resting_place relations death_date death_place religion birth_place children name parents birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
highland memorial cemetery robert fulton -lrb- cousin -rrb- burwell fulton -lrb- uncle -rrb- , maurice garland 16 may 1946 knoxville , tennessee , usa presbyterianism hale county , alabama , usa weston , mary , jr. , robert , barbara , jean weston fulton william fulton and mary hudson 03 august 1871 barbara murrian weston fulton
 weston miller fulton meteorologist , inventor , entrepreneur
weston fulton

weston miller fulton -lrb- august 3 , 1871 -- may 16 , 1946 -rrb- was an american meteorologist , inventor , and entrepreneur , best known for his invention , the `` sylphon , '' a seamless metal bellows used in thermostats , switches , and other temperature-control devices .
fulton also invented an automatic river gauge while working for the u.s. weather bureau , and played a primary role in the development of the depth charge during world war i. his company , now called fulton bellows after numerous ownership changes , still operates in knoxville .
