Fulkerson, James Reid 1a

Birth Name Fulkerson, James Reid
Gramps ID I8017
Gender male
Age at Death 73 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E6508] 1824 Green Co., Kentucky  
 
Death [E6509] 1897    
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Fulkerson, James D. [I8024]1805
Mother Hornback, Margaret [I8025]1805
         Fulkerson, James Reid [I8017] 1824 1897

Families

    Family of Fulkerson, James Reid and Kerrick, Matilda Ann [F2889]
Married Wife Kerrick, Matilda Ann [I8018] ( * 1824 + before 1896 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E7415] 1847    
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Fulkerson, Sarah Francis [I7917]18691940-06-00
    Family of Fulkerson, James Reid and (Unknown), Selista [F2893]
Married Wife (Unknown), Selista [I8023] ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E7417] about 1896-09-00    
 

Narrative

He went by the nickname "Jim." The last name was also sometimesspelled "Faulkner." At the age of 25, Jim moved to Harrison County,Indiana, near Corydon. He moved to Daviess County, Kentucky when hewas 55 years old, in 1879. He is referred to in a local history bookas "one of Daviess County's well-to-do farmers."

He married again at age 72 a lady named Selista. They only livedtogether three months. Distressed over the breakup, he hanged himselfin a barn 100 yards from his house at 1:00 p.m. on Christmas Day of1897.

Pedigree

  1. Fulkerson, James D. [I8024]
    1. Hornback, Margaret [I8025]
      1. Fulkerson, James Reid
        1. Kerrick, Matilda Ann [I8018]
          1. Fulkerson, Sarah Francis [I7917]
        2. (Unknown), Selista [I8023]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Oral family history [S0067]
      • Page: resource via Rodney Berry.
      • Confidence: Low