Cochran Fulton
COCHRAN FULTON, physician and druggist Bucyrus is the son of Abraham and Ann (Smith) Fulton and was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn. Feb. 22, 1819; his youth was spent on a farm and in hard work until the age of 17, when he attended select school at Dalton, Ohio; at the age of 20, he entered a dry goods store as clerk and remained about a year: having always had a taste for the study of medicine, he entered the office of Harvey J. Tuttle. at Brookfield, Ohio, reading and practicing for some five years; his next residence was in Wooster. Ohio, where he remained, when, on Nov. 14, 1845, he came to Bucyrus; he immediately entered upon the practice of his profession, and is the third oldest practitioner in the county and the oldest active physician in the city: he came here without capital, and soon was in the enjoyment of an extensive practice ; during the dysentery epidemic of 1852, he was obliged to ride day and night and for three consecutive days he never slept, sacrificing his own comfort and welfare for the good of his patients. About 1855, he opened a drug and book store in the Quinby Block, in partnership with Dr. W. R. Clark. This partnership lasted some six years when the subject of our sketch sold out his interest to his partner. He commenced business in his present room in the spring of 1861 and continued alone for some nine years. In November 1870, his son Melancthon was admitted as partner and the business continued under the firm name of C. Fulton & Son. They are carrying an extensive stock and are doing a flourishing business, both being men of business capacity and enterprise. Mr. Fulton was married, in October 1844, to Elizabeth A. Davis, of Brookfield; they have two children: Ann J., now the wife of Rev. A. S. Milholland, of Uniontown. Penn., and Melancthon his partner in business. Dr. Fulton has been a prominent citizen having been a member of the City Council for several years and also of the School Board of which body he was President when the new building was erected and gave especial attention to its construction. He has always been a Democrat. His first vote having been cast for Van Buren.
From History of Crawford County and Ohio, Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1881