Walter Duty Fuller (1850-1924)

Walter Duty Fuller
Born: 30 Aug 1850 in Elgin, Illinois
Died: 12 Apr 1924 in Houston, Harris County, Texas
Buried: 15 Apr 1924 in Evergreen Cemetery, Houston, Texas
Parents:  Russell Mitchell Fuller (1817-1867 and Caroline Griffith (1822-1886)
Married: Florence Lucinda Hale (1860-1932) on 28 Apr 1879 in Spring Valley, Monona, Iowa

Walter Duty Fuller has been hard to pin down for me, took quite awhile, and was much helped by Ancestry.com's census indexes.  He seems to have moved around a bit, which was why he was so hard to keep track of.  I am not sure why he moved around so much, except maybe to find work.

Here are his residences:
1851 - Illinois
1860 - Raglan, Harrison County, Iowa
1870 - Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa
1880 - Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa
1885 - Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa, Occupation Farmer
1900 - Albion, Cassia County, Idaho
1910 - Durham, Washington County, Arkansas
1920 - El Dorado City, Butler County, Kansas, occupation Janitor
1914 - Houston, Texas, occupation retired printer

I am not sure how he ended up in Houston, Texas, especially in his 70's.   As far as I can tell no family lived there, most of them were in Arkansas or Oklahoma.  Would love to solve that mystery!  I had been searching for years trying to find out where he died.  I had assumed it was in Arkansas where some of the family lived.  It wasn't till I received his death certificate that the pieces started coming together.

I really don't know much at all about my Gr. Gr. Grandfather, except what is written above.  Wish I could find out more about the details of his life.  Would love to hear of anyone that is related or might know more about him.

Lucinda Bassett's Death Certificate

Here is the copy of Lucinda Bassett Hale Paden's Death Certificate:

Finding a New Generation - Linus Bassett & Lucinda Baldwin

It is so exciting to find the long lost parents of your ancestors!  The ancestor whose parents were lost and now found was Lucinda Siloa Bassett, my 3rd gr. grandmother.  She was born in 1834 in New York and died June 6, 1909 in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa.  She married Rollin C. Hale in New York (I am still looking for his parents!).

I ordered Lucinda's death certificate and found her exact death date and lo and behold, her parents names - Linus Bassett and Lucinda Baldwin, both born in Vermont.  It had taken me awhile to find Lucinda after her husband Rollin died, she had remarried a man named Jacob Paden.

I have recently begun to check on my ancestors and see if I can get their birth or death certificates from the various states.  Have been so grateful to find so many out there!

Below are the Headstones of Rollin Hale and Lucinda from the Little Sioux Cemetery, Harrison County, Iowa.  From findagrave.com, picures courtesy of Kimberly Page.