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Fuller, Moses K. (History - 1840) |
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Janet |
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stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
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FULLER KNOX CASWILL JUDKINS BROWN OVERCRACKER HALFORD |
----Source: 1891 History of Clark and Jackson Co., Wisconsin,
pg. 166
MOSES K. FULLER, a prosperous farmer,
residing on section 26, Hixton Township, Jackson County, Wisconsin,
was born in the town of Jay, Oxford County, Maine, August 17, 1840.
His parents, Consider and Mary (Knox) Fuller, were also natives of
Maine. The father was born April 28, 1808, and the mother April 26,
1816 both still survive, and live with our subject in Jackson
County, Wisconsin. They emigrated to Illinois in the year 1844, and
settled in Mercer County there they remained until 1859, when they
came to Jackson County, Wisconsin, and settled where Sechlerville
now stands at the end of three years they removed to the farm now
occupied by Moses K. Fuller. There were thirteen children in the
family: Azubah, Caroline, Moses K., Amanda, Adelia A., Susana,
Hiram, Almeda, Eleanora and Benjamin grew to maturity. The father
was married first to Miss Azubah Caswill, of Maine, by whom he had
one child, Mary Jane.
Moses K. grew to manhood on a farm in Illinois, and passed his
youth in the occupation incident to the clearing and cultivation of
a wild tract of land. It was in 1860 that he came to Jackson
County, Wisconsin. Four years later we find him enlisted as a
private in company, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He
served until the declaration of peace as a soldier in the Western
Army under General Sherman. He was in the battles of Resace,
Altoona Pass, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Nashville and Franklin. He
was never wounded or taken prisoner, but owing to exposure and
privation he lost his health, and is now liberally pensioned by the
Government. He was honorably discharged October 19, 1865, at
Mobile, Alabama. He then returned to Jackson County, where he
resumed the more peaceful pursuit of agriculture. He owns 120 acres
of land in Hixton Township, and by energy and good management he
has placed eighty acres under good cultivation. The people of the
township have testified to the confidence they have in Mr. Fuller
by calling him to fill the various local offices he has ever proved
worthy of the trust reposed in him. Politically he is identified
with the Republican party. He is a member of the P. C. Judkins
Post, No. 87, at Alma Center, Wisconsin.
Mr. Fuller was joined in marriage March 17, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth
A. Brown, of Back River Falls, Wisconsin. Mrs. Fuller was born at
Kalamazoo, Michigan, December 8, 1848, and is a daughter of Elijah
B. and Lucinda (Overcracker) Brown. Eleven children are the fruit
of this union: Harris, Elsworth, Ruth, Ernest, Susan B., Consider,
Elijah, Laura L. and Moses P. Ernest, Laura and three infants are
deceased. Ruth married William Halford, of Jackson County,
Wisconsin. Mrs. Fuller passed from this life to her eternal rest
October 7, 1890, deeply mourned by her family and a large circle of
acquaintances.
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