Merle Ronald Fuller

Merle married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Merle married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Merle married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, showed him as a son of Charlie Fuller and Ella McClenton. His usual occupation was listed as Carpenter. The informant was Mrs. Edna Fuller, wife. The description of his cause of death indicates that "he was run over by truck, deceased walking on wrong side of road in early A.M. fog on the Highway in Rosevine." He actually died to an "instant" cerebral concussion and hemorrhage in the nearby San Augustine hospital.

Elton married Edna Johnson. Edna (daughter of William A. Johnson and Mary Adaline "Addie" McCroskey) was born on 7 Mar 1903 in Sparks, Cook County, Georgia; died on 30 May 1968 in Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Edna Johnson Fuller
Event Type Death
Event Date 30 May 1968
Event Place San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 07 Mar 1903
Birthplace Sparks, Georgia
Father's Name William A Johnson
Mother's Name Mary A Mccroskey
Informant Burl Fuller (son)
Certificate Number 44830
GS Film number 2137106
Digital Folder Number 005144854
Image Number 01060

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KS14-34F : accessed 10 Mar 2014), Mary A Mccroskey in entry for Edna Johnson Fuller, 1968.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 1
Enumerated 28 Jun 1900
SD 6 ED 68 Sheet 13B
214-218
Fuller, Chas. Head W M Aug 1866 33 M 8 Ark Ga Ga Day Laborer
Fuller, Ella Wf W F Feb 1872 28 M 8 4/3 Tx Ark Ark
Fuller, Gussie Son W M Feb 1894 6 S Tx Ark Tx
Fuller, Elvy Son W M July 1895 4 S Tx Ark Tx
Fullern, Donley Son W M Jan 1897 3 S Tx Ark Tx
McClenand, Nancy M-in-law W F Feb 1855 65 Wd 1/1 Ark Ark Ark

Charles married Ella McClendon on 18 Feb 1892 in Sabine County, Texas. Ella was born on 5 Feb 1872 in Texas; died on 5 Jun 1924 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Linda Fuller of Cleveland, Texas has found Ella's widowed mother listed with the family on two different censuses. In 1900, Ella's mother was living with Charles and Ella, and listed as Nancy McClenand (born 1855 in Arkansas). On the 1910 census, she was listed as Ella's mother and as Nancy Clenon. In 1920, Ella was widowed and living with sons Elton and Donley. Kay Parker McCary instead shows her last name as CLANTON. The death certificates of her sons all seem to show her maiden name as McClendon/McClenton. She may be part of the large McClelland family of Sabine County.

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 6
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 32A
213-213
Fuller, Ella Head F W 37 Wd 5/5 Tx Miss Miss Farming
Fuller, Gussie Son m W 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farming At Home
Fuller, Elvy Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Fuller, Donald Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Fuller, Elton Son m W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Fuller, Dward Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Guthrie, Ben Boarder M W 50 Wd Tx Tx Tx Laborer Gen Farm
Clenon, Nnacy Motehr F W 60 Wd 1/1 Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 17 and 19 January 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 16A
313-313
Fuller, Ella G Head F W 45 Wd Tx Tx Tx
Fuller, Elton E Son M W 19 S Tx Ark Tx Farmer
Fuller, Donley M Son M W 22 S Tx ARk Tx Counter Hand Railroad

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 20 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheets 8A
142-143
Johnson, Will A Head M W 39 m1 13 Ga Ga Ga Laborer Lumber Mill
Johnson, Addie Wf F W 34 m1 13 3/3 Ga Ga Ga
Johnson, Mack Son M W 11 S Ga Ga Ga
Johnson, Edna Dtr F W 7 S Ga Ga Ga
Johnson, Kathleen Dtr F W 2 S Tx Ga Ga

William married Mary Adaline "Addie" McCroskey about 1897. Mary (daughter of David Carr McCroskey, Sr. and Mary "Mollie" Susan Roberts) was born on 27 Feb 1876 in Georgia; died on 21 Jun 1965 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shares a double gravemarker with William A Johnson. Her death certificate, transcribed below, shows her last name at death was LEMONS.

Name Mary Adaline Lemons
Event Type Death
Event Date 21 Jun 1965
Event Place San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 27 Feb 1876
Birthplace , Georgia
Father's Name David Mccroskey
Mother's Name Mollie Roberts
Informant Mrs. Edna Fuller
Certificate Number 46180
GS Film number 2117829
Digital Folder Number 005164786
Image Number 03168

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3X5-J8R : accessed 10 Mar 2014), David Mccroskey in entry for Mary Adaline Lemons, 21 Jun 1965; citing certificate number 46180, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2117829.

