Bowling Green Twp. -
MRS. MARY FRANKS.  This lady was born in Perry county, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1817.  Her father, John Brown, emigrated to America from near Strabone, Tyrone county, Ireland,  in 1791, at the age of twelve, in company with an uncle.  He first lived a while in the rural districts of Virginia, then moved to Crawford county, Pennsylvania.  He enlisted in the war of 1812 and upon its termination came to Perry county, Ohio.  Her mother, Mary Shunk, was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Franks is the seventh of eight children.  Her marriage to Peter Franks was solemnized May 11, 1837, in Perry county.  He was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 17, 1813, and was the son of Jonathan and Margaret Franks.  His parents moved to Perry county when he was three months old.  He had one brother, Jacob, living in Perry county, Ohio, and one sister, the wife of Alvah Swisher, of Franklin township, this county.  After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Franks moved to Hardin county, Ohio, where they remained thirteen years; then came to Bowling Green township.  Mr. Franks departed this life Apr. 21, 1878.  Four of seven children survive, of whom J. Allen, Sarah, wife of Jacob Coryell, and Eliza, the wife of John Meredith, live in this county.  Hamilton lives in Indiana, Willis C. Courson, the son of Mrs. Frank's daughter Margaret, makes his home with his grandmother.
Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 667

T. B. FULTON, a member of the bar since 1875 and practicing at the present time in Newark, is now associated with his brother, William D. Fulton, under the firm style of Fulton & Fulton.  He was born in Homer, Licking county, his natal day being June 11, 1851.  His father, William Fulton, was a native of Pennsylvania, while the mother, Mrs. Rachel (Carver) Fulton, was born in this county.  The Fulton family is of Irish lineage, while the Corners came from England.  About 1848 William Fulton removed from the Keystone state to Licking county and settled on a tract of land near Homer where he followed the occupation of farming.  The maternal grandfather, James W. Carver, married Miss Mary Livingston and established his home in the locality in pioneer times.  He had one of the first stove foundries in this county building and operating it under the name of Mary Ann furnace in Mary Ann township.  At that date nearly all of the stoves were made by hand as little of the improved machinery for manufacture was then upon the market.  Mr. Carver afterward purchased a farm near Horner where he resided until his death, and while residing in this county he held a number of township offices and in this and other ways contributed to the welfare and upbuilding of this section of the state.
     Thomas B. Fulton was a student in Granville University but left that institution in his sophomore year with the intention of entering West Point to which he had received appointment under General George W. Morgan.  Ill health, however, obliged him to abandon this plan and after convalescing from an attack of typhoid fever he began reading law under the direction of General Morgan who remained as his preceptor until he was admitted to the bar in 1875 at which time he became a partner of General Morgan at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  In the fall of that year, however, he removed to Newark, where he entered into partnership relations with J. M. Dennis.  During the period of the trouble over the county clerk's office, about 1878-79, he was appointed deputy clerk and continued in that office until the succeeding clerk was elected, when he resigned and entered into a law partnership with T. E. Powell, now of Columbus.  In that connection he went to Marysville, Ohio, where he practiced until 1888.  He then went to Las Vegas, New Mexico, and was in the south for some months, after which he returned to Newark and formed a law partnership with his brother, William D. Fulton, under the firm name of Fulton & Fulton, which is still continued.  The firm has a large clientele and the law business entrusted to them is of an important character, connecting them with much of the leading litigation tried in the courts of this district.  In 1897 Thomas B. Fulton was elected city solicitor of Newark and was reelected in 1899, serving for four years.  In 1906 he received the democratic nomination for common pleas judge but was defeated with the remainder of the ticket.  He is a member of the Licking County Bar Association and is regarded as one of the strongest and most forceful lawyers practicing in Newark.  He is now attorney for the Citizens Building & Loan Association and concentrates his energies largely upon his work in connection with the legal profession, although at one time for a little more than a year he served as cashier of the People's National Bank of Newark.
     On the 1st of June, 1878, Mr. Fulton was united in marriage to Miss Inez V. Mead of Licking county, and they have three children, Zoe A., Ned R. and Winifred.  Mr. Fulton holds membership relations with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and enjoys the war regard of his associates in these organization as well s in professional and social circles.  Strong in his individuality he never lacks as in professional and social circles.  Strong in his individuality he never lacks the courage of his convictions, is tolerant in his opinions of others and is recognized as a man of broad intelligence and genuine public spirit.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio by E. M. P. Brister - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909 – Page 885