Henry W. Hull

As printed in 1902

HENRY W. HULL.

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Grant City, Missouri, and there died, June 7, 1883. His wife survived him for five years and died at the old home place in Boone county in r888, being laid to rest by the side of her husband in Hull cemetery, where a suitable monument marks their last restingplace.

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In that year Mr. Hull returned tki Iowa and located in Des Moines, where he continued in practice until 1900. He then came to Madrid, where he opened an office and is now engaged in the practice of law in connection with the real estate business, buying and dealing in farm lands and in town prk >party. He is likewise a representative of a number of insurance companies and is a loan agent, placing loans on farm lands. He has built up a very good business here and is well known in the profession and in the other lines of his business activity.

Mr. Hull was married first in Grant City. Missouri, on the 6th of August, 1871, to Miss Kate Swift, a native of Wayne county, Xew York. She was reared on Sodus Bay and was educated in that locality, becoming a teacher in early life. She died in Grant City. Missouri. June [5, 1889, leaving five children. Frank G. the eldest, is married and is engaged in contracting and building, his home being near Ontario, Boone county. J. Fred is married and is the owner and editor of the Pilot, published at Maysville, Missouri. Arthur R. was in the regular army for five years, serving for two years in the Philippines and is nowengage 1 as a barber in San Francisco, California. Sophia E. is living with her brother Fred in Maysville, Missouri. Emma is at home. Mr. Hull was again married, in Des Moines, Iowa. February 6, 1891, his second union being with Nancy J. Harris, who was born in Polk county, this state, just north of the capital city. There is one living son by this unii hi. I [harris W.

Politically Mr. Hull has keen a lifelong Republican, although he was reared in the Democratic faith. He cast his first presidential ballot for C. S. Grant in [868, and has never wavered in his allegiance to the party, but has never sought or desired office in return for his loyalty. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the Grand Army Post, and while living in Grant City he served as commander of the local post there for three years. He was also a member of the staff of the commander in chief in 1880. and is now a member of the stall of General Metzger, of Iowa. Mr. Hull is justly placed among the representative men of his native county and Madrid claims him as one of her valued citizens.

As printed in A Biographical record of Boone County, Iowa (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.