Husband Dr. James Ayres Fulton 1 2 3
Born: 8 Jan 1835 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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Father: Benjamin Fulton (1791/1795-1859) 1 2
Mother: Jane Ayres ( -1872) 1 2
Marriage: 26 Dec 1865 1
Wife Nancy Sterritt Shields 2 4 5
Born: - Westmoreland Co, PA
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Died: Aft 1906
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Father: Robert Shields (1803-1894) 5 6 7
Mother: Mary Borland (Abt 1801-1861) 5 6
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1 M Robert Henry Fulton 1 2
Born: 11 Sep 1868 2
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2 M Wilbur Wilson Fulton 1
AKA: William W. Fulton 2
Born: 25 Jun 1870 2
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3 F Mary Elizabeth Fulton 1 2
Born: 26 Dec 1872 2
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4 F Anna Louise Fulton 1 2
Born: 24 Oct 1874 2
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5 F Jane Helen Fulton 1 2
Born: 15 Aug 1876 2
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6 M James Guthrie Fulton 1 2
Born: 17 Mar 1881 2
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7 M Samuel A. Fulton 2
Born: 2 Jul 1883 2
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8 F Violet B. Fulton 2
Born: 25 Sep 1885 2
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9 M Benjamin C. Fulton 2
Born: 13 Sep 1888 2
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. James Ayres Fulton
He attended the common schools in his neighborhood, and afterwards Allegheny College, at Meadville. He then taught school seven years in his native township, during which time he read medicine with Dr. J. W. Blackburn, of Derry. He attended his first course of lectures at Cleveland (Ohio) Medical College, and his second at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He then located in New Salem, in 1858, in the practice of his profession, in which he was successful, securing the confidence of the people and the respect of the medical profession. On July 30, 1861, he was mustered into the United States service as first lieutenant of Company H, Fortieth Regiment (Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps), and was discharged Oct. 3, 1863, on account of severe wounds received July 2, 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg. He was wounded by a Minie-ball, which went into and through his right leg and lodged in the left, where it was cut out the February following by Dr. Pancoast, of Philadelphia. When wounded the doctor was commanding his company at Round Top. Previous to this, in 1862, during the McClellan campaign and "Seven Days' fighting" before Richmond, he, with all his regiment save Company B, was captured at Gaines' Mill and taken prisoner to Libby Prison, where at the expiration of forty days they were released on parole. After returning from the army he again resumed his practice, which became one of the largest in the county. He was a member of the County Medical Society, organized in 1859.
Together with his wife, he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which for many years he was a leading trustee, and was assistant superintendent of the Union Sunday-school.
In politics he was a stanch Republican, devoted to the principles of his party, but was not a politician in a partisan sense.