Notes:

John Fuller and his wife, Mary, were both born in Georgia, as were their two oldest sons, James and John. They moved to Arkansas sometime before 1860, and can be found on the 1860 Columbia County census (P#435, Dwelling 321, Family 323). John is shown as a Farmer, owning $1,200 in real estate and $550 in personal property.

In the book "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by Edna McDaniel White and Blanche Finley Toole, there is a picture of John and Mary Fuller. John is shown in uniform, with a long rifle. Private John B. Fuller is shown as a member of the 26th Arkansas Infantry, Capt. Hamiter's Company G. He enlisted on May 22, 1862 in Lewisville, Arkansas for a period of 3 years. The muster roll's show him present through April 30, 1863. In June, 1863, he was inexplicably dropped from the roll by order of Lt. Genl Holmes. However, he was shown as present on the muster rolls for December 31, 1863 through February 29, 1864. His name appears on a ROLL OF PRISONERS OF WAR of furloughed and detailed men, Confederate States Army, surrendered at New Orleans, LA, by General E.K. Smith, CSA to Maj. Gen. R.S. Canby, USA, May 26, 1865 and paroled at Shreveport, LA June 20, 1865. The roll was dated Shreveport, LA, June 20, 1865. His residence was shown as Columbia County, Arkansas.

Organized as Morgan's Battalion on June 14, 1862, it was increased to a full regiment and reorganized as the 26th Arkansas Infantry on July 23, 1862, at DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. Asa Stokely Morgan, formerly of the famed 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, was appointed as lieutenant-colonel of the battalion, and was promoted to colonel when the 26th Arkansas was organized. The regiment was assigned to McRae's Brigade, Shoup's Division, First Corps, Army of the Trans-Mississippi, and fought at Prairie Grove and Devil's Backbone. Later, the regiment took part in the Red River Campaign, fighting at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, on April 9, 1864. The 26th Arkansas was then ordered back to Arkansas to counter Union General Steele's Camden Expedition, culminating in the battle of Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. The regiment remained in south Arkansas for the next year, and was included in the general surrender of the Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865

http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/26hisidx.html

The family moved to Sabine County, Texas shortly after the birth of their youngest son in Malvern, Arkansas in 1869. Linda Fuller of Cleveland, Texs located a deed dated 18 January 1870, showing the purchase of 174 acres of land lying in Sabine County out of the 611 acre survey made for William J. Sneed off the William Isaac's League. The witnesses to the deed were W.H. Crouch and S.D. Berley. It was recorded in San Augustine County. The price was one dollar an acre, for a total of $174. John died less than six weeks after this purchase, on March 6, 1870.

Mary herself died in 1874, leaving her children orphaned. The eldest sons, James and John, ages 18 and 17, took charge of the family. On the 1880 census, John is shown as head of household. Also living with him and three of his younger siblings is 50 year old Nancy Howard, listed as a family member. His older brother, James, was shown as living on a nearby farm with his wife, mother in law and year old daughter. Brother Delony was also living nearby, working as a laborer on the farm of Christopher "Kit" and Mary Smith. Kit Smith was later killed by the Conner's in the infamous Smith-Conner-Low feud in the mid 1880s in Sabine County.

Blanche Finley Toole of Sabine County writes that Nancy Howard, the family member shown living in the John W Fuller household in 1880, was related her great great grandmother, Ruth Howard Finley. Her father was Samuel Howard. She came to Texas around 1875. Nancy Howard's fiancee was killed in the Civil War, and she never married. She was buried with her pictures of him and her bible. Ms. Toole says that Nancy Howard can be found on the 1850 Meriwether GA census in Household #799, Nancy Howard, age 23, female, born Georgia, in the household of Malichi Murphy age 48, born South Carolina and wife Nancy, age 52 b. South Carolina. (Letter to Melinda Strong, date 5 June 1997).

