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DAVID M. FULLER. A prominent and leading industry of to-day is the harness business which has developed into large proportions during the last few years. One of the prosperous and reliable harness manufacturers of Westfield is David M. Fuller. He is a son of William and Cynthia (Cook) Fuller, and was born at Orwell, Addison county, Vermont, December 1, 1817. The Fullers originally came from Wales and settled in New England where one member of the family, William Fuller, the grandfather of David M. Fuller, served in the Revolutionary war. His son, William Fuller (father), was a resident of Vermont, where he married Cynthia Cook, a native of that State, and reared a family of several children.

David M. Fuller was reared in his native town until he was twelve years of age. In the fall of 1835, he removed to the town of French Creek, where he purchased a sixty acre tract of land which he cleared and afterwards cultivated until 1882, when he quit farming and came to Westfield to engage in the harness manufacturing business with his son-in-law, Stacey N. A. Smith, now of Corry, Pennsylvania. Although over sixty-five years of age, Mr. Fuller soon acquainted himself with all the details of the business and attained a thorough knowledge of harness manufacture in all of its branches. In a short time he purchased Mr. Smith’s interest and since then has continued successfully in that line of business. His assortment comprises everything that is useful or desirable in his line of business. His trade extends far beyond the corporate limits of Westfield and he makes it an object to supply his patrons with first-class work.

In 1837 he returned to Vermont where he married Sarah J. Royce, who died in June, 1840. He then married Cordelia Farnham, daughter of Walter Farnham, a farmer of the town of French Creek. To this second union have been born five children: Donna A., Cassie E., William W., Edwin D. and Earle P.

David M. Fuller has held several of the local offices of his town and village. He is a member of the Equitable Aid Union, in which order he holds the office of chancellor.