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Below is a family biography included in The History of Warrick County, Indiana published by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. in 1885. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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WILLIAM W. FULLER, the present School Superintendent of Warrick County, is the youngest of four children born to Isham and Agnes (Wilson) Fuller, appropriate mention of whom is made in the biography of Hon. Benoni S. Fuller. He is a native of this county, born July 29, 1857; was reared on the home farm until sixteen years old, when for one year he was a student at the Normal Institute at Oakland City, Gibson Co., Ind. During the year 1876 he taught school and attended high school at Worthington, Ind., but in 1877 he returned to Oakland City and resumed his studies in the Normal. From that time until l880 he followed the teacher’s profession in various townships of his native county, then entered the State University, where he remained two years, completing the sophomore term. Having been elected County Superintendent of Warrick County, he returned to Boonville, and June 8, 1881, began administering the duties of that office. Two years later he was re-elected and is now serving out his second term as one of Warrick County’s best School Superintendents. In politics he is a Democrat, and besides being a member of a secret college fraternity, belongs to the F. and A. M. and Knights of Pythias.
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This family biography is one of 274 biographies included in The History of Warrick County, Indiana portion of the book: History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties Indiana published in 1885 by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. For the complete description, click here: Warrick County, Indiana History and Genealogy
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