Husband Hon. Robert J. Fulkerson 1
Born: 1 Dec 1822 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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Father: James Fulkerson ( - ) 3 4
Mother: Martha Johnson ( - ) 5
Marriage: 20 Jan 1848 6
Wife Mary Ann Gibson 6
Born: 10 Jan 1824 6
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Died: 4 Oct 1885 6
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Father: Abner Gibson ( - ) 6
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Robert J. Fulkerson
He attended the district schools, and improved every opportunity by which he might add to his stock of knowledge, and so become equipped for life's work. He stayed at home, and cared for his parents in their last days; in due time as a recompense for his services he was given the homestead and part of the land, on which he built a house in 1861. Being located on the borough line, he has cut up a part of the farm into city lots, laying out the streets: Oat, Fern, Ann, and Spring. Always active in the interest and progress of New Castle, he was engaged in mercantile business some, and was identified in municipal affairs to a considerable extent, having held many offices of the town and city, being overseer of the poor ten years and a school director for a lesser period. In 1887 he was elected associate judge, and filled the chair with honor and distinction.
He and his wife had no children, but they had several live with them, and they did a great deal to assist in bringing up, educating, and making them honorable and God-fearing men and women.
He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Fulkerson had a seat taken from the old Presbyterian Church, which, as the first seat in the church that he ever sat upon, he kept under his favorite spruce tree as a remembrance of his appearance on that, his first visit. The seat consisted of an oak plank, with four of the original spindles used as its supports.
He had a fine orchard, which he assisted his father in setting out, and over time replaced the old trees which no longer bore fruit with new stock. To show the fertility of the land and its adaptability for raising large crops of the most luscious fruit, it may be remarked, that in 1896 the limbs of the trees broke down from the sheer weight of the load they carried.