JOHN H. FULTON.
Born in Augusta county. Educated at Hampden-Sidney College. Studied
law under Judge Baldwin, of Staunton. Located in Abingdon. Admitted
to the bar. Elected to the House of Delegates from Washington county
1823-1824. Represented the Washington district in the Senate of Virginia
1829-1831. Was elected to the Twenty-third Congress as a Whig, receiving
2,621 votes, against 1,257 for Wm. Byars, Democrat, serving from December
2d, 1833, to March 3d, 1835. Was a candidate for reëlection when he
died, in January, 1836, his opponent in this election being George W. Hopkins.
His remains were interred in the Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon,
Va., and his grave is at this day marked by a large iron slab, upon
which is the following inscription:
"Tread not upon his ashes,
For he was the poor man's friend."
Notwithstanding this inscription, a path through the cemetery passes almost
directly over this grave.
