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FULLER, HELEN M., far., Sec. 5; P. O. West Point; daughter of Harmon Coggshall, who was born in Litchfield, Conn., Sept. 4, 1808, and when 12 years of age, with his parents, removed to Susquehanna Co., Penn., and adopting his father’s trade — that of a blacksmith — he continued to work at that industriously. At 27 years of age, he married Anna McCumber, who was born in the State of New York June 16, 1809; eleven children were born of this marriage—four sons and three daughters are still living; the first born, the subject of this sketch, was born in Susquehanna Co., Penn., Sept. 19, 1828, and when 6 years of age, was brought by her parents to Stephenson Co., Ill. At the age of 27, she married Jeduthan G. Fuller, who was born in Greenwich, Mass., Oct. 30, 1811, and when 12 years of age, with his parents, John and Sarah Fuller, removed to Berlin Heights, Erie Co., Ohio, thence to Stephenson Co., Ill., where they were married; in 1869, they removed to Lee Co., settling where she now resides and owns eighty acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. Mr. Fuller died Aug. 6, 1873, leaving a family of six children — two sons and four daughters — all were born in Ill., except the youngest.