ALBERT E. FULLER is one of the well-known citizens of Center Township, Pottawattamie County. He was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 7, 1860 the son of Ezra Fuller, deceased.

Ezra Fuller came to Iowa in April 1861, soon after the firing on Fort Sumter. He was born near Bloomfield, New York in 1803, the son of Jerrod and Cynthia (Wait) Fuller. During the War of 1812 his father was employed in hauling provisions from Bloomfield to Buffalo, New York. When a youth Ezra removed with his parents from his native state to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He married Rachel Hickby a native of New York. By her he had six children, as follows: Corydon, who resides in Florida; Jerrod, who was a soldier of the Fifth Iowa Infantry, and who died in Missouri of a fever contracted in the war; Moses, a resident of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, Calestea died in Pottawattamie County in 1865; James who was in the same regiment with his brother Jerrod, also died of disease contracted in the war, his death occurring in Syracuse, Missouri, and Sophronia a resident of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

In 1842 Mr. Fuller wedded Arloa Turner. She was born in Washington County, New York in 18225, the daughter of James M. and Charity (Mora) Turner, both natives of New York State. Mrs. Turner died two years and a half after the birth of Arloa. Mr. Turner died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fuller, in Center Township. By his second marriage Mr. Fuller had five children, viz.: Marion, who lives in Ohio; Sarah Wynans, who resides near Avoca, this county; Vienna, wife of John Rollins, Center Township; Hannah, wife of Alexander hair, also of Center Township; and Albert E., whose name heads this sketch.

Mr. Fuller made his home in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, until 1861 when he came to Iowa and settled in Cedar County. In 1864 he located in Center Township, Pottawattamie County, on the farm where Albert E. now resides. It was then wild prairie land and Mr. Fuller broke the soil the first season he was there. The Indians were so troublesome on the western frontier at that time that the fuller family returned to Cedar County to spend the winter, returning the next spring to the same farm. Mr. Fuller had traded Ohio land for 800 acres in this vicinity, which he divided among his children. He was a man well posted on political matters, and cast his vote with the Republican Party. He was upright and honorable in all his business dealings; was retiring in his disposition, and had a great love for home. The golden rule was the one he followed all through life.

Albert E. Fuller is the youngest of the family and was but four years of age when his parents came to this county. He was reared on the home farm, and received his education in the public schools. Arriving at the age of manhood, he married July 6,1880, to Miss Martha Swain, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Ira and Fanny swain, of Grinnell, Iowa. Two children have been born to them: Frances and Ida. Politically Mr. Fuller is a Republican. Like his worthy father, he is fair and honest in all his business transactions, and is highly respected by his fellow citizens.

Contributed by: Darlene Vergamini