Grandmother Fuller’s Photo Album

(These photos came from a photo album kept by my Great Grandmother Mary Elizabeth Mullen Fuller. Much thanks goes Grandmother Fuller’s grandsons Luther Colliver and his brother Julian who took the time to scan the photos and create an index from Grandmother’s hand written notes).

Click on picture to enlarge	Citation from Grandmother’s notes and/or commentary added by Luther and Julian	Below is how I would imagine the conversation with Grandmother describing these photos (note: “Granddaddy” refers to her husband Thomas Jefferson Fuller)
PICTURE 1	UNCLE FRANK “HUNKER” MULLEN at J.B. Hogan’s farm – 1912	“My brother”
PICTURE 2	KENNY and MARGARET EDGINGTON 50^TH anniversary – May 15, 1971	“Margaret is the daughter of Granddaddy’s Aunt Anna Frances Sears-Harrison-Williams and thus Granddaddy’s cousin”
PICTURE 3	EZEKIEL THOMAS MULLEN bottom right in dark coat – father of Grandmother Fuller 1916	“My father”
PICTURE 4	JAMES FULLER - 1916 Army – Granddaddy Fuller’s brother	“James is Granddaddy’s brother. He was killed in Belgium in 1918 while fighting in WWI”
PICTURE 5	MARTHA SEARS FULLER – Granddaddy Fuller’s mother AKA “Grandma Fuller”	“Granddaddy’s mother thus my mother-in-law”
PICTURE 6	UNCLE JOHN SEARS – Granddaddy Fuller’s uncle	“Uncle John is the half-brother of Granddaddy’s mother”
PICTURE 7	UNCLE WILL LEE FULLER – Granddaddy Fuller’s brother - 1890	“Uncle Will Lee is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 8	UNCLE JOHN SEARS in buggy	“Uncle John is the half-brother of Granddaddy’s mother”
PICTURE 9	UNCLE TOM SEARS	“Uncle Tom is the brother of Granddaddy’s mother”
PICTURE 10	GRANDMA FULLER with UNCLE ALBERT on left and UNCLE ALVIN	“Grandma Fuller is Granddaddy’s mother. Albert and Alvin are Granddaddy’s youngest twin brothers.”
PICTURE 11	UNCLE HOWARD SEARS	“Uncle Howard is the brother of Granddaddy’s mother”
PICTURE 12	UNCLE COLEMAN SEARS	“Uncle Coleman is the brother of Granddaddy’s mother”
PICTURE 13	UNCLE JOHN SEARS – his daughter CARRIE SEARS BRUIN – her daughter NANNIE BRUIN FRIEDLY – her daughter CAROLINE – four generation 1927	“Uncle John is the half-brother of Granddaddy’s mother”
PICTURE 14	UNCLE JAMES FULLER in Canada driving mules – 1916	“James is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 15	ROBERT and LEE HAYS in Canada with deer - 1916	“Robert is Granddaddy’s brother. He was shot dead during a fight at a dance on Winchester Pike in Paris, Ky in 1925”
PICTURE 16	LEE HAYS on mules – 1915
PICTURE 17	UNCLE ROE MULLEN and Old Blue	“My brother”
PICTURE 18	Picture taken by John White - AUNT BELLE – his mother MARIE and LAWRENCE and HARRY WHITE - 1931	“Belle is my daughter Ida Belle Fuller Barber”
PICTURE 19	UNCLE CLARENCE BLACKABY and AUNT LIZZIE FULLER BLACKABY	“Lizzie is Granddaddy’s only sister, Clarence is Lizzie’s husband”
PICTURE 20	ROBERT FULLER and LEROY TAYLOR in Canada with horses and wagon – 1916	“Robert is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 21	UNCLE ALBERT FULLER and railroad crew – he is in first row on car, second on left - 1930	“Albert is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 22	UNCLE ROBERT FULLER and LEROY TAYLOR with deer in Canada - 1917	“Robert is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 23	House in Canada where Uncle Robert Fuller stayed – 1916
PICTURE 24	UNCLE ROBERT FULLER with cook and friends in Canada - 1915	“Robert is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 25	IDA BELLE FULLER - BARBARA WILSON – baby is ROBERT HORACE FULLER, BETTY ELLEN FULLER - JULIAN FULLER – Thanksgiving Day - 1918	“Ida Belle, Betty Ellen and Julian are my children, Robert Horace is the son of Granddaddy’s brother Robert”
PICTURE 26	BARBARA WILSON on pony - BETTY ELLEN FULLER on calf and GRANDMOTHER FULLER –Thanksgiving Day 1918	“Betty Ellen is my daughter, and of course, this is a picture of me”
PICTURE 27	GRANDDADDY and GRANDMOTHER FULLER - DORA AND ROBERT FULLER - BARBARA WILSON - BETTY ELLEN FULLER behind Barbara Wilson and JULIAN FULLER to left of Robert Fuller - IDA BELLE FULLER behind Dora - MRS. WILSON behind Julian - ALBERT and ALVIN FULLER in back - 1918	“In addition to Granddaddy and myself, Dora is Robert’s wife. Robert is Granddaddy’s brother. Betty Ellen, Julian and Ida Belle are my children. Albert and Alvin are Granddaddy’s twin brothers.
