Histories

Sudden Death of Mrs. M.A. Fulton

Died -- At her residence, in this city, Tuesday mornig, March 14th, of inflammation of the bowels, Augusta, wife of Hon. M.A. Fulton.

Our city was shocked on Tuesday morning to learn of Mrs. fulton's sudden death. It was not generally known that she was sick, and even her most intimate friends and those in attendance upon her did not know her critical condition until a short time before she breathed her last. She was taken sick on Wednesday evening the 8th inst. , sic days previous to her death. Mr. Fulton was in Washington, and although telegraphed for as soon as any fear of a fatal result was felt, and hurrying home, he did not reach here until Monday night, but a few hours before her death.

Mrs. Fulton was a daughter of Deacon Hiram Ansley, one of our oldest citizens, and came here when she was but 16 years of age. She was married some four years later. Sic children were born to her, four of them now living, the oldest about ten years of age, and the youngest a few months less than two.

Mrs. Fulton wsa a woman of good tasted and cultivation. Although naturally retiring in her manners, and domestic in her tendencies, yet she was an active member of society, interested in the ladies library, chiratable and religious institutions of the city, a devoted member of the Congregational church, and a consistent and zealous Christian. She was highly esteemed by all who knew her as a devoted wife and mother, and in all respects a worthy woman.

Death and sadness hold almost inevitable companionship, but our grief is deepened when we see a noble woman stricken down in the prime of her life, and leaving a family of small children, bright and beautiful, to grow up deprived of that tenderest of care, that sweetest of sympathy and that ever watchful protection, found only in a mother's love.


Hudson (Wisc.) Star and Times, 17 March 1876