Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 465
EDWARD B. FULLIAM, physician and surgeon of Muscatine, Iowa, was born in this county on the 10th of March, 1857, and is a son of Dr. George W. and Elizabeth (Vannatta ) Fulliam, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. He was reared in Muscatine, and received his education in the city schools, graduating from the High School in the class of 1878. He was always of a studious nature, and having access to his father's library, soon became interested in medical works. Reading more, he soon had a desire to follow the practice of medicine as his profession, entered the Chicago Eclectic Medical College, from which institution he graduated in the class of 1879, and later attended lectures at Rush Medical College, in the same city. He is a member of the Eclectic Medical Society of Chicago, and also of the Des Moines Medical Society. Dr. Fulliam is essentially a self-mad man, and no person living in Muscatine County to-day is entitled to greater credit for rearing himself from a comparatively humble position to one of eminence in his profession. He is still a student, as is every first-class member of his profession, and keeps abreast of all the latest discoveries in medical science. The Dr. is well fitted out with a collection of the finest instruments and appliances of any physician in the county. He is at present County and City Physician, which position he fills with credit.

In 1881 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Nyenhuis, a daughter of Chris and Bermeuda Nyenhuis, early settlers of this county. The Dr. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Iowa Lodge No.2.

The portrait of Dr. Fulliam may be found in this volume. He is one of the most prominent citizens of the county, and as a young physician certainly has bright prospects.

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