PICTURE 28	INEZ WILSON with 500 pound hogs – 1918
PICTURE 29	BARBARA AND INEZ WILSON on hay stack - 1918
PICTURE 30	Second from left is GRANDDADDY FULLER - ROBERT FULLER on far right – with two black men killing hogs – Thanksgiving Day 1918	“Granddaddy and his brother Robert”
PICTURE 31	ABE HARP - 1917
PICTURE 32	JOE GARNET and ABE HARP - 1916
PICTURE 33	JEAN SEARS - 1918	“Eugene is Granddaddy’s cousin, the son of Uncle Tom Sears”
PICTURE 34	CORA SEARS and friend - 1916	“Cora is Granddaddy’s step-cousin, step-daughter of his Uncle Tom Sears. Cora’s birth name is Cora Lee Lollis”
PICTURE 35	GRANDDADDY FULLER and first cousin CORA SEARS and ETHEL HARP	“Cora is Granddaddy’s step-cousin, step-daughter of his Uncle Tom Sears. Cora’s birth name is Cora Lee Lollis.”
PICTURE 36	ELMER SNIGAR and UNCLE HUNKER MULLEN - 1912	“Hunker” is a nick-name for my brother Frank”
PICTURE 37	JAMES DEAN FULLER (on left) and friend in Army – 1917 - WWI	“James Dean is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 38	ESTHER MULLEN - MABLE MULLEN sitting - JEWELL MULLEN standing on chair - BERTHA MULLEN	“Aunt Esther is the wife of my father’s brother Veachie Mullen. Mabel and Jewell are my cousins, the children of Aunt Esther and Uncle Veachie.”
PICTURE 39	GRANDPA MULLEN working in wheat field – 1916	“My father”
PICTURE 40	GRANDDADDY FULLER holding horse - 1914	“My husband”
PICTURE 41	GRANDMOTHER and GRANDDADDY FULLER with UNCLE JULIAN learning to walk - 1915	“Me, my husband and our son Julian”
PICTURE 42	ROBERT and JAMES FULLER - 1916	“Granddaddy’s brothers”
PICTURE 43	Unknown
PICTURE 44	UNCLE WILL LEE and OPHELIA FULLER	“Granddaddy’s brother and his 1^st wife”
PICTURE 45	GRANDMA FULLER and UNCLE USSERY FULLER	“Granddaddy’s mother and my son Thomas Ussery”
PICTURE 46	POLLY RANSDALE – Grandmother Fuller’s aunt with daughters CARRIE and MARY	“Aunt Polly is the wife of my mother’s brother Claude Ransdell. Carrie and Mary are her daughters from her 1^st marriage. Their last name is Florence. Mary Florence married Uncle Alvin, Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 47	GRANDMOTHER feeding chickens - 1925	“Me”
PICTURE 48	GRANDMOTHER and MARY FULLER	“Mary is the wife if Granddaddy’s brother Alvin. She is also my step-cousin, being the step-daughter of my Uncle Claude Ransdell”
PICTURE 49	RAY and EDNA LEE ROSE – Granddaddy’s cousins - 1926
PICTURE 50	GRANDMA FULLER with BILLY and WOODFORD FULLER - 1926	“Granddaddy’s mother. Billy is granddaddy’s nephew, the son of his brother Robert.