The parentage of John Brooks Fuller has not yet been proved conclusively. It is appears that he is the son of James Anderson Fuller, however there are some inconsistencies. The family of James Anderson Fuller resided in Meriwether County, Georgia, as did Nancy Howard. As indicated on the census records extracted above, John Brooks Fuller was born circa 1834 in Georgia. The census records of the James Anderson Fuller family indicate that their son, John B., was born in Georgia circa 1831. From the ages of their children, it appears that John and Mary Fuller were probably married sometime before 1855 in Georgia. This fits with the information from the Fuller Genealogical Bank, showing that James's son John B. Fuller married a Mary Watson on November 5, 1852. This also fits with the facts shown on the death certificates for two of the Fuller's children, Joseph Thomas Fuller and Francis Ola Fuller Burkhalter. Both certificates show their mother's maiden name as Watson. However, in the book SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, the mother of the Fuller Children is listed as Mary Brown. No support is provided for the Brown name, however. The most important contradiction, one that must be resolved, is that the Fuller Genealogical Data Banks show that John B. Fuller died on November 5, 1862 (probably during the Civil War). Our John Brooks Fuller did not die until early in 1870, in Sabine County.

Only a death date is shown on his headstone. He shares a double marker with Mary Fuller. This is also engraved with "Precious Memories."

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Census Listings:

1860 Census State: Arkansas
County: ColumbiaTownship: ClayPost Office: Dorecheat 321 323
Fuller, John B,age 26, male, Farmer, value of R/E $1,200, PP $550,born GA
Fuller, Mary, age 24, female, born Georgia
Fuller, James E, age 4, male, born Georgia
Fuller, John W, age 2, male, born Georgia

1870 Census State: Texas
County: SabineTownship: Bearns 3Post Office: Brookeland 576 576
Fuller, Mary, age 36, female, Farmer,value of R/E $1,000, PP $400, born GA
Fuller, James, age 14, male, born GA
Fuller, John, age 13, male, born GA
Fuller, Delony, age 10, male, born ARK (Impairment)
Fuller, Fanny, age 6, female, born ARK
Fuller, Charles, age 4, male, born ARK
Fuller, Joseph, age 1, male, born ARK

1880 Census State: Texas
County: Sabine
171 173
Fuller, John W, age22, male, Farmer, GA, GA, GA
Fuller, Frances,age 16, female, Sister, Ark, GA, GA
Fuller, Charlies H, age 13, male, Brother, GA, SC, SC
Fuller, Joseph, age 10, male, Brother, Ark
Howard, Nancy, age 50, female, Family Member,Ark, Ark, Ark
200 209
Smith, Christopher, age 22,TX,Miss,Miss
Smith, Mary, age 18,wife,TX,TX,Miss
Smith, Dosia, age 2, dau,TX,TX,TX
Fuller, Alkony Delony,age 19,laborer, TX,--,--
218 227
Fuller, JE, age 24, male, Farmer, GA, GA, GA
Fuller, Hannah, age 23, Wife,TX, NC, AL
Fuller, Maggie, age 1, Daughter, TX, GA, TX
Dewees, Sarah, age 50, Mother, AL, NC, GA
Delony, Rebecca,age 20, Niece, TX

John married Mary A. Watson on 9 Dec 1852 in Meriwether County, Georgia. Mary (daughter of Arthur Holman Watson and Frances Ophelia O'Hara) was born about 1834 in Georgia; died on 19 Feb 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the online trascription of the 1850 Meriwether County, Georgia census, there were two Mary Watsons living in Meriwether County, Georgia in 1850. I believe that the Mary Watson whom married John Brooks Fuller was the daughter of Arthur Watson.

1) The daughter of Arthur Watson, below, was born circa 1834. This matches the closely to her age as of the 1870 Sabine County Census (she was shown as age 36). On the 1860 Arkansas census, she is listed as age 24, which would make her year of birth circa 1836. On neither the 1860 or 1870 census, however, is she shown as being born circa 1831, as was the daughter of Robert Watson.

2) Robert Watson was born in Ireland. There is no indication that Mary Watson's father was born in Ireland. Arthur Watson was born in South Carolina, and at the time of the 1880 census, Charles H. Fuller indicates that his mother was born in South Carolina.

3) Arthur Watson has a daughter named Ophelia. This name is used in later generations of the Fuller family in Texas.

