A. A. Hull

As printed in 1887

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.

As printed in Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and (1887). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.