James Archer Fullerton

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James Archer Fullerton

Rev. Dr. J.A. Fullerton was born in County Armagh, Ireland, May 28, 1850; educated principally in the city of Belfast. He has three brothers and one sister - all in Ireland, except Joseph L., who is a physician residing in Charleston, West Virginia. At the age of seventeen Dr. Fullerton was converted, and commenced preaching immediately thereafter. In the fall of 1871 he married Anna J. Barrett, and soon afterward sailed for the United States. Acting on the advice of two Methodist Bishops, he joined the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in March, 1872, and has since filled the following appointments: Evansville, two years; Monongalia, one year; Oakland, two years; Volcano, three years; Moundsville, three years; Charleston, three years, and is at present Presiding Elder of the Parkersburg District, where he has already served four years. He is able and popular in his calling, ranking among the very best preachers of his denomination. He received the honorary degree of D.D., from an Eastern college before he was twenty-five years of age. He is of medium stature, wears spectacles, is deliberate in expression, has the appearance of a student, and is of commanding presence.

Taken from Prominent Men of West Virginia, Geo. W Atkinson and Alvaro F Gibbens, W.L. Callin Publishing, Wheeling, WV, 1890.