Charles Edward Fuller (1887 - 1968)

Born 25 Apr 1887 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Died 19 Mar 1968 at age 80 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Charles Edward Fuller was born on 25 April 1887 in Los Angeles, California.^[1] His parents were Henry Fuller and Helen Day,^[2][3] devout Methodists who ran a successful orange grove business.^[4]

Charles graduated from Pomona College in 1910, and married his high school sweetheart, Grace Payton that same year.^[4][5] They had one child, Daniel Payton Fuller, born 28 August 1925 in Los Angeles, California.^[6][7][8][9]

Charles had little interest in religion until 1916, when he was converted by the preaching of Paul Rader, pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. After his conversion, he taught Sunday School at Placentia Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, and attended the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. In 1925, his fundamentalist views forced him and many others from his Sunday School class to split from Placentia Presbyterian, and form Calvary Church. Charles was ordained as a Baptist minister and pastored the new church. He also held revival meetings and began broadcasting religious radio programming. In 1933, he resigned his pastorate to form the Gospel Broadcasting Association to support his radio evangelism.^[4]

From 1937 to 1968, Charles hosted a weekly Sunday broadcast for which he is most famous, The Old Fashioned Revival Hour, at its height, it had more than ten million listeners worldwide. He is also well known as the namesake of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, which he helped found in 1947.^[4]

Charles passed away on 19 March 1968 in Los Angeles, California, shortly after his final broadcast of The Old Fashioned Revival Hour.^[10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZV5-C58 : 13 March 2018), Charles Edward Fuller, 1917-1918; citing Orange County no 2, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,531,271.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M959-7N3 : accessed 5 June 2019), Charles E Fuller in household of Henry Fuller, San Bernardino Township, San Bernardino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 234, sheet 11A, family 267, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,097.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL5-1Q4 : accessed 5 June 2019), Charles E Fuller in household of Henry Fuller, Mission, San Bernardino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet 14A, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 94; FHL microfilm 1,374,107.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Robert H. Kraphol and Charles H. Lippy (1999) The Evangelicals A Historical, Thematic, and Biographical Guide, Greenwood press. ISBN 0-313-30103-4 p=241 as cited in "Charles E. Fuller." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. December 14, 2018. Accessed June 18, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_E._Fuller&oldid=873768331.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7T-SZN : accessed 5 June 2019), Charles E Fuller, Placentia, Orange, California, United States; citing ED 74, sheet 16A, line 40, family 402, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 123; FHL microfilm 1,820,123.
6. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-VH3S : 18 January 2018), Charles Edward Fuller in entry for Daniel Payton Fuller, 28 Aug 1925; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCDL-WKJ : accessed 5 June 2019), Charles E Fuller, Fullerton, Orange, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 8A, line 1, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 181; FHL microfilm 2,339,916.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WW-QFP : 15 March 2018), Charles Fuller, Tract 475, South Pasadena, Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-514, sheet 3B, line 79, family 94, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 243.
9. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K82Z-T7B : 8 December 2017), Charles E Fuller in entry for Daniel Payton Fuller and Ruth Marion Rusche, 20 Oct 1950; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,117,790.
10. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPH9-6H9 : 26 November 2014), Charles E Fuller, 19 Mar 1968; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
11. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG9P-VWP : 19 May 2014), Charles Fuller, Mar 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DM-QLT : 8 November 2017), Charles E Fuller, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 June 2019), memorial page for Charles E. Fuller (25 Apr 1887–18 Mar 1968), Find A Grave: Memorial #8046771, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave.
• Wikipedia: Charles E. Fuller
• Wikidata: Item Q1064253, en:Wikipedia