Family Group Sheet
NameJames Fultz
Birth10 May 1892, Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., Kentucky
Birth Memodate from draft card
Birth18 Mar 1895, Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., Kentucky
Birth Memodate from gravestone
Death8 Oct 1930, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialBryant-Goodman Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Marriageabt 1912, Elliott Co., Kentucky
SpouseVesta Sarah Goodman
Birth3 Jul 1897, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death25 Apr 1948, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
BurialBrown Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherJohn Morgan Goodman (1870-1937)
MotherMartha Susan Ellen Bryant (1875-1912)
Other spousesOta Givens Welch
Children
Birth12 May 1915, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseNoah Bowling
3 MCurtis Fultz
Birth15 Mar 1920, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death3 Jan 1995, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseGeneva
4 MTheodore Fultz (Died as Infant)
Birth28 Nov 1927, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death9 Jan 1929, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth3 Mar 1929, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death13 Aug 2002, Dayton, Greene Co., Ohio
Notes for James Fultz
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records James Fults, age 25, residence Sideway, Ky, born 10 May 1892 in Catlettsburg, Ky, farmer, self-employed, residence Sideway, Ky, married supporting a wife and 1 child.
His death certificate records James Fults, age about 39, birthdate unknown, born in Ky, died 8 Oct 1930 in Rowan Co., Ky, married, husband of Vesta Fults, occupation miner, parents unknown, cause of death killed instantly by slate fall in clay mines, informant Vesta Fults, Vale, Ky, burial in Bryant Cem.
His gravestone in Bryant-Goodman Cemetery has his birthdate as 18 Mar 1895, and spells his name as Fultz.
I have not been able to identify him in the 1900 census.
His death certificate records James Fults, age about 39, birthdate unknown, born in Ky, died 8 Oct 1930 in Rowan Co., Ky, married, husband of Vesta Fults, occupation miner, parents unknown, cause of death killed instantly by slate fall in clay mines, informant Vesta Fults, Vale, Ky, burial in Bryant Cem.
His gravestone in Bryant-Goodman Cemetery has his birthdate as 18 Mar 1895, and spells his name as Fultz.
I have not been able to identify him in the 1900 census.
Notes for Vesta Sarah Goodman
Her death certificate records Vesta Welch, age 50 years 9 months 19 days, born 3 July 1897 in Elliott Co., Ky, died 25 Apr 1948 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, married, wife of Ata G. Welch, age 67, father John Goodman, mother’s maiden name Martha Byrant, both born in Ky, cause of death chronic myocarditis, informant H. H. Defenbaugh, Circleville, Ohio, burial in Moorehead, Ky.
Her gravestone has her name as Sarah Vesta Goodman Welch, and the epitaph “A tender mother and a faithful friend”. (Hers is the only Welch burial in Brown Cemetery.)
Her gravestone has her name as Sarah Vesta Goodman Welch, and the epitaph “A tender mother and a faithful friend”. (Hers is the only Welch burial in Brown Cemetery.)
Census Notes for James & Vesta Sarah (Family)
1920 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Laurel precinct, enumerated 19 Jan, lists on p. 4A as family #61:
Fultz, James, 25, farmer; Vesta, wife, 25; Mary, dau, 4 3/12; Lilillian, dau, 2 1/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Vesta’s widowed father is four households above at #57 with some of her younger siblings, and her maternal grandparents James and Mary Bryant are three households above at #58. (There are no other Fultz/Fults families on this or the adjacent pages.)
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 12 April, lists on p. 6B as family #103/105:
Fultz, James, 37, age at first marriage 21, b. Ky Va Va, laborer at clay mines; Vesta S., wife, 32, b. Ky Ky Ky, age at first marriage 15; Mary R., dau, 14; Lillian L., dau, 11; Curtis, son, 10; James H., son, 1 1/12. George, Harry, lodger, 45, b. Ky Ky Ky, married, age at first marriage 22, shovel engineer.
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, ED 103-8, enumerated 23 April, lists on p. 10A as family #149:
Fultz, Vesta, 42, widowed, farm labor; James, son, 11. Bowling, Lillian, dau, 21; Noey, son-in-law, 30, truck driver; Joyce, granddau, 5; Betty, granddau, 3; Billy, grandau, 1. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
Fultz, James, 25, farmer; Vesta, wife, 25; Mary, dau, 4 3/12; Lilillian, dau, 2 1/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Vesta’s widowed father is four households above at #57 with some of her younger siblings, and her maternal grandparents James and Mary Bryant are three households above at #58. (There are no other Fultz/Fults families on this or the adjacent pages.)
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 12 April, lists on p. 6B as family #103/105:
Fultz, James, 37, age at first marriage 21, b. Ky Va Va, laborer at clay mines; Vesta S., wife, 32, b. Ky Ky Ky, age at first marriage 15; Mary R., dau, 14; Lillian L., dau, 11; Curtis, son, 10; James H., son, 1 1/12. George, Harry, lodger, 45, b. Ky Ky Ky, married, age at first marriage 22, shovel engineer.
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, ED 103-8, enumerated 23 April, lists on p. 10A as family #149:
Fultz, Vesta, 42, widowed, farm labor; James, son, 11. Bowling, Lillian, dau, 21; Noey, son-in-law, 30, truck driver; Joyce, granddau, 5; Betty, granddau, 3; Billy, grandau, 1. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
