Inspire Descendants With Greatness

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Surnames/tags: Fuller Rowley

In the Beginning

As I studied my FULLER line I realized that each generation had taught their children, not only to do their best, but also to pass that on to the next generation. They lived their lives with the attitude, "if something is worth doing then its worth doing well."

Both parents of Joseph Fuller (1700-1775), John "Little John" (1656-1726) and Mehitable (Rowley)(1660-1732) FULLER, were direct descendants of Mayflower passenger, Edward Fuller.

Using Joseph Fuller (1700-1775) as a starting point and continuing to Melvin Franklin Fuller (1913-1973) as an example of how this line taught excellence as a means to Inspire Descendants With Greatness.

Summary

Copied from Clyde Thomas Fuller (1890-1957):

In 1990 Clyde's daughter, Rose Marie Fuller (1929-2011), was a published author of an award winning article she wrote about, as the title says, My Dad's Barber Shop in the 1930s.^[1]

Published in the Gold Book, May 1990.

Sixty years did not let her childhood memories fade.^[2]

Clyde took the time to inspire greatness in his children. Each of them, in their own way, gave more to life than they took. This was a quality that was passed on from one generation to the next:^[2]

His great grandfather, Philo Fuller (1802-1876), was a fourth (paternal line) and fifth (maternal line) great grandson of Mayflower passenger, Edward Fuller, through the parents of his 2nd great grandfather, Joseph Fuller (1700-1775): John "Little John" (1656-1726) and Mehitable (Rowley)(1660-1732) FULLER. Philo was born in Ferrisburgh, Addison, Vermont and there he married Elizabeth Delila (Walker) Fuller (1802-1872). Unlike his father, Ashbel Fuller Sr (1765-aft.1850) and four of his brothers, Philo and two other brothers were not interested in being a part of the family's iron works business.

• 1830 in Fowler, Saint Lawrence, New York with Clyde's grandfather, Armintus, being 1 of 2 children.Instead he set out to make his own way:
• 1840 in Canaan Township, Madison, Ohio with Clyde's grandfather, Armintus, being 1 of 5 children.
• 1850 in Appanoose County, Iowa.Clyde's grandfather, Armintus was working as a cabinetmaker along with his father-in-law, John Samuel Brough (abt.1807-aft.1855) in whose home he and his wife, Arminta F. (Brough) Fuller (1835-1904) were living. During the 1850s they had 4 children and Arminta's father, John Samuel Brough (abt.1807-aft.1854) passed away between May 1854 and February 3, 1855, the birth of his last known child, Lorenzo Leroy Brough (1855-1942).
• 1860 has its own section, 1.1 Parents Born: 1860's, about Clyde's parents, FU and “MJ” FULLER. Some family members often referred to Frank as FU as a term of endearment.^[2] An exerpt from Frank's profile:

• One Monday Frank had a light stroke and took to his bed. He died the next Saturday, October 13, 1923 at 4 am, with all his children at his bedside. The Centerville Daily Iowegian dated October 13, 1923 wrote: "His relatives today stated that they had never heard him speak an oath or an unclean word and in his death Mr. Fuller was patient and unmindful of himself to the last."

Clyde's son, Mel, was my father and he taught his children that "if something is worth doing then its worth doing well."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Award Winning Article, My Dad's Barber Shop in the 1930s by Rose Marie Fuller of East Moline, Illinois.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} My Memories by Fuller-5853 01:04, 23 April 2022 (UTC).

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