Tulare County Biographies

ROY N. FULLER, M. D.

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Dr. Roy N. Fuller, proprietor of the San Joaquin Hospital in Tulare; a 
veteran of the World war; and for fifteen years and more a practicing physician 
in that city; one of the best known members of the medical profession in this 
section of the state, is a native of California, a member of one of the real 
pioneer families. He was born in Lincoln, Placer county, November 2, 1885, a son 
of Dr. George W. and Jeannette (Newton) Fuller, who were born on adjacent 
ranches in that same county, the latter a daughter of Hollis Newton, who was one 
of California's '49ers. Dr. George W. Fuller also was a son of a '49er, his 
father, Richard Fuller, having come into this state from New York, in the year 
of the great gold rush and presently establishing himself in Placer county, 
becoming one of the substantial pioneers of that section of the state. In 1887 
Dr. George W. Fuller was graduated from Cooper Medical College, now the medical 
department of Stanford University, and became engaged in practice in San 
Francisco, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1907.
        Born in Lincoln and reared in San Francisco, Roy N. Fuller completed his 
early education in the high school of the latter city and early began the study 
of medicine. After proper preparation along that line he entered Cooper Medical 
College at San Francisco and was graduated from that institution in 1908, with 
the degree of M. D. For about three years following his graduation Dr. Fuller 
rendered service as an interne in Lane Hospital and in St. Luke's Hospital in 
San Francisco, there acquiring some extremely valuable practical experience, 
particularly in surgery. In 1910 he established himself in practice in Tulare, 
where he ever since has been located, with present offices in the Advance 
building. Upon his arrival in Tulare, Dr. Fuller entered into partnership with 
Dr. T. D. Blodgett and this mutually agreeable arrangement was continued until 
the death of Dr. Blodgett in 1919, since which time Dr. Fuller has been 
practicing independently. When this country took a hand in the World war in the 
spring of 1917 Dr. Fuller enlisted his serv�ices in behalf of the Medical Corps 
of the army and was in service until the close of the war, on duty at Lettermann 
Central Hospital at San Francisco. As a surgeon Dr. Fuller has a much wider than 
local reputation and as the proprietor of the San Joaquin Hospital at Tulare he 
has provided an institution for the community that has been of much service. 
This hospital is admirably equipped in up-to-date fashion and there the Doctor 
performs his major operations.
        On October 21, 1914, in Tulare, Dr. Fuller was united in marriage to 
Miss Lena Hesse, who was born in Tulare county, daughter of Fred J. Hesse. Dr. 
and Mrs. Fuller have two daughters : Katherine and Rosamond. Dr. Fuller is a 
member of the Tulare County Medical Society, the California State Medical 
Association and the American Medical Association and in the deliberations of 
these learned bodies he takes a warm interest. He is a member of Tulare Post, 
No. 15, of the American Legion, in Tulare and is also a member of Visalia Lodge 
No. 1298, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 352