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 FULUK FULLER. 239 in Roxbury and its neighborhood, impress- ing them with the importance and neces- sity of immediate and decided action. Socially, Mr. Fuller was a delightful man, his sympathies were warm and ten- der, his manners refined and genial, and his conversation was full of intelligence and animation. His home life was espec- ially attractive to him, and the tributes of respect and affection which were inspired by his death, showed the deep hold which he had upon the hearts of all who were favored with his friendship. FULLER, LORIN L., son of David C. and Maria (Lovejoy) Fuller, was born in Readfield, Kennebec county, Me., January 25, 1820. He obtained his early education in the public schools of his native state. He commenced a business career on his own account as carpenter, in Boston, 1843. LORIN L. FULLER. He resided for a number of years in Melrose, but moved to Maiden in i860, where he has resided for twenty-nine years. His reputation for integrity and ability in commercial circles for forty-five years, as a real- estate dealer and builder in Bos- ton, has been acknowledged by all who know him. He served his city as alder- man during the first year of- the organiza- tion of the city government, and was mayor of the city 1884 and '85. For ten years he was a member of the water board ; has been a member of the Industrial Aid Society, from its organiza- tion to the present time, and is an active member of the Maiden Improvement Asso-- ciation. He was chairman of the com- mittee for the adjustment and dividing of the township property, at the time of the separation of Everett from Maiden, in which his able and satisfactory negotiation gained for him the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens. He now represents his ward in the higher branch of the city council. In politics he is a conservative Democrat. Mr. Fuller was married in Sebec, Me., November 8,1852, to Lucy P., daughter of John and Lydia (Brown) Lovejoy. Of this union are four children : Henry L., M. Louise, Everett L., and L. Alma Ful- ler. Mrs. Fuller died April n, 1886. At Maiden, June 20, 1889, Mr. Fuller again married Mrs. Annie McHornsby, daughter of Thomas and Lydia Stewart. FULLER, LUTHER F., son of Alden and Sarah (Faulkner) Fuller, was born in Acton, Middlesex county, January 3, 1827. He received his education in the com- mon schools of Acton, Roxbury and Wor- cester. April 8, 1844, he began commercial life as clerk in a general merchandise store at West Cambridge, with Fowle, Prescott & Proctor. In 1846 he changed to West Acton in the same line of business. Two years later he entered the employ of C. &: E. Hunt, South Sudbury. In 1854 he went to Saxonville in charge of a branch store for the same house, and soon took an interest in the business, under the firm name of Hunt & Fuller, At the breaking out of the civil war his partners sold their interest to Joseph Wilde, and the firm title became Fuller & Wilde. Three years later he bought Wilde's interest and has since been sole proprietor. August 21, 1885, Mr. Fuller was placed in charge of the Framingham Savings Bank by the savings bank commissioners. He is the present treasurer. Mr. Fuller was married in South Sud- bury, January 3, 1S55, to Henrietta M., daughter of Luther and Elizabeth Hunt. Of this union were two children (deceased, 1877). Mrs. Fuller died in 1882. Mr. Fuller's second marriage occurred March 28, 1S88,- with Mrs. Laura A. Holman, widow of George H. Holman, M. D., Sax- onville.