Fulkerson, James Reid 1a 2a

Birth Name Fulkerson, James Reid
Gender male
Age at Death 73 years

Narrative

He went by the nickname "Jim." The last name was also sometimesspelled "Faulkner." At the age of 25, Jim moved to Harrison County,Indiana, near Corydon. He moved to Daviess County, Kentucky when hewas 55 years old, in 1879. He is referred to in a local history bookas "one of Daviess County's well-to-do farmers."

He married again at age 72 a lady named Selista. They only livedtogether three months. Distressed over the breakup, he hanged himselfin a barn 100 yards from his house at 1:00 p.m. on Christmas Day of1897.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1824 Green Co., Kentucky    
Death 1897      

Age: 73y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Fulkerson, James D.1805
Mother Hornback, Margaret1805
         Fulkerson, James Reid 1824 1897

Families

Family of Fulkerson, James Reid and Kerrick, Matilda Ann
Married Wife Kerrick, Matilda Ann ( * 1824 + 1896 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1847   Religious Marriage  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Fulkerson, Sarah Francis18691940-06-00

Family of Fulkerson, James Reid and (Unknown), Selista
Married Wife (Unknown), Selista ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1896-09-00   Religious Marriage  

Source References

  1. Oral family history Oral History
      • Page: resource via Rodney Berry.
  2. Kevin Hammond: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:972535&id=I8026 Hammond / Anderson Families
      • Source text:

        # ID: I8026
        # Name: John FULKERSON
        # Given Name: John
        # Surname: Fulkerson
        # Sex: M
        # Note: John and Margaret had 11 children. He served in the AmericanRevolutionary War and died in 1835. 1
        # Birth: 1754 in Somerset, New Jersey
        # Death: 1835

        Father: Folkert FULKERSON b: 1727 c: 1727 in New Brunswick, (Middlesex Co.), New Jersey
        Mother: Margaret BOGERT

        Marriage 1 Margaret BRUNER

        * Married:

        Children

        1. Has Children James D. FULKERSON b: 1805 in Ohio

         

        Sources:

        1. Abbrev: Oral History
        Title: Oral family history
        Page: resource via Rodney Berry.
        Quality: 1

      • Citation:

        kevin@hammondfinancial.net