[p. 469] a representative agriculturist of North Beaver Township for many years, now practically retired, is one of the prominent citizens and substantial men of this section. He resides on his valuable farm of 130 acres, which is situated on the Enon highway, one and one-half miles southwest of Mt. Jackson, on which he was born, July 8, 1840, in the old house that is still standing. His parents were Alexander Sharp and Jane (Allsworth) Fullerton.
The grandfather, James Fullerton, established this family in Lawrence County, coming to North Beaver Township in 1801, from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was born July 14, 1773. In 1793 he visited Beaver Point and was so favorably impressed with the country that in 1797 he came and made a permanent settlement. The land that he then entered was later known as the Fullerton homestead and was situated at the cross-roads, about one and one-half miles west of the home of his grandson, William A. Fullerton. He secured a large tract of land, probably 640 acres, all of which was then a dense forest. He cleared a spot large enough to erect on it a log cabin 12 by 14 feet in dimensions. It was of the regulation pioneer pattern with a generous fireplace in one end, puncheon floor and with roof of boards hewn out by hand with the most primitive tools. In 1801 he obtained a deed for his land and in the latter part of the same year he returned to Cumberland County, where a maiden, then nineteen years of age, awaited his promised coming. On December 25, 1801, he married Margaret Sharp, who was born November 7, 1782. She proved a true, loving and brave wife, cheerfully facing all the privations of the early years of pioneering. When she left the old home to cross the mountains with her sturdy young husband, she carried with her a willow branch broken from one of the old homestead trees, and when she reached the rude cabin home she carefully planted it near the spring. The vitality of the willow is well known and doubtless she carefully nurtured the little branch and rejoiced when she saw that it took kindly to its new surroundings. It grew and flourished, becoming a tree of immense girth, and under its shade her children and grandchildren played through happy childhood. She survived her husband, who died December 26, 1847. Her death took place August 6, 1854. James Fullerton and wife lived useful, virtuous and dignified lives and set a high standard, and the family has always sustained the same reputation. They had the following children: Mary, Margaret, James, Bathsheba, Robert, Alexander, John and Nancy.
Alexander Sharp Fullerton was born in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. His life was devoted to agricultural pursuits. On June 28, 1836, he was married to Jane Allsworth and they lived and died on the present farm. They had five children, all of whom survive except the eldest, namely: Margaret, who married N. V. Leslie; John McCune; William A.; Mary Jane, and Isabella.
William A. Fullerton grew to manhood on his present farm and since leaving school has devoted himself largely to its cultivation and improvement. He owns fine farming land aggregating 242 acres, divided into three farms. He married Margaret Ann Dalzell, a daughter of Hugh Dalzell, and they have had five children, namely: Alexander Harry, Samuel D., Hugh Lee, William Sharp, and John, the latter of whom died aged two and one-half years. Hugh Lee is an electrical engineer, having graduated at the Allegheny University. The family belong to the Westfield Presbyterian Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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