JOHN W. FULLER
Pleasanton Observer-Enterprise, Thursday,
Oct. 27, 1921, Pg. 1
Vol. 50, No. 19
Obituary.
The sad news of the death of his
father, J. W. Fuller was received here last week by S. T. Fuller. Mr.
Fuller was 84 years of age, and while feeble of late years, his death was
preceded by only a short illness and came unexpectedly. Mr. Fuller had
lived in Pleasanton for many years and the funeral was attended by many of his
old friends. It was in charge of the Masons, of which order the deceased
had long been a member. J. W. Fuller was born in Coles Co., Ill., on March
18, 1837. He volunteered for the Union army on August 9, 1862 and served
till the end of the war in Co. D, 123 Illinois Infantry. He was united in
marriage Feb. 19, 1866, to Miss Emily Sparks, to which union five children were
born three of whom survive; J. O. of Eldorado Springs, Mo., Lucy D. Ganaway of
Clovis, California, and S.T. Fuller of this place.
Mr. Fuller was one of the oldest
Masons, both in point of years and of membership, in this section of the state,
having joined the order in 1862, before entering the Union Army. During
the war he spent 52 days in Libby prison, and always attributed his release from
confinement to a Masonic password given a doctor there, who helped him to get
out.
He joined the Methodist Episcopal
Church in early manhood and remained in the faith until his death. He was
also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic from the time of its founding.
Though Mr. Fuller had devoted most
of the latter years of his life to travel, he still considered Pleasanton his
home, and returned here frequently. May friends will be left to mourn his
passing away at the en of a well spent life, and to sympathize with the bereaved
family.