{"id":232,"date":"2011-10-31T20:40:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T01:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea2\/?p=232"},"modified":"2011-11-06T15:05:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T21:05:04","slug":"goodspeed-biography-of-creed-m-fulton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/goodspeed-biography-of-creed-m-fulton\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodspeed Biography of Creed M. Fulton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creed M. Fulton<\/strong>, A. B., president of the Dayton Masonic College, Dayton, Tenn., was born at Summerfield, Grayson Co., Va., February 24, 1862.\u00a0 He is of an ancestral line no less distinguished for its intellectual acumen than exceptional merits. His father, Capt. Samuel M. Fulton, the youngest of a family of twelve children, acquired at his own expense a substantial business education, and is notorious in his State (Virginia) for his enthusiasm in public affairs and for his political wisdom and ability.\u00a0 Miss Mary C. Ried<\/strong>, of Campbell County, Va., became his wife about 1854.\u00a0 At the close of the late civil war he was high sheriff of his county, and continued in said office for ten consecutive years, when against the voice and free-will of his people, he resigned.\u00a0 In 1877 he was elected to the State Legislature, which position he held to the satisfaction of his constituents.\u00a0 This office he held for two years, and became thoroughly established throughout his State as one of the leaders of the Re-adjusting Party.\u00a0 In 1880 he was strongly urged by the people of his senatorial district for the Senate, but, being in very poor health for the first time in his life, was forced to refuse.\u00a0 In 1881 his congressional district called for him to bear their standard, but again illness prohibited it.\u00a0 He is a Democrat in politics, and was born of a family noted for their piety, all being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. His eldest brother, Creed, was a man of devout character, and inestimable worth as a Christian minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South.\u00a0 He was endowed with extraordinary powers of intellect, and wherever he went, Creed Fulton was ever afterward known. His course was per aspera ad astra.\u00a0 As an orator no man of his church stood forth his peer.\u00a0 In the approach of the storms of his age, he was always to be found above the clouds.\u00a0 He soared among the eagles, and dwelt in higher climes.\u00a0 At Madisonville, Monroe County, he formed an academy, and under the influence of one of his gifted educational speeches, Hiwassee College was erected.\u00a0 He continued his labors among the mountains of southwest Virginia, with that peculiarity of character which has ever made him magnetic.\u00a0 He laid the corner-stone for Emory and Henry College, and later died in his mountain home.\u00a0 The remainder of the family, while they have not figured so conspicuously in church and State affairs, are enjoying the abundance of successfully spent lives.\u00a0 They are of Irish, Scotch and French lineage.\u00a0 Our subject is a young man of unquestionable morals, undoubted integrity and unrelenting energy.\u00a0 He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and a Democrat in politics. He was educated at Hiwassee College, Monroe County, Tenn., graduating in May 1885.\u00a0 In June of the following month he was elected to the position that he now holds.\u00a0 Under his able management the institution has gained great prominence.\u00a0 He was first chosen for one year, but before the year expired he was re-employed for a term of four years.\u00a0 On the 17th June 1886, Miss Emma V., daughter of Rev. Dr. John and Lucretia Walsh<\/strong>, became his wife.\u00a0 Her father was a man of great literary attainments.\u00a0 He was educated at Dickenson College, Carlisle, Penn., studied theology and dentistry, and ranks among the most successful.\u00a0 As a minister he has few equals and fewer superiors.\u00a0 He is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has held the office of United States collector of the Ninth District for six years.\u00a0 Suffering severely from bronchial affection he has been forced to confine himself to a quiet life.\u00a0 He married Miss Lucretia Grittinger,<\/strong> daughter of Adam and Eliza Grittinger, who were of German descent, and members of the Lutheran Church.\u00a0 To our subject\u00a0 and wife was born April 26, 1887, one son, who bears the given name of his father and the maiden name of his mother, Creed Walsh.\u00a0 Mr. Fulton was educated at Christiansburg, Va., in the Montgomery Female College.<\/p>\n

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