The Hull Families of Washington County, Iowa

For sixty-four years Horatio Hull has made his home in Washington county. This covers the entire period of his life. His birth occurred November 8, 1845, on the farm on which he now resides, although he has not continuously lived on this property to the present time. His holdings today comprise four hundred and seventy acres, making him one of the prosperous farmers of Lime Creek township. His parents were Marcus and Margaret (McDowell) Hull. The father was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1818, and the mother's birth occurred in Kentucky in 1820. They came to this county when Iowa was still under territorial rule, arriving in 1838. Mr. Hull secured a squatter's claim and when the land came on the market entered it in the usual manner. He built a little log cabin which he covered with a clapboard roof and in it laid a luncheon floor.

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A. HULL, a farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section 18, Lime Creek Township, was born in Erie County, Pa., Sept. lain 23, 1837. He is the son of Rufus S. and

Amanda (Blair) Hull, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Pennsylvania. They were the parents of four children: Charlotte, wife of John Estell, resides in Battle Creek, Mich.; Hannah is the wife of James Barr, an express messenger residing in Toledo, Ohio, and who h.as been in that business for thirty-six years; A. A., the subject of this sketch; mary, wife of James Cooper, resides in Battle Creek, Midi. The mother of these children died in 1.S4.5 in Erie County, Pa.

At the time of his mother's death our subject was but six years old. and at the age of nine years he went to live with Milton Hull, a distant relative, with whom he remained until eighteen years of age, engaged in heli)ing on the farm and attending the country schools in the winter months. He then went to work in a sash factory and remained at that business about eight months, when he went to Warren County, Pa., and commenced working in the lumber camps, continuing at lumbering for about two years, and then returned to Erie (Jounty in the fill of 1801, ami began work by the month. In 1862 a company of young men began drilling, meeting twice a week for that jjurpose, until August of 1802. and then, as one of their number, he enlisted in the IJ.Mh Pennsylvania Infantry for three years. He was mustered in and started for the front, first stopping at Carlisle, where the regiment went after Mosby's cavalry, being under fire for nine successive d.ays. On the 17th of Septemlier it was engaged in the battle of Anlietaiii, from which pl.ace it was sent to Harper's Kerry, crossed i the Blue Rirlge, and went on down to Fredericksburg, on the Rappahannock,; and then with Hancock's Division, took part in the charge at Mary's Height, in the rear of Frcdericlcsburg, wiiere our subject w.as wounded just below the right knee, a part of the bone beingirenioved at the time, and in 1 870 another operation was made, from the effects of which he has never recovered. He was taken to the stone hospital at Washington, D. C, where he said nine months, and was then transferred to Mt. Pleasant Ht)spital. and afterward_ received a furlough of thirty days. He went home and remained until the expiration of his fnrlougii, and then went to Pittsburgh, Pa., where the wound became so bad that he was finally discharged Sept. 10, 1864, and returned home to his native county.

"Mr. Hull was united in marriage, Oct. 4, 1 865, with Miss Eliza Hull, a native of Erie County, Pa., born June 8, 1845, and the daughter of Hiram and Abigail (Northrup) Hull, the former a native of Peunsylvania, and the latter of Vermont. Mrs. Hull's father, Hiram Hull, came from Pennsylvania to Washington County in 1845, and remained one year, but returned to Pennsylvania and then moved to Missouri, where he lived until 1868, when he again came to this county and purchased a small farm in Lime Creek Township, where he resided until his death in 188'2. He was a man of rather a reserved disposition, but was highly respected by all who knew him, Mrs. Hull is still living, at the age of sixty-four years, and is residing at Wellman. They were the parents of six children, of which number three are yet living: Ada, wife of Wilson Stafford, residing near Battle Creek, Mich.; J. W., a druggist in Alexandria, Dak., and the wife of our subject.

Three children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hull: William, bom May 14,1866, died Sept. 13, 1874; A. Duroe, born Oct. 28, 1869, resides in Adair County, imo.; Minnie, born July 1 1, 1876, in Washington County, Iowa.

