Genealogy of the Fulton family, being descendants of John Fulton, born in Scotland 1713, emigrated to America in 1753, settled in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Penna., 1762 with a record of the known descendants of Hugh Ramsey, of Nottingham, and Joseph Miller, of Lancaster County, Pa. . Pa., and is reported to have prospered inbusiness and left a large estate. George W. Fulton, No. 198, or 28 A, was theyoungest son living, and went into the business ofmanufacturing buttons, and thereby amassed afortune, and died wealthv. Andrew Fulton, No. 26, established the brassand bell foundry busi
Genealogy of the Fulton family, being descendants of John Fulton, born in Scotland 1713, emigrated to America in 1753, settled in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Penna., 1762 with a record of the known descendants of Hugh Ramsey, of Nottingham, and Joseph Miller, of Lancaster County, Pa. . Pa., and is reported to have prospered inbusiness and left a large estate. George W. Fulton, No. 198, or 28 A, was theyoungest son living, and went into the business ofmanufacturing buttons, and thereby amassed afortune, and died wealthv. Andrew Fulton, No. 26, established the brassand bell foundry business in Pittsburg in 1832,which has proven itself a wonderful enterprise. In1883, it is said, that the establishment had almosta monopoly of the business of furnishing bells forthe western river steamboats, and for schools andchurches. In the year 1883 I met a Mr. Bailey, a memberof a firm of barge builders in Pittsburg, who saidto me that he was well acquainted with old AndyFulton, as he was familiarly called, and that hehad had a long and successful business experience,and that Andrew (Dick) Fulton, a son of SamuelFulton, had been mayor of Pittsburg, that hewas married, and had two daughters. Thomas C. Fulton, No. 204, George Washing-ton Fulton, No. 218, and Louis B. Fulton, No. 208,. THOS. C. FULTON, No. 204. FULTON FAMILY. II were engineers in the U. S. Navy during the CivilWar. James B. Fulton, No. 203, was chief engi-neer of the U. S. gunboat Louisville, in the CivilWar, and afterwards Chief Engineer Mound City-Navy Yard. Louis B. Fulton, No. 208, is the president ofthe Chaplin, Fulton Mfg. Co., Bell and BrassFounders, at 28 Penn Avenue, Pittsburg, who aresuccessors to A. Fultons Son & Co. Matthew H. Fulton, No. 221, served in thearmy during the Civil War, in the 9th Pennsylva-nia Reserves, and was wounded in the battle ofGaines Mill. He was taken prisoner whenwounded at Savage Station, and was held forthree months a prisoner of war in Richmond. Hewent to Bucyrus, Ohio, i
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