PICTURE 51	RENA and TOM WILLIAMS
PICTURE 52	RAY ROSE - MISTY ROSE - EDNA RANSDALE -GRANDDADDY FULLER - 1925
PICTURE 53	GRANDMOTHER and WOODFORD FULLER gathering eggs - 1927	“Me and my son Woodford. Woodford was killed in a car accident in Lexington on 04/20/1946, shortly after being discharged from the Army after serving in WWII”
PICTURE 54	EDNA B SMITH FULLER - 1931	“Edna B Smith is my daughter-in-law, married to my son Julian”
PICTURE 55	IDA BELLE FULLER BARBER and BRUCE BARBER	“Ida Belle is my daughter, Bruce is her son and my grandson”
PICTURE 56	ANNA SMITH - WOODFORD FULLER - BEULAH DANIELS – Easter 1944	“Woodford is my son”
PICTURE 57	GRANDMOTHER FULLER	“Me”
PICTURE 58	WOODFORD FULLER 14 Years old - 1939	“Woodford is my son”
PICTURE 59	LEONA BLACKABY - EDNA B FULLER - EDNA BLACKABY - ANNE FULLER - BOB DEVENNY - UNCLE JULIAN - JACK MOORE - UNCLE USSERY - 1936	“Leona and Edna Blackaby are my nieces, the daughters of Granddaddy’s sister Lizzie, Edna B is the wife of my son Julian, Ann is the wife if my son Thomas Ussery”
PICTURE 60	1918 Postcard from Uncle Hunker in France
PICTURE 61	Front row L-R - AUNT SUSIE MULLEN – BETTY MULLEN Back row – RICHARD MULLEN, GRANDMA and GRANDPA MULLEN	“Susie is my sister, I am Betty, Richard is my father’s brother, Grandma and Grandpa Mullen are my parents, Lena Ellen Ransdell & Ezekiel Thomas Mullen”
PICTURE 62	GRANDMA and GRANDPA MULLEN - 1926	“My parents, Lena Ellen Ransdell & Ezekiel Thomas Mullen
PICTURE 63	FRANK “HUNKER” MULLEN – 1918 - WWI picture from France	“My brother Frank”
PICTURE 64	Seated UNCLE HUNKER - AUNT BESSIE – back row - AUNT SUSIE - GRANDMOTHER FULLER - UNCLE ROE MULLEN - 1966	“”Hunker” and Roe are my brothers. Susie is my sister, Bessie is my half-sister.”
PICTURE 65	UNCLE HUNKER MULLEN - 13 months - 1895	“My brother Frank”
PICTURE 66	UNCLE RICHARD MULLEN	“My father’s brother”
PICTURE 67	Elizabeth Hughes – School pal of Betty Ellen Fuller
PICTURE 68	JOE KNUDSEN with son – Gladys Blackaby’s husband	“Joe is married to my niece Gladys Blackaby, who is the daughter of Granddaddy’s sister Lizzie”
PICTURE 69	AVIS FULLER - WOODFORD FULLER - 1926	“Avis is the daughter of Granddaddy’s brother Alvin. Woodford is my son”
PICTURE 70	Front row L-R - UNCLE USSERY - UNCLE JULIAN – Back row L-R - GRANDDADDY FULLER - CLARENCE LAWSON - ALVIN FULLER	“Ussery and Julian are my sons. Alvin Fuller is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 71	ARVIL WILLIAMS - MAGGIE HARRISON - HARRY WILLIAMS	“Arvil (Orville?), Maggie and Harry are the children of Granddaddy’s Aunt Anna Frances Sears-Harrison-Williams”
PICTURE 72	TOMMY HARRISON – Granddaddy’s cousin	“Tommy is the son of Granddaddy’s Aunt Anna Frances Sears-Harrison-Williams”
PICTURE 73	L-R - UNCLE ALVIN – GRANDDADDY - UNCLE ALBERT - 1925	“Alvin and Albert are Granddaddy’s twin brothers”
PICTURE 74	UNCLE WOODFORD	“Woodford is my son”
PICTURE 75	AUNT BELLE - MAGGIE LAWSON	“Ida Belle is my daughter, Maggie (Luttie Magdaline?) is the daughter of my sister Susie Mullen Lawson”
PICTURE 76	HOWARD LAWSON - MAGGIE LAWSON - THOMAS LAWSON - AUNT BELLE - UNCLE JULIAN	“Howard, Maggie and Thomas are the children of my sister Susie Mullen Lawson. Ida Belle and Julian are my children”
PICTURE 77	Unknown
PICTURE 78	JOHNNIE GARRISON - HOWARD POE - JULIAN FULLER	“Julian is my son”
PICTURE 79	IDA BELLE and JULIAN FULLER - MAGGIE and HOWARD LAWSON	“Ida Belle and Julian are my children. Maggie and Howard are the children of my sister Susie Mullen Lawson”
PICTURE 80	Unknown
PICTURE 81	BETTY ELLEN with MARGARET in front - EDDIE LAWSON with LITTLE LAWSON - LUNA LAWSON with MARTHA LAWSON in front	“Bettie Ellen and Margaret are my children. Eddie, Little (Luttie?), Luna and Martha are the children of my sister Susie Mullen Lawson”
