Orange

FULTON, Robert Reed

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 151-152 
(portrait p 152)

Robert Reed FULTON, late of East Corinth [Orange County, Vermont], was born 
20 May 1824 in Newbury [Orange County, Vermont], son of Robert and Abigail 
(SMITH) FULTON. Mr. FULTON's father was born in Scotland and emigrated to 
America in 1801. Immediately on his arrival he removed to Newbury and 
settled there. Mr. FULTON's [the subject's] mother was the daughter of Col. 
John SMITH of Revolutionary fame, who moved to Newbury in 1780. Descended 
from such ancestry, from his boyhood days he won the esteem and confidence of 
his townsmen. Although his early life was spent on one of Vermont's hill 
farms, Mr. FULTON received what was for his generation a liberal education, 
attending the Thetford and Corinth Academies [both in Orange County]. 
Besides holding the minor offices in his native town, he was chosen its 
[Newbury's] representative [in the Vermont Legislature] in 1867 and 1868. In 
1870 he established himself as a merchant in the village of East Corinth. He 
was in 1888 chosen to represent Corinth in the Legislature, and was also 
postmaster for many years, which office he held until the time of his death, 
[Robert Reed FULTON died], 18 January 1893. In politics he was a pronounced 
Republican, and in religion a worthy member of the Congregational church. He 
was a man of generous impulses, unassuming, kind and courteous. In November 
1861 he [Robert Reed FULTON] was married to [Miss] Annie HALLEY, daughter of 
James HALLEY, of Newbury [Orange County, Vermont]; she [Mrs. Annie (HALLEY) 
FULTON] survives without issue.

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