Just info: Alfred Fuller was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, April 29, 1833, and died at Horton, Iowa, June 1, 1909, aged 76 years, 1 month and 2 days. In 1856, he was married to Miss Katherine Smith, who preceded him in death August 9, 1874. To this union seven children were born: Warren FullCer of Chicago, Mrs. Ed Simbric (Clara), Harvey of Byron, Ill., Milton J. of Portland, Mo., Mrs Lulu Thompson (Ozem Gardner Thompson) of Nashua, Frank (listed as deceased, but died in Nov 1953 in Chicago), and George of Horton, with whom he made his home.
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He is also survived by two brothers, Oliver, of Marengo, Iowa and Wm. Of Nebraska. Also two sisters, Mrs George Richard Hinmon (Delilah) and Mrs Martha Stevens (Martha) of Collins, Iowa. Besides his immediate family, he leaves a large number of grandchildren and friends to mourn his death.
[Waverly Republican obituary, 10 Jun 1909, Thu, p.4]

Catherine Smith was the daughter of Jacob Smith and Catharine Randolph. The Smith's had left Ohio for Grant County, Wisconsin in the late 1840s. Catherine's brother William Custer Smith (and wife Mary Ann Munson) settled fairly early in the Bremer County area (the Smith's lived on a farm just the other side of the Bremer/Butler County line in Fremont Township in Butler County). A number other Smith relatives lived in the area as well. They did all of their shopping and business for the most part in Plainfield and they are buried in the same cemetery as Alfred Fuller.

What's missing in this obituary is his second wife and his other six children! On 19 May 1876, Alfred (age 43) married Hannah M Randall in Waverly, Iowa. She was only 20! She was the daughter of Mr & Mrs Reuben Randall. From this marriage, Mabel Fuller Wason, Margaret Fuller Baker, John Randall Fuller, Charles Edward Fuller, Alfred Leroy Fuller, and Harold "Harry" Ruben Fuller. We can presume there was a divorce prior to 1902. In 1902, she remarried to Enoch Benjamin Townsend. Hannah no longer lived in Iowa and her children took a trajectory away from Iowa as well.
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Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Alfred Fuller
Marriage 19 May 1876 Waverly, Bremer, Iowa
Spouse: Hannah M. Randall

Census, 1870 Polk Township, Bremer, Iowa
Alfred Fuller 37 Ohio
Catherine Fuller 37 Ohio
Warren L Fuller 12 Iowa
Clara M Fuller 9 Wisconsin
William H Fuller 7 Wisconsin
Luly B Fuller 5 Iowa
Milton J Fuller 1 Iowa

Census, 1880, Polk Township, Bremer, Iowa
Alfred Fuller 47 Ohio
Marital Status Married
Occupation Farmer
Race White
Father's Birthplace Ohio
Mother's Birthplace Ohio
Hannah M. Fuller Wife 20 Wisconsin
Milton J. Fuller Son 11 Iowa