St. John's Cemetery Individual Record
Stephen Fagan Fulghum
(April 5, 1856 -- January 24, 1928)
| Section: | 27 |
| Space: | 2 |
| Lot: | 6 |
| Parents: | James & Jane (Harrison) Fu |
| Spouse: | Julia Cecelia Goode |
| Place of Birth: | Sandersville, Ga |
| Occupation: | Building |
| Owner: | S. F. Fulghum |
| Stephen F. Fulghum was a successful contractor and builder. He was born in Sandersville, Georgia on April 5, 1857 to James and Jane (Harrsion) Fulghum. His grandfather, who had resided in Wayne County, North Carolina, was Matthew, who died about 1820, left a widow, Elizabeth, who about 1828, moved to Georgia. Stephen Fulghum obtained his schooling at the Bethlehem Academy at Warthen, Georgia; however he was left an orphan before he was seven years of age. At 14 years of age, he was put on his own resources and learned the carpenter's trade under a Baltimore man who had settled in Georgia. Eventually, Fulhgum worked independently as a contractor and builder. Some of the notable structures built by him included two Presbyterian churches one Baptist church in Macon, Georgia, the chapel of Mercer University, the Manchester Manufacturing Company's Cotton Mills in Macon, along with various residences in that city. He also performed work in Quitman, Georgia. In Valdosta, Georgia, he built the First Baptist Church, the First Christian Church, and colonial mansions of T.B. and A. Converse. In Pensacola, he built the grand residences of J.R. Saunders and C.M. Covington, a block of business buildings for the estate of William Fisher, the city police headquarters on Jefferson St., and First Methodist Church on Wright St., which is the only brownstone edifice in West Florida. Fulghum claimed that his reading through life were his Bible and architectural books. He was a devoted member of First Baptist Church, Pensacola. He married Julia C. Goode, daughter of James and Cecelia (Holcomb) Goode. Together they had 12 children. | |