Samuel Fulton first visited this locality in or about the year 1797, with a party of surveyors. Sam was the first surveyor of Clearfield County. From that time to the date of his settlement he was a frequent visitor, and became fully acquainted, not only with the country, but the inhabitants as well. Fulton was an Irishman, and immigrated to this country with his mother in 1794. On one of his visits here in 1805, he purchased lands about 3 miles down the river; the next year he married, and in 1807 he became a resident of the county.
Fulton was one of the characters of the settlement. He was short, stout, full of life and activity, and always ready to crack a joke; yet, withal, he was one of the leading men of the county. He was made the first prothonotary of the county; was afterward deputy sheriff, county treasurer, commissioner, and clerk of the commissioners. Fulton had 4 sons, James, Moses, Washington P., and Thomas, and 5 daughters, who married respectively, Archibald Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Richard Shaw, William Fullerton, and Thompson Reed. During the early civil history of Clearfield county, no person occupied a more prominent position than Samuel Fulton.
Children of Samuel & Rebecca:
THOMAS (1811-1865)
Christiana (1824-1824)
Fulton was one of the characters of the settlement. He was short, stout, full of life and activity, and always ready to crack a joke; yet, withal, he was one of the leading men of the county. He was made the first prothonotary of the county; was afterward deputy sheriff, county treasurer, commissioner, and clerk of the commissioners. Fulton had 4 sons, James, Moses, Washington P., and Thomas, and 5 daughters, who married respectively, Archibald Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Richard Shaw, William Fullerton, and Thompson Reed. During the early civil history of Clearfield county, no person occupied a more prominent position than Samuel Fulton.
Children of Samuel & Rebecca:
THOMAS (1811-1865)
Christiana (1824-1824)
Samuel Fulton first visited this locality in or about the year 1797, with a party of surveyors. Sam was the first surveyor of Clearfield County. From that time to the date of his settlement he was a frequent visitor, and became fully acquainted, not only with the country, but the inhabitants as well. Fulton was an Irishman, and immigrated to this country with his mother in 1794. On one of his visits here in 1805, he purchased lands about 3 miles down the river; the next year he married, and in 1807 he became a resident of the county.
Fulton was one of the characters of the settlement. He was short, stout, full of life and activity, and always ready to crack a joke; yet, withal, he was one of the leading men of the county. He was made the first prothonotary of the county; was afterward deputy sheriff, county treasurer, commissioner, and clerk of the commissioners. Fulton had 4 sons, James, Moses, Washington P., and Thomas, and 5 daughters, who married respectively, Archibald Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Richard Shaw, William Fullerton, and Thompson Reed. During the early civil history of Clearfield county, no person occupied a more prominent position than Samuel Fulton.
Children of Samuel & Rebecca:
THOMAS (1811-1865)
Christiana (1824-1824)
Fulton was one of the characters of the settlement. He was short, stout, full of life and activity, and always ready to crack a joke; yet, withal, he was one of the leading men of the county. He was made the first prothonotary of the county; was afterward deputy sheriff, county treasurer, commissioner, and clerk of the commissioners. Fulton had 4 sons, James, Moses, Washington P., and Thomas, and 5 daughters, who married respectively, Archibald Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Richard Shaw, William Fullerton, and Thompson Reed. During the early civil history of Clearfield county, no person occupied a more prominent position than Samuel Fulton.
Children of Samuel & Rebecca:
THOMAS (1811-1865)
Christiana (1824-1824)
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