Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 15:
Line 15: − +
→Biography
==Biography==
==Biography==
Fulton came to Alexandria, the seat of government for Rapides Parish and the largest city in Central Louisiana, about 1785 in partnership with land speculator William Miller. Fulton, who held a land grant from the government of [[Spain]],<ref name=riverfronts>{{cite web|url=http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/July-August-2010/Louisiana-Riverfronts-Alexandria-Pineville/|title=Louisiana Riverfronts: Alexandria-Pineville|publisher=myneworleans.com|accessdate=October 9, 2010}}</ref> purchased merchandise and built the first store in Rapides Parish and located it beside the Red River. On May 4, 1805, he was appointed coroner of Rapides Parish by then the first territorial governor, William C. C. Claiborne (c. 1773-1817). He became the postmaster during the [[Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson]] administration in 1807. In 1805, he laid out the townsite of Alexandria in collaboration with a business partner, Thomas Harris Maddox.<ref name=fulton/>
Fulton came to Alexandria, the seat of government for Rapides Parish and the largest city in Central Louisiana, about 1785 in partnership with land speculator William Miller. Fulton, who held a land grant from the government of [[Spain]],<ref name=riverfronts>{{cite web|url=http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/July-August-2010/Louisiana-Riverfronts-Alexandria-Pineville/|title=Louisiana Riverfronts: Alexandria-Pineville|publisher=myneworleans.com|author=Paul F. Stahis, Jr.|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref> purchased merchandise and built the first store in Rapides Parish and located it beside the Red River. On May 4, 1805, he was appointed coroner of Rapides Parish by then the first territorial governor, William C. C. Claiborne (c. 1773-1817). He became the postmaster during the [[Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson]] administration in 1807. In 1805, he laid out the townsite of Alexandria in collaboration with a business partner, Thomas Harris Maddox.<ref name=fulton/>
In 1793, Fulton married the 15-year-old Mary Henrietta Wells, daughter of Samuel Levi Wells, I, and the former Dorcas Huie. Alexander and Mary Fulton had six children: Samuel, Eliza, William, Benjamin, Marcus, and Courtney Ann Fulton.<ref name=fulton/> Mary Wells Fulton was the aunt of later Louisiana Governor James Madison Wells (1808-1899), who was born near Alexandria in 1808. Governor Wells was a son of Samuel Levi Wells, II.
In 1793, Fulton married the 15-year-old Mary Henrietta Wells, daughter of Samuel Levi Wells, I, and the former Dorcas Huie. Alexander and Mary Fulton had six children: Samuel, Eliza, William, Benjamin, Marcus, and Courtney Ann Fulton.<ref name=fulton/> Mary Wells Fulton was the aunt of later Louisiana Governor James Madison Wells (1808-1899), who was born near Alexandria in 1808. Governor Wells was a son of Samuel Levi Wells, II.