John Kennedy Fullingim was the oldest of four children born to Edward Coke and Elizabeth "Bettye" (Fulbright) Fullingim. His parents were married on 13 May 1868, and John K. was born fifteen months later. For it was on John K's eighth birthday that his father passed away, evidently from the long-term residual effects of having been a POW for two years during the Civil War. John's youngest brother, Horace Edward, was just six weeks old at that time. We can only speculate about what the next few years may have been like for John's mother, caring for four young children, managing the farm, as well as enduring the mundane hardships of pioneer life in East Texas.
John was ten years old when he was enumerated in the 1880 census. His mother, "M.E.," was listed as the head of the house, whose occupation was "managing [the] farm." His sister, "E.M.," was eight, and his two brothers, "W.P" and "H.E.," were five and three respectively. John only completed grade three while in Red River County, dropping out of school after his father's death to work the farm, but his mother continued to tutor him. He remained at home with his mother until he was fifteen years old. Perhaps it was the promise of a new start in yet another frontier where large cattle ranches and long cattle drives were becoming daily fare—we will never know for certain his motivation—but it was in 1885 that John K. left his mother and step-father/uncle behind and migrated 350 miles west to the Texas Panhandle and plains country where he became "a cowboy on the Matador Ranch, one of the largest of the old time cattle outfits."
John K. worked on the Matador Ranch seven years, after which he was employed for two years by A.M. Brittan and H.H. Campbell, whose extensive holdings were in the Callahan pasture in Floyd County. While there he took up a section of land and for one year he lived on it and operated as a rancher. Selling out, he moved to the northwest part of Crosby County, filed on land and engaged in raising stock. While a rancher he was elected country commissioner, serving two terms, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Crosby County. The county seat was at Emma, and he served in this official capacity for three terms. He was then appointed county commissioner, and he held office nine consecutive years, from 1909 to 1918. While a county official he was at the same time supervising his interests as a stock farmer.
On October 1, 1913, Mr. Fullingim bought the City Hotel at Crosbyton, and was very popular as proprietor of this institution, and in that way he greatly extended his acquaintance with all the worthwhile people over this section of Texas. Throughout the forty years of his residence in West Texas that has been his primary business interest was as a farmer and stock man. He served on the City Board of Equalization, on the school board at Crosbyton, and for a number of years he acted as a cattle inspector for the Texas Cattle Men's Association, and that was work which brought him in contact with all the ranches and stock farmers, and also helped to make him better known over the Texas plains. John K. affiliated with the Lodge of Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, and was a staunch Democrat in politics.
On January 4, 1891, John K. married Miss Emma Monroe Farmer, who was born in Colorado and was six years of age when her [adoptive] parents, Benjamin Franklin and Vinecy (Shelton) Farmer, came to Texas. John K. and Emma had a family of five children: Clarence, now deceased; May, wife of Lloyd Andrews, of Clovis, New Mexico; Irene, wife of R. J. Coffee, of Crosby County; Bessie, who married Buck Walters, of Crosbyton; and Miss Mattie, at home.
[Information for John K.'s bio has been taken from Clarence R. Wharton, ed., "John Kennedy Fullingim," Texas Under Many Flags, vol. 5 (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1930. 130-31.)]
John was ten years old when he was enumerated in the 1880 census. His mother, "M.E.," was listed as the head of the house, whose occupation was "managing [the] farm." His sister, "E.M.," was eight, and his two brothers, "W.P" and "H.E.," were five and three respectively. John only completed grade three while in Red River County, dropping out of school after his father's death to work the farm, but his mother continued to tutor him. He remained at home with his mother until he was fifteen years old. Perhaps it was the promise of a new start in yet another frontier where large cattle ranches and long cattle drives were becoming daily fare—we will never know for certain his motivation—but it was in 1885 that John K. left his mother and step-father/uncle behind and migrated 350 miles west to the Texas Panhandle and plains country where he became "a cowboy on the Matador Ranch, one of the largest of the old time cattle outfits."
