Martha E. Hutchinson married Ferdinand Fuller at Columbia, Connecticut on March 29, 1843. He was architect in Worcester, Massachusetts, until July 17, 1854 when he left for Kansas. He planned the original Free-State Hotel, the first university building (North College) and many of the largest busness houses in Lawrence. He was a very active free-state man. He took an active part in the "Wakarusa War" and was present at the taking of Fort Titus.

Martha and Ferdinand Fuller had three children. One, Arthur M. Fuller, became a prominent man in Colorado.