Adley Elera Fulford was born on August 5, 1898, on the old Zephaniah Blackford Robinson farm on Cobbs Creek south of Oakland in Laclede County, Missouri. His parents were George Bird and Margaret Susan (Robinson) Fulford. He was their only son, with 5 older sisters. (Two more sisters died young.) Around 1918, he changed his middle name to Robert, his grandfather Fulford's name.
When Adley was 19, his father was killed by lightning. The newspaper reported: 5 July 1918 "George B. Fulford was killed on last Thursday afternoon, about 4 o'clock by a stroke of lightning. He was working in a hay field on his farm, in the Oakland neighborhood, and was on top of a load of hay when the bolt of lightning struck him. He was instantly killed, the team of horses attached to the wagon was killed and Adley Fulford, who was standing near, was rendered unconscious. The hay and wagon were set afire by the stroke and burned, Adley recovering consciousness in time to rescue his father's body before the flames reached it."
Adley registered for WWI in 1918, but the war ended before he was called to serve. On October 14, 1922, he married Edith May Elmore at her parents' home in Laclede County, Missouri. They had three children.
In 1926 Adley bought the Oakland Store from his father-in-law, Henry Elmore. He partnered with his brother-in-law Gordon Elmore and later sold the store to him. During WWII, Adley went to Kansas City and worked at an ammunition plant to help with the war effort. After the war he returned home and found work at the milk plant in Lebanon.
He died on March 12, 1981, in Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Rose Memorial Park. He and Edith share a stone.
When Adley was 19, his father was killed by lightning. The newspaper reported: 5 July 1918 "George B. Fulford was killed on last Thursday afternoon, about 4 o'clock by a stroke of lightning. He was working in a hay field on his farm, in the Oakland neighborhood, and was on top of a load of hay when the bolt of lightning struck him. He was instantly killed, the team of horses attached to the wagon was killed and Adley Fulford, who was standing near, was rendered unconscious. The hay and wagon were set afire by the stroke and burned, Adley recovering consciousness in time to rescue his father's body before the flames reached it."
Adley registered for WWI in 1918, but the war ended before he was called to serve. On October 14, 1922, he married Edith May Elmore at her parents' home in Laclede County, Missouri. They had three children.
In 1926 Adley bought the Oakland Store from his father-in-law, Henry Elmore. He partnered with his brother-in-law Gordon Elmore and later sold the store to him. During WWII, Adley went to Kansas City and worked at an ammunition plant to help with the war effort. After the war he returned home and found work at the milk plant in Lebanon.
He died on March 12, 1981, in Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Rose Memorial Park. He and Edith share a stone.
Adley Elera Fulford was born on August 5, 1898, on the old Zephaniah Blackford Robinson farm on Cobbs Creek south of Oakland in Laclede County, Missouri. His parents were George Bird and Margaret Susan (Robinson) Fulford. He was their only son, with 5 older sisters. (Two more sisters died young.) Around 1918, he changed his middle name to Robert, his grandfather Fulford's name.
When Adley was 19, his father was killed by lightning. The newspaper reported: 5 July 1918 "George B. Fulford was killed on last Thursday afternoon, about 4 o'clock by a stroke of lightning. He was working in a hay field on his farm, in the Oakland neighborhood, and was on top of a load of hay when the bolt of lightning struck him. He was instantly killed, the team of horses attached to the wagon was killed and Adley Fulford, who was standing near, was rendered unconscious. The hay and wagon were set afire by the stroke and burned, Adley recovering consciousness in time to rescue his father's body before the flames reached it."
Adley registered for WWI in 1918, but the war ended before he was called to serve. On October 14, 1922, he married Edith May Elmore at her parents' home in Laclede County, Missouri. They had three children.
In 1926 Adley bought the Oakland Store from his father-in-law, Henry Elmore. He partnered with his brother-in-law Gordon Elmore and later sold the store to him. During WWII, Adley went to Kansas City and worked at an ammunition plant to help with the war effort. After the war he returned home and found work at the milk plant in Lebanon.
He died on March 12, 1981, in Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Rose Memorial Park. He and Edith share a stone.
When Adley was 19, his father was killed by lightning. The newspaper reported: 5 July 1918 "George B. Fulford was killed on last Thursday afternoon, about 4 o'clock by a stroke of lightning. He was working in a hay field on his farm, in the Oakland neighborhood, and was on top of a load of hay when the bolt of lightning struck him. He was instantly killed, the team of horses attached to the wagon was killed and Adley Fulford, who was standing near, was rendered unconscious. The hay and wagon were set afire by the stroke and burned, Adley recovering consciousness in time to rescue his father's body before the flames reached it."
Adley registered for WWI in 1918, but the war ended before he was called to serve. On October 14, 1922, he married Edith May Elmore at her parents' home in Laclede County, Missouri. They had three children.
In 1926 Adley bought the Oakland Store from his father-in-law, Henry Elmore. He partnered with his brother-in-law Gordon Elmore and later sold the store to him. During WWII, Adley went to Kansas City and worked at an ammunition plant to help with the war effort. After the war he returned home and found work at the milk plant in Lebanon.
He died on March 12, 1981, in Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Rose Memorial Park. He and Edith share a stone.
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