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GUY H. FULLER is a resident of Jamestown who has come into prominence through his able management of the democratic papers, the Sunday Sun, and Jamestown Standard. His manipulation of these journals is truly worthy of more than a passing notice, for in the short space of time in which he has guided their fortunes, they have attained a sworn circulation of over six thousand copies per issue. Guy H. Fuller is a son of Almond and Adelia (Camp) Fuller, and was born in the pretty little country town of Herrick, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1852. He traces his ancestry to sturdy Welsh and English people who have long enjoyed American liberties, and had its principles thoroughly disseminated in them by breathing its free air for more than two centuries. His grandfather, Jonas Fuller, was a native of Vermont, and came with a party of four other families to Susquehanna county, Pa., where he ended his life. Being a mill-wright by trade, he was a valuable acquisition to that community which had to carry their grain sixty miles on horseback to be ground. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, married and reared a family of three sons and one daughter; the latter now (1891) living at Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Fuller was a whig and republican and, although not identified with any church, he was a devoted student of the Bible and was familiar with its choicest passages. His was a character at once commanding respect and admiration for its quiet force yet unassuming demeanor. Israel Camp (maternal grand-father) dates his forefather’s arrival in the new world at 1620. He came to Bradford county while it was still an unbroken forest and cleared the ground of its natural growth before he could sow his grain. He married Mersey Wells, a lady of marked ability, and they reared a family of fourteen children. A number of the sons entered the civil war. Horace died in the service; N. Judson enlisted from the State of Illinois, rose to the rank of first lieutenant and made an untarnished record; Guy entered the army from Sioux City, Iowa, and went to the front with two other brothers, making a total of five from this one family. The last named son is now living in California. Almond Fuller was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., and went over into Bradford county while still a young man and took up a large tract of land which he made into a fertile farm. By trade he was a shoemaker and while not busy on his farm he made a circuit of the section and did the repairing for families. This, in local parlance, was called “whipping the cat.” He was a whig and republican until Horace Greeley electrified the country and raised havoc in party ranks, when he became a democrat and maintained that position until he died upon the farm his own hands, while in the strength of young manhood, had made arable. He was a pious and honorable man, but belonged to no church. He married Adelia Camp, who is still living upon the old homestead and a member of the Presbyterian church. They became the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters. One son died in infancy, while the others all learned the carpenter’s trade. N. A. joined the 52d regiment, Pa. Vol. Infantry for the three months service at President Lincoln’s first call and having served this term of enlistment he rejoined for three years. Upon the expiration of that time he entered the veteran corps and remained to the close of the war. Having enlisted as a private he advanced to the grade of second lieutenant and received honorable mention for his courage as a color bearer.

Guy H. Fuller passed his life up to 1873, on a farm in Bradford county, and secured his education at the common schools and Camptown academy. In 1873, he went to Wisconsin and engaged in carpenter work. Having built a log house, he lived there for some time and experienced the trials and tribulations of a pioneer. Then he went into the town of Royal, where he resided until 1875. Upon returning to Bradford county, in 1877, he began canvassing for the Tunkhannock Democrat, published in Wyoming county, Pa., and, finding his aptitude for newspaper work, has followed it ever since and has been connected with various journals in Buffalo, Bradford, McKean county, Pa., and Jamestown. He was general manager of the Bradford News, a paper of National reputation during 1882-3 and 4, and then became business manager of the Evening Star, at the same place. In the latter part of 1884, he came to Jamestown and founded the Jamestown Sunday Sun, which he conducted exclusively until May, 1886, and then purchased the Jamestown Standard, a democratic weekly. The two papers now have a circulation guaranteed to exceed six thousand copies.

On June 15, 1871, he married Martha Carr, of Bradford county, Pa., and had two children: Edna B. and Narom J.

Guy H. Fuller is a democrat, but realizes that political duties honorably discharged are not the source of much wealth and therefore has never been ambitious to be a star in that zodiac. He is a leading member of Jamestown Council, No. 137, Royal Arcanum. Besides being a successful newspaper manager he is a pleasant, sociable gentleman and one of the secrets of his business triumphs is his knack of interesting those with whom he comes in contact by his personality.