Elijah "Green" Fuller born 1877 Knott County, Ky was the son of
Elijah "Bunt" Fuller
born 1845 KY & (2nd) Martha Combs born 1858. Elijah "Green" Fuller
married on 16 September 1895 to (1st) Margaret Amburgey. Children of Elijah "Green"
Fuller and (1st) Margaret Amburgey;
Ada Fuller was born 10 September 1901 and died 21 December 1977 in Lexington, Fayette Co., Ky. Aunt Ada married 1st
9 May 1917 in Pine Top KY by Alex Hale, in the presence of Linsey
Amburgey and H Bowens to Will "Willie" Bowens. (Notes:
Attest: W. T. Francis-County
Court Clerk Book 10 pg 141
Source).
Children of Ada Fuller 1901 & Will Bowens;
Olga Bowens was born in 1918 and died 14 December 1976 in Fayette Co KY
age 58. Olga is buried in Lexington KY. She married (1st) ? Lunsford and (2nd) Arthur? Huff. Olga
called her 2nd husband Huff. Olga and Huff had no children together.
Olga also had at least one daughter; Betty? Lunsford?. Children of Olga Bowen Lunsford Huff and ? Lunsford;
David Lane Lunsford.
Ed Bowens died in Lexington KY. Olga, Ed, and Ada are all buried in
Lexington, KY.
William "Billy" Riley Fuller never married and died in Lexington, KY.
Iva Fuller married Marion Ritchie.
Elijah Green Fuller
and 2nd Leona Smith
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Leona Smith Hale Fuller Potter
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Elijah "
Green"
Fuller 1877 married on 29 March 1909 in Smithsboro, Knott
County, KY to 2nd
Leona
Smith
Hale. Leona Smith Hale Fuller Potter 1884 was the daughter of
Hilliard J Smith and Armelda "Melda"
Combs.
Leona Smith was born 14 April 1884 Smithsboro, Knott Co., KY and died 12 September
1966. Leona "Mammaw" Fuller 1884 is buried in the
Isom Cemetery, Isom KY
behind the Presbyterian Church. Children of Elijah "Green" Fuller 1877 and (2nd)
Leona Smith 1884;
Elijah "Lige" Fuller was born 9 Jan 1919 Isom, Letcher Co., KY and died
Oct 1983 Isom, KY. Uncle Lige 1919 was handsome. All of Mother's family
were entertaining.
Most of them played musical instruments, sang and told wonderful
stories. Lige married Alpha Banks. (Alpha's Siblings; Bessie and Junior
Banks) Children of Lige and Alpha Fuller;
Delzie Green Fuller.
Cecil Ray Fuller
Charlotte Fuller
Elijah Greene "G" Fuller Jr was born 13 June, 1908 and died 19 November, 1934 in Vicco,
Perry Co KY. G married (1st) Janie Sergent, (2nd) Pearl Hall and (3rd) Grace Breeding;
Green "G" Fuller died in mining accident in Vicco, KY at age 25.
We are currently searching for pictures of our Uncle G Fuller. If anyone
in our family knows where we can find pictues of him, please let us know by email or by posting
in any of our forums on this site. Thanks in advance.
Uncle "G" was musically talented, popular among his family and friends and handsome.
Mom loved him and speaks of him often. His death at a young age was tragic
to Mom and her family and friends. Children of Elijah Green "G" Fuller and
Grace Breeding Fuller;
Sheila Fuller.
Kathy Fuller.
Gee Fuller Jr
Teresa Fuller
Jesse Fuller
Delzie "B" Fuller was born 14 Aug 1915 and died 28 Jan 1986. B married Golda "Goldie"
Adams. "Goldie" was born 28 Aug 1916 and died 16 February, 1973.
Small pic of tombstone, or large pic of
tombstone
of B and Goldie Fuller located on old home place in Isom, KY. Children of Delzie B Fuller and Golda Adams;
Phyllis Fuller
Anna Lee Fuller
Ray Dean Fuller (not sure of this one).
Robert Lee "Bobby" Fuller was born 22 April, 1927 and died
9 October 1991 in Letcher Co KY. Uncle Bobby married Joy Fay Fuller.
Joy Fay Fuller. Children of Bobby and Joy Fuller;
Leona Jo Fuller
Son Fuller
Son Fuller (More children not listed here)
Minnie Fuller was born 8 January, 1914 and died 1 May, 1986 in Houston,
TX. Minnie Fuller married Homer McIntyre. Homer McIntyre was born 28 July
1909 and died May 1980, Rye, Liberty, TX.
Bessie Fuller Shotton
was born 27 January, 1910 Knott Co KY and died 10 May, 1997 in Lynch, Harlan Co., KY.
Bessie married Robert "Bob" Shotton and lived in Lynch, KY.
Bessie and Bob
Shotton had several children. Aunt Bessie, Aunt Minnie and our Mom, Ida
had great times together. They would entertain us with their music and
tell great stories. We miss our Aunts and Uncles a lot.
