w/o 1st James Moore Curran, 2nd George Claiborune Watkins.
Birth: 5th of nine known (only Sophie, her oldest and youngest sisters reached adulthood) children in Washington City, now Washington, District of Columbia. (named for her twenty-five year older maternal auntie)
Fifth child to the fourth and last Territorial Governor, the first Arkansas United States Senator and wife, his first cousin.
Sophie's paternal grandparents were Irishman David Fulton and wife Elizabeth Savin, married 23 JUL 1794 in Cecil county, Maryland. David was 2nd Mayor of Little Rock in 1835, a Judge in 1836-38 and appointed "Surveyor General of Public Lands in Arkansas" by President Martin Van Buren in 1838, died 1843.
Sophie and her siblings were raised at "Rosewood" and in Washington city, now Washington, District of Columbia where baby sister Ida also born eight months following death of her father. Their father passing away when Sophie was but fourteen. "Rosewood" had been built for her father on a two hundred and forty acre tract of land south of Little Rock, west from the U S Arsenal. 1868, her widowed mother deeded a portion to Arkansas for location of what became, for over sixty years, Arkansas School for the Blind with its first three story brick building constructed in 1869, dedicated to "Col Gray", later around 1938 moved to property of the Arkansas School for the Deaf on west Markham, was demolished with some three hundred thousand of its old large bricks used for construction of the first Governor's Manson completed 1950, at 1800 Center. In 1872 a large portion of the Fulton Estate was subdivided as Fulton's Addition, which extended south five blocks to 23rd Street.
Death: in Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas. (on-line transcription lists her only as; "d/o W S & Matilda F Fulton", and the Index book says; buried in D F Shall lot)
Father: Senator William Savin Fulton b: 2 JUN 1795 Cecil county, Maryland.
Mother: Matlida Frances Nowland b: 4 AUG 1803 Maryland.
Grandfather: David Fulton.
Marriage 1: James Moore Curran b: 10 DEC 1821 Batesville, Independence county, Arkansas.
Married: around 1849 in Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Known Children
Matilda "May" Fulton Curran b: 29 AUG 1850 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Alice Jimora Curran b: 18 FEB 1855 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Marriage 2: George Claibourne Watkins b: 25 NOV 1815 Shelbyville, Shelby county, Kentucky.
Married: 1855, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Known Children
Marie "Lizzie" Watkins b: 16 JUN 1860 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
George Watkins b: about 1863 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Ida Watkins b: about 1865 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Birth: 5th of nine known (only Sophie, her oldest and youngest sisters reached adulthood) children in Washington City, now Washington, District of Columbia. (named for her twenty-five year older maternal auntie)
Fifth child to the fourth and last Territorial Governor, the first Arkansas United States Senator and wife, his first cousin.
Sophie's paternal grandparents were Irishman David Fulton and wife Elizabeth Savin, married 23 JUL 1794 in Cecil county, Maryland. David was 2nd Mayor of Little Rock in 1835, a Judge in 1836-38 and appointed "Surveyor General of Public Lands in Arkansas" by President Martin Van Buren in 1838, died 1843.
Sophie and her siblings were raised at "Rosewood" and in Washington city, now Washington, District of Columbia where baby sister Ida also born eight months following death of her father. Their father passing away when Sophie was but fourteen. "Rosewood" had been built for her father on a two hundred and forty acre tract of land south of Little Rock, west from the U S Arsenal. 1868, her widowed mother deeded a portion to Arkansas for location of what became, for over sixty years, Arkansas School for the Blind with its first three story brick building constructed in 1869, dedicated to "Col Gray", later around 1938 moved to property of the Arkansas School for the Deaf on west Markham, was demolished with some three hundred thousand of its old large bricks used for construction of the first Governor's Manson completed 1950, at 1800 Center. In 1872 a large portion of the Fulton Estate was subdivided as Fulton's Addition, which extended south five blocks to 23rd Street.
Death: in Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas. (on-line transcription lists her only as; "d/o W S & Matilda F Fulton", and the Index book says; buried in D F Shall lot)
Father: Senator William Savin Fulton b: 2 JUN 1795 Cecil county, Maryland.
Mother: Matlida Frances Nowland b: 4 AUG 1803 Maryland.
Grandfather: David Fulton.
Marriage 1: James Moore Curran b: 10 DEC 1821 Batesville, Independence county, Arkansas.
Married: around 1849 in Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Known Children
Matilda "May" Fulton Curran b: 29 AUG 1850 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Alice Jimora Curran b: 18 FEB 1855 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Marriage 2: George Claibourne Watkins b: 25 NOV 1815 Shelbyville, Shelby county, Kentucky.
Married: 1855, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Known Children
Marie "Lizzie" Watkins b: 16 JUN 1860 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
George Watkins b: about 1863 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Ida Watkins b: about 1865 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
w/o 1st James Moore Curran, 2nd George Claiborune Watkins.
