A future Fulton resident, born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1804, came to America.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Fulton; born in the County Cork, Ireland, March 18, 1804; he came to America in 1830, and, in 1840, ho came to Wisconsin and located in Piirter Township, where, in that year, he took up Government land and began improving for farming purposes; he is still residing on the land purchased of the Government thirty-nine years ago, and which is now managed by two of his sons, Dennis, Jr.-, and Charles W. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/31-bios-porter.md, PDF p. 867 / book p. 871

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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