John C. Fulkerson and Eliza Houk

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Husband John C. Fulkerson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 29 Aug 1814 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Fulkerson (      -      ) 2 4
         Mother: Martha Johnson (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 26 Nov 1839 5

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Gibson (1815-1839) 5 - 24 Mar 1836 5

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Wife Eliza Houk ³

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           Born: 11 May 1814 - Shenango Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 5
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         Father: John Houk (      -      ) 5
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Children

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1 F Rosaline Fulkerson ⁵

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           Born: 7 Sep 1840 5
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           Died: 3 May 1844 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M John C. Fulkerson, Jr. ⁵

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           Born: 4 Jul 1842 5
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           Died: 25 Dec 1872 5
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3 U America V. Fulkerson ⁵

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           Born: 3 May 1844 5
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           Died: 14 Aug 1845 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Aumala C. Fulkerson ⁵

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           Born: 24 Nov 1848 5
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         Spouse: M. C. Rose (      -      ) 5

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5 F Lenora C. Fulkerson ⁵

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            AKA: Lenora L. Fulkerson 3
           Born: 20 Jun 1849 3
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         Spouse: Robert Porter Pomeroy (1843-      ) 3 5
           Marr: 11 Jan 1870 3

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6 M Sewell N. Fulkerson ⁵

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           Born: 25 Oct 1855 5
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7 M Ceylon W. Fulkerson ⁵

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           Born: 25 Jan 1859 5
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General Notes: Husband - John C. Fulkerson

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At eighteen years of age he left the farm to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, served three years' apprenticeship, and worked two years as a journeyman. He then started in business for himself in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in a small shop on West Washington Street. He became a very skilled workman, and made a specialty of fine work in the line of house furniture; this work he followed until 1861, and many of the elegant pieces of cabinet-work, prized by the leading families of the town, were wrought by his hand. Machinery at length invaded the domain of his trade, and the resulting competition and low prices was too much, so he turned his attention to carpentry work, which he followed for some twenty years. He was then appointed to take charge of the county and city bridges, and was in active life until 1897, when he retired. He resided in a house he built in 1847, and besides owning one adjoining, which he built in 1836, he owned another tenement property in a different part of the town, besides a number of lots. He was a stanch Whig, and later a Republican.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 23.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 555.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 254.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 13, 23.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 24.