My Genealogy Hound

JOHN FULLAGAR, the efficient and popular agent for the Lehigh Valley Railway Company at Hokendauqua, and also Postmaster of this place, is a native of Schenectady County, N. Y., and was born October 11, 1833. He is of English lineage, his parents, John and Mary Fullagar, having been born in good old England. In the Empire State he grew to manhood, receiving an excellent education in the public schools of Schenectady.

His father having for many years engaged in the mercantile business at Schenectady, our subject early gained a thorough knowledge of the details of that trade, and for some time was in partnership with his father at that place. During the war he was for two years in the commissary department with the Army of the Potomac. In 1866 he secured a position as operator and station agent at Eatontown, N. J., and remained in that city two years or more. Thence he came to Hokendauqna, and has since been station agent for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. For a number of years he has officiated as Postmaster of the village.

The marriage of Mr. Fullagar occurred May 16, 1878, at which time he was united with Miss Sophia Tettemer, a native of New Jersey. She is the daughter of Samuel and Harriet Tettemer, the former deceased, and the latter still a resident of New Jersey. One child, George C., blesses the union of Mr. and Mrs. Fullagar. The family is one of prominence in the social circles of Hokendauqua and Whitehall Township, and is universally esteemed.

Mr. Fullagar is a man of large, generous nature, who never fails to lend a helping hand to the poor, and is ever ready to do all in his power to aid those who are struggling hard to succeed. Many and stanch are the friends he has. His name is associated with various enterprises to promote the development of the interests of this section of the country. In him the Republican party finds one of its most earnest and intelligent supporters. He and his wife are identified with the Presbyterian Church and are active in all its good work. He has led an exemplary life, and whether as a public official, as a business man, or in his private capacity, his reputation is unblemished.