Alexander Fulton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alexander Fulton

American activist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1805

Place of Birth: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1885

Profession: millwright, shopkeeper

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Alexander Fulton

  • Alexander Fulton (August 29, 1805 – January 17, 1885) was the founder of the Iowa State Agricultural Society. Fulton was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, to James and Ann Fulton.
  • He was their fourth child.
  • In 1807, the Fulton family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1814 to Ross County, Ohio. In 1822, Fulton joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  • On June 22, 1826, he married Eliza Jones.
  • Shortly after, they moved to Delaware County, Ohio, where they had five children: Robert J.
  • (1829–1857), Gilbert Lafayette (1831–1853), Joseph Warren (1833–1903), William C.
  • (1836–1857), and Martha Amelia (1838–1855).
  • During this time, Fulton worked as a millwright. In 1843, the family moved to Fairfield, Jefferson County, in the Iowa Territory.
  • On May 29 of that year, Fulton purchased 40 acres (0.2 km²) of land from the government and built a log cabin in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26, township 72, R 10 W.
  • On December 8, 1845, he purchased another 40 acres (0.2 km²) of land, in section 10 of township 71; and on October 15, 1846, another 40 acres (0.2 km²), in section 34 of township 71. While in Fairfield, Fulton was the proprietor of the first drug and book store in the area.
  • He also organized and was the first member of the Jefferson Lodge No.
  • 4, a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
  • He and Eliza were also foster parents.
  • One of their many foster children took the name Morris Fulton.
  • Fulton is said to have had a "celebrated truck garden". Fulton was one of the founders of the Iowa State Agricultural Society.
  • This organization was a forerunner of the Iowa State Fair. Fulton represented Iowa Governor Cyrus C.
  • Carpenter at the United States Centennial celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876. He died in his Fairfield home on January 17, 1885.
  • His tombstone is number 492 in lot 52 of the Old Fairfield City Cemetery.

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