*G. W. FULK was born March 5, 1833, in Washington County, Ind., and was the son of Jacob Fulk, who was born in North Carolina.

When he was about the age of eighteen years, Jacob moved to Indiana, where he followed farming, and in 1838 the family came to Clay County, Ill.

George, in 1849, returned to Indiana, and there was married to Catharine Boss, who was born in Indiana.

In 1857 Mr. Fulk returned to Illinois, and settled in Claremont Township. When in Indiana he learned the trade of blacksmith and wagon maker, and this trade he has since followed. Mr. Fulk owns thirty acres of land where he resides.
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Catherine Boss Fulk died in Oct 13 1861, aged twenty six years. This union was blessed with three children, two daughters and one son.

1.John Nathaniel Fulk: 1854-1943
Bur: Bluff Cem. Washington Co. Ark
2.Sarah Elizbeth Fulk Pugh Ware: 1856-1941
Bur: Cedar Vale Cem.Chautaugua Co. Kan
3.Frances "Fannie" E. Fulk Groff: 1858-1908)
Bur: Mt Pleasant Cem. Richland Co. IL
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Mr. Fulk's second marriage took place in 1861, to Sarah Harmon, who was born in Richland County, daughter of William Henry Harmon and Mary Bennett. They have nine children, five sons and four daughters.

1.George Washington Fulk: 1861-1943
Bur: Mt Pleasant Cem.
2.Mary Jane Fulk Gardner: 1868-1931
Bur: Mt Pleasant Cem.
3.Jacob Henry Fulk: 1869-1945
Bur: Mt Pleasant Cem.
4.William Thomas Fulk: 1872-1954
Bur: Haven Hill Cem.
5.Rosa Fulk: 1873-
6.Charles A. Fulk: 1874-
7.Marion Edward Fulk: 1875-
8.Charlotte Fulk Murphy: 1879-1898
Bur: Mt Pleasant Cem.
9.Tempa Edith Fulk Irvin: 1880-1940
Bur: Mt Pleasant Cem.
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George W. Fulk enlisted, in 1862, in Company H, One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Infantry, and served till June of 1864. He participated in the battle at Saint Joseph's Lake, also the siege of Vicksburg and others.
*Richland Co. History Genealogy Soc.

Regimental History
ILLINOIS
130TH INFANTRY
(Three Years)

One Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry.-Col. Nathaniel Niles; Lieut.-Cols., James H. Matheny, John B. Reid; Maj., John B. Reid. This regiment was organized at Camp Butler and was Mustered into the U.S. service on Oct. 25 1862.

The companies comprising it would organized in the counties of Alexander, Pond, Clark, Christian, Coles, Edgar, Monroe, Sangamon, Richland and Lawrence.

Upon receiving its outfit of clothing and arms it left Camp Butler on Nov. 11, for Memphis, Tenn., where it arrived on the 17th and was assigned to the 16th army corps. It was engaged for the first time at Port Gibson and behaved like veterans. It continued with the army through Mississippi and was again engaged at Champion's Hill and Black River bridge, at both of which places the enemy was driven from the field.

The Regiment remained at Vicksburg and vicinity until the following December, when it was transferred to the Department of the Gulf and in Feb. 1864, it started on the ill-fated Red River expedition.

At the battle of Mansfied it lost severely in killed and wounded and nearly its entire number were captured and taken to Tyler, Tx, where they remained thirteen months as prisoners of war, and were paroled only a few days before the surrender of the entire Confederate army. The remainder of the regiment, a mere handful of men who succeed in escaping, was afterward order to New Orleans and in Jan., 1865, was temporarily consolidated with the 77th Ill., with whom it was connected during the Mobile campaign, and until the latter was mustered out in July, 1865.

Then the 130th was reorganized into a battalion of six companies. During the first week in August, it was order to New Orleans for muster out, which was accomplished on Aug. 15, 1865, and it at once embarked for Springfield, Ill., where, on Aug 31, 1865, it was paid off and finally
discharged.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 3

Battles Fought:
Fought on 19 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 20 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 22 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 2 Jun 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 25 Jun 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 8 Apr 1864 at Sabine Cross Roads, LA.
Fought on 24 Dec 1864.

h/o Sarah Jane Harmon
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