(From: "Little Rock Look Back: David Fulton, LR's 4th Mayor" by Scott Whiteley Carter, Little Rock Culture Vulture blog, January 2, 2019)
David Fulton, the fourth and final mayor of the Town of Little Rock, Arkansas, before it was incorporated, was born in the Parish of Templemore, County Donegal on January 2, 1771 of parents David and Elinor Macken Fulton.
He served as mayor of Little Rock from January 1835 through November 1835, his term cut short by the transition of Little Rock from town to city status. Once that occurred in November 1835, a new election has to be held.
Fulton was also proprietor of the Tan Yard, a tanning operation in Little Rock. He later served as a judge and was appointed as Surveyor General of Public Lands in Arkansas by U.S. President Martin Van Buren in 1838.
Fulton married Elizabeth Savin in June 1795 in Maryland. She died in November 1829, while they resided in Alabama. One of their children, William Savin Fulton (for whom Fulton County, Arkansas is named), served as the fourth Territorial Governor of Arkansas in 1835 and 1836 and became one of Arkansas' first United States Senators upon statehood in 1836. He died at age 49 while in office inhaling fumes in his newly painted bedroom.
Fulton served as Mayor at the same time his son was Governor.
Fulton came to Little Rock in 1833. His daughter, Jane Juliet Shall, and her four children came to Little Rock as well. The family made the move to be nearer to the future governor. The Fultons and Shalls rented the Hinderliter House, now part of Historic Arkansas Museum, in 1834. One of his descendants, Louise Loughborough, is the person who saved the Hinderliter House from destruction and is founder of what is now Historic Arkansas Museum.
In addition to serving as Mayor, Fulton was president of the Anti-Gambling Society and a Pulaski County Justice of the Peace. From 1836 until 1838, he was County Judge of Pulaski County.
David Fulton died in Little Rock on August 7, 1843 far from his Ireland birthplace and is buried at Mount Holly Cemetery as are several other members of his family.
(From: "Little Rock Look Back: David Fulton, LR's 4th Mayor" by Scott Whiteley Carter, Little Rock Culture Vulture blog, January 2, 2019)
David Fulton, the fourth and final mayor of the Town of Little Rock, Arkansas, before it was incorporated, was born in the Parish of Templemore, County Donegal on January 2, 1771 of parents David and Elinor Macken Fulton.
He served as mayor of Little Rock from January 1835 through November 1835, his term cut short by the transition of Little Rock from town to city status. Once that occurred in November 1835, a new election has to be held.
Fulton was also proprietor of the Tan Yard, a tanning operation in Little Rock. He later served as a judge and was appointed as Surveyor General of Public Lands in Arkansas by U.S. President Martin Van Buren in 1838.
Fulton married Elizabeth Savin in June 1795 in Maryland. She died in November 1829, while they resided in Alabama. One of their children, William Savin Fulton (for whom Fulton County, Arkansas is named), served as the fourth Territorial Governor of Arkansas in 1835 and 1836 and became one of Arkansas' first United States Senators upon statehood in 1836. He died at age 49 while in office inhaling fumes in his newly painted bedroom.
Fulton served as Mayor at the same time his son was Governor.
Fulton came to Little Rock in 1833. His daughter, Jane Juliet Shall, and her four children came to Little Rock as well. The family made the move to be nearer to the future governor. The Fultons and Shalls rented the Hinderliter House, now part of Historic Arkansas Museum, in 1834. One of his descendants, Louise Loughborough, is the person who saved the Hinderliter House from destruction and is founder of what is now Historic Arkansas Museum.
In addition to serving as Mayor, Fulton was president of the Anti-Gambling Society and a Pulaski County Justice of the Peace. From 1836 until 1838, he was County Judge of Pulaski County.
David Fulton died in Little Rock on August 7, 1843 far from his Ireland birthplace and is buried at Mount Holly Cemetery as are several other members of his family.
