Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-01-11
B. ". FULLER
PASSES AWAY
DEATH OF OLD TIME RESIDENT
OF sTUTsMAN COUNTY
Has Been Declining in Health for
Over Year-Brief Sketch of
Active Life
Active Life


the City Hospital at 4:1O o'clock Sat-
urday morning, after several hours
of Inconsistencies prior to the final
dissolution. Mr.. Fuller has been
gradually declining in health and
strength for over a year. He has
had special treatment for liver COM
plant and other ailments, and for a
time there were reasons to believe
that he would over come his lack
of vitality and strength. About
three weeks ago he went to the
City Hospital where he was treated
by DR.. DePuy, who conferred with
several specialists including DR.. H.
c.. Aldrich of Minneapolis and DR..
York City, a we'll known surgeon,
was expected to reach Jamestown
Saturday morning, to confer with
physicians and to see if any help
could be extended to the patient.
The immediate cause of Mr.. Fuller's
death is believed by his physician to
be the rupture of an abdominal ar.
terry. He suffered severe attack
Friday afternoon at 2:30, when a
general collapse of his faculties was
Observed and after five p. M, he
became insensible and remained so
artil death. He was visited by a
few friends during the last hours, in
Guiding his wife and daughter, Mrs.
John Henderson. For the last two
weeks preceding his death only q
few of his intimate friends have
been admitted to his bedside. Tie
was gradually becoming weaker. and
everything was done to relieve HIM
from annoyance and to preserve his
strength, but 1t was evident that tho
final dissolution was not very far
of. Mr.. Fuller, being naturally
q powerful and active man had be-
come greatly reduced in flesh and
strength during his long illness, but
his mind was kesc and active up to
the last few hours proceeding the fir
al break down, and he maintained his
usual good humor and faced the !ne-
vita BILE with resignation.
A Long, Active Career
Bailey w. Fuller was known in
every corner of Stutsman county,
and was at one tine one of the best
known men in tbs state. He served
as state senator for this county for
ten years from 1889 to 1899. He
was also mayor of jamestown for
two terms, his first election being in
1889. He was also member OF the
legislature in Vermont, from Kh;ch
state he came to jamestown in 1881,
and has resided here continuously
since that time. These are the only
Offices he ever held or ever aspired
to hold in this state. He devoted
the entire time of his active energies,
to general business affairs and ac-
cumulated a large amount Of land
and property. He is regarded as the
wealthiest man in the county and one
of the wealthiest in the state.
1 The last eight or ten years Of his
life were mostly spent in developing
one of the finest farming properties
in the state, the farm known as the
Fuller farm, extending southeast a.
long the James river, distance Of
about five miles. To the cultivation
and development of this land he
gave not only most of his time, but
his best endeavors to succeed in
making it one Of the most beautiful
and attractive farms in 'Stutsman
county, If not in the state. He paid
great attention to diversifying crops,
and experimenting with new farm
methods. 1855 w
B. w. Fuller will be greatly missed
by hundreds of old timers, both in
the county and throughout the state.
He, was 9 genial, jovial companion,
and man Of strong mentality and
forciful chracter. The greater part
Of his active life was spent in stock
dealing. buying and selling property
of all kinds and farming, both by
himself and by the help Of tenants.
He was one of the heaviest tax payers
In the county. He believed that
North Dakota was destined to become
one Of the greatest states in the un-
ion with the increased knowledge Of
better farming methods which are
now coming into vogue and which
MI. Fuller promoted BY his example
and other encouragement.
ss He was born n 1nderhill, Yer