FRANK PULVER    (Frank married twice - see descendant chart or account from Greg Shirk)

Parents came in from Alsace-Lorraine (Germ.) in Northeastern France, bordering the Rhine River.  (Possibly born in New York)

His father was JOHN HENRY PULVER

And mother AMANDA GARDNER.  .

Frank’s father died and he came to Coldwater, Michigan, to live with an Uncle by the name of COOPER.  He had 3 brothers and a sister.  He was born in New York State, a lake southeast of Rochester.   Birthdate December 15, 1851 and died January 19, 1931.

He was a Farmer and Assessor

Married MARY MAGDELENE KELL

To their union:

            HARRY J. PULVER, born 1890

            EDNA PULVER MALCOLM, born 1892

            CARL T. PULVER, born 1894

He taught school for a short time at the Baptist Seminary located on the Northeast side of Gump and Coldwater Roads.  He and Uncle JOHN EMRICH started the first telephone line.  It was called “the Pumpkin line”.

He assessed Perry Township on foot and appraised land.  Ate dinner with families that were expecting him.  Later he had an automobile to assess. 

HARRY J. remembers when you paid toll of 5 cents to enter Fort Wayne, where the CHARLES EBY filling station stood.

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Pulver Home on Coldwater Road

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PULVER BURIALS PERRY TOWNSHIP CEMETERY, OLD SECTION, Huntertown, IN

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PULVER

1850 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN   #2671-2683

Samuel Pulner                      27 M                Laborer          born NY

Louisa                                    19 F                                         born NY

May Jane                                4  F                                         born IN

Indiana                                    1  F                                         born IN

1850 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN   #2700-2712

Abram Pulver                        40 M                Farmer           born NY

Elizabeth Pulver                   40 F                                         born PA

Sherman Pulver                    16 M                Laborer          born NY

Anna Pulver                          14 F                                         born NY

1880 Census of Huntertown, Allen County, IN, page 192 B

Abraham Pulver       married          Male, 69         born NY         Farm Laborer

            Both parents born New York

Elizabeth Pulver       wife                 female, 67      born PA          Keeps house

            Both parents born PA

Sherman Pulver        son, widower male, 47          born NY         Farm Laborer

Frank Pulver                         gr. Son            male, 18          born IN           Farm Laborer

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1880 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN  188 B

Franklin Pulver        married          male, 28          born NY         Farmer

            Both parents born NY

Margaret Pulver       wife                 female, 24      born IN           Keeps house

            Both parents born Ohio

Olive May Pulver     daughter        female, 6        born IN

John Pulver               son                  male, 4            born IN

PULVER CENSUS

1840 Census of Genesee, Livingston Co., NY

1860 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN

1870 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN

1910 Census of Clearspring, Lagrange, IN

1860 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN

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                                              FRANKLIN R. PULVER FAMILY

        Written by Great Grandson, Greg Shirk

FRANK PULVER was born at Conesus Lake, Livingston County, New York, on December 15, 1851 to JOHN HENRY PULVER and AMANDA  M. GARDNER.  Frank’s paternal grandparents were JOHN C. PULVER and EVE PHILLIPS and his maternal grandparents were RUEBEN and MARY GARDNER.  JOHN H. and AMANDA, with their children………

FRANK R., ADELLA D. (PETER THAYER), FREDERICK, GEORGE, JAMES, and

THEODORE S., moved to Coldwater, Michigan, where on November 15, 1865 JOHN

died of a fever at 39 years old, and then the family was split up.  FRANK went to live with his aunt and uncle, WILLIAM COOPER and PHOEBE JANE PULVER, in Noble County, IN.

On November 21, 1872, FRANK married MARGARET GUMP in Perry Township, Allen County, where their three children, OLIVE MAE (PHILIP PAYTON), JOHN R., and BERTHA (CONNELL) were born.  MARGARET died on December 17, 1886.  FRANK then married on April 11, 1889 to MARY M. KELL whose parents were JACOB KELL and MARY CATHERINE FONNER, and to this union three children were born, HARRY J., EDNA C. (MORLEY MALCOLM), and CARL T.

FRANK was a farmer by trade owning 170 acres.  He taught school at the Baptist Seminary that used to sit on the N.W. corner of Gump and Coldwater Rd.  Frank was a member of the Huntertown Masonic Lodge.  He also served as the Township Assessor for several years.  Every winter, together with EARL DEBOLT and CHARLIE TILDEN, Frank would drive to Dunedin, Florida, where he owned an orange grove.  FRANK and JOHN EMERICK were credited with starting the Pump-kin Line in Perry Township.

                                    HARRY JACOB PULVER FAMILY

    Written by Grandson, Greg Shirk

HARRY PULVER was the oldest child of FRANKLIN R. and MARY M. (KELL) PULVER.  He was born March 23, 1890 at home on Coldwater Road in Perry Township where he lived until his death on November 27, 1977.  He attended school in a one-room schoolhouse, which used to stand on the corner of Coldwater and Union Chapel Roads, until the eighth grade at which time he started farming on his father’s 170 acres and farmed until he retired in the 60’s.  He worked 14 years for the State High Department and later, along with JACK RYAN, hauled grain for Centlivre Brewery.  On Octobe