For about two years our subject was engaged in a carshop in Erie, Pa., and worked while standing on his crutches. In 1868 he started for Adair County, Mo., by team, and was on the road five weeks and two days, passing through Ohio by way of Maumee, thence through Logansport, Ind., then to Peoria, Ill., and crossed the river at Warsaw, Ill., stopping at Kirksville, Mo., where he bought a small farm, for which he paid $500. He commenced to improve the farm by breaking prairie, fencing and planting an orchard. Here the family remained about five years, when he sold the farm to the original owner and came to Washington County, Iowa, where he purchased forty acres of land upon section 18, Lime Creek Township, to which he has since added ten acres. Ho has improved this farm until it is now in fine condition, with a nice story-and-a-half house, with a good barn and out-buildings, all of which is the result of his own industry and good management. He is now turning his attention to the raising of Shorthorn cattle.

Mr. Hull is a member of the Ed Hamlin Post Ko. 112, G. A. R., of Wellman, low.a. Politically, he is identified with the Republican party, and takes a lively interest in all public affairs.

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HENRY CLAY HULL.

On the list of Washington county's honored dead appears the name of Dr. Henry Clay Hull, a man whom to know was to esteem and honor, and who was most respected where best known. He was born in Knox county, Ohio, February 3, 1826, and was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Wan Winkle) Hull. His father was a native of Virginia and at an early day removed westward to Ohio, where he spent the greater part of his life. After reaching an advanced age, however, he came to Iowa and passed his remaining years

THE vr.v; 'i'l I FUB Lie LIBRARY I at the home of his son, Dr. Hull. His birth occurred March 2, 1798, and he died on the 17th of September, 1873, his remains being interred in the Crawfordsville cemetery. His wife, who was also a native of Virginia, had died in Ohio. They were the parents of eight children: Henry Clay; John, who was born June 14, 1827, and engaged in general practice of medicine until his death; Isaac, who was born April 11, 1830, and has departed this life; Thaddeus, who was born in 1832 and is now living near Wellington, Kansas; Margaret, who was born March 13, 1834, and is the wife of Friendly Lewis, of Gambler, Knox county, Ohio; Hester, who was born August 13, 1836, and has passed away; Joseph E., who was born July 5, 1838, and is living in Gillespie, Illinois; and Moses, whose birth occurred August 20, 1840, and who now lives retired in Crawfordsville.

Dr. Hull spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the state of his nativity and acquired his education in the public schools, after which he qualified for practice of medicine in the Cincinnati Medical College, from which he was graduated June 5, 1852. He opened an office in Crawfordsville and at once gained a reputation as an able and successful physician who was conscientious and painstaking in his efforts. Twelve years ago he decided to give up the active work of his profession but the people would not have it so and kept going to his house for medicine and for professional service. He was rated as the best therapeutist who has ever lived in this county. He was ever a deep and discriminating student of his profession, seemed to have almost intuitive perception as to the value of any idea or method of practice promulgated by the medical fraternity and in diagnosis his judgment was seldom, if ever, at fault. He was accorded a very large practice and. carefully husbanding his resources, he at length became recognized as one of the substantial citizens of the community. He had no expensive habits, and, making judicious investments from time to time, he left at his death a large estate, owning more than four hundred acres of valuable land, while he was also an extensive stockholder in the Ainsworth and Columbus Junction Banks. For many years he also did a kind of private banking business, loaning money and washing sales notes, and his business integrity was ever regarded as above question.

Dr. Hull was married twice. Soon after his arrival in this county he wedded Mrs. Jane Nabb in 1854 and they traveled life's journey happily together until her death in 1880. In the following year he wedded Miss Margaret Van Horn, who was born in Miami county, Ohio, near Pickaway, and is a daughter of John and Jane (Mathers) Van Horn. She survives him, together with their daughter, Nellie, who is now the wife of Rev. W. G Roberston, a United Presbyterian minister of Crawfordsville. They have one child, [name withheld], born April 9, 1909. Dr. J. H. Hull, a son of Dr. H. C. Hull by his first marriage, is now actively engaged in the practice of medicine in Washington. He has two children: H. C, a physician, practicing with his father in Washington; and Daisy, the wife of Charles Startsman, an electrical engineer, living at North Orange, New Jersey.

Dr. Hull was long a member of the Presbyterian church, with which he united in 1854. and for more than fifty years he contributed over one hundred dollars per year for the maintenance of the church. He was a charter member of the Masonic fraternity and was a believe in its spirit of humanitarianism, recognizing the brotherhood of the race. He died November 17, 1907, and his death was the occasion of deep regret to all who knew him, for his honorable manhood, his consideration for others, his loyalty to friendship and devotion to home ties won him the kindly regard and respect of all with whom he came in contact. Mrs. Hull still resides in Crawfordsville and owns and occupies the finest residence in the town.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.