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attending the district schools. At the age of sixteen he entered Hedding College, at Abingdon, Ill., and at the age of nineteen years took charge of a school in this township, over which he presided four terms. On February 9, 1874, he married Miss Sarah Frances, daughter of Elliott and Eleanor (McCoy) Boggs, and grand-daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Bowen) Boggs, natives of Virginia, who were married there in 1800; moved to Gallia county, O., where he died in 1840 and she in 1846. Elliott Boggs was born in Ohio, April 27, 1813, was married in 1839 to Eleanor McCoy, to whom were born three sons and four daughters. Of these, Lavinia J., married, resides at Yates City; Elizabeth, married, resides in Kansas; William, married, is a citizen of Nebraska; Addison, married, of Iowa, and Sarah F., wife of W. W. Fuller. The mother of those children is the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Gillan) McCoy, natives of Virginia, Mrs. McCoy being a daughter of James and Lydia (Armstrong) Gillan, an old Virginia family. Elliott Boggs was a carpenter, who, in 1840, after his marriage moved to Virginia and engaged in farming, in connection with his trade. In 1862 he returned to Ohio, and in 1864 came to Knox county, Ill., where he resided until 1875, when he moved to Iowa, where he died, September 28, 1883. W. W. Fuller, after his marriage, engaged in farming, in partnership with his father, here; and is still interested in agriculture. In 1883 he accepted a position as clerk in a mercantile house at Elmira. In politics he is republican, in church membership independent, but a supporter of the Methodist Episcopal society here. As related in the history of Toulon, he is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge there. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller are the parents of two children, Frank R. and Laura L. Fuller. Charles L. Gerard, son of Nicholas and Frances (Lignon) Gerard, both natives of France, was born in Lewis county, N. Y., January 24, 1834. The grandfather’s family came to the United States in 1829, and settled in Lewis county, N. Y. In 1854 they removed to Calumet county, Wis., and there grandfather was engaged in farming until his death in 1862, aged 110 years. In 1856 he walked three miles to cast his vote for Buchanan. In religion he belonged to the Catholic church, with his wife and eight children. One of his sons -- Nicholas, father of Charles L., was married in France, settled in Lewis county, N. Y., in 1826; resided some time at Albany and Cleveland, dying in the last named city in 1844. His widow remarried and resides in Kansas. Like his father, he was the parent of eight children. Two died in infancy. Eugene and Joseph are among the dead. John resides in Minnesota, Charles L. in Elmira, Frank in Wisconsin, and George in Elmira. He served under Napoleon at Waterloo. Charles L. Gerard passed his early years in Ohio. Moving from Cuyahoga to Huron county, Ohio, at the age of fifteen years, and to Fond du Lac, Wis., two years later, where he learned the carpenter’s trade. On August 23, 1855, he married Miss Henrietta M., daughter of William and Hannah (Blood) Leason. Her father was born in Lincoln county, Maine, October 9, 1803, and her mother in Merrimac county, N. H., August 20, 1804. They settled in Stark county in 1844, moved to Wisconsin |
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