When William V Fulbright was born on 17 October 1839, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, his father, Aaron Fulbright, was 35 and his mother, Catherine Baker, was 30. He married Mary Jane Smith on 19 December 1867, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Scopus Township, Bollinger, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 26 March 1877, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.