Desc. of Fuller and Utters in Delaware Co. that removed to Broome Co. Re posted with permission of Author. If you end up posting to me or the list, don't worry, I will forward it. Forwarding to Cortland Co. because I think some Broome Co. Fullers have desc. there also. Vicki -----Original Message----- From: AielloCast@aol.com [SMTP:AielloCast@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 11:08 PM To: NYDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYDELAWA-L] Re: Fullers and Whites in Delaware County Dear Raphaela Axtell: I have finally made the connection .... Hiram B. FULLER, was born approx. 1833 (haven't pinned the exact date down yet) .... he was the son of Daniel Webster FULLER, Sr., Sarah A. UTTER (04 Aug 1806 - 16 Feb 1876). Sarah died in Elmira, Chemung Co., NY and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, next to the grave of Mark Twain .... family legend is that Daniel Webster FULLER abandoned Sarah and their 10 children around the time of the Gold Rush .... and never returned. Hiram B. FULLER is listed in the following Federal Census Reports: 1850 Town of Oneonta, Otsego Co., NY (Page 140; Dwelling 658; Family 700) Sarah Fuller 44 F W Hiram Fuller 16 M W Laborer John Fuller 14 M W (My Great-Great Grandfather) George Fuller 10 M W (He is enumerated both with his mother Sarah and with the family of John J. Mickel, brother-in-law of Hiram's sister Maria.) 1850 Town of Oneonta, Otsego Co., NY (Page 141; Dwelling 669; Family 711) John J. Mickel 28 M W Farmer Eliza A. Mickel 29 F W Mary Thayre 17 F W Hiram Fuller 16 M W Farmer Helen Mickel 04 F W Worthington J. Mickel 01 M W 1860 Town of Sanford, Broome Co., NY (Roll 724; Page 827; Dwelling 1340; Family 1340) Hiram Fuller 29 M Farmer Charlotte Fuller 32 F Laury Fuller 02 F Almon Fuller 01 F Israel Slater 78 M Farm Laborer (Father-in-law) Caroline Slater 48 F (Sister-in-law) (Hiram's brother John was living in the adjacent town of Deposit) 1870 Deposit (Town of Tompkins), Delaware Co., NY Hiram B. Fuller 39 M Carpenter Charlotte Fuller 42 F Laura A. Fuller 12 F Ale...(sp?) Fuller 11 M Caroline Slater 53 F 1880 Town of Deposit, Delaware Co, NY (Roll 822; Page 94; Dwelling 47; Families 47 & 48) Oscar J. Slater 40 M Head of Household M Cooper NY/NY/PA Margaret Slater 38 F Wife M Keeping House NY/NY/NY Stella Slater 12 F Daughter S At School NY/NY/NY Hiram B. Fuller 49 M Head of Household M Carpenter NY/NY/NY Charlotte Fuller 52 F Wife M Keeping House NY/NY/NY Elmer Fuller 20 M Son S Common Laborer NY/NY/NY Caroline Slater 63 F Sister-in-law S No Occupation NY/NY/NY Oscar J. Slater was a nephew of Charlotte (Slater) Fuller's, by her older brother Joseph. Oscar was featured in the Biographical Review - 1895. The following is the write-up from the Biographical Review - 1895 The Leading Citizens of Delaware County, NY OSCAR J. SLATER, a well known and expert mechanic of Deposit, was born May 28, 1840, in the town of Bainbridge, Chenango County, NY, being the son of Joseph Slater and his wife, Sally Sylvius, of Northampton County, Pa., a descendant of one of the early Dutch settlers of that section. Israel Slater, the father of Joseph, was born in the town of Windsor, Vt., where he received his early education, and where he resided until after his marriage. He studied medicine, and followed that profession with marked success in the town of Windsor, also later on in Bambridge. From early youth he showed marked ability in mechanics, and, after coming to New York, used to work as a blacksmith as well as a farmer. At one time, having built a forty foot barn, he made by hand all the nails used to shingle it. He married Susanna Gage, of Washington County, New York, and with his wife made the journey through the wilderness to Bainbridge, bought a tract of timbered land, and erected with his own hands a log cabin, which was the only shelter for his family for many seasons. Many were the hardships and discouragements; and caution had to be taken against the wolves, bears, wildcats, and panthers which in those days abounded. On one very dark night Mr. Slater was followed by a pack of wolves a distance of three miles through dense woods to his own door, although for some reason they did not dare attack him. Israel Slater served his country at the time of the War of 1812, being one of the brave minutemen stationed at Sackett's Harbor when the British threatened that place. Mrs. Slater died when sixty-two years of age, in 1854, and left a family of eight children; Joseph, the father of the subject of this sketch; Marcus; Benjamin; Nathan; Albert; Delia; Caroline; and Charlotte. Her son Albert served under Sherman in Wood's division, and was killed in the battle of Resaca, having had his thigh shattered by a shell. Joseph Slater was born at Bainbridge in 1810 and received his education in the schools of his native town. When he had attained sufficient years, he learned the trades of millwright and joiner, in which callings he actively engaged for himself in the town of Greene, Chenango County, and was considered one of the best