Chapman Fulkerson (abt. 1785 - 1849)

Born about 1785 in New Jersey, United States

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Died 24 Dec 1849 at about age 64 in Lansing, Tompkins, New York, United States

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Chapman was born about 1785. He was the son of Volkert Fulkerson and Sarah Schallinger. He passed away in 1849.

The "Fulkerson Geneaology" website contains the following entry for Chapman Fulkerson:^[1]

Chapman FULKERSON....1785-24 Dec 1849, b. in NJ, d. in Lansing, NY, m. Esther BROWN (1788-21 Jan 1869). He came to the town of Lansing on Tompkins Co., NY with the first settlers. He settled at Dryden by the time of the 1810 Census (which also lists a Jonas FULKERSON with a wife, five sons and a daughter). Chapman was drafted for military service in the War of 1812, but being married, he arranged to send a substitute in his place. He reportedly took his own wagon to haul provisions to the army, and assisted the army in various ways. In 1856, part of his property was sold to a W.E. BROWN, probably a relative of Chapman's wife. Esther is buried at George Cemetery in Dryden. She and Chapman had the following known children:

Elizabeth "Betsy" FULKERSON....8 Feb Betsy Elizabeth Fulkerson PRIMROSE 1808-1869, b. in Dryden, NY, m. Dayton PRIMROSE, moved to Iowa in 1850's. Harrison PRIMROSE....1834- Malvina PRIMROSE....1832-9 Apr 1846 Ellen PRIMROSE....1836- Sarah PRIMROSE....1838- Esther PRIMROSE...7 Apr 1840-1926, m. Johnston ELLIOTT on 21 Mar 1860, lived in Cedar Rapids and Marion, Iowa Emma PRIMROSE....1842- George PRIMROSE....1844- Adelaide PRIMROSE....1846- Sarah FULKERSON....m. Philip ROBERTSON, settled in western Pennsylvania NOTE: There was also a "Sylvia M. FULKERSON" reported on a Sweazey family site, who married Oakley ROBERTSON, son of Philip Schuyler ROBERTSON, born in 1774 and "one of the first settlers of Dryden, NY," and Elsie SWEAZEY. Miranda FULKERSON.....February 26, 1810-4 June 1855, buried at the George Cemetery in Dryden, NY, apparently never married. She was still living in her mother's home at the time of the 1850 Census. Stephen B. FULKERSON....ca. 1816-15 Feb 1889. The will of Elijah VANDERHOOF of Dryden (died 28 May 1837, age 75 yrs, dated: 14 March 1837 and proved: 22 June 1837) was witnessed by Henry B. WEAVER, Lewis PRIMROSE and Stephen FULKERSON. The 1868 Dryden Business Directory listed him as a farmer in West Dryden. The Census of 1850 showed him as 'Stephen R. Fulkison,' age 34, head of the household that included his mother Esther (62), sister Miranda (40) and sister Louisa (24). He was a farming, apparently on his recently deceased father's farm, which was valued at $7,000. The 1880 census showed him in Dryden, aged 64. His wife Betsey was 15 years younger. His descendants remained on his father's original farm, at least into the 1930's. Edwin FULKERSON...age 22 in 1880, a farmer in his father's household. Edwin m. Mabel "Belle" GROVER of Dryden on 30 Sep 1880. She was b. 5 Jul 1856, dau. of Mabel FOX and Major Andrew Jackson GROVER (b. 1831) who were m. on 8 Oct 1851. Mabel's father, an officer in the 76th Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, died on 1 Jul 1863 - the first day of battle at Gettysburg, PA. The 1880 Census listed the elder Mabel as a widow in Dryden. It listed Belle as a 23 yr old "person of leisure" while her older sister Julia was assigned the occupation of "housework." Their grandparents, Chester and Julia FOX, also lived in the household. SPOFFORD family records list Mabel's groom as "E. F. FULKERSON." George FULKERSON....age 18 in 1880 Malvina FULKERSON....20 Oct 1817-14 Dec 1885, b. in Dryden, NY, m. Albert TWOGOOD on 31 Dec 1835, moved to Iowa in 1850's, d. in Marion, Iowa Maria Antoinette TWOGOOD...5 May 1837-5 Mar 1926, b. in Dryden, NY, m. Henry Prather ELLIOTT (brother of Johnston ELLIOTT, above) on 14 Oct 1857 in Marion, Iowa, lived in Chicago, d. in New Rochelle, NY Deborah TWOGOOD James TWOGOOD Sarah TWOGOOD Frank TWOGOOD Mary TWOGOOD Delia TWOGOOD Daniel S. FULKERSON....b. 1826 in NY. The "History of Seneca County, New York" (Everts, Ensign and Everts, Philadelphia, 1876) lists him as serving as a farrier in "Company K, First Veteran Regiment of Cavalry, New York Volunteers, commanded by Colonel R. F. Taylor, mustered October 10, 1863, for three years unless sooner discharged, comprising only those who enlisted at Seneca Falls" Two dates follow his name: "August 6, 1863; discharged October 9, 1862" – making it difficult to discern his actual time in service. The same Daniel S. FULKERSON was also listed on the rolls of Co. K, 50th Regiment, New York Engineers, as a Private. Daniel moved to Missouri by 1868 and then to Ohio by 1874. The 1880 Census found Daniel, now 53 yrs old, working as a teamster and living with wife Mary A. in Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. Mary was age 28, b. in OH, probably a second wife. Their household included 5 children, 1 servant (Ella ABBY, age 16) and two boarders. The 1910 Census found Mary living alone in Geneva, age 58. It is possible that Daniel had additional children by a first wife. Winfield S. FULKERSON....age 12 in 1880, b. in MO; m. Cora M. BROWN (b. 1874). He was living in Ashtabula township, on Lake Erie, in 1920 (census index). His funeral notice appeared in the Cleveland Press on 2 Mar 1953: FULKERSON, Winnie, beloved uncle of Edith ROSS, Luella ROSSIE, Ida Mae STEPP, Ivadell MESTON, passed away Feb. 28. Services and burial in Ashtabula, O. Victor FULKERSON....19 Aug 1901-, b. in Cuyahoga Co., near Cleveland, OH. Mabel FULKERSON....b. ca. 1909, Frank C. FULKERSON....age 10 in 1880, b. in MO Jacob R. FULKERSON....age 8 in 1880, b. in MO Albertus N. FULKERSON....age 6 in 1880, b. in OH; he was found on the (January) 1920 Census living on E. Bridge Street in Berea Village, Middleburg Twp, Cuyahoga Co., OH. He was a 46-yr-old meat-cutter with a wife Ella M. (age 47, b. in PA with parents b. in NY) and seven children. Floyd M. FULKERSON....b. in OH, in 1920 was age 28 and a widower, working as a railroad brakeman Edith H. FULKERSON....b. in OH, in 1920 was age 19 Luella M. FULKERSON....b. in OH, in 1920 was age15 Vernetta FULKERSON....b. in OH, in 1920 was age 10 Albertus FULKERSON....b. in OH, in 1920 was age 9 Ida M. FULKERSON....b. in OH, in 1920 was age 6 Ivadelle FULKERSON....b. in OH, in 1920 was age 1 yr, 8 mos Myrtle FULKERSON....age 1 in 1880, b. in OH Sophia FULKERSON....m. Abram ANTHONY, settled in Iowa Samuel C. FULKERSON....19 Jul 1823-1905, b. in West Dryden, NY, m. Lucinda HILL about 1849. In 1852 he bought the Andrew HILL property of 100 acres, which he exchanged for Win. MINAH's in 1864. The 1868 Dryden Business Directory lists him as a farmer in McLean. In 1871 he bought the R. J. LANY homestead. In 1889 he bought sixty-eight acres of the Oliver CADY estate and he also owned a farm of sixteen acres in Marion, Linn Co., Iowa. A Tompkins Co. history (in 1894) reported he was "one of the prominent men of his town being recognized as a man of sterling worth and integrity." Samuel and Lucinda's five children were: James B. FULKERSON.....m. Elizabeth Fitch ____ (or FITCH?), d. 4 Apr 1932, is buried at Green Hills Cemetery, Dryden, Tompkins Co., NY. His wife died on 6 Feb 1940, is buried next to him.one known daughter: J. Elizabeth FULKERSON....d. 11 Feb 1964, also buried at Green Hills Cemetery. She wrote the following letter in response to an enquiry about the Fulkersons of Dryden:

November 11, 1935

The librarian of our library handed your letter to me as I am the only living Fulkerson in Dryden now, except my mother who does very little letter writing.

My grandfather was Samuel Fulkerson and the only of his children living is Joseph Fulkerson of Marion, Iowa. He might be able to give you information of the family which I couldn't. I will tell you what little I know from our town history.

I know that three brothers, Benjamin, Josiah [Josias] and Chapman came from New Jersey and settled in the town of Lansing, Tompkins County about 1790. [Benjamin moved on to Ohio.] The brother, Chapman, was my great grand father. He is buried in the Willow Glen cemetery about three miles west of Dryden. His son, Samuel, my grandfather, had the body removed from the burying ground in West Dryden when he, Samuel, bought a lot in our Dryden cemetery. I suppose his wife, Hester Brown, was buried in the West Dryden plot. For some reason her body was never removed to Dryden. These two came to this part of the country from Lansing where they had settled first when they emigrated from New Jersey. A descendant lives on the original farm half a mile south of West Dryden. Their children were: Betsy who married, Miranda, Stephen whose descendants are on the original farm in West Dryden, Sarah who married Philip Robertson and settled in the western part of Pennsylvania, Malvina who married Albert Twogood and went to Marion, Iowa (some of her descendants living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa now), Daniel who removed to the West, Sophia married Abram Anthony and settled in Iowa. My grandfather settled here, as did the sister, Louisa, and the brother John went to Iowa where he was still living the last that I heard.

You may know this, but it is all I can give you. And as I said perhaps my uncle Joe in Marion can assist you more than I can. If there is any other information that I can give you about the family, I shall be very glad to do so.

Yours very truly,

J. Elizabeth Fulkerson

Joseph FULKERSON....still living in Iowa in 1935, per the above letter by his niece Elias FULKERSON Sarah FULKERSON Esther FULKERSON Louisa FULKERSON....b. ca. 1826, living with her mother at the 1850 Census, m. Elliott FORTNER, remained in New York John FULKERSON....b. ca. 1827 in NY, moved to Iowa, reported as probably still living in the 1935 letter above. Later note - per a descendant, John married a Julia (b. ca. 1836 in NY, of Pennsylvania parents), probably in NY, then moved to Iowa and had four children there during the 1860s-1870s. The 1880 census places him at Oneida, Tama Co,, Iowa, a farmer with wife and his three youngest children. Frank FULKERSON....nothing further known George FULKERSON....b. ca. 1865 in IA, m. Alta LAPHAM in Hamilton Co., Iowa in 1884 Bertha FULKERSON....b. ca. 1868 in IA Sophia FULKERSON.....b. ca. 1873 in IA, m. Henry RICHMOND in Hamilton Co., Iowa in 1894

Sources

1. ↑ Fulkerson, Bob. "Upstate New York Fulkersons." {www.fulkerson.org} New York FULKERSONS. Accessed July 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180901024609/http://fulkerson.org/1newyork.html

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