The Fuller Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

The Fullers of Bradford descend from the early Massachusetts family through the New York branch.

(I) Chase Fuller

Chase Fuller was born 1796, died at Limestone, New York, 1879. He came to Limestone in early life, later moved to Humphrey, New York, thence to Virginia, later returning to Limestone. He was always a farmer; supervisor at Humphrey for a number of years and justice of the peace. He married Nancy Kenyon, born in Vermont, January 12, 1801, died at Limestone, December 25, 1887. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Children:

1. Philetas Fuller, born in Erie county, New York, deceased; he was an oil producer in business, and in public life county commissioner and associate judge, also a veteran of the civil war, serving in a Pennsylvania regiment; he married (first) a widow, Cornelia Farrer, (second) Elizabeth Drake, (third) Anna Morris, who survives him without issue at Smethport, McKean county, Pennsylvania; children:
   1. Ophelia Fuller, child of first wife.
   2. Emily Fuller, child of first wife.
   3. Truman Fuller, child of first wife, deceased.
   4. Roy D. Fuller, child of second wife.
   5. Bernice Fuller, child of second wife, deceased.
   6. Myrtle Fuller, child of second wife, deceased.
2. Lafayette Fuller, born in Erie county, New York, March, 1825, died December 7, 1911; he was a farmer at Minard Run, where he died; he married Olivia Kellogg, who survives him; children:
   1. George Fuller.
   2. Arvilla Fuller.
   3. Lavella Fuller.
   4. Irene Fuller.
   5. Jennie Fuller, deceased.
   6. William Fuller, deceased.
   7. Lenora Fuller.
   8. Rupert Fuller.
3. Manly Fuller, born in Erie county, New York, died at Rochester, Minnesota, 1876; was a farmer and a member of the Minnesota legislature; married Jane Bisby, of Ellicottville, New York, died 1908; children:
   1. Milton Fuller.
   2. Wellington Fuller.
   3. Mary Fuller.
4. Dolly A. Fuller, born in Erie county, New York, May, 1830, died June, 1906; married Marcus McMillan, deceased, a carpenter and builder of Olean, New York, where he died; children:
   1. Adelbert McMillan.
   2. Mabel McMillan.
   3. Lelia McMillan.
   4. Arthur McMillan.
5. Romanzo Fuller, born in Erie county, New York, May, 1835, died May, 1904; was a carpenter; married Harriet Leonard, of Limestone, New York; children:
   1. Herbert Fuller.
   2. Angelia Fuller.
   3. Jerome Fuller.
   4. Samuel Fuller.
6. Elizabeth Fuller, born November 3, 1837; married Samuel Huntington, whom she survives, a resident of Custer City, Pennsylvania; he enlisted in a New York regiment, was captured and confined in the Andersonville prison pen; although he survived the horrors of that infamous place, his health was so broken that he died soon after being liberated; children:
   1. Adelle Huntington, born at Gilmore, Pennsylvania, December, 1854, married Martin McKay.
   2. Milford Huntington, born 1856, now living near Sawyer City, Pennsylvania, married Martha Etheridge.
   3. Ruby Huntington, born 1858, died February, 1903, married George Woodward, a bridge builder, who survives her.
7. Velonia Fuller, born March, 1839; married Samuel Leonard, of Limestone, New York, a carpenter and builder, who died May, 1907; she survives, a resident of Limestone; children:
   1. Grace Leonard.
   2. Ralph Leonard.
   3. Roy Leonard.
   4. Maud Leonard.
   5. Gertrude Leonard, deceased.
   6. Belle Leonard.
   7. Jennie Leonard.
8. Zoroaster Chase Fuller, of whom further.
9. Olivia Fuller, born in Erie county, New York, May 6, 1844; married Almanzo Jones, of Allegany county, New York, a railroad man, died in Minnesota, whom she survives; this family resides in Oklahoma. Children:
   1. Millard Jones.
   2. Lois Jones.
   3. Arthur Jones, deceased.
   4. Frank Jones.
10. Millard Fuller, born February, 1850, died 1864.

(II) Zoroaster Chase Fuller

Zoroaster Chase, son of Chase Fuller, was born in Freedom, New York, September 21, 1842. When he was but a child his parents moved to Limestone, New York, where he was educated in the public schools. When he was sixteen years of age he began working in the lumber woods and farming at Humphrey, New York, where he remained until 1869. He then went to Virginia settling on a farm at Caroline, near Richmond, continuing until 1873. He returned north and in December, 1878, located at Degolia, McKean county, Pennsylvania, where he followed agriculture the remainder of his life. He died at Custer City (near Degolia), April 14, 1910. He was a Democrat until his later years, when he became a Republican. He held the office of constable in Humphrey and was assessor of Bradford township. He enlisted in the Sixty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteers in the spring of 1865, serving until the close of the war. He married, October 8, 1867, Sila G. Wickes, born in Franklinville, New York, January 27, 1850, who survives him, a resident of Custer City, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She is a daughter of Charles D. Wickes, born in Delaware county, New York, July 15, 1817, died in Ellwood, Illinois, November, 1896, a farmer, and in later years proprietor of a meat market. He married Emeline, daughter of —– and Betsey (Daniels) Gleason, who had six other children:

1. Nelson Gleason, deceased.
2. Lavina Gleason, married Ariel Howard; deceased.
3. William Gleason, married Caroline Blanchard; deceased.
4. Franklin Gleason, married Celina; deceased.
5. Eliza Gleason, married John Simonson; deceased.
6. Sarah Gleason, married —– Alleson; deceased.

