and died at Pepin, August 24, 1882.  He received a limited education,
and at the age of twenty years began life as a machinist and marine
engineer.  January 5, 1832, he married Miss Laura, daughter of Abel and
Susanna (Secoy) Leavens, the former an American and the latter a
German.  Mrs. Fuller was born April 16, 1813, and died at Pepin, April
2, 1891.  Mr. and Mrs. Fuller were blessed with twelve children, only
five of whom now survive.  Their names in order of birth are:  Sarah
Adeline, Belinda, Jeremiah, Cornelia, Salmon, Ira, Lyman, Alvira (Mrs.
Fredbaugh), Charlotte (Mrs. G. W. Hunter), Joseph, Matilda (Mrs. A.
McClary), and Sally A. (Mrs. J. McClary).  Mr. and Mrs. Fuller lived in
Geauga county, Ohio, for about a year after their marriage, when they
removed to Jefferson county, Pa.  In 1856 they came to Pepin and Mr.
Fuller engaged in business on the Mississippi river, where he owned two
steam-boats one of which was confiscated by the government in 1862. 
Mr. Fuller also purchased a farm, but was obliged to retire from
business on account of failing health in 1877.  He was a Methodist, a
member of the I. O. O. F., and Masonic fraternities, and a gentleman
who was respected by the whole community.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," page 725.


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