John K. worked on the Matador Ranch seven years, after which he was employed for two years by A.M. Brittan and H.H. Campbell, whose extensive holdings were in the Callahan pasture in Floyd County. While there he took up a section of land and for one year he lived on it and operated as a rancher. Selling out, he moved to the northwest part of Crosby County, filed on land and engaged in raising stock. While a rancher he was elected country commissioner, serving two terms, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Crosby County. The county seat was at Emma, and he served in this official capacity for three terms. He was then appointed county commissioner, and he held office nine consecutive years, from 1909 to 1918. While a county official he was at the same time supervising his interests as a stock farmer.
On October 1, 1913, Mr. Fullingim bought the City Hotel at Crosbyton, and was very popular as proprietor of this institution, and in that way he greatly extended his acquaintance with all the worthwhile people over this section of Texas. Throughout the forty years of his residence in West Texas that has been his primary business interest was as a farmer and stock man. He served on the City Board of Equalization, on the school board at Crosbyton, and for a number of years he acted as a cattle inspector for the Texas Cattle Men's Association, and that was work which brought him in contact with all the ranches and stock farmers, and also helped to make him better known over the Texas plains. John K. affiliated with the Lodge of Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, and was a staunch Democrat in politics.
On January 4, 1891, John K. married Miss Emma Monroe Farmer, who was born in Colorado and was six years of age when her [adoptive] parents, Benjamin Franklin and Vinecy (Shelton) Farmer, came to Texas. John K. and Emma had a family of five children: Clarence, now deceased; May, wife of Lloyd Andrews, of Clovis, New Mexico; Irene, wife of R. J. Coffee, of Crosby County; Bessie, who married Buck Walters, of Crosbyton; and Miss Mattie, at home.
[Information for John K.'s bio has been taken from Clarence R. Wharton, ed., "John Kennedy Fullingim," Texas Under Many Flags, vol. 5 (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1930. 130-31.)]
John Kennedy Fullingim was the oldest of four children born to Edward Coke and Elizabeth "Bettye" (Fulbright) Fullingim. His parents were married on 13 May 1868, and John K. was born fifteen months later. For it was on John K's eighth birthday that his father passed away, evidently from the long-term residual effects of having been a POW for two years during the Civil War. John's youngest brother, Horace Edward, was just six weeks old at that time. We can only speculate about what the next few years may have been like for John's mother, caring for four young children, managing the farm, as well as enduring the mundane hardships of pioneer life in East Texas.
John was ten years old when he was enumerated in the 1880 census. His mother, "M.E.," was listed as the head of the house, whose occupation was "managing [the] farm." His sister, "E.M.," was eight, and his two brothers, "W.P" and "H.E.," were five and three respectively. John only completed grade three while in Red River County, dropping out of school after his father's death to work the farm, but his mother continued to tutor him. He remained at home with his mother until he was fifteen years old. Perhaps it was the promise of a new start in yet another frontier where large cattle ranches and long cattle drives were becoming daily fare—we will never know for certain his motivation—but it was in 1885 that John K. left his mother and step-father/uncle behind and migrated 350 miles west to the Texas Panhandle and plains country where he became "a cowboy on the Matador Ranch, one of the largest of the old time cattle outfits."
John K. worked on the Matador Ranch seven years, after which he was employed for two years by A.M. Brittan and H.H. Campbell, whose extensive holdings were in the Callahan pasture in Floyd County. While there he took up a section of land and for one year he lived on it and operated as a rancher. Selling out, he moved to the northwest part of Crosby County, filed on land and engaged in raising stock. While a rancher he was elected country commissioner, serving two terms, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Crosby County. The county seat was at Emma, and he served in this official capacity for three terms. He was then appointed county commissioner, and he held office nine consecutive years, from 1909 to 1918. While a county official he was at the same time supervising his interests as a stock farmer.
