Stephen Lanning Fuller

This is a portrait of Stephen Lanning Fuller, born May 31, 1890 in Milan, Michigan, died 6/29/1957. He was son of Jacob B. Fuller (b. 11/27/1847, d. 5/4/1929) and Mary E. Lanning (b. 5/14/1857 Long Island, NY, d. 4/26/1937 Michigan). Also, Stephen was the grandson of Stillman D. Fuller (b. 11/28/1822 in Vermont, d. 6/30/1875 in Milan, Michigan) and Emigene (aka Emma) Higley (b. 3/10/1827 in N.Y., d. 12/18/1888). This Fuller family was that which descended from the Mayflower. The Higley family (Emigene's dad was Jacob Sawyer Higley who she is buried next to at the Pool Raleighville cemetery in Michigan) is that of the famed Connecticut Oak story. Stephen graduated from U of M and is listed as a U of M student in the Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts in a book at Harvard's library "Calendar of the University of Michigan 1910-11" on page 433. He also copyrighted/published about 8 pieces of music as a youth (e.g.,"Let the Sunbeams Kiss You", 1910, H. Kirkus Dugdale, Wash. DC and "Under the Old Chestnut Tree", 1910, FB Haviland Publishing, New York). Stephen and his wife Gladys Elise Mitchell (b. 6/15/1915 in Canada) had one son Donald who still lives in Arizona. Donald Fuller was born on March 21, 1922 in Detroit and married Anne Virginia Murray on October 9, 1947 (deceased on Jan 28, 2009); he served behind enemy lines in WWII and was one of the last living Merril's Marauders. Their oldest son is James Murray Fuller (b. 6/20/1952) who married Cheryl L. Wisner on September 8, 1978 in Detroit, MI. The Wisner family was another old American family (Henry Wisner was on the Continental Congress, signed (one of) THE original copy of the declaration of Independence as well as the letter to King George warning of impending issues with the colonies if England did not desist, and provided George Washington with weaponry during the Revolutionary War.)