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of the army at the head of a small force, and received a wound that ultimately caused his death. After the peace of Guadalupe Hidalgo he was retired as an invalid on full pay, with the rank of colonel, and opened a private college, but during the latter years of his life he had to abandon this pursuit, as his wound caused a gradual softening of the brain. Fuero published “Manual del Militar, ó Tratado complete de Instrucción en la Ordenanza” (2 vols., 1842), and a translation of Gen. Makenna's “Treatise on Military Tactics” (1844).


FULFORD, Francis, Canadian Anglican bish- op, b. in Sidmouth, England, in 1808 ; d. in Mon- treal, 9 Sept., 1868. lie was educated at Tiverton grammar-school and at Exeter college, Oxford, where he was graduated in 1824. He was elected a fellow in June, 1825, and received the degree of D. D. in 1850. He was rector of Trowbridge, Wilts, from 1832 till 1842, of Croydon from 1842 till 1845, and was minister of Curzon chapel, Hanover square. Ijondon, from 1845 till his consecration as Anglican bishop of Montreal in 1850. In 1859 he was appointed by royal letters-patent metropolitan bishop of Canada. Bishop Fulford was at one time chaplain to the Duchess of Gloucester. In admin- istrative power he had few equals. He was noted for his learning, took an active part in the promo- tion of education throughout his diocese, and was popular with all classes in Canada. He published a work on " The Progress of the Reformation."


FULLER, George, artist, b. in Deerfield, Mass., in 1822 ; d. in Brookline, Mass., 21 March, 1884. He went to Illinois in 1886, and, having developed a taste for painting, studied in 1842 under Henry Kirke Brown, at Albany, N. Y. After working in Boston for a few years, he went to New York, where in 1857 his portrait of his former teacher, Mr. Brown, the first of his works to attract notice, gained him an election as associate of the National academy. He spent eight months in European study and ti"avel in 1859, and then retired to his farm at Deerfield, using his art only for recreation, till financial reverses in 1878 forced him to take it up again as a profession. About 1876 his pictures began to be noticed for peculiar handling, rich- ness of tone, and a dreaminess of conception which, when admired at all, was admired very thoroughly. He was a member of the Boston art club, the St. Botolph, and the Paint and clay club. A memorial exhibition of his works was held at tlie Boston museum of the fine arts in 1884. His contributions to the National academy exhibitions include " The Turkey- Pasture, Kentucky " (1878), " The Dande- lion Girl," " The Romany Girl "(1879), and "The Quadroon " (1880). He sent to the exhibitions of the Society of American artists " Priscilla Faunt- leroy " (1882) and " Nydia " (1883). Other pictures from his hand are " Cupid " (1854) ; " Negro Nurse, with a Child" (1861); "At the Bars" (1865); " Shearing the Donkey " (1877-"9) : " And She was a Witch "(1879) ; " The Gatherer of Simples " (1880) ; "Winifred Dysart" (1881); "Psyche" (1882); " No- vember " (1882-4); "Fedalma" (1883-'4); "Arethu- sa" (1884); and numerous portraits. He left an unfinished picture representing a trial for witch- craft in the early days of New England.


FULLER, Hiram, journalist, b. in Halifax, Plymouth co., Mass., about 1815; d. in 1880. After teaching in Plympton, he was principal of the Green street seminary in Providence, R. I., where he had Margaret Fuller for his assistant. He afterward became a bookseller in Providence, and in 1843 associated himself with N. P. Willis and George P. Morris in the publication of the “New Mirror.” The three afterward established the “Daily Mirror,” of which Fuller became sole proprietor, and edited it for fourteen years. He wrote for it a series of clever society letters from Newport, under the pen-name of “Belle Brittan.” Under Taylor's administration Fuller had a place in the navy department. He went abroad at the beginning of the civil war, espoused the Confederate cause, and established the “Cosmopolitan” newspaper in London. After being twice a bankrupt, he became a journalist and adventurer in Paris. He published “The Groton Letters” (1845); “Belle Brittan on a Tour” (New York, 1858); “Sparks from a Locomotive, by Belle Brittan” (1859); and “Grand Transformation Scenes in the United States, or Glimpses of Home after Thirteen Years Abroad” (1875).


FULLER, John Wallace, soldier, b. in Cam- bridge, England, 28 July, 1827; d. in Toledo. Ohio, 12 March, 1891. He came to New York in 1888, and became a bookseller, first in Utica, N. Y., and then in Toledo, Ohio. He was treasurer of the former city in 1852-'4, and in May, 1861, was ap- pointed assistant adjutant-general of Ohio. He became colonel of the 27th Ohio regiment in August of that year, served under Pope at New Madrid and Island Number Ten, and commanded the " Ohio brigade " at luka and at Corinth in Oc- tober, 1862, where he distinguished himself. He was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers on 5 Jan., 1864, captured Decatur, Ala., in March, and commanded a brigade in the Atlanta campaign, doing brilliant service at the Chattahoochee river on 21 July. His division opened the battle of At- lanta, and won the approbation of Gen. McPher- son. He fought Hood at Snake Ci-eek Gap in October, commanded the 1st division of the 17th corps in Sherman's march to the sea, and was pres- ent at Johnston's surrender. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers on 13 March, 1865, and resigned on 15 Aug. Gen. Fuller was appointed collector of the port of Toledo, Ohio, by President Grant in 1874, and reappointed in 1878.


FULLER, Richard, clergyman, b. in Beaufort, S. C., 22 April, 1804; d. in Baltimore, Md., 20 Oct., 1876. He entered Harvard in 1820, and achieved a high standing in his class, but was obliged, on account of feeble health, to leave during his junior year. He then studied law in Beaufort, was admitted to the bar. and soon rose to eminence in his profession. During a period of great religious interest in Beaufort he felt it his duty to abandon the law and devote himself to the Christian ministry. At the same time he was constrained to leave the Protestant Episcopal church, in which he had been brought up. He was at once ordained, and called to the pastorate of the Baptist church in Beaufort. His reputation as a preacher soon became national, and his services were widely sought in promoting religious revivals. During his residence in Beaufort he was engaged in two memorable controversies — one with Bishop England, of Charleston, on the claims of the Roman Catholic church, and the other with President Wayland, of Bi-own university, Providence, R. I., on the subject of slavery. In both he displayed abilities of the highest order, united with a spirit of Christian courtesy and manliness. In the year 1836 he travelled in Europe for the benefit of his health. In 1846 he accepted a call to the pastorate of a Baptist church in Baltimore, Md.. where he spent the remainder of his life. He received the degree of D. D. from Columbian university, Washington, in 1844, and from Harvard in 1853. Dr. Fuller was one of the most effective pulpit orators of his day. His sermons, both in style and delivery, were