Posted on: Boulder Co. Co Biographies Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Co/BoulderBios/4 Surname: ------------------------- JAMES Stevens FULLER--(my GF) > Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 11, 1874. > > No brothers. One sister--May Ridding Fuller Sickman, > who has two sons, both born in Denver, Colorado, dates > unknown to me.(Darrell & Lawrence) > > Father -- William H. Fuller. Born in Iowa. Served > in Civil War as corporal in the Federal Army under General > Lyon. Wounded at Battle of Wilson Creek, in head, by piece > of shrapnel. Died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1874 at age > about thirty-five. Death due to general break-down as result > of aforementioned wound. > > His father, William Fuller, and mother, maiden name > unknown,both born in Scotland. > > He had a brother Al and sister Mary.(unclear: Will/Scot, > or Will/Iowa?) > > My mother was born in Virginia. She had a brother, > William, a brother James M. and sister Effie Sarah, also a > brother and sister died when they were small children. My > mother's name was Emma Stevens Fuller. She had no middle > initial in her maiden name but signed herself Emma T. Stevens, > and when a widow, Emma T. Fuller. She told me that her father > called her "Tilt" as a pet name when she was a little girl, > "Tilt" being the popular name for a little bird that was > always bobbing and tilting. She died in 1917 in Denver of > Bright's Disease. > > Effie was born in Burlington, Iowa. Don't know where > the others were born. Aunt Effie's husband wee George Mitchell, > born in Battle Creek, Michigan. Died in Denver, Colorado, about > thirteen years ago of heart disease.(1932) > > > James Stevens widow is Ella Behman Stevens of Los > Angles. Daughter Alda Hyndman. She has a Son, John, and is > divorced from her husband. James Stevens died in L. A. about > four years ago of kidney trouble.(1941) > > James end Ella had two children, Alda and Robert. > Robert, has been married twice, divorced from first wife, and > I believe is now separated from the second. > > William Stevens was the oldest of mother's brothers. > He has been dead a number of years o He died before mother did. > Left a widow, Mamie Stevens, who is now in L. A. Believe she > has a millinery store. Don't know much about her. She and > Uncle Will both taught in the Indian school at Albuquerque. > Uncle Will was a saddler end taught that and harness making > and probably other things as well as training the band. > > Uncle Jim was a commercial traveler in his younger > days. Can remember him traveling fer a crookery house. He > had a livery business in Aspen, Colorado, in the boom days. > Made a lot of money and lost it when the boom busted. Ella's > people were all lumbermen. Conducted the the Behmen (or > Belman or Bedman) Lumber Co, in Cripple Creek Col. Uncle Jim > learned the business and became a lumber accountant. He and > Alda were both members of the "Who's-Whos" > > Uncle Will and Mamie had no children but an adopted > daughter. My maternal grandfather was Jamas M. Stevens, > born in Virginia, I believe, Had some slaves, which he freed > before the var. One darky, "Old Joe", remained with them as > a freeman for many years, but finally disappeared and they > never got any trace of him. > > At one time grandfather was a pilot on Mississippi > River steam boats. Later he had a boat supply store and was > quite well off, but one day he accidently got indigo in his > eyes and was blind for a long time, and that was the beginning > of his end financially. > > He took his family to Colorado by ox-team and engaged in > mining at Central City. That's where my sister May was born. > The family moved from Central City to Sunshine, Boulder Co. > and from there to Boulder, Col. Re was a Mason, Knight > Templar and a staunch Democrat. When Cleveland ran for > President the First time he was confined to the house with > inflamatory rhuematism in his legs. His doctor told him > that if he went out it would kill him, but he did go out to > vote for Cleveland. He came home, the disease went to his heart > and he died. He had two brothers, William end Elisha. William > was married but had no children. Elisha left a widow and son. > I think the son is named Robert. He'd be about 30 now if he > is living. > > My maternal grandmother was born in Hallifax, Nova > Scotia. Her name was Sarah Ridding and she had a sister, Ann, > whose married name was Wightman. She lived in Kansas City, > Mo. Had one son and two daughters . The son was Charlie. He > was a reporter and an amateur painter. We have a small picture > which he painted and gave to Auntie. > ****any of these, contact me! --JD