On October 1, 1913, Mr. Fullingim bought the City Hotel at Crosbyton, and was very popular as proprietor of this institution, and in that way he greatly extended his acquaintance with all the worthwhile people over this section of Texas. Throughout the forty years of his residence in West Texas that has been his primary business interest was as a farmer and stock man. He served on the City Board of Equalization, on the school board at Crosbyton, and for a number of years he acted as a cattle inspector for the Texas Cattle Men's Association, and that was work which brought him in contact with all the ranches and stock farmers, and also helped to make him better known over the Texas plains. John K. affiliated with the Lodge of Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, and was a staunch Democrat in politics.
On January 4, 1891, John K. married Miss Emma Monroe Farmer, who was born in Colorado and was six years of age when her [adoptive] parents, Benjamin Franklin and Vinecy (Shelton) Farmer, came to Texas. John K. and Emma had a family of five children: Clarence, now deceased; May, wife of Lloyd Andrews, of Clovis, New Mexico; Irene, wife of R. J. Coffee, of Crosby County; Bessie, who married Buck Walters, of Crosbyton; and Miss Mattie, at home.
[Information for John K.'s bio has been taken from Clarence R. Wharton, ed., "John Kennedy Fullingim," Texas Under Many Flags, vol. 5 (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1930. 130-31.)]
John was ten years old when he was enumerated in the 1880 census. His mother, "M.E.," was listed as the head of the house, whose occupation was "managing [the] farm." His sister, "E.M.," was eight, and his two brothers, "W.P" and "H.E.," were five and three respectively. John only completed grade three while in Red River County, dropping out of school after his father's death to work the farm, but his mother continued to tutor him. He remained at home with his mother until he was fifteen years old. Perhaps it was the promise of a new start in yet another frontier where large cattle ranches and long cattle drives were becoming daily fare—we will never know for certain his motivation—but it was in 1885 that John K. left his mother and step-father/uncle behind and migrated 350 miles west to the Texas Panhandle and plains country where he became "a cowboy on the Matador Ranch, one of the largest of the old time cattle outfits."
John K. worked on the Matador Ranch seven years, after which he was employed for two years by A.M. Brittan and H.H. Campbell, whose extensive holdings were in the Callahan pasture in Floyd County. While there he took up a section of land and for one year he lived on it and operated as a rancher. Selling out, he moved to the northwest part of Crosby County, filed on land and engaged in raising stock. While a rancher he was elected country commissioner, serving two terms, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Crosby County. The county seat was at Emma, and he served in this official capacity for three terms. He was then appointed county commissioner, and he held office nine consecutive years, from 1909 to 1918. While a county official he was at the same time supervising his interests as a stock farmer.
On October 1, 1913, Mr. Fullingim bought the City Hotel at Crosbyton, and was very popular as proprietor of this institution, and in that way he greatly extended his acquaintance with all the worthwhile people over this section of Texas. Throughout the forty years of his residence in West Texas that has been his primary business interest was as a farmer and stock man. He served on the City Board of Equalization, on the school board at Crosbyton, and for a number of years he acted as a cattle inspector for the Texas Cattle Men's Association, and that was work which brought him in contact with all the ranches and stock farmers, and also helped to make him better known over the Texas plains. John K. affiliated with the Lodge of Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, and was a staunch Democrat in politics.
On January 4, 1891, John K. married Miss Emma Monroe Farmer, who was born in Colorado and was six years of age when her [adoptive] parents, Benjamin Franklin and Vinecy (Shelton) Farmer, came to Texas. John K. and Emma had a family of five children: Clarence, now deceased; May, wife of Lloyd Andrews, of Clovis, New Mexico; Irene, wife of R. J. Coffee, of Crosby County; Bessie, who married Buck Walters, of Crosbyton; and Miss Mattie, at home.
[Information for John K.'s bio has been taken from Clarence R. Wharton, ed., "John Kennedy Fullingim," Texas Under Many Flags, vol. 5 (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1930. 130-31.)]
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