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Submitted: 7/9/10 • Approved: 4/3/11 • Last Updated: 6/2/20 • R42530-G42530-S3
This is the reverse side of the stone for Almon Linus Fullmer Sr. and Sarah Ann Follett Fullmer.
"The Fullmers were close friends of the prophet Joseph Smith and his wife Emma. They were married in 1843 and sealed in the Nauvoo Temple January 27, 1846. Almon was a major in the Nauvoo Legion and participated in the Battle of Nauvoo. The Fullmers were in the second company of saints arriving in Salt Lake 1848 with hteir son, Almon Linus Jr. and daughter Sarah Ann who was born in Fort Laramie enroute. Sons Buckley Martin, Oscar Myron, Collins Dewitt, and Halsey Dean were born in Salt Lake.
Almon was in a colonizing group sent to Iron County and helped open the iron mines to New Mexico. He was a commissioned officer in the Utah Militia for 22 years and held the rank of Colonel when he resigned to move to Cache Valley in 1870."
Contributed on 7/9/10
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Record #: 42530