Mary Ann Catherine (Rieter) Fulmer (abt. 1785 - bef. 1870)

Born about 1785 in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Adam Fulmer — married [date unknown] in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died before 1870 before about age 85 in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Catherine's maiden name was Rister, vice Rieter. She was the daughter of Christian Rister.

In his Lexington County will of 3 April 1856, Adam mentions his wife Catherine and children Elizabeth, Mary Margaret, George A., Joseph, Samuel and Frederick.

Catherine is listed in the 1850 and 1860 census records for Lexington County, SC. Since she does not appear in the 1870 census, then it is to be assumed she died between 1860 and 1870.

Catherine's grave is now under the waters of Lake Murray. There is a monument at St. Peter Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dreher Island Road, Chapin, SC, which has a list of names whose graves are covered by Lake Murray. It reads "THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE-ON AND WHOSE BODIES NOW REST BENEATH THE WATERS OF LAKE MURRAY."

Burial

Capt. Jacob Fulmer Family Cemetery, now Under The Waters Of Lake Murray

Sources

1. Colonial Ancestors of the Fulmers of South Carolina and the Folmars of Alabama by L. W. Folman, Second Edition, 1981, page 81

2. Fulmers of the Dutch Fork by Oliver Bryan Fulmer, 1995, page 310

3. South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980