Fuller, Frederick L. (Frederick Lincoln), 1861-

Frederick Lincoln Fuller, born April 11, 1861, in Norwich, Connecticut, was an inventor of cash registers and business machines. He founded the Union Cash Register Co. of Trenton, New Jersey, and in 1909 joined the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio. In 1917 he joined Remington Arms Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut from which he retired in 1925. He left retirement in 1927 to join International Business Machines (IBM) at the request of Thomas Watson. There his major invention was the Bank Proofing Machine for expediting the flow and control of checks between banks. He was still employed by IBM when he died in 1943 in West Orange. Surviving him were a brother, Charles O. Fuller of Trenton, New Jersey, two nephews, Frederick O. Fuller of New Britain, Connecticut and William G. Fuller, the manager of Fort Worth Airport (ca. 1930), a niece, Gertrude Fuller Locke of Collingwood, New Jersey, and a nephew, Frederick L. Morrison of West Orange.

From the guide to the Frederick Lincoln Fuller Papers 86-7., 1905-1941, (Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Frederick Lincoln Fuller, born April 11, 1861, in Norwich, Connecticut, was an inventor of cash registers and business machines. He founded the Union Cash Register Co. of Trenton, New Jersey, and in 1909 joined the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio.

In 1917 he joined Remington Arms Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut from which he retired in 1925. He left retirement in 1927 to join International Business Machines (IBM) at the request of Thomas Watson. There his major invention was the Bank Proofing Machine for expediting the flow and control of checks between banks. He was still employed by IBM when he died in 1943 in West Orange. Surviving him were a brother, Charles O. Fuller of Trenton, New Jersey, two nephews, Frederick O. Fuller of New Britain, Connecticut and William G. Fuller, the manager of Fort Worth Airport (ca. 1930), a niece, Gertrude Fuller Locke of Collingwood, New Jersey, and a nephew, Frederick L. Morrison of West Orange.

From the description of Fuller, Frederick Lincoln, papers, 1905-1941. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57617565