The Fulliam Family of Muscatine County, Iowa

GEORGE W. FULLIAM, M. D., one of the oldest practicing physicians of Muscatine, was born in Shelby County, Ky., on the 24th day of March, 1822, and is a son of Bland and Elizabeth (Ballard) Fulliam. The father was a native of Virginia and served in the War of 1812, and the mother was born in Tennessee, but was reared in Kentucky. They were the parents of eight children, two sons and six daughters, two of whom are living: George W. of our sketch; and Sarah, who wedded a Mr. Thomas.

Our subject was reared to manhood in his native State, and when fifteen years of age began the study of medicine. In 1839 he went to Sangamon County, Ill., and while there carried the chain for Abraham Lincoln on a surveying trip. He subsequently attended the Cincinnati Curtis Medical College, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1842, in the Eclectic and Botanic system, and afterward attended the Pennsylvania Eclectic

College, being graduated in the class of ’48. He came to Iowa in 1 843, locating at Wapello, Louisa County, where he said but a short time, when, through the influence of J. H. Parvin and Judge Hastings, he came to Muscatine, since which time he has been closely connected with the history of the city.

Dr. Fulliam was married in 1850, becoming the husband of Miss Elizabeth Morford, a daughter of Thomas Morford, one of the pioneers of this county, and to them were born two children: Sul tana, wife of Martin Barlett, of Muscatine; and Eliza, wife of Rev. F. Bond, a Methodist minister of Philadelphia, Pa. The death of Mrs. Fulliam occurred in 1853, and he subsequently wedded Elizabeth Vanattn, by whom he had the following children: Edward B., a practicing physician of Muscatine; John W., who is engaged in farming; Stonewall J., also a farmer; Jefferson D., a physician of Muscatine, Iowa; Belle, a graduate of the High School of Muscatine; and Etta, the youngest. In his political sentiments the Doctor is a Democrat. He came to this county when its broad and beautiful farms formed a part of an unbroken wilderness or uncultivated prairie. He has not only witnessed but has participated in the development which has placed Muscatine County on a par with any in the State, and has aided largely in advancing its interests and enterprises.

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EDMOND B. FULLIAM, M. D.

Careful and thorough preliminary preparation well qualify Dr. Edmond B. Fulliam for active practice and in the intervening years in which he has devoted his attention to the duties of the profession, he has gained recognition as a most able, conscientious and successful physician and surgeon. He has his residence and office at No. 317 East Third street in Muscatine, his native city.

He was born March 10, 1854, and is a son of Dr. George \V. and Elizabeth (\'an Natta) Fulliam, natives of Wirginia and of Pennsylvania respectively. The father was reared upon a farm in the Old Dominion and when a young man made his way westward to Nauvoo, Illinois, residing there at the time the Mormons marched out to enter upon the conquest of the broad and fertile valleys around Salt Lake. Later Dr. G. W. Fulliam became a resident of Wapello, Iowa, and in iks47 arrived in Muscatine, where his remaining days were passed. He began the practice of medicine in Nauvoo and for over a half century was a valued and honored member of the profession in this city. He possessed not only scientific skill but also broad sympathy and his cheery presence was a factor in his success in the sick room. He was twice married, his first wife being Eliza Jane Morford, by whom he had two daughters: Mrs. Sultana Bartlett, of Muscatine; and Eliza Jane, the wife of the Rev. F. F. Bond, of Philadelphia. Following the death of his first wife Dr. Fulliam wedded Elizabeth

Van Natta, and unto them were born eight children: Charles, deceased; Edmond B., of this review; Stonewall of this city; William, who makes his home in St. Joseph, Missouri; Jefiferson D., a practicing physician of Muscatine; George, deceased; Belle, who was a deaconess of one of the prominent churches of New York city but is now deceased; and Etta, the wife of Crawford Johnson, of Norristown, Pennsylvania. The death of the father occurred in 1893 when he was seventy-two years of age, and the mother passed away in 1889 at the age of fifty-three years, in the faith of the Congregational church, of which she had long been a devoted member.

Edmond B. Fulliam spent his youthful days in his parents' home in Muscatine, attended the public and high schools and thus established a good foundation upon which to rest his professional knowledge. His interest in the practice of medicine was invited in his early boyhood days through the example of his father and after completing his literary course he attended Rush Medical College of Chicago and the Bennett Medical College of the same city, being graduated from the latter with the class of 1879. He has since practiced in Muscatme and his ability is widely recognized in the liberal patronage accorded him. He has always kept in close touch with the progress of the profession, his reading and research making him familiar with the advanced ideas that are bringing to light the hitherto hidden secrets of science. In many avenues of business, too, he has also operated extensively and successfully and to the benefit of the city at large as well as to himself. He was president of the company that brought the Muscatine North & South Railroad to this city, was president of the Muscatine Electric Light & Power Company and was also president of the starch factory that was established at Greeley, Colorado, but at the present time is concentrating his energies entirely upon his practice, which makes heavy demands upon his energies.

In 1884 occurred the marriage of Dr. Fulliam and Miss Mary Neyenhaus. They were the parents of four children: Edmond, who died in infancy; Hortense and Gertrude, both of whom graduated from the Muscatine high school and are now attending Oberlin College; and Edmond, the second of the name, who is pursuing a course in the University Medical College at Kansas City, Missouri. The mother of these children, Mrs. Mary (Neyenhaus) Fulliam, passed away June 21, 1905, and on the 7th of December, 1908, Dr. Fulliam was married to Miss Jeannette Nicola, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nicola, early residents of Nichols station, Mrs. Fulliam being the first child born there. She belongs to the Congregational church.

