Fuller, Oliver B.

FULLER, GIPSON, MARKINS, WELLS, HINMAN, ELLISON, SEE, MCPHERSON, NICHOLS, RICHARDSON, LEGG, MULLIHAN

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Date: 8/22/2009 at 15:10:17

Fuller, Oliver B.

Perhaps few counties of the old Buckeye State have furnished so many settlers to the newer state of Iowa as Guernsey County and wherever we find them they are progressive and public spirited citizens, always willing to do their share in promoting the general good, and they did an especially fine service to Jasper and her sister counties in pioneer times by placing her wild lands under modern cultivation and improvement. Among this worthy number the name of Oliver Fuller, of the town of Collins, should be mentioned.

Mr. Fuller was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, on December I5, 1844, and when quite young he removed with the rest of the family to Indiana, later to Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, where the parents spent the balance of their lives, both being now deceased. They were indeed pioneers and unflinchingly bore the hardships of those somewhat trying times. The father, William P. Fuller, died in Clear Creek Township in 1857, and the mother in Story County. She was known in her maidenhood as Lucinda Gipson and was born in Ohio. They had a large family, fourteen children having been born to them, of whom four are still living, namely: Mrs. Nancy Ann Markins, who died in 1909; Alfred also died in 1909; Charlotte; Wesley is deceased; Mrs. Martha Wells is living in Collins; Oliver B., of this review; Mrs. Delilah Hinman is living in Bremer County, Iowa; William D. makes his home in Nebraska; Mary is deceased; three sons of this family died in infancy, John and twins unnamed.

Oliver B. Fuller grew to maturity on the farm and when but a boy helped with the general farm work, and he received such education as was possible in the old-time schools. In May 1865, he was married to Margaret Jane Ellison, who was born at Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, July 16, 1844. She was the daughter of Asa and Susannah (See) Ellison, both now deceased. The following were the children in the Ellison family: Milburn is deceased; Mrs. Mary McPherson, of Polk County, Iowa; Charles F. lives in Montana; Margaret Jane, wife of Mr. Fuller of this sketch; James lives in Montana; John lives near Iowa Falls, Iowa; Asa also lives in that city; Mrs. Susannah Nichols, of Montana.

To Mr. and Mrs. Fuller six children have been born, five of whom are living, namely: Warren, born March 29, 1866, is living in Tama City, Iowa; Leroy is deceased; Mrs. Ann Richardson, born in 1873, is living in Washington; Mrs. Grace Legg, born in 1876, also lives in Washington; Otis Eugene, born in 1879, is living in Collins; Mrs. Matilda Jane Mullihan, born in 1882, is living in Story County. These children were reared and educated in Jasper County.

Oliver B. Fuller learned the blacksmith's trade early in life and has worked at it continuously for a period of forty-six years, during which time he has become widely known as one of the most skilled and reliable workmen in this section of the state. He has maintained his shop in Collins the past two years. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mrs. Fuller is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Collins. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1334.