Rev. Richard Fulkerson Jr.

13 October 1819–28 March 1900 (Age 80)
Lusk, Pope, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Richard

When Rev. Richard Fulkerson Jr. was born on 13 October 1819, in Lusk, Pope, Illinois, United States, his father, Richard Fulkerson Sr., was 30 and his mother, Grace "Grissie" Cowsert, was 25. He married Frances Baldwin on 21 January 1841, in Golconda, Pope, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Golconda, Pope, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 28 March 1900, in Raum, Pope, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pope, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev. Richard Fulkerson Jr.
1819–1900
Frances Baldwin
1820–1876
Marriage: 21 January 1841
John Lewis Fulkerson
1840–
Charles Henry Fulkerson
1844–1909
William Green Fulkerson
1846–1871
Martha Ann Fulkerson
1848–1933
James Fredrick Fulkerson
1850–1896
Mary Jane Fulkerson
1852–1880
Williamson Floyd Fulkerson
1854–
Juliette Fulkerson
1857–1883
Orillo Catharine Fulkerson
1860–1924
Joshua Allen Fulkerson
1862–1949

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 January 1841Golconda, Pope, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1820 · Making States Equal
    Age 1
    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
    1832 · Black Hawk War
    Age 13
    "The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
    1846
    Age 27
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of North German Volkersen, a patronymic from the personal name Volker .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Volker

    Sources (13)

    • Richard Fulkerson, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Richard Fulkerson in entry for James K P Newton and Juliette Fulkerson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
    • Richard Falkerson, "United States Census, 1880"

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