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Wheeler
History of Kent County, Michigan; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... biographies of representative citizens. History of Michigan ...; C. C. Chapman & co., Chicago, 1881, p. 657 [Caledonia Township]:
W. K. Fulmer was born in the tp. of Mersea, county of Essex, Pro. of Ontario, Can., June 8, 1838. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Fulmer, were natives respectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania, and were of German and Irish ancestry. They both died in Mersea. Mr. Fulmer was reared on his father's farm on concession 3, lot 2, tp. of Mersea, where he remained until 30 years of age. He had the advantages of a thorough common-school education, and was married at 24, at Kingsville, Can., to Sarah McQueen... Mr. Fulmer was married again June 18, 1880, at Grand Rapids, to Mrs. Mate Wheeler, born in New York. He is a Republican.