Old Family Photos - Papa's Side

Eliajh liked the dog swimming in the foreground. :)

I just love old photos - and always have - especially when they happen to be old family photos! Mama and I have been going through a lot of them just today, and, as I have recently been doing some family genealogy research, I found them to be especially interesting.

In my research, I have found that we are very German and very Irish! :) I even found an ancestor (John Baker) who sailed to America in the "Ann" in the year 1623. He came as an indentured servant, and eventually became " a large landholder and an important man in the early history of Virginia". No one knows exactly how, when, or where he died, but it is thought that he died in the battle of the Severn. I was able to trace his wife's line (Palmer) back to 1080! :) I also found a Private in the Yankee army, Austin Eddington. He died on April 9, 1863, during the war (!) and is buried in Corinth National Cemetery in Mississippi. Unfortunately, he fought on the wrong side. :)

I am indebted to this lady (Lillian Borg Baker) for writing details on the back of many of these photos.  Without her careful documentation, I would have no clue who the people were. 

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Andrew Baker 1818-1906

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William Meyers Fulton (1844-1905), son of Andrew Fulton.

Here is the obituary that Papa found on his first night of research: (this is my great, great, great grandfather)

Fulton, William Myers

Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, January 25, 1906

William Myers Fulton died at his home near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, December 19th , 1905, in the 61st year of his age. All the years of his life were spent near the scenes of his childhood-within the bounds of Pleasant Ridge Congregation, of which he had been for thirteen years an elder.

He leaves a wife, four sons and five daughters to mourn his departure.

In the life of a kind and affectionate husband and father, they have the consoling memory of a godly character and of a Christian example to bind them to their father’s God.

Early in youth, Mr. Fulton gave his attention to the means of grace, and became a member of Pleasant Ridge Church for which he had a particular and affectionate regard. This was the church of his father and mother, who ripe in years and in Christian faith, still survive him-his father being for many long years an elder. Mr. Fulton was a man who loved the Gospel of Christ, and whose heart was purified by faith, the world not being permitted to eat out the strength of his life. Faithful in the discharge of his duties to his home, to his church, and to the community, he showed himself a “living epistle” known and read of men. He was conservative in opinion, but liberal and forebearing in spirit. He was loved and respected by all who knew him. A splendid index to his character is found in words which fell quietly from the lips of one who knew him best. As his aged father looking tenderly, and for the last time, into the face of his sleeping son, without intending his words should be heard, remarked: “William was always an obedient son.” The grace of obedience lies at the base of a well-built Christian manhood. Such characters have the promise of acceptance with God. It is a marked loss to any community when such a life is removed from it. It is like the taking down of a lighthouse from the coast of a raging sea; the blotting out of a guiding star in the night. But for him, we sorrow not as those who have no hope; for he sleeps in Jesus; and it is written, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.” May the God of all consolation, comfort, the hearts of the bereaved.

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Amelia Elizabeth Haudenschield Fulton (1852-1928)(standing), William's wife, with her mother, Catherine Schenk Haudenschield.

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Zechariah Baker 1770-1841

4 generations, taken in 1904. This was my favorite find of the day! :)

Back row:

Henry William Hostetler, Alice Orinda Blickensderfer Hostetler (I had to grin when I discovered that name on Ancestry.com!), Solomon B. Hostetler, Artie Most Hostetler

Front row:

Milton A. Blickensderfer, Bernice Hostetler (seated), Claude Hostetler (standing), Mary Magdalena Dietz Blickenderfer 

The older couple in the front row would be my great, great, great, great grandparents!  :)   It is so incredible to see what my family looked like over a century ago. I love photography!!!

These next two photos are a relative of a relative. :)  I found them in an o-l-d falling-to-pieces photo album.

A wedding photo. 

Thelma Baker and her brother, Cecil in about 1909.  Cecil Baker is Papa's grandfather. 

Cecil married Lillian Borg.  Their children, Nelson and Anne are pictured above.

Mama says that these guys look like the mafia. :)  I think that they look kind of like the "bad guys" in Roy Rogers movies.  :)  The man on the far right is Papa's Uncle Pete.

Papa's gradfather, Charles Everett Fulton, as a baby. 

Our Great Grandpa Fulton in the Airforce during WWII. 

Great Grandpa Fulton with Papa's father, Robert. 

How cute is that!?! :) 

I love his little cap that says "NAVY" on the brim. 

This reminds us of Christian.  Do you see any resemblance? 

Papa's mother, Anne. 

Anne Baker married Robert Fulton in 1963. 

Papa's father in the Airforce.

I hope that I have not bored you with all of these long and possibly unfamiliar names.  If you know anything concerning any of these people, I'd LOVE to hear from you!  :)  I hope to post on Mama's side of the family next! :)