Fuller, Hiram F.

HIRAM F. FULLER, farmer, P.O. Spartansburg, was born in Elk Creek Township, Erie Co., Penn., April 21, 1824, son of Abiezer and Sarah (Lyons) Fuller, the latter a sister of Jasper Lyons, an early settler of Richmond Township, this county. They were natives of New York State, and settled in Sparta Township, where Our subject now resides, in 1828, and began making a home in the wilderness, enduring many privations and hardships. Though game was abundant, bread stuff was scarce, and their only way of obtaining money was by making and selling black salt. Mr. Fuller was a hardworking man, and did his share in clearing up this township. He died in October, 1837; his widow February 12, 1861, aged seventy- four years. They were the parents of ten children1 nine of whom grew up and were married. Our subject, September 29, 1847, married Sophronia E., daughter of Salmon and Eliza (Eggleston) Sturdevant, natives of Litchfield County, Conn., and early settlers of Bloomfield Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Fuller were born John W. (deceased), Mariette (deceased), Aaron, Hiram H., Sarah E. (wife of Eugene Ceder, of Chautauqua County, N.Y.), Emma J. (deceased), William N., Clara, and Herbert E., living at home. Mr. Fuller learned and followed shoe- making for thirteen years. He has a farm or 144 acres, most of which is cleared and improved, with good substantial buildings thereon. Politically he is a Republican, but not a partisan in his views. He is among the reliable and substantial citizens of Sparta Township. He and his wife are members of the P. of H.