Joseph H. Fulkerson b: Jan 1838 in Ohio  d: 9 Nov 1919 in Washington county.

Dora L. b: Aug 1859 m: 1898

Sarah L. Buckles b: 18 May 1846  d:  1944 m: 31 Dec 1864

Joseph H. Fulkerson Lived with his uncle Amos after his father died along with his brother James in Greene county Ohio.  later he moved to Indiana where he Married Sarah Buckles in Delaware County and settled in Blackford county with his Uncle William and cousins.  He is a teacher and a farmer.  Aparently he and Sarah had a divorce and moves to Washington County where he is Married to Dora in 1898.  from what I've gathered he had no children with either wife.  In 1907 at age 69 He was on trail for murder of a neighbor and was aquitted.  the following are three newspaper accounts of the trial

The Evening Herald - Mont pelier Indiana

21 Oct 1907          Plea will be self defense   Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 21 -- After being out on $5000 bond for several months.  Joseph Fulkekrson, a farmer of Washington township, this county, was arraigned in circuit court today before Judge Wilson and a special venire on the charge of murder in the first degree.  With a shotgun Fulkerson killed Gorman Lentz, one of his neighbors, who was standing at the front door of the Fulkerson home remonstrating with Mrs. Fulkerson for talking loudly at night.  The murder was the outgrowth of a bad feeling between the Fulkerson and Lentz families, and Fulkerson will plead self defense.

24 Oct 1907          Courtroom Crowded    Bloomington. Ind.,  Oct 24 -- An effort is being made by the defense in the trial of Joseph Fulkerson for the murder of Gorman Lentz, to throw the case out of court on the testimony of the prosecution.  The testimony went to show that the Lentz brothers agreed to go to Fulkerson's home to discipline him because he had accused a daughter of the other family of stealing chickens.  The widow of Gorman Lentz was a witness.  The courtroom continues crowded with interested spectators, and the remainder of the week will likely be taken up by the trial.

28 Oct 1907       FULKERSON NOT GUILTY                      ________    Man Who Killed Regulator Acquitted                         by Jury    Bloomington. Ind.,  Oct. 28 -- The jury in the case of the State of Indiana against Joseph Fulkerson for the murder of Gorman Lentz returned a verdict of acquittal.  Fulkerson, who is an old man, wept for joy when he heard the verdict and shook hands with each of the jurors.  The case occupied all the time of the circuit court last week.  Fulkerson and Lentz were neighbor farmers, and Fulkerson shot Lentz because the latter had gone to the Fulkerson home to "regulate'" the family.  Fulkerson said the shooting was in self-defense

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