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 A photo from an antique mall in Tucson ($1.09). On the front is L. M. Whitmore [and] H. P. Ranger  Whitmore & Co. 30 E. Main St., Rochester, N.Y. On the back in pencil is: "Lucy Philura Van Ducen Fullam"  Below is: Born in 1826- married 19 1/2  Harleigh Stephen Fullam & went house keeping in a log c[abin]." The photo is of an older woman wearing a dark dress with mutton chop sleeves and a broach at her neck. A white garment or collar is visible underneath the black dress. Lucy Philura (Van Deusen) Fullam. I searched Ancestry public trees for a Raleigh Fullam married to a Lucy and quickly found her. Lucy Philura Van Deusen was born on 5 March 1826 in Cayuga County, New York, daughter of (--?--) Van Deusen and Dulcina Hammond (1796-1876). She was married circa 1846 to Harleigh Stephen Fullam . Harleigh Stephen Fullam was born circa 1818 in Monroe County, New York. On 29 July 1850, Harley H. and Lucy Fullam, Lucy’s 54-year-old mother Delsena Vandusen, and 13-ye