PICTURE 82	THOMAS LAWSON - ARTHUR WALTERS	“Thomas is the son of my sister Susie Mullen Lawson. Arthur is the son of my half-sister Bessie Ransdell Walters”
PICTURE 83	BETTY ELLEN - AUNT B - 1928	“Betty Ellen is my daughter. Edna B is the wife of my son Julian”
PICTURE 84	JULIAN FULLER - Age 12 - 1926	“Julian is my son”
PICTURE 85	EDNA B SMITH FULLER	“Edna B is the wife of my son Julian”
PICTURE 86	AUNT BELLE – GRANDDADDY - UNCLE JULIAN - BETTY ELLEN - UNCLE USSERY – AUNT MARGARET - UNCLE WOODFORD FULLER	“Granddaddy with our 6 oldest children. Edward was not born yet”
PICTURE 87	Far right - UNCLE JULIAN in eighth grade at Brian Hill School – rest unidentified	“Julian is my son”
PICTURE 88	IDA BELLE – holding AVIS and WOODFORD FULLER (cousins)	“Ida Belle and Woodford are my children. Avis is the daughter of Granddaddy’s brother Alvin”
PICTURE 89	UNCLE WOODFORD age one	“Woodford is my son”
PICTURE 90	PAUL MITCHELL
PICTURE 91	TOM SEARS and ARIL LULA – Grandma Fuller’s brother	“Tom is the brother of Granddaddy’s mother. Aril Lula (Loulie) is Tom’s wife)
PICTURE 92	AUNT B	“Edna B is the wife of my son Julian”
PICTURE 93	Unknown lady
PICTURE 94	Unknown guy
PICTURE 95	GRANDMOTHER and GRANDDADDY FULLER - 1925	“Granddaddy and me”
PICTURE 96	Jane “?” and Irene “?” – High school teachers
PICTURE 97	EDNA B SMITH and ALICE WILLIAMS	“Edna B is the wife of my son Julian”
PICTURE 98	LUCILLE and HOWARD LAWSON
PICTURE 99	UNCLE JULIAN and MILDRED STONE	“Julian is my son”
PICTURE 100	ROBERT LAWSON – with Meg and Clyde
PICTURE 101	UNCLE JULIAN and team of mules - 1931	“Julian is my son”
PICTURE 102	Unknown
PICTURE 103	ALBERT FULLER by his first Ford	“Albert is Granddaddy’s brother”
PICTURE 104	Hattie Pitts and boyfriend
PICTURE 105	Avis Harmon
PICTURE 106	AUNT BELLE	“Ida Belle is my daughter”
PICTURE 107	AUNT BELLE and MILDRED STONE	“Ida Belle is my daughter”
PICTURE 108	AUNT BELLE on black pony - HATTIE PITTS on spotted pony	“Ida Belle is my daughter”
PICTURE 109	HATTIE PITTS on pony
PICTURE 110	AUNT BELLE on horse - 1929	“Ida Belle is my daughter”
PICTURE 111	AUNT BELLE - UNCLE JULIAN - MILDRED STONE	“Ida Belle and Julia are my children”
PICTURE 112	AUNT BELLE - HATTIE PITTS - 1929	“Ida Belle is my daughter”
PICTURE 113	AUNT BELLE By car - 1929	“Ida Belle is my daughter”
PICTURE 114	IDA BELLE BARBER	“Ida Belle is my daughter”
PICTURE 115	Left couple - UNCLE JULIAN and AUNT B – Right couple - UNCLE JAMES and AUNT JAMES	“Julian is my son, Edna B is his wife. James Barber is the husband of my daughter Ida Belle (Aunt James?)”
PICTURE 116	Front AUNT B and AUNT BELLE – Back - UNCLE JAMES	“Edna B is the wife of my son Julian, Ida Belle is my daughter, James is Ida Belle’s husband”
PICTURE 117	MAUDIE and ALBERT FULLER – Morning after wedding – 1926	“Albert is Granddaddy’s brother, Maudie Mae Ransdell is the daughter of my mother’s brother Claude”
PICTURE 118	HOWARD LAWSON	“Howard is the son of my sister Susie Mullen Lawson”
PICTURE 119	AUNT BELLE and UNCLE JAMES BARBER	“Ida Belle is my daughter, James Barber is her husband”
PICTURE 120	Unknown - UNCLE JAMES BARBER - UNCLE JULIAN FULLER	“James is the husband of my daughter Ida Belle, Julian is my son”
PICTURE 121	BETTY ELLEN FULLER	“Betty Ellen is my daughter”
PICTURE 122	JAMES BARBER	“James is the husband of my daughter Ida Belle”
PICTURE 123	IDA BELLE FULLER	“Ida Belle is my daughter”
PICTURE 124	EDNA B SMITH - JULIAN FULLER	“Julian is my son, Edna B is his wife”
PICTURE 125	AUNT ANNE STEVENS and UNCLE USSERY FULLER	“Thomas Ussery is my son, Ann is his wife”
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