A. N. Fulkerson

    A. N. Fulkerson, who has been a resident of the county for a period of forty years, was born in Greene County, Ohio, the date of his birth being April 9, 1840. In 1847 his parents, William and Eliza Jane (Maffet) Fulkerson, came with their family to Blackford County, and settled on a heavily timbered farm in Jackson Township, and here amid the wild surroundings of pioneer life, our subject was reared.

    He received his education in the schools of his district, taught in log cabins, and on attaining the age of twenty-one years he began teaching school. He taught school for seven terms, becoming a popular and successful teacher. During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company L, Seventh Indiana Cavalry, being in the service of his country nine months.

    He was married December 13, 1863, to Miss Rebecca Stewart, a daughter of John and Adaline Stewart, and to this union eight children have been born, as follows -Susan Josephine, wife of H. L. Kegerreis; George Pendleton and Mary Isabelle (twins), the latter now deceased; John William, Joseph Bargdol, Arthur Milo, Martha Rebecca and Sidney Clio.

    Mr. Fulkerson settled on his present farm in the fall of 1865, which he has converted from a wilderness into one of the best farm in Jackson Township. He has a comfortable residence, a commodious barn 36 x 48 feet in size, and other valuable farm buildings, and his land is well improved and under fine cultivation.

    In politics he is a Democrat. He has held the office of justice of the peace four years, when his decisions were always wise and just. He is a man of strict integrity, honorable in all his dealings, and a man of genial disposition, and is highly respected throughout the community where he has made his home for so many years.

Source: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887.