Dr. Fulliam is well known in fraternal relations as a Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk, Eagle and Red Man. His political allegiance is given to the democracy and he is now the representative from the second Iowa district in the general assembly. He has also been honored with various local offices, served for five terms as mayor of Muscatine and as chief executive of the city his labors have been of material benefit in promoting reform, progress and improvement. During his first administration he laid the first brick paving in the city and also the first sewer pipe. He was city health physician for two years, was county physician for one term and was pension examiner under President Cleveland. In more strictly professional lines he belongs to the Iowa State Eclectic Medical Society, serving as president of the same for three successive terms, and the National Eclectic Medical Society, and concentrating his energies upon his professional duties is recognized as one of the strongest and ablest members of the medical fraternity in Muscatine. He is now president of Loyola Medical Alumni, Bennett School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. His life has been in contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country, for the city of his nativity, which has been the place of his residence throughout his entire life, he has won the confidence, good-will, support and esteem of his fellowmen.

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JEFFERSON D. FULLIAM, M. D.

The name of Fulliam is inseparably associated with the history of the medical profession in Muscatine, and the record of Dr. Jefferson D. Fulliam is one which reflects added credit and honor upon an untarnished family name. As a physician and surgeon he is practicing successfully here, having for twenty-three years devoted his time and energies to the alleviation of human suffering and the restoration of health.

He was born in this city, November 9, 1865, a son of Dr. George W. and Elizabeth (Van Natta) Fulliam, natives of Indiana and Pennsylvania respectively. The former was a son of Bland Ballard Fulliam, who was the first white child born in the fort on what is now the site of Lexington, Kentucky. His maternal grandfather, Bland Ballard, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, being a member of Clarke's Illinois regiment of Virginia troops. Benjamin Fulliam, the paternal great-grandfather of our subject, also fought for American independence. Bland Ballard Fulliam was a private in Captain Lyddall Bacon's company of infantry, the Seventeenth, Frisco's regiment of Kentucky in the war of 181 2. In Washington county, Indiana, whither he went in pioneer times, he married Elizabeth Hardin, who was born near Greeneville, Tennessee. He was of Welsh decent while his wife was or Irish lineage in the paternal line and of German descent on her mother's side. At the time of the war of 1812 Bland

B. Fulliam espoused the American cause, seeing active service during the period of hostilities. He died in 1852 at the age of fifty-five years, having for about five years survived his wife, whose death resumed from cholera in 1847 the age of forty-five years. Their family numbered seven daughters and two sons, all of whom are now deceased.

Dr. George W. Fulliam, the father of Jeflferson D. Fulliam, was reared upon a farm in Washington county, Indiana, amid the wild scenes and environment of frontier life. In early manhood he removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, before the Mormons had left that district. Later he went to Wapello, Iowa, and in 1847 came to Muscatine, where he made his home continuously until his death. When still quite young he took up the study of medicine and began practice in Nauvoo. After living in Wapello for a time he followed the advice of a Mr. Parvin and came to Muscatine in 1847, finding here a profitable field for his professional labors, in which he continued actively until his demise on the ist of June, 1893, when he was seventy-two years of age. He had married Elizabeth Wan Natta, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of William Wan Natta, who was born in the Keystone state and was of Holland Dutch descent. The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Fulliam occurred in 1889, when she was fifty-three years of age. She held membership in the Congregational church and her life was the exemplification of earnest Christian womanhood. Dr. Fulliam had previously married Miss Eliza Jane Morford and had two daughters by that marriage; Mrs. Sultana Bartlett, now of Muscatine; and Mrs. Eliza J. Bond, the wife of Rev. F. F. Bond, of Philadelphia. The children of Dr. Fulliam's second marriage were: Charles, deceased; Dr. Edmond B., of Aluscatine; William J., of Horton, Kansas; Stonewall J., also of Muscatine; Jefferson D.; George, deceased; Belle, deceased, who was a deaconess in the Methodist and Presbyterian churches; and Etta, the wife of Crawford Johnson, of Norristown, Pennsylvania.

No event of special importance occurred to vary the usual routine of life for the small boy who devotes his time to the acquirement of an education and to the sports which are a constant source of pleasure, in which manner the youth of Dr. Jefferson D. Fulliam was passed. His professional education was acquired in the Bennett Aledical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1887, and since that time he has been an active representative of the medical fraternity in his native city. Aside from his private practice, which has constantly grown in volume and importance, he served as health officer for eight years. He is now secretary of the Muscatine County Medical Society and also belongs to the State Medical Society.

On the 2d of April, 1890, Dr. Fulliam married Miss Lavine A. Wabnitz, a daughter of Charles F. and Mary (Wagner) Wabnitz. Mrs. Fulliam was born near Grandvievv, Louisa county, Iowa. Her paternal grandfather, Carl F. Wabnitz, came from Rhine Bishofheim, Baden, Germany, and in 1852 settled in Louisa county, where he resided until a few years prior to his death, which occurred in Lettsville, Iowa, in 1899, when he had reached an advanced age. His wife also came from Rhine Bishofheim, Germany. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Fulliam was Philip Wagner, for many years an undertaker at Grandview, Iowa. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Stroh. Charles F. Wabnitz, the father of Mrs.

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