Hunt, Herbert and Floyd C. Kaylor.  Washington: West of the 
Cascades.  Vol. II.  Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917.  p. 
379-380.

	CHARLES PARKER FULTON: For over thirty years 
Charles Parker Fulton, of Chehalis, has been identified with railroad 
interests and he is now serving as agent for the Northern Pacific, the 
Great Northern and the Oregon-Washington Railway and 
Navigation Company.  He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, 
December 14, 1864, and is the oldest in a family of three children 
whose parents were William and Fannie (Williams) Fulton, natives 
of Ohio and Maryland respectively.  the father was also in the 
railroad service, being at different times an engineer on the Keokuk 
and Des Moines, the Illinois Central and the Chicago, Burlington 
and Quincy Railroads, but he is now living retired in Chehalis, 
Washington, having become a resident of this place in 1911.  The 
mother died in 1900.
	Charles Parker Fulton received his education in the public 
schools of St. Louis, Missouri, and after laying aside his textbooks 
spent three years on a farm near Chapin, Illinois.  He then accepted 
a position as baggage-master with the Wabash Railroad and since 
June, 1886, has been connected with railroading in some capacity.  
For several years he was in the service of the Missouri, Kansas and 
Texas Railroad, with headquarters at Greenville, Texas.
	In 1904 Mr. Fulton came to Washington and was first 
employed as clerk in the Northern Pacific Railroad office at 
Aberdeen; was later cashier for the same company at Olympia; and 
then returned to Aberdeen as chief clerk.  He was next cashier for 
the company in Portland, Oregon, and subsequently was agent at 
Vancouver, Washington, after which he returned to Aberdeen, this 
time acting as agent.  In 1911 he was transferred to Chehalis, where 
he has since remained and at present time is not only agent for the 
Northern Pacific Railroad, but also for the Great Northern Railroad 
and the Oregon-Washington Railway and Navigation Company.
	Mr. Fulton was married in Chapin, Illinois, in 1888, to Miss 
Clara Hobson, whose father was a farmer of that locality, and they 
have become the parents of four children, namely: Robert L., 
assistant traveling auditor for the Northern Pacific Railroad 
Company; Charles E., who is bill clerk for the same company; 
Frank M., who is a graduate of the high school of Chehalis and is 
now a mechanic in the automobile business; and Charlton, still 
attending high school.
	By his ballot Mr. Fulton has always supported the men and 
measures of the republican party since age conferred upon him the 
right of franchise.  He is an earnest and consistent member of the 
Christian church and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen.  He comes of a family noted for 
longevity, one of his relatives living to the extreme old age of one 
hundred and five years.  He is one of the most accommodating 
railroad officials of western Washington and is popular with the 
traveling public, his genial, pleasant manner winning for him many 
warm friends among those with whom he comes in contact either in 
business or social life.


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