John Ludwell FULLILOVE
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DEATH: John was aged 31 years and 6 months at the time of his death. NOTES: 1. Cassville, GA is just north of Atlanta. 2. Developed tuberculosis during the Civil War. Lived about nine years after the war, died at age 40. 3. Buried near the home 2 miles out from Cassville, GA near where the new country high school is near Cartersville.
Family Records of Mrs. Mamie Electra Fullilove Futral
DEATH: Almeda died of tuberculosis about the same time her husband did.
DEATH: Died age 10 years, 2 months, and 25 days.
NOTES: 1. Info. from leaves of old family Bible in possession of Mrs. Mamie Electra Fullilove Futral of Griffin, Georgia. Burial info. from work of mouth of Mrs. A. C. Downs, Sr. and Mr. A. C. Downs, Jr. He and wife Elizabeth Viola Armstrong are buried in the Watkinsville where their graves are readily seen and clearly marked. 2. Thomas Belton was born iin Cassville, about 40 miles north of Atlanta. He came to High Shoals (near Watkinsville) when about 7 or 8 years old. He became an orphan at age 7. He lived with his uncle Seaborn Fullilove of High Shoals. He became an apprentice blacksmith in Bishop where he became known for shoeing racehorses. By age 17 he was no longer an apprentice, he was the blacksmith. 3. He began courting Lizzie Armstrong, a achoolteacher.Schoolteachers were not allowed to be married. They exchanged letters through a mutual friend named Clarence. They were married in 1894 when he was 25 years old. She was 23. He moved from Bishop to Watkinsville during the Great Depression. 4. He became Ordinary of Oconee County (Probate Judge) and member of the Watkinsville City Commission in 1915. The Probate Judge reviews and approves wills. In actuality, he ran the county. He retained those positions until 1935. His photographs hang on the wall upstairs in the Oconee County Courthouse and in the City Council chambers. 5. He is reported to have been a kind and good man. It is said that it wasn't unusual for him to be interrupted on a Sunday afternoon by a couple wanting to be married. He was happy to help.
DEATH: Died age 14 months and 6 days.
NAME: Known as Maggie Mae.
He married Almeda Caroline Durham 11 Sep 1866 at Georgia . Almeda Caroline Durham was born at Georgia 1844 daughter of Daniel Durham and Drucilla Roebuck .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Charles James Fullilove
born 30 Aug 1867.
Thomas Belton Fullilove
born 5 Oct 1869.
John Selman Fullilove
born 28 Feb 1872.
Margaret May Fullilove
born 31 Mar 1874.
John Ludwell Fullilove died 27 Mar 1876 at Cassville, Bartow, Georgia .
Almeda Caroline Durham died 27 Jun 1877 at Cassville, Georgia .