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JONATHAN FULLER, farmer, P. O. Russellville. Jonathan Fuller, now the oldest man in Jefferson Township, was born December 6, 1788, in Vermont. His parents were Jonathan and Rhoda Fuller. He received but a rudimentary education, for in those days the opportunities of obtaining a good education were very limited. He married about the year 1808, while still in Vermont, Mary Wait, born in 1789, by whom he had seven children, viz., Laura F. (deceased), married H. H. B. Spencer; Rhoda C., married Stephen I. Collins (deceased); Nelson N. W., married for his third wife Mrs. Melinda J. (Kendle) Evans; Mary (deceased), married William Linn (deceased); Louisa married Ephraim Brown; Lucy (deceased), married J. Glaze (deceased); Rachael A. (deceased), married William B. House. Two of them were born in Vermont, one in New York State and four in Ohio. About the year 1813, he emigrated to New York State, Cayuga County, where he remained but a short time; while there, at one time the Indians determined to massacre the settlement in which he then lived, but having in some way made a compromise with the whites, finally abandoned their purpose. With his family, Mr. Fuller started for Ohio, arriving within the limits of what is known as Brown County, about 1814-15. After living in different parts of the county, he finally settled about 1824, on a farm of seventy acres, located in the central portion of what is now known as Jefferson Township. The farm on which he settled was partially cleared and contained a log hut. He being a man of energy, perseverance and economy, accumulated sufficient to warrant him in purchasing subsequently a tract of land, so as to include in all about one hundred acres. About the year. 1842, the log cabin was replaced with a more substantial building, better adapted to the wants of his family. His land is in a good state of cultivation, with substantial and commodious buildings erected thereon. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and is now in his ninety-fourth year.