James Robert Fullbright (1879 - 1962)

Born 8 Jan 1879 in Catawba, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Jessie Mae (Bollinger) Fulbright — married 28 Feb 1904 in Catawba, North Carolina, United States

Died 31 Dec 1962 at age 83 in Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

James Robert Fullbright was born January 8, 1879 in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States to parents Mary Macon Murphy and Lawrence Sylvester Fullbright. ^[1]

According to various enlistment papers with the Army he worked as a Merchant, a farmer and a "proprietor". The earliest military record I've found is dated January 26, 1901, he would have been 22 years old, and he enlisted with the United Army out of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NorthCarolina. ^[2]

James Robert married Jessie Mae Bollinger on February 28, 1904 in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. ^[3]

September 12, 1918 enlistment card "tall, stout, gray eyes, gray hair" listed as a merchant ^[4]

Fannie Edison

December 31, 1962

buried Saint Paul's Memorial Park Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9587869/james-robert-fulbright

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Facts

• Fact: Residence (1880) Census Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

• Fact: Residence (1900) Newton Township, Conover & Crab Orchard Election Precinct Conover town, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

• Fact: Military Service (26 Jan 1901) Military Service Charlotte, , North Carolina, United States

• Fact: Residence (1910) Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

• Fact: USER_DEFINED (1917-1918) Draft Registration Catawba, North Carolina, United States

• Fact: Residence (1920) Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

• Fact: Residence (1930) Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

• Fact: Residence (1935) Same House

• Fact: Residence (1940) Newton Township, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

• Fact: Burial (2 January 1963) Catawba, North Carolina, United States

• Fact: Residence Newton, Catawba, NC

• Fact: USER_DEFINED United States

Sources

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• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 February 2023, 15:04), entry for James Robert Fulbright (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KH3H-9R6 ); contributed by various users.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6N-MX8 : 14 January 2022), J. R. Fulbright in household of Logan Fulbright, Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSYM-HQQ : 25 February 2022), James R Fulbright in entry for Lazan S Fulbright, 1900.

• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8XT-BQB : 14 February 2020), J. R. Fulbright, 1904.

• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-6PVY : 3 March 2021), James R Fulbright, 26 Jan 1901; citing p. 31, volume 106, Charlotte, , North Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 55; FHL microfilm 1,465,941.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML97-WCY : accessed 8 March 2023), James R Fulbright, Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 3A, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1102; FHL microfilm 1,375,115.

• "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZM94-LB6Z : 17 April 2020), James R Fulbrigh in entry for MM9.1.1/ZM9S-53MM:, 1917.

• "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHPF-M1D : 8 December 2014), James R Fulbright in entry for Harvey Murphy Fulbright, 15 Dec 1917; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 4, p. 928, Catawba, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8T-DX8 : 24 December 2021), James Robert Fulbright, 1917-1918.

• "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHPF-65H : 8 December 2014), James R Fulbright in entry for Carl Logan Fulbright, 20 Sep 1920; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 8, p. 1647, Catawba, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKX-3RF : 2 February 2021), James R Fulbright, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:X3S4-3P4 : Mon Oct 10 17:44:50 UTC 2022), Entry for James R Fulbright and Annie L Fulbright, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW9Y-L99 : 9 January 2021), James R Fulbright, Newton Township, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-35A, sheet 9B, line 45, family 140, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2887.

• "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4GH-MXN2 : 21 January 2020), James R Fulbright, 1962.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPD-9TZD : 24 June 2015), James R Fulbright, died 31 Dec 1962; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Saint Paul Memorial Park, Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States.

Memorial Page Here: [6]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9587869/james-robert-fulbright: accessed 13 December 2022), memorial page for James Robert Fulbright (8 Jan 1879–31 Dec 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9587869, citing Saint Pauls Memorial Park, Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Armantia (contributor 19036309).

Memorial Page Here: [7]

• "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRT-44G4 : 13 November 2019), James R Fulbright, 31 Dec 0062; citing Death, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102227441.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSR7-MM9 : 8 January 2021), James Fulbright, Jan 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Acknowledgments

• Becky Elizabeth

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