Birth: 5th of nine known (only Sophie, her oldest and youngest sisters reached adulthood) children in Washington City, now Washington, District of Columbia. (named for her twenty-five year older maternal auntie)
Fifth child to the fourth and last Territorial Governor, the first Arkansas United States Senator and wife, his first cousin.
Sophie's paternal grandparents were Irishman David Fulton and wife Elizabeth Savin, married 23 JUL 1794 in Cecil county, Maryland. David was 2nd Mayor of Little Rock in 1835, a Judge in 1836-38 and appointed "Surveyor General of Public Lands in Arkansas" by President Martin Van Buren in 1838, died 1843.
Sophie and her siblings were raised at "Rosewood" and in Washington city, now Washington, District of Columbia where baby sister Ida also born eight months following death of her father. Their father passing away when Sophie was but fourteen. "Rosewood" had been built for her father on a two hundred and forty acre tract of land south of Little Rock, west from the U S Arsenal. 1868, her widowed mother deeded a portion to Arkansas for location of what became, for over sixty years, Arkansas School for the Blind with its first three story brick building constructed in 1869, dedicated to "Col Gray", later around 1938 moved to property of the Arkansas School for the Deaf on west Markham, was demolished with some three hundred thousand of its old large bricks used for construction of the first Governor's Manson completed 1950, at 1800 Center. In 1872 a large portion of the Fulton Estate was subdivided as Fulton's Addition, which extended south five blocks to 23rd Street.
Death: in Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas. (on-line transcription lists her only as; "d/o W S & Matilda F Fulton", and the Index book says; buried in D F Shall lot)
Father: Senator William Savin Fulton b: 2 JUN 1795 Cecil county, Maryland.
Mother: Matlida Frances Nowland b: 4 AUG 1803 Maryland.
Grandfather: David Fulton.
Marriage 1: James Moore Curran b: 10 DEC 1821 Batesville, Independence county, Arkansas.
Married: around 1849 in Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Known Children
Matilda "May" Fulton Curran b: 29 AUG 1850 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Alice Jimora Curran b: 18 FEB 1855 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Marriage 2: George Claibourne Watkins b: 25 NOV 1815 Shelbyville, Shelby county, Kentucky.
Married: 1855, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Known Children
Marie "Lizzie" Watkins b: 16 JUN 1860 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
George Watkins b: about 1863 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Ida Watkins b: about 1865 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Birth: 5th of nine known (only Sophie, her oldest and youngest sisters reached adulthood) children in Washington City, now Washington, District of Columbia. (named for her twenty-five year older maternal auntie)
Fifth child to the fourth and last Territorial Governor, the first Arkansas United States Senator and wife, his first cousin.
Sophie's paternal grandparents were Irishman David Fulton and wife Elizabeth Savin, married 23 JUL 1794 in Cecil county, Maryland. David was 2nd Mayor of Little Rock in 1835, a Judge in 1836-38 and appointed "Surveyor General of Public Lands in Arkansas" by President Martin Van Buren in 1838, died 1843.
Sophie and her siblings were raised at "Rosewood" and in Washington city, now Washington, District of Columbia where baby sister Ida also born eight months following death of her father. Their father passing away when Sophie was but fourteen. "Rosewood" had been built for her father on a two hundred and forty acre tract of land south of Little Rock, west from the U S Arsenal. 1868, her widowed mother deeded a portion to Arkansas for location of what became, for over sixty years, Arkansas School for the Blind with its first three story brick building constructed in 1869, dedicated to "Col Gray", later around 1938 moved to property of the Arkansas School for the Deaf on west Markham, was demolished with some three hundred thousand of its old large bricks used for construction of the first Governor's Manson completed 1950, at 1800 Center. In 1872 a large portion of the Fulton Estate was subdivided as Fulton's Addition, which extended south five blocks to 23rd Street.
Death: in Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas. (on-line transcription lists her only as; "d/o W S & Matilda F Fulton", and the Index book says; buried in D F Shall lot)
Father: Senator William Savin Fulton b: 2 JUN 1795 Cecil county, Maryland.
Mother: Matlida Frances Nowland b: 4 AUG 1803 Maryland.
Grandfather: David Fulton.
Marriage 1: James Moore Curran b: 10 DEC 1821 Batesville, Independence county, Arkansas.
Married: around 1849 in Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Known Children
Matilda "May" Fulton Curran b: 29 AUG 1850 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Alice Jimora Curran b: 18 FEB 1855 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Marriage 2: George Claibourne Watkins b: 25 NOV 1815 Shelbyville, Shelby county, Kentucky.
Married: 1855, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Known Children
Marie "Lizzie" Watkins b: 16 JUN 1860 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
George Watkins b: about 1863 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
Ida Watkins b: about 1865 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas.
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