mechanics in the country. Mr. Slater was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Universalist church. His career was a short one, as he was cut down in early manhood, and left a wife and four children - Lydia, Louisa, Oscar, and Julia. At the death of Mr. Slater the home was broken up. Oscar, the subject of this sketch, went to live with his grandfather, Israel Slater; Lydia lived at the home of Hiram Bennet, of Bennetsville; and Louisa, at the home Milton Bennett, of the same place. Mrs. Sally Slater, with her daughter Julia, returned to her old home in Pennsylvania, where she later married for her second husband Urias Holenbeck of Belvidere Ill., and went West, taking with her Julia and Louisa, who there married and settled. Louisa became the wife of Seth Blood. Julia married David M. Gibbs, who soon went to the front in the war of the Rebellion. After his return at the close of the war they finished their education at Normal, Ill., and then taught for nine years, as principal and preceptress, the high school at Rosemond, Christian County, Ill., and later, for eleven years, the graded school at Genoa, Ill., where they now reside. Lydia married William L. Axtell, a brother of Mrs. Oscar J. Slater, and lived near the home of her brother's family until she died, in 1892, greatly lamented. Oscar J. Slater received his education in the schools of Bennettsville and Sanford, where he lived with his aunt Charlotte, wife of Hiram B. Fuller. In 1861 Mr. Slater started in active business life in the town of Sanford, Broome County, N. Y., as a carpenter and joiner, which trade he followed until 1864, when he went to Masonville, and there learned the cooper's trade. In 1866 he started in the cooper's business at Deposit with a cousin, Orville Wilson. The partnership continued for about two years, and then Mr. Slater bought the place where he now resides, and carried on his business for over twenty-five years, up to August, 1894. When twenty-four years of age, he married July 17, 1864, Margaret Axtell, daughter of Joseph and Caroline (Harper) Axtell, of China. Mrs. Slater received a district school education, and was brought up at home, assisting her parents in the work of the farm, and learning to spin wool and flax. The training which she received in all domestic pursuits excellently fitted her to oversee the home which she now possesses. Mr. and Mrs. Slater have one child, Stella Olivia Slater. She was graduated at the Deposit High School in the class of 1888, and is an accomplished musician, having received her musical education at Clinton Liberal Institute, at Fort Plain, N. Y. She has large classes of pupils on the piano, both in her own and neighboring towns, and enjoys an enviable reputation as a teacher. Mr. Slater inherits his skill as a mechanic from his grandfather and father, and through his success in his work has made for himself a pleasant home. Changes in the butter trade having made the cooper business unprofitable, he has now, January 1, 1895, abandoned it, and accepted a pleasant and responsible position in the employ of the New York Condensed Milk Company in their condensery in Deposit. Mr. Slater's family are members of the Baptist church in Deposit, working for the interest of the people among whom they live, and holding the respect of the whole community. Mr. Slater is a Republican in politics, and as a representative of this party has been offered several times the most important town offices, all of which he has refused. He has stood like a rock for the principles of his party, successfully combating, through the press and in public debate, what he sternly characterizes as "the false claims of the Democrats, the heresies of the Greenbackers, and the hypocrisy of the leaders of the Prohibition movement." He has also done some good work as a lay preacher. ----------- 1890 Special Schedule: Surviving Soldier, Sailors and Marines, and Widows, Etc. (this is a schedule of people who served in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States during the War of the Rebellion (Civil War) and their widows. Sanford, Broome Co, NY Hiram B. Fuller Private Co H, 1st NY Veteran's Cavalry 08 Sep 1864 18 Jun 1865 Serving 9 months and 10 days .... (He probably served in another unit prior to this one. To serve in this unit you had to be a Veteran. I have requested a copy of his Pension File from the National Archives) Hiram and Charlotte are buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Deposit, Broome Co, NY .... we know they were still alive in 1890. I have seen their graves in the past, but on my last trip to Deposit on Sept 11th I didn't notice them there. I have much more on Hiram's parents, including a photograph of his mother Sarah A. (UTTER) FULLER and all his nine siblings .... John A. Aiello HULCE, FULLER, GARDNER, CARSON, HOTCHKISS ==== NYDELAWA Mailing List ==== To subscribe or unsubscribe - send message to: NYDELAWA-L-request@rootsweb.com Put one word in message body - subscribe or unsubscribe ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp