HISTORY OF MANITOWOC COUNTY


he never lost a man by drowning. In i862, he left the lake and bought a wood
and coal yard in Chicago which he conducted for three years. At the expiration
of that period he returned to Manitowoc, where he resided for a year, when
he
bought the farm upon which he now resides. This had never been under cul-
tivation and was entirely without improvements when it came into his possession,
but as he possessed an abundance of energy and an equal amount of perse-
verance it was not long until every acre was laid out into well tilled fields.
He
succeeded in his undertaking and for thirty-seven years thereafter devoted
his
entire time and attention to the further improvement and cultivation of his
farm,
but in i899 he withdrew from the active work of the fields.
In I855 was celebrated the marriage of Captain Fulton and Miss Elizabeth
Johnson, who was born in Maine in I837 and is of English extraction, her
parents
having emigrated to the United States from the mother country. Nine chil-
dren havre been born to Captain and Mrs. Fulton, all of whom lived to attain
maturity but one, Albert, who was the eighth in order of birth. The others
are:
Henry, Emily, Charles, Annie, Alice, Mary, Laura and Daisy. Mrs. Fulton
passed away about twenty-five years ago.
In matters of religious faith the family are Presbyterians, the parents both
holding membership in that church. Although the Captain always has taken
an
active interest in all public questions, particularly those affecting local
conditions,
he would never accept an office. He has consented at various times, however,
to
serve on theschool board, being a stanch advocate of our educational system.
He
is widely known not only in his immediate community but throughout the county,
where he has many friends, as for more than half'a century he has resided
in this
vicinity, having located here when much of the land that now annually yields
abundant harvests was covered with timber and the majority of the settlers
lived
in log cabins.
FRED NIEPHAUS.
Fred Niephaus, the owner of eighty-two acres of farming land on section
30, town of Kossuth, has been a resident of this township all his life, and
was
born September 4, i867, a son of Balthasar and Amelia (Anthold) Niephaus.
Balthasar Niephaus came to the United States with his parents as a lad of
eleven years, from the Rhine, Germany, the family locating in Manitowoc
county, and securing wild land on section 26, town of Kossuth. The father
was
reared on this place, receiving a district-school education, and he continued
to
cultivate the land until his retirement in I904, at which time he and his
wfe
went to live with their son, Henry, at St. Joe, Michigan. The father was
known
as a good citizen and practical farmer, and he had many friends in the town
of Kossuth. Although he never held office, he was a stanch republican and
was
one of the leading members of the German Baptist church. In his family were
two sons: Fred; and Henry, a painter and paper hanger of St. Joe, Michigan.
Fred Niephaus attended the public schools of his home locality, and resided
with his parents until he was twenty-five years of age. After his marriage
he
settled on his present farm, which was known as the old Grobe place, and
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