(From: "Little Rock Look Back: David Fulton, LR's 4th Mayor" by Scott Whiteley Carter, Little Rock Culture Vulture blog, January 2, 2019)
(From: "Little Rock Look Back: David Fulton, LR's 4th Mayor" by Scott Whiteley Carter, Little Rock Culture Vulture blog, January 2, 2019)
David Fulton, the fourth and final mayor of the Town of Little Rock, Arkansas, before it was incorporated, was born in the Parish of Templemore, County Donegal on January 2, 1771 of parents David and Elinor Macken Fulton.
He served as mayor of Little Rock from January 1835 through November 1835, his term cut short by the transition of Little Rock from town to city status. Once that occurred in November 1835, a new election has to be held.
Fulton was also proprietor of the Tan Yard, a tanning operation in Little Rock. He later served as a judge and was appointed as Surveyor General of Public Lands in Arkansas by U.S. President Martin Van Buren in 1838.
Fulton married Elizabeth Savin in June 1795 in Maryland. She died in November 1829, while they resided in Alabama. One of their children, William Savin Fulton (for whom Fulton County, Arkansas is named), served as the fourth Territorial Governor of Arkansas in 1835 and 1836 and became one of Arkansas' first United States Senators upon statehood in 1836. He died at age 49 while in office inhaling fumes in his newly painted bedroom.
Fulton served as Mayor at the same time his son was Governor.
Fulton came to Little Rock in 1833. His daughter, Jane Juliet Shall, and her four children came to Little Rock as well. The family made the move to be nearer to the future governor. The Fultons and Shalls rented the Hinderliter House, now part of Historic Arkansas Museum, in 1834. One of his descendants, Louise Loughborough, is the person who saved the Hinderliter House from destruction and is founder of what is now Historic Arkansas Museum.
In addition to serving as Mayor, Fulton was president of the Anti-Gambling Society and a Pulaski County Justice of the Peace. From 1836 until 1838, he was County Judge of Pulaski County.
David Fulton died in Little Rock on August 7, 1843 far from his Ireland birthplace and is buried at Mount Holly Cemetery as are several other members of his family.
(From: "Little Rock Look Back: David Fulton, LR's 4th Mayor" by Scott Whiteley Carter, Little Rock Culture Vulture blog, January 2, 2019)
David Fulton, the fourth and final mayor of the Town of Little Rock, Arkansas, before it was incorporated, was born in the Parish of Templemore, County Donegal on January 2, 1771 of parents David and Elinor Macken Fulton.
He served as mayor of Little Rock from January 1835 through November 1835, his term cut short by the transition of Little Rock from town to city status. Once that occurred in November 1835, a new election has to be held.
Fulton was also proprietor of the Tan Yard, a tanning operation in Little Rock. He later served as a judge and was appointed as Surveyor General of Public Lands in Arkansas by U.S. President Martin Van Buren in 1838.
Fulton married Elizabeth Savin in June 1795 in Maryland. She died in November 1829, while they resided in Alabama. One of their children, William Savin Fulton (for whom Fulton County, Arkansas is named), served as the fourth Territorial Governor of Arkansas in 1835 and 1836 and became one of Arkansas' first United States Senators upon statehood in 1836. He died at age 49 while in office inhaling fumes in his newly painted bedroom.
Fulton served as Mayor at the same time his son was Governor.
Fulton came to Little Rock in 1833. His daughter, Jane Juliet Shall, and her four children came to Little Rock as well. The family made the move to be nearer to the future governor. The Fultons and Shalls rented the Hinderliter House, now part of Historic Arkansas Museum, in 1834. One of his descendants, Louise Loughborough, is the person who saved the Hinderliter House from destruction and is founder of what is now Historic Arkansas Museum.
In addition to serving as Mayor, Fulton was president of the Anti-Gambling Society and a Pulaski County Justice of the Peace. From 1836 until 1838, he was County Judge of Pulaski County.
David Fulton died in Little Rock on August 7, 1843 far from his Ireland birthplace and is buried at Mount Holly Cemetery as are several other members of his family.
(From: "Little Rock Look Back: David Fulton, LR's 4th Mayor" by Scott Whiteley Carter, Little Rock Culture Vulture blog, January 2, 2019)
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