Fuller, Esther (Disbrow) 1814 – 1899

FULLER, DISBROW

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 9/9/2020 at 15:46:44

Source: Decorah Republican Mar. 2, 1899 P 4 C 4

A Pioneer of the Pioneers.
An obituary in the Waukon Standard of last week brings to the notice of our historian of pioneers a name heretofore unheard of—or at least an unrecognized one—that may justly rank with, if not rival, the Campbells, Krumms, Days and others who have become recognized as the first of first settlers. These which we have named came into the county in 1848. So did Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Fuller, the latter being the subject of the obituary below. We give it in somewhat condensed form:—

FULLER— At her home in Jefferson township, this county, February 17th, 1899, Mrs. Timothy M. Fuller, aged 84 years, 10 months and 2 days.
Esther Disbrow was born In Greene county, N. Y., April 15th, 1814, and was one of a family of twelve. The family came west by team in 1837, and settled at Alden, McHenry county, Ill., where she was married to T. M, Fuller in 1839. In 1846 Mr. and Mrs. Fuller moved to Buchanan county, Iowa, and for two years lived on a farm two miles from where Independence is now. In 1848 they moved to Winnesheik county and located on section 25, Frankville township, following closely the treaty with the Winnebago Indians in 1847, relinquishing the “Neutral Ground” and their removal from the reservation. In less than two years Frank Teabont come from the Pacific slope, where he had accumulated a considerable fortune, and having full faith in the great resources and future of this portion of the Northwest bought Mr. Fuller’s claim and plotted and to a large extent built the town of Frankville, for years the leading town of the county, until the building of the railroad destroyed the old stage road on which Frankville was located as a chief thorofare. Mr. Fuller then took a farm in Glenwood township, Winnesheik county, where he died in 1864. Mrs. Fuller came to Ludlow township in 1673. To them were born seven children, four of whom survive her. She united with the M. E. church when 14 years old, and was a faithful, earnest Christian until death. The funeral was held at the residence Monday, the services conducted by Rev. J. W, McCord, and her remains were laid to rest beside her husband in the the{sic} Beard cemetery, Winnesheik county.
The only place wherein the name of Fuller appears in the History of Winnesheik County is in the list of taxpayers on the list of 1852, residing in Glenwood township.
One of our old settlers who called upon us this week was Mr. Dan’l Murphy, of Bloomfield. He was asked if he remembered Mr. Fuller, and after a moment thought he said. “Why, yes, he was the man who married me and my wife! I ain’t heard of him in many long years.” The wife in the case is a daughter of Mr. Q. Wilson, of Frankville township.

Transcriber's Note: Find a Grave shows she is buried in the Pagin Cemetery.

Pagin Cemetery
 

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