Children of Zoroaster Chase Fuller:

1. Millard C. Fuller, born at Humphrey, New York, October 20, 1868; now in the oil business at Jamestown, Pennsylvania; he married Lottie Pratt, born 1858, died July 8, 1911; no issue.
2. Allie Lorena Fuller, born at Bowling Green, Caroline county, Virginia, May 29, 1870; married Carlton W. Cloud, born January 18, 1872, now a merchant of Custer City, Pennsylvania; child:
   1. Frederick Ellsworth Cloud, born January 31, 1898.
3. Hattie Emeline Fuller, of whom further.
4. Mary E. Fuller, born in Elwood, Will county, Illinois, May 23, 1875; married Mertin F. Howard, born January 29, 1873, in Erie county, Pennsylvania, engaged in the oil business at Custer City; child:
   1. Maxine F. Howard, born July 6, 1899.

(III) Hattie Emeline Fuller

Hattie Emeline, daughter of Zoroaster Chase Fuller, was born in Allegany, Cattaraugus county, New York, September 21, 1872. She was a child of two years when her parents moved to Elwood, Illinois, and of six years when they returned to the vicinity of Bradford, at what was then Degolia, now Custer City. There she was educated in the public schools, finishing her studies in 1889. She then qualified as an instructor and taught in the schools of Allen and Hazelton, Pennsylvania, until a short time previous to her marriage. She married, June 15, 1892, Hance Cooper Chesney, son of John Chesney, born in Ireland, 1813, came to the United States in 1822, lived at New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he followed his trade of blacksmith, later purchasing a farm on which he resided until his death in 1903. He married Catherine Stoner, born in Vermont, 1812, died 1901; eight children:

1. James Chesney, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania; now an oil producer.
2. Jane Chesney, married Alexander Pattison, and resides at Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania; children:
   1. William Pattison.
   2. Kittie Pattison.
   3. Elizabeth Pattison.
   4. John Pattison.
   5. David Pattison.
3. William Chesney, an oil producer of Butler county, Pennsylvania; married Eunice Elizabeth, daughter of Michael and May Grimm, of Columbiana county, Ohio; children:
   1. Margaret Chesney.
   2. Kittie Chesney.
   3. May Chesney.
   4. David Chesney.
   5. William Chesney.
4. Robert Chesney, an oil producer of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania; married Belle Patterson, deceased; children:
   1. Harry Chesney.
   2. Frank Chesney.
   3. Mabel Chesney.
5. Jemima Chesney, married James Kildoo, deceased; James Kildoo was of Scotch descent, owned a large farm at Portersville, Butler county, Pennsylvania, on which his widow now resides. Children:
   1. Elizabeth Kildoo.
   2. Isabella Kildoo.
   3. Robert Kildoo.
6. Hance Cooper Chesney, of whom further.
7. Belle Chesney, married Smith Patterson, a prosperous farmer of Grove City, Mercer county, Pennsylvania; children:
   1. Ethel DeWitt Patterson.
   2. Emerson Patterson.
8. Martha Chesney, died aged eighteen years.

Hance Cooper, sixth child and fourth son of John Chesney, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 24, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of Lawrence county, and at Rose Point Academy in the same county. He then began the study of medicine under Dr. J. M. Balph, of Rose Point, later entered Columbus (Ohio) Medical College, whence he was graduated M. D., class of 1883. He began practice at North Liberty, Mercer county, then for one year (1885) was located at Irvington, Warren county, making permanent location at Custer City, Pennsylvania, in 1886. He was an exceedingly skillful and popular physician, his services being so constantly in demand that he broke down under the crushing weight of his practice and died March 2, 1907. At the time of his death he was an active member in the McKean County Medical Society, and was also justice of the peace for Bradford township, McKean county, Pennsylvania, which office he held for a number of years. He was a Republican. He was a member of the Masonic order, belonging to lodge, chapter, commandery of Knights Templar and Ismailia Shrine of Buffalo. He also held membership in the Knights of the Maccabees and the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. H. C. Chesney, who survives her husband and resides in Custer City, is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Methodist Episcopal church. She has no children, but has an adopted daughter:

1. Nellie Arvilla Chesney.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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