Person: Josephine Fulkerson

  • Nationality: Myaamia
    Family Group: Geboe
  • ID: 2619
    Gender: Female
    Date of Birth: Knw 08-23-1862
    Location of Birth: N/A
    Date of Death: Year 1939
    Location of Death: Nevada
  • Biography/Notes:
    Josie Geboe was the daughter of Elias Geboe and Mary Ann Hoggatt, but both her parents died when she was a young girl. Josie had a short-lived marriage in 1879 to a man named S. Paup. In 1884, she married Fent Fulker- son. They moved to Beowawe, Nevada, shortly thereafter, where Fent was a ranch superintendent. They never had any children and lived out the rest of their lives in Nevada. She sold most of her allotted land in 1902.

Alias:
  • Josie Fullerson
  • Lucy Josie Geboe Paup

Related Events:

Birth

August 23, 1862

1889 Allotment

March 2, 1889

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congressa ssembled, That the provisions of chapter One hundred and Nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty seven, entitled "An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations,and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes," are hereby declared to extend to and are made app...


Death

Year 1939

Nevada