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Born 1825
From History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present ; together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc (1885), Warrick and its prominent people : a history of Warrick County, Indiana from the time of its organization and settlement, with biographical sketches of some of its prominent people of the past and pre (1881)
BENONI S. FULLER.
Benoni Stinson Fuller was born in Warrick county, November 13, 1825. His father, Isham Fuller, was a mechanic and well-to-do farmer, who was born in North Carolina, and came to Indiana as early as 1816. He was a great over of biblical and historical literature, and was remarkably well informed on these and kindred subjects. In 1842 he was elected Representative from Warrick county in the State Legislature, and held the office six consecutive years. He was born in 1798, and died February 14, 1856. Mr. Fuller's mother was also a native of North Carolina, and was a very pious lady.
From a sketch of Mr. Fuller's life in the " Eminent Men of
Indiana," we quote the following: "Mr. Fuller, as a son of pioneer parents, had few advantages for securing an education,
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but he had energy and industry, and soon mastered the rudiments. A few short months in the log cabin college each winter were the sum total of his early advantages, but he did much reading outside. Before he was twenty-one we find him in the school-room as a teacher, which, of itself, speaks for the way in which he spent his time. When a boy he did anything for a living, cut wood, mailed rails, burned brush, cleared land, and did all other work incident to farm life. His father gave him his time before he became of age, and he used it apparently to good advantage. He worked at home or abroad, by day or month, and was careful to husband his means and prepare himself for the future. His public life began when he was about thirty years old. At this time he was elected Sheriff of the county and served two terms, from 1857 to 1861. In 1862, during the beginning of the troubles with the South, he was sent to the State Senate. After this he was twice elected to the Lower House, once in 1866 and again in 1868. The last time he served he was unanimously nominated President by the Democratic caucus of its members. In 1872 he was again elected State Senator. In 1874 he was chosen Congressman over Heilman, and again elected to the same position in 1876. In 1878 he declined renomination."
Mr. Fuller is the only man from Warrick county, besides Ratliff Boon, who has had the honor of representing the first congressional district in Congress, and his election over Heilman in 1874 was a glorious victory. Politically, his success has been something remarkable, but he says that he has now retired from public life, never to enter it again.
Dr. W. L. Barker. 107
As printed in Warrick and its prominent people : a history of Warrick County, Indiana from the time of its organization and settlement, with biographical sketches of some of its prominent people of the past and pre (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
HON. BENONI S. FULLER, a native of Warrick County, Ind., and a man whose name and public life are extensively and favorably known throughout southwestern Indiana, was born November 13, 1825. Isham Fuller, his father, was a native of North Carolina, from whence he immigrated to Indiana as early as 1816, and for six consecutive years, beginning in 1842, served Warrick County in the State Legislature. To the hard work and privations of pioneer life in Indiana, the subject of this sketch was reared, and at twenty-one years of age he had, by perseverance, secured suflBcient education to begin school teaching. When about thirty years old, he was elected Sheriff of the county, serving as such four years. In 1862, when the ablest men of the State were required to frame laws, he was elected to the State Senate from Warrick County, and in 1866 and again in 1868 he was elected to the Lower
House. While serving his last term, he was the unanimous choice of his party, and was its nominee for the Presidency of the State Senate. In 1872 he was again elected State Senator, and in 1874 was elected to Congress from the First District, and re-elected two years later. He has since positively declined further political honors. Mr. Fuller is a Democrat in the trust sense of the word, and although a member of no religious organization, his views are in accord with the Baptist faith. He has been three times married; his last wife, who was formerly Mary E. Lines, is yet living. He is the father of a family of six children, all living but one.
As printed in History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present ; together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Ratliff Boon W. L. Barker
Their biographies name Benoni S. Fuller: William W. Fuller (b. 1857) Charles Schneider (b. 1820)
The printed record stops around 1885. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.