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1842/43 – 1907
Jacob Fulmer — Chapman (pp. 813–814): born in Stark County, Ohio, 12 December 1843, son of Martin and Mary Fulmer, German natives; his father died when he was eight; he came with his parents to this county in 1850; married Louisa E. Beiger on 27 March 1866 — Ledean, Clarence W., John H., Martin D., Jacob H. — and farmed 135 acres in section 3, of the Evangelical Association. Howard (vol. 2, pp. 931–932): born in Ohio 12 December 1842 (the father's farm in Portage County), son of Martin Fulmer (b. Germany 1802) and Mary Kling (b. Germany 1804); "in 1849 the family made the overland journey to St. Joseph county," the father dying one year after arrival; Jacob bought out the heirs and owned 160 acres, formerly 320; married Elizabeth L. Beiger in 1865; five sons with the same names; supervisor for twenty-five years; trustee of the Evangelical church at Coalbush. Same man — same parents, same sons — with his birth year, arrival year, wife's Christian name, and wedding year all in conflict between the two county histories, printed here as both books give them. His son John H. Fulmer (b. Penn Township 26 May 1872; Howard, p. 929) married Mary Ann Weis (15 March 1894), daughter of Henry Weis of this township, and moved in 1902 to a 120-acre homestead. His son Lee D. Fulmer (b.
Sources:
- Chapman, pp. 813–814; Howard, vol. 2, pp. 929, 931–932.