More work needs to be done to verify this, but it seems that it is a resonable hypothesis that Arthur Watson of South Carolina is the father of Mary Watson Fuller.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/meriwether/1850/pg0353b.txt

WATSON Families in Meriwether with daughters named MARY

687 687
Watson Arthur 42 M F 2,400 SC
Watson John F. 19 M F SC
Watson Mary A. 16 F GA
Watson Allen H. 13 M GA
Watson Ophelia F. 12 F GA
Watson Elizabeth P.8 F GA

383 383
Watson Robert 55 M F 2,500 Ireland
Watson Elizabeth 49 F GA
Watson Mary Ann 19 F GA
Watson William 18 M F GA
Watson Susan Ann 15 F GA
Watson Margaret 12 F GA

Other WATSON's in Meriwether

67 67
Johnson Mordica 62 M F 1,370 VA
Johnson E. 49 F VA
Watson Cintha 6 F GA
Murphy Wm. D. 23 M F GA

265 265
Watson William 50 M F 2,100 NC
Watson Rebecca 44 F NC
Watson John F. 20 M F GA
Watson William T. 17 M F GA
Watson Martha A. 15 F GA
Watson Henry L. 13 M GA
Watson Rebecca M. 10 F GA
Watson Georgia A.8 F GA
Watson Laura J.5 F GA
Watson Robert A. 3 Mo GA

Only a death date is shown on her headstone. She shares a double marker with John Fuller. This is also engraved with "Precious Memories."

Other WATSON Brides during that time period. This doesn't appear to list either of her sisters listed on the 1850 census.

PARTRIDGE CHARLES 15-Jul1868 WATSON ANN
STRICKLAND E 28-Mar1868 WATSON BETTY
STROZIER GEORGE 13-Feb1869WATSON DILLA
BELLARC H 26-Dec1875WATSON EASLEY
PERKINSON JOHN D 20-Dec1860 WATSON GEORGIA A
ROSSER WILSON 1-Jan1873 WATSON HANNAH
HAYSBUCK S 23-Dec1870 WATSON LINA
DARDIN FRANKLIN A 5-Dec1858 WATSON MARGARET
GILLOLVIN H 22-Jun1856 WATSON MARYANN
GATES GEORGE 18-Sep1870 WATSON SUSAN

Notes:

Married:
Per the Fuller Genealogical Data Base maintained by John Beattie Fuller of Morgantown, GA, John B. Fuller married Mary A. Watson on 9 December 1852. The names match the information on the death certificates of Joseph Thomas Fuller and Fannie Ola Fuller Burkhalter.

The record below is from Meriwether County, Vital Records, Marriages-Bride 1851-1875 Source: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/meriwether/vitals/marriages/mwtrbrd.txt

FULLER JOHN B 9 Dec1852 WATSON MARY A

Notes:

Middle name somestime shown as Carl, but it is almost certainly Carr, as the tombstone of namesake son David Jr is engraved as David Carr McCroskey Jr.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Georgia, Elbert County, Pike
Enumerated 3 Jun 1880
Page 6B SD 2 ED 21
55-55
McCroskey, David W M 26 Farming Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Mary W F 31 Wife Keeping House Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Albert W M 5 Son Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Adaline W F 4 Dtr Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Robert W M 3 Son Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Joseph W M 1 Son Ga Ga Ga

1900 Census
Georgia, Berrien County, Militia District 1487
Enumerated 21 Jun 1900
SD 2 ED 11
331-331
McCroskey, David C Head W M Feb 1852 48 M 24 Ga Ga Ga Peddler
McCroskey, Mary Wf W F Jun 1849 51 M 25 10/7 Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Robert Son W M May 1877 23 S Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Charles Son W M Feb 1879 21 S Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, David C Son W M March 1881 18 S Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Lillie Dtr W F Dec 1885 14 S Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Percy Dtr (sic) W F (sic) Oct 1890 9 S Ga Ga Ga
Johnson, Addie Dtr W F Feb 1876 24 M 5 1/1 Ga Ga Ga
Johnson, McCroskey Grdson W M Sept 1898 1 S Ga Ga Ga

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 20 Apr 1910
SD --- ED 133 Sheets 7B and 8A
139-140
McCroskey, Dave C Head m W 56 m1 35 Ga US US Peddler Dry Goods
McCroskey, Mary Wf F W 56 m1 35 10/7 Ga Ga Ga
McCroskey, Percy Son M W 18 S Ga Ga Ga Laborer Odd Jobs
McCroskey, Polk Son M W 34 m1 10 Ga ga Ga Painter House
McCroskey, Gertrude Dau-in-law F W 33 m1 10 0/0 Ga Ga ga

David married Mary "Mollie" Susan Roberts before 1874. Mary was born in Jan 1849 in Georgia; died about 1927; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]