Unless otherwise noted, biographies submitted by Dick Barton.

George H. Felthous

Among the representative business men of Cerro Gordo county is George H. Felthous, a native of Dubuque Co., Iowa, who located here in the summer of 11871, a few months after the village of Rockwell was laid out.  He came to Geneseo township first in the spring of 1869 and bought a farm of 280 acres on sections 17 and 19, improved the land the following season and took up his residence in Rockwell in 1871.  He has been prominently identified with the town since its commencement.  In 1871 he built the warehouse which is now attacked to and forms a part of his elevator, the latter of which he built in 1875, which, with the warehouse, has a capacity of 15,000 bushels.  He engaged in the grain business immediately after locating here and continued the same until the fall of 1882, when he was succeeded by his brothers, J. A. and J. C. Felthous.  In 1872 he built a dwelling house on the corner of A and Third streets, and the same year he sold the farm he first bought and purchased another on section 11.  In 1883 he built the finest dwelling in the town, at that date, located on A and Fifth streets.  He has retired for the present from the grain business, but is actively engaged in other branches of trade.  He is highly esteemed as a good business man and an excellent citizen.  He was born in Dubuque Co., Iowa, in 1848.  His parents John H. and R. C. Felthous, were natives of Germany and settled in Dubuque county at an early day.  His father died in 1869, and the mother lives with her children in Rockwell.  Mr. Felthous married Lucretia M. Lyman, born in Pennsylvania.  She is the oldest daughter of George E. and Sarah E. Lyman, who reside near Rockwell.

J. A. Felthous came here in 1871, and worked for his brother in the grain business for a number of years before he went into business for himself.  He is the hardware and grain dealer in Rockwell, having succeeded E. P. Nyre, in September, 1877.  He as a complete stock of goods.  In 1878 he erected a new store building, the main part being 22x50 feet, two stories high, with basement the same height as the upper rooms.  The floors are connected by elevators and the store is conveniently arranged.  An addition to the main building is used for a tin shop.  The entire cost of building was about $2,000.  J. A. Felthous and his brother, J. C. Felthous, are also engaged in the grain and coal trade, under the firm name of Felthous Bros., successors of their brother, George H.  They are energetic young men and possess that business tact which means success.  J. A. Felthous was born in Dubuque county, in 1855.  His wife is Elizabeth M., daughter of George B. Rockwell.  His brother, J. C. Felthous, of this firm, was also born in Dubuque county in 1859.

C. W. FULLER is fully entitled to be enrolled among the prominent and worthy citizens of Cerro Gordo county. He has received the best evidence of the confidence of his townsmen in their support for local offices, has fought for the integrity of his country's flag, and made a meritorious record as a citizen. He was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., July 13, 1841 , where he attained his majority on a farm. In 1861 he went to Columbia Co., Wis. , returning to his native State in the fall of 1863. He enlisted in January, 1864, in company F, 4th New York Heavy Artillery, which command was attached to the Army of the Potomac from the battle of the Wilderness to the surrender of Lee. On the mustering out of his regiment he returned to Wisconsin . He was married in 1866 to Marion, daughter of Gideon and Rachel Aldrich. He moved to Iowa and located on their present home in the spring of 1867. They have two children - Walter E. and Leslie C. Fuller. Mr. Fuller is a republican in politics, and owns a farm of 160 acres of fine land on sections 17 and 21.

GEORGE O. FULLER

Among the next settlers were: George C. Fuller ... all of whom came before 1875. George O. Fuller is the oldest living settler in Bath township. He was born in Andover , Merrimac Co., N. H., April 18, 1834 . He had good school advantages, attending Highland Lake Institute, at East Andover . He then engaged with a number of bridge builders, working on the Northern New Hampshire Railroad, and continued in their employ seven years. He was married, Jan. 13, 1857, to Louisa A. Brown, and remained in Andover till 1859, then moved to Bureau Co., Ill., renting a farm until 1866, when he removed to Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa, buying wild land on section 16, now known as Bath township, which he has well improved and beautified with fruit, shade and ornamental trees. They are the parents of four children - Charles D., Eva J. Cora B. and Georgia May. Mr. Fuller is a prominent man in home affairs, and has held offices of trust in the township.

Neil Fullerton, son of James and Janet (Muschie) Fullerton, was born in Inverness, province of Quebec, Canada, Dec. 10, 1831.  His parents, natives of Scotland, settled at that place years previous to his birth.  When he was fourteen years old his mother died and two years after he went to Coos Co., N. H., and was bound out to a farmer to serve until he was twenty-one years of age.  He redeemed his obligation and received $100 as had been stipulated, when he returned to Canada.  A year later he went to Hillsboro Co., N. H., and engaged in farming one summer, and the following winter worked as lumberman.  In the spring of 1856 he bought a team and engaged in supplying milk in the city of Manchester.  In April, 1857, he was married to Mary Kerr, who was also a native of Inverness.  About that date he bought a farm in the town of Bedford.  The next year he sold the milk route and devoted his attention and energies to farming, remaining thus employed until 1863, when he sold his farm and bought government timber land in Canada.  He took possession of his purchase, made a "bee," and in one day the logs were cut for a house, 16x18 feet, and the house built.  He cleared forty-five acres of the primeval forest and remained a resident until 1871.  In that year he settled in Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa.  Until 1876 he rented land in Portland township, when he purchased the southeast quarter of section 25, in Owen township[.]  Since that date he has rebuilt the house, erected a barn and made valuable improvements on the land.  Mr. Fullerton has occupied a number of offices of trust, and is a member of the board of trustees.  In 1867 himself and wife joined the Presbyterian Church, and are now communicants of the Congregational Church, at Rockford, there being no society of the denomination to which they originally belonged in the vicinity.  They have nine children - John K., James E., Charles A., Peter G., Neil A.[,] Robert, Angus M., Henry J. and Nettie.