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Fulmore, Zachary Taylor

soldier, lawyer, jurist, author, was born Nov. 11, 1846, in Robeson county, N. C. He attended the country school; North Carolina Military institute, and the university of Virginia. He served as a soldier in the confederate army; was in the engagement at Fort Fisher, and from January until June, 1865, was a prisoner of war. He has been a member of the board of trustees of the Texas Institute for the Blind, county judge of Travis county for six years; and a trustee of the public schools of Austin, Tex. He is a successful lawyer; and author of a History of the Geography of Texas, and other works.

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