For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 27
EDMOND B. FULLIAM, M.D. Careful and thorough preliminary preparation well qualify Dr. Edmond B. Fulliam for active practice and in the intervening years in which he has devoted his attention to the duties of his prodession, he has gained recognition as a most able, conscientious and successful physician and surgeon. He has his residence and office at No. 317 East Third street in Muscatine, his native city.He was born March 10, 1854, and is a son of Dr. George W. and Elizabeth ( Van Natta ) Fulliam, natives of Virginia and of Pennsylvanis respectively. The father was reared upon a farm in the Old Dominion and when a young man, made his way westward to Nauvoo, Illinois, residing there at the time the Mormons marched out to enter upon the conquest of the broad and fertile valleys around Salt Lake. Later Dr. G. W. Fulliam became a resident of Wapello, Iowa, and in 1847 arrived in Muscatine, where his remaining days were passed. He began the practice of medicine in Nauvoo and for over a half century was a valued and honored member of the profession in this city. He possessed not only scientific skill but also broad sympathy and his cheery presence was a factor in his success in the sick room. He was twice married, his first wife being Eliza Jane Morford, by whom he had two daughters; Mrs. Sultana Bartlett, of Muscatine; and Eliza Jane, the wife of Rev. F. F. Bond, of Philadelpha. Following the death of his first wife Dr. Fulliam wedded Elizabeth Van Natta, and unto them were born eight children: Charles, deceased; Edmond B., of this review; Stonewall J., of this city; William, who makes his home in St. Joseph, Missouri; Jefferson D., a practicing physician of Muscatine; George, deceased; Belle, who was a deaconess of one of the prominent churches of New York city but is now deceased; and Etta, the wife of Crawford Johnson, of Norristown, Pennsylvania. The death of the father occurred in 1893 when he was seventy-two years of age, and the mother passed away in 1889 at the age of fifty-three years, in the faith of the Congregational church, of which she had long been a devoted member.
Edmond B. Fulliam spent his youthful days in his parent's home in Muscatine, attended the public and high schools and thus established a good foundation upon which to rest his professional knowledge. His interest in the practice of medicine was incited in his early boyhood days through the example of his father and after completing his literary course he attended Rush Medical College of Chicago and the Bennett Medical College of the same city, being graduated from the latter with the class of 1879. He has since practiced in Muscatine and his ability is widely recognized in the liberal patronage accorded him. He has always kept in close touch with the progress of the profession, his reading and research making him familiar with the advanced ideas that are bringing to light the hitherto hidden secrets of science. In many avenues of business, too, he has operated extensively and successfully to the benefit of the city at large as well as to himself. He was president of the company that brought the Muscatine North & South Railroad to this city and was president of the starch factory that was established at Greeley,Colorado, but at the present time is concentrating his energies entirely upon his practice, which makes heavy demands upon his energies.
In 1884 occurred the marriage of Dr. Fulliam and Miss Mary Neyenhaus. They were the parents of four children: Edmond, who died in infancy; Hortense and Gertrude, both of whom graduated from the Muscatine high school and are now attending Oberlin College; and Edmond, the second of the name, who is now pursuing a course in the University Medical College at Kansas City, Missouri. The mother of these children, Mrs. Mary ( Neyenhaus ) Fulliam passed away June 21, 1905, and on the 7th of December, 1908, Dr. Fulliam was married to Miss Jeannette Nicola, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nicola, early residents of Nichols station, Mrs. Fulliam being the first child born there. She belongs to the Congregational church.
Dr. Fulliam is well known in fraternal relations as a Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk, Eagle and Red Man. His political allegiance is given to the democracy and he is now the representative of the second Iowa district in the general assembly. He has also been honored with various local offices, serving five terms as mayor of Muscatine and as chief executive of the city his labors have been of material benefit in promoting reform, progress and improvement. During his first administration he laid the first brick paving in the city and also the first sewer pipe. He was city health physician for two years, was county physician for one term and was pension examiner under President Cleveland. In more strictly professional lines, he belongs to the Iowa State Eclectic Medical Society, serving as president of the same for three successive terms, and the National Eclectic Medical Society, and concentrating his energies upon his professional duties is recognized as one of the strongest and ablest members of the medical fraternity in Muscatine. He is now president of Loyola Medical Alumni, Bennett School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. His life has been in countradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country, for the city of his nativity, which has been the place of his residence throughout his entire life, he has won the confidence, good-will, support and esteem of his fellowmen.
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