Ida Fuller our Mom, b Private
married our Dad, Creed Flannery Potter b. 1902. Creed Flannery Potter 1902
died on January 26, 1959.
Creed Flannery Potter was the son of Joel Martin "Mart"
Potter and (1st) Eliza Frances Reynolds. This sight is dedicated to
our parents and grandparents.
Leona Smith Fuller and
1st James "Jim" Hale
Leona
Smith married (1st)
James "
Jim"
Hale. Jim was the son of Thomas Hale and Matilda
Smith. James "Jim" Hale and Leona Smith married in 1900 when Leona was 16
years old.
They are found in the 1900 Knott County KY Census in
HH #168-172. Living in
HH
#165-169 in the same census are Leona Smith's parents, Hilliard Smith
1855 and Armelda Combs Smith 1862 and siblings. Children of James "Jim"
Hale and Leona Smith 1884;
Thomas "Tommy" Hale 1901. The following is part of the obituary of Thomas "Tommy"
Hale from 1997;
Thomas "Tommy" B. Hale born 10 September 1901 died 16 May 1997
Letcher Manor Nursing Home, Whitesburg, KY age 95 years, 8 months and 6
days of age at passing.
Thomas married Ada Elizabeth (Caudill) Hale, April
25 1925. (Ada died 23 January 1994).
Surviving children of Ada
Caudill Hale and Tommy B. Hale; George R Hale of Mayking, KY, Matilda
Banks of Sandlick, KY, Alice Cornett of Knoxville, TN., Arzella Littrell
of Newport Richie, Fl, and Mary Evelyn Urbanchuck of Mt Clemens, Michigan.
Thomas Tommy Hale is also survived by 1 sister, Ida Potter of Houston, TX.
Thomas "Tommy" B. Hale was Buried May 19, 1997 Monday at Sandlick
Cemetery, Whitesburg, KY. Some children of Tommy Hale and Ada Caudill
Hale;
George R. Hale
Matilda Hale was born 8
July 1929 in Letcher Co KY. Matilda married
Unknown Banks
Alice Hale was born 1 August 1927 in Letcher Co KY. Alice married Unknown Cornett
Arzella Hale was born February 17 1933 in Letcher Co KY. Arzella Hale married Unknown Littrell
Mary Evelyn Hale married Unknown Urbanchuck
Arzella "Zellie" Hale was born 23 May 1906 and died November
1975 in Waynesburg, Lincoln Co KY.
Arzella married in 1924 to James "Jim"
Caudill. Aunt Arzella "Zella" was always very kind and always good to everyone.
Unknown Hale
Leona Smith Fuller and
3rd Joel Martin Potter
Joel Mart Potter and
Leona
Smith Hale Fuller Potter
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Leona
Smith
Fuller 1884 married (3rd)
Joel Martin "Mart"
Potter 1875.
After the death of both their spouses, our Father's Father married our Mother's Mother. Our Grandpa Mart married both our Grandmothers.
Leona and "Mart" married later in life and had no children from
their marriage.
Mammaw Leona Fuller was an extraordinary
woman. She raised her own food, made clothing for her family and for other families. She made featherbeds and even the stuff that held the feathers.
She was the best cook ever and made huge meals
for her large family.
She was the hardest working woman I've ever known
and the happiest. Mammaw ran a boarding house where she fed all the workers
that built the roads and the worked in the mines and built the railroads.
Mammaw did
a lot of things to raise her family including a bit of bootlegging.
Of course, we kids never knew about that part of her life until we were grown.
Mammaw lived in a log cabin that was up on a hill and behind her house was
her garden, and her animals (cows, chickens and pigs and such), her fruit
trees (I remember climbing up in her cherry tree and eating cherries), her
ice cold spring, and her "cellar" for keeping her potatoes and other
things over the winter.
She canned all kinds of stuff and always had plenty to eat because of all
the foods she "put up".
The stuff I liked best was her home made butter. I've never found any butter anywhere like
hers. Her butter was very white and it was sweet and not greasy at all.
She would always have
lots of butter and serve it with her home made biscuits and cornbread at every meal. Man that
was good eating! We could make a meal out of her butter and bread.
She entertained us all by telling us great scary stories, reading coffee grounds in the
bottom of teacups and she sang songs as she played music on the dulcimer. I just loved
her very much and I've never met another person like her.
When we were at her home, we would sit
out on the porch in the good country air, watch the lightening bugs, and listen to stories and tales
while the night sounds of the beautiful mountains enveloped us.
Mammaw didn't have an indoor bathroom, but we never knew the difference. When we were at her home,
we loved every minute of it. She was a great woman and I can't tell you how much we miss her.
Mart Potter died in 1949 and Mammaw died in 1966.
Mart is buried in the Potter Family Cemetery in Payne Gap KY. Here is a picture of "Mart" Potter's Tombstone
Mammaw is buried in the Isom Cemetery, Isom, KY. Here is a picture of
Mammaw's Tombstone in Isom, KY behind the Presbyterian
Church.
