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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.​
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Fulton died in 1818 and is believed to have been interred at Rapides Cemetery in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], the smaller city on the eastern side of the Red River. There is no grave marker, so the exact burial site is not known.<ref name=fulton/> His year of death is known because existing records which show that his estate went through probate in January 1819.<ref>Louisiana Supreme Court, [http://books.google.com/books?id=2RYtAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA250&dq=%22Alexander+Fulton%22+Louisiana+1819&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ovADUaeyNoH88gTJwYFg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Alexander%20Fulton%22%20Louisiana%201819&f=false Louisiana Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana], 1845, Volume IX, page 250</ref>​
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Fulton died in 1818 and is believed to have been interred at Rapides Cemetery in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], the smaller city on the eastern side of the Red River. There is no grave marker, so the exact burial site is not known.<ref name=fulton/> His year of death is known because existing records which show that his estate went through probate in January 1819.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2RYtAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA250&dq=%22Alexander+Fulton%22+Louisiana+1819&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ovADUaeyNoH88gTJwYFg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Alexander%20Fulton%22%20Louisiana%201819&f=false|title=Louisiana Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana|publisher=Google Books|date=1845|volume=IX|page=250}}</ref>​
    
Fulton is honored by the naming of Fulton Street and the Fulton Street Bridge, which links Louisiana Highway 28 across the Red River between Alexandria and Pineville. The founder is further recognized by the naming of the 7-story, 83,000 square foot complex, the Alexander Fulton Hotel and Convention Center, located at 701 Fourth Street in the riverfront district. The complex, formerly a Holiday Inn, is near the historic Bentley Hotel, founded in 1907 by a timber magnate, Joseph Bentley.<ref name=riverfronts/>​
 
Fulton is honored by the naming of Fulton Street and the Fulton Street Bridge, which links Louisiana Highway 28 across the Red River between Alexandria and Pineville. The founder is further recognized by the naming of the 7-story, 83,000 square foot complex, the Alexander Fulton Hotel and Convention Center, located at 701 Fourth Street in the riverfront district. The complex, formerly a Holiday Inn, is near the historic Bentley Hotel, founded in 1907 by a timber magnate, Joseph Bentley.<ref name=riverfronts/>​
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