The remains of Ed Fulk’s six year old son was brought down on the flyer Monday morning from Blair, and interred in the Calhoun Cemetery. He died of membranous croup
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Obituary printed in the Saturday, Feb. 8, 1890 Courier, Blair, Nebraska, and courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library; Note: The 'flyer' would have been a fast train; Note: Prior to 1970, diphtheria, also known as membranous croup, was a common cause of croup-like symptoms--Source: eMedscape article by Germaine L Defendi, MD; Note: In those years, there was quite a lot of moving of graves. The news article only speaks of the remains being brought, and the boy may have died in 1889 though re-buried in 1890. ; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Sheila 47702527 and Fort Calhoun sexton, Dick Kruse
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This little boy's name was John. He appears in the NE census of 1885 with his mother, who appears as Lampeince Fulks (her real given name was Temperance) in Ft Calhoun with her mother and stepfather, Jessie and Nancy (nee Downey)Lumen.
In 1900, though John was deceased, his birth family still resided in Ft Calhoun enumerated under surname Fulk. Parents appear as Ed J and Temperance. You can see by the details for Temperance that she was the mother of 5 with only 4 still living. John is absent from the home while 4 children remain, so it only makes sense that he died and likely in the Ft Calhoun area since they were still residing there.
In 1910, 1920, 1930 the family is residing in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1910, they appear under surname Fulk, but in 1920 and 1930, they appear under surname Faulk. The latter spelling appears to have been adopted by the family somewhere between 1910 and 1920, as they lost a son in WW1 whose death record reflects the Faulk surname spelling.
I also see a memorial in this cemetery for Ed ??? which has the same location and I feel is this little boy.
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Obituary printed in the Saturday, Feb. 8, 1890 Courier, Blair, Nebraska, and courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library; Note: The 'flyer' would have been a fast train; Note: Prior to 1970, diphtheria, also known as membranous croup, was a common cause of croup-like symptoms--Source: eMedscape article by Germaine L Defendi, MD; Note: In those years, there was quite a lot of moving of graves. The news article only speaks of the remains being brought, and the boy may have died in 1889 though re-buried in 1890. ; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Sheila 47702527 and Fort Calhoun sexton, Dick Kruse
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This little boy's name was John. He appears in the NE census of 1885 with his mother, who appears as Lampeince Fulks (her real given name was Temperance) in Ft Calhoun with her mother and stepfather, Jessie and Nancy (nee Downey)Lumen.
In 1900, though John was deceased, his birth family still resided in Ft Calhoun enumerated under surname Fulk. Parents appear as Ed J and Temperance. You can see by the details for Temperance that she was the mother of 5 with only 4 still living. John is absent from the home while 4 children remain, so it only makes sense that he died and likely in the Ft Calhoun area since they were still residing there.
In 1910, 1920, 1930 the family is residing in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1910, they appear under surname Fulk, but in 1920 and 1930, they appear under surname Faulk. The latter spelling appears to have been adopted by the family somewhere between 1910 and 1920, as they lost a son in WW1 whose death record reflects the Faulk surname spelling.
I also see a memorial in this cemetery for Ed ??? which has the same location and I feel is this little boy.
The remains of Ed Fulk’s six year old son was brought down on the flyer Monday morning from Blair, and interred in the Calhoun Cemetery. He died of membranous croup
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Obituary printed in the Saturday, Feb. 8, 1890 Courier, Blair, Nebraska, and courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library; Note: The 'flyer' would have been a fast train; Note: Prior to 1970, diphtheria, also known as membranous croup, was a common cause of croup-like symptoms--Source: eMedscape article by Germaine L Defendi, MD; Note: In those years, there was quite a lot of moving of graves. The news article only speaks of the remains being brought, and the boy may have died in 1889 though re-buried in 1890. ; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Sheila 47702527 and Fort Calhoun sexton, Dick Kruse
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This little boy's name was John. He appears in the NE census of 1885 with his mother, who appears as Lampeince Fulks (her real given name was Temperance) in Ft Calhoun with her mother and stepfather, Jessie and Nancy (nee Downey)Lumen.
In 1900, though John was deceased, his birth family still resided in Ft Calhoun enumerated under surname Fulk. Parents appear as Ed J and Temperance. You can see by the details for Temperance that she was the mother of 5 with only 4 still living. John is absent from the home while 4 children remain, so it only makes sense that he died and likely in the Ft Calhoun area since they were still residing there.
In 1910, 1920, 1930 the family is residing in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1910, they appear under surname Fulk, but in 1920 and 1930, they appear under surname Faulk. The latter spelling appears to have been adopted by the family somewhere between 1910 and 1920, as they lost a son in WW1 whose death record reflects the Faulk surname spelling.
I also see a memorial in this cemetery for Ed ??? which has the same location and I feel is this little boy.
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Obituary printed in the Saturday, Feb. 8, 1890 Courier, Blair, Nebraska, and courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library; Note: The 'flyer' would have been a fast train; Note: Prior to 1970, diphtheria, also known as membranous croup, was a common cause of croup-like symptoms--Source: eMedscape article by Germaine L Defendi, MD; Note: In those years, there was quite a lot of moving of graves. The news article only speaks of the remains being brought, and the boy may have died in 1889 though re-buried in 1890. ; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Sheila 47702527 and Fort Calhoun sexton, Dick Kruse
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This little boy's name was John. He appears in the NE census of 1885 with his mother, who appears as Lampeince Fulks (her real given name was Temperance) in Ft Calhoun with her mother and stepfather, Jessie and Nancy (nee Downey)Lumen.
In 1900, though John was deceased, his birth family still resided in Ft Calhoun enumerated under surname Fulk. Parents appear as Ed J and Temperance. You can see by the details for Temperance that she was the mother of 5 with only 4 still living. John is absent from the home while 4 children remain, so it only makes sense that he died and likely in the Ft Calhoun area since they were still residing there.
In 1910, 1920, 1930 the family is residing in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1910, they appear under surname Fulk, but in 1920 and 1930, they appear under surname Faulk. The latter spelling appears to have been adopted by the family somewhere between 1910 and 1920, as they lost a son in WW1 whose death record reflects the Faulk surname spelling.
I also see a memorial in this cemetery for Ed ??? which has the same location and I feel is this little boy.
Gravesite Details
The sexton, Dick Kruse, sent a copy of the check for the original lot deed, purchased for $2, for Grave 2 in Lot 58, signed by Ed Fulk in 1889 with the comment "At this point, I believe Ed Fulk bought this grave for his son, probably John."
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