The funeral of Dr. T. S. Fulkerson was held Sunday afternoon from the residence in Rincon valley. Notwithstanding the bad weather there was a large attendance of friends. The Rev. E. B. Ware conducted church services after which the beautiful Masonic services were held. The internment took place in Odd Fellows' cemetery in this city. The pall bearers were John McMinn, Sr., James Arnold, John Hughes, N. R. Shaw, Hiram Label and A. L. Hodge.

Dr. Fulkerson was the son of Fulkirn and Sara Fulkerson, of Grayson county, Kentucky. His grandfather was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, immigrating there from Pennsylvania, shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war. Kentucky was then almost a wilderness and the first residence of the Fulkerson's was in the stockade of Lexington. Dr. Fulkerson's father at that time was eleven years old. Before his death the doctor's grandfather saw Kentucky transformed into a wealthy and happy commonwealth and the Indians all disappear from there. The grandfather was nearly one hundred years old when he died.

Fulkirn Fulkerson, father of Dr. Fulkerson, married Sarah Davis, the daughter of Theodore Davis, a Kentucky pioneer and one of the defenders of Harrach's Fort. They moved to Montgomery county, Indiana, in 1829 and about a year after that Mrs. Fulkerson died. Dr. Fulkerson was at that time a student in the office of Dr. William B. Crook, of Middletown. He spent four years studying medicine and then began to practice at Terra Haute, Vego county. His father moved to that county in 1837 and died there at the age of seventy.

Dr. Fulkerson practiced medicine at Terra Haute about twenty years. In those days a large practice meant a great personal sacrifice to the physician, but being possessed of an iron will and constitution the doctor became a veritable power in that part of the state. In 1834 he married Miss Rebecca Morris, a daughter of David and Folly Morris, of Kentucky. In 1853 they emigrated, going to Bloomfield, Davis county, Iowa. They remained there eleven years, the doctor in the meantime building up a very extensive practice. In 1864 they came to Santa Rosa, settling soon in Rincon valley. In 1871 his beloved wife died, leaving besides her husband only one child living, Mrs. Sarah Grider, of Tulare county. In 1876 Dr. Fulkerson married Mrs. Fanny Grimsley, whose maiden name was Lock and who was a native of Davis county, Ia, and who survives him.

Dr. Fulkerson was one of the stalwart figures in this part of the county. He continued to practice medicine until the time came for him to enjoy a much-needed rest, although he devoted much time to horticulture and was always deeply interested in that branch of agriculture. In politics he was a Democrat but was too broad in his views to let politics interfere with friendship. He was, it is stated, the oldest member of the Masonic order in California, and probably in the United States, having been identified with that fraternity about sixty-seven years. In his association with his fellow men he was upright and unswerving in his integrity. His word was as good as the bond of any one and his kindness was well known. In his death the community realizes that it has lost a historic figure, a thoroughly honest man and invaluable citizen.