ELIAS HULL
Page 667
ELIAS HULL
Page 667
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ELIAS HULL. Located on section 34, in Salt Creek Township, there lies one of the best rural homes in Mason County. Here Mr. Hull has two hundred and seventy-three acres of land, on which first-class buildings have been erected and other sentential improvements introduced, which prove his thrift and enterprise as an agriculturist. Our subject is a native of Mahoning County, Ohio, where his birth occurred February 4, 1838. His father, Elias Hull, Sr., was born in New Jersey, where he was reared and followed farm pursuits. When emigrating to the Buckeye State he made the journey overland with an ox team, and purchased property in Mahoning County, where he was residing at the time of his decease, when thirty-eight years of age. His father was born in Germany, and on emigrating to the New World when a young man made settlement in New Jersey. Mrs. Anna (Helderbrandt) Hull, the mother of our subject, was, like her husband, born in New Jersey, where she was reared on her father's farm. The latter came from Germany to America, and made his home for the rest of his life in New Jersey. Mrs. Hull reared a family of seven daughters and six sons, and departed this life at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Elias, of this sketch, was the ninth in order of birth in the above family, and was sent to school during his earlier years in his native county. He started out in life for himself when eighteen years of age, and at that time came alone to this state and located in Menard County. This was in 1856, and on arriving here he found employment in a woolen factory in Petersburg, by which he was employed for three years. December 4, 1859, Mr. Hull and Miss Maria J. Lloyd were united in marriage. The lady was the daughter of William Lloyd, and was born in Menard County, this state, October 23, 1842. Her father was also a native of Illinois, while her mother, prior to her marriage, Miss Narcisa P. Cogdell, was a native of Kentucky. Mrs. Hull is the eldest of twelve children born to her parents, and considering the limited advantages which were given her, is a lady of good education. Soon after his marriage our subject located in Mason County, and purchased a farm in Salt Creek Township, where he has ever since been engaged in farm pursuits. His landed possessions include two farms, one containing one hundred and fifty-three acres, and the other one hundred and twenty-acres. He has met with good success in his chosen vocation, and may be truly called a self-made man, for he has worked his way upward from an humble position to one of affluence. To Mr. and Mrs. Hull have been born six sons, viz: James R., Harry A., Thomas S., Charles L., Fred R. and Alonzo D. In his political preferences, our subject is a stalwart Democrat, and held the position of Township Treasurer for ten years. He has also been the incumbent of various other positions of trust, having been Clerk and Commissioner of Highways for many terms. With his wife he is a devoted member of the Christian Church, in which they are classed among the most active workers. |