Mom also states that Grandpa Bunt Fuller
was captured and made a bold, successful escape, running over four
or five guards to escape. Other statements of importance; Mother
reported that one of her Grandfather's was on the Union side and the
other was on the Confederate side.
Our Mother made the following statement that is significant in that
it explains the political positions of the two sides of those in the
Civil War;
She said, "Grandpa Bunt went in the service as a Democrat and came out a
Republican." Grandpa Bunt served in the Confederate Army
in the Civil War. Elijah "Bunt" Fuller was a considerable hero
in the Civil War according to our mother. She said that everyone
around them who knew her grandpa was very proud of him and his Civil
War service. Mother also spoke often of how her grandfather, Elijah
"Bunt" Fuller saved her from being trampled to death by a raring
horse. He jumped up and got between her and the horse and with his
arms outstretched and reaching back to keep her from getting near
the horse, he somehow calmed that horse down. Mom has always talked
about that incident because she was so close to getting killed by
that horse that it left an indelible impression on her mind. She loved
her grandfather very much. She said that her grandpa could jump
up and click his heels together at the age of 88 years.
We believe Martha Combs may possibly have
been living in North Carolina at the time of our Grandfather
Fuller's birth. Child of Elijah "Bunt" Fuller and 2nd Martha Combs;
Elijah "Green" Fuller
1877 b Sep, 1877 Smithsboro, Knott Co., KY d about 1929 Knott Co
KY m.
18 Sept 1895 to Margaret Amburgey d/o
Alfred
Amburgey and Elizabeth Amburgey. Elijah "Green" Fuller 1877 and Margaret
Amburgey are found in the 1900 Knott County, KY Census in HH #5-5 in
Magisterial District No. 2, Carr, Enumerated June 30, 1900.
Elijah Green Fuller
1877 m. 29 Mar 1909 Smithsboro, Knott Co KY to 2nd
Leona Smith,
d/o
Hilliard Jackson
Smith and Armelda "Melda" Combs.
Elijah Bunt
Fuller and
Elizabeth Amburgey
Left to Right; Elijah Young, Lurania (Fuller), Alma, Troy and Martin Young
Photo Contributed By John D
Amburgey
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Alverta Fuller 1896 - 1900
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Elijah "Bunt" Fuller
b 20 Jul 1845 d 31 Dec 1931 Perry Co., KY s/o
Elijah Green Fuller 1790 NC Elizabeth Messer.
Elijah "Bunt" Fuller 1845 m. about 1893
KY to Elizabeth Amburgey. Children of Elijah
"Bunt" and Elizabeth Amburgey;
Lurania "Rainey" Fuller (aka Raney) b 1894. (Raney is found in 1910 Knott Co., Ky Census in
household #131-133 with her father, Elijah "Bunt" Fuller 1845).
Lurania "Rainey" Fuller
m. 18 Jan 1912 Knott Co KY to Elijah Young. (Marriage Notes: Handwritten consent note signed
by John & Catharine Young. Married at the residence of Raney Fuller
in the presence of Bunt Fuller & Nancy Kelley Marriage Certificate
signed by Thos. Kelley Attest: R. H. Amburgey - County Court Clerk
Book 6 pg 219). Children of Lurania "Rainey" Fuller 1894 and Elijah Young;
Martha Fuller
Alverta
Fuller b. 1896 died at age 4.
