Ogden Reporter 14 May 1908 or
Boone County Democrat
May 8, 1908
Boone's oldest pioneer resident, James Hull, passed away at the home of his son, Geo. C. Hull, on Marion Street at 8:15 o'clock Sunday evening, May 3rd, at the ripe old age of eighty seven years. For the past seven years he had been in failing health, but about a month ago he was taken much worse and the family and friends realized that the end was near at hand.
James Hull was born in Lincoln County, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1821. At the age of nineteen years he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Crooks, a native of Knox County, Indiana, at the home of the latter, June 28, 1839, and for the remarkably long term of sixty nine years they traveled life's journey together. Mr. Hull had the distinction of being one of the very first pioneer settlers of Boone county, being one of a party of nine, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Hull, Mrs. And Mrs. John M. Crooks and two children, Mr. and Mrs. John Pea and Mr. Samuel Bowers, who came to Boone county in the spring of 1846, just a few months before Iowa was admitted to statehood. Mrs. Hull is now the only surviving member of the party. They first settled on what is known as the old Mike Myers farm, south of the city, which had been entered as a claim by John M. Crooks, a brother of Mrs. Hull, also of the Hon. Geo. W. Crooks the well-known attorney of this city. Two years later Mr. Hull entered a claim for himself four miles south of the court house. Four years later they removed to another claim but soon after purchased the farm which they first settled on for the sum of $8.00 an acre, this being the first recorded real estate transaction in the county. Later he built a saw mill on Pea's branch at the pint of the river now known as the Ledges, this he operated two years and then moved to Boonsboro. The town then consisted of three log houses and his was the first frame house erected within the present limits of the city of Boone. This was in the spring of 1856, and here they have made their home since, with the exception of two years in California from 1874 to 1876. Mr. Hull lived to witness great and marvelous changes in Boone and Boone County and he and Mrs. Hull delighted to recount their thrilling experiences of the earlier pioneer days. To them were born six children, two of whom have passed away. He is survived by his aged widow, one son, Geo. C. Hull, and three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Nutt of California and Mrs. Lucretia Nutt and Mrs. Elizabeth Beach, of Boone, also twenty two grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren to whom is extended the sincere sympathy of the entire community.
The funeral services were held from the home of his son, Geo. C Hull, at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. C.F. Cannon, pastor of the Marion Street M.E. church of which Mr. Hull had been a faithful member for more than fifty years, and attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The remains were laid to rest in the family lot in Linwood cemetery. The pall bearers were all grandsons of the deceased, J.F. Nutt, Clarence Hull, James, George, Jerome and Ed Beach.
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An Iowa Certificate of Death for Mr. Hull indicates that his parents were George Hull 1792-1862 and Elizabeth Cummins 1791-1858. The Certificate of Death also matches the dates on the grave stone and indicates that he was buried in the Linwood Cemetery.
Boone County Democrat
May 8, 1908
Boone's oldest pioneer resident, James Hull, passed away at the home of his son, Geo. C. Hull, on Marion Street at 8:15 o'clock Sunday evening, May 3rd, at the ripe old age of eighty seven years. For the past seven years he had been in failing health, but about a month ago he was taken much worse and the family and friends realized that the end was near at hand.
James Hull was born in Lincoln County, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1821. At the age of nineteen years he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Crooks, a native of Knox County, Indiana, at the home of the latter, June 28, 1839, and for the remarkably long term of sixty nine years they traveled life's journey together. Mr. Hull had the distinction of being one of the very first pioneer settlers of Boone county, being one of a party of nine, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Hull, Mrs. And Mrs. John M. Crooks and two children, Mr. and Mrs. John Pea and Mr. Samuel Bowers, who came to Boone county in the spring of 1846, just a few months before Iowa was admitted to statehood. Mrs. Hull is now the only surviving member of the party. They first settled on what is known as the old Mike Myers farm, south of the city, which had been entered as a claim by John M. Crooks, a brother of Mrs. Hull, also of the Hon. Geo. W. Crooks the well-known attorney of this city. Two years later Mr. Hull entered a claim for himself four miles south of the court house. Four years later they removed to another claim but soon after purchased the farm which they first settled on for the sum of $8.00 an acre, this being the first recorded real estate transaction in the county. Later he built a saw mill on Pea's branch at the pint of the river now known as the Ledges, this he operated two years and then moved to Boonsboro. The town then consisted of three log houses and his was the first frame house erected within the present limits of the city of Boone. This was in the spring of 1856, and here they have made their home since, with the exception of two years in California from 1874 to 1876. Mr. Hull lived to witness great and marvelous changes in Boone and Boone County and he and Mrs. Hull delighted to recount their thrilling experiences of the earlier pioneer days. To them were born six children, two of whom have passed away. He is survived by his aged widow, one son, Geo. C. Hull, and three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Nutt of California and Mrs. Lucretia Nutt and Mrs. Elizabeth Beach, of Boone, also twenty two grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren to whom is extended the sincere sympathy of the entire community.
The funeral services were held from the home of his son, Geo. C Hull, at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. C.F. Cannon, pastor of the Marion Street M.E. church of which Mr. Hull had been a faithful member for more than fifty years, and attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The remains were laid to rest in the family lot in Linwood cemetery. The pall bearers were all grandsons of the deceased, J.F. Nutt, Clarence Hull, James, George, Jerome and Ed Beach.
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An Iowa Certificate of Death for Mr. Hull indicates that his parents were George Hull 1792-1862 and Elizabeth Cummins 1791-1858. The Certificate of Death also matches the dates on the grave stone and indicates that he was buried in the Linwood Cemetery.
Ogden Reporter 14 May 1908 or
Boone County Democrat
May 8, 1908
Boone's oldest pioneer resident, James Hull, passed away at the home of his son, Geo. C. Hull, on Marion Street at 8:15 o'clock Sunday evening, May 3rd, at the ripe old age of eighty seven years. For the past seven years he had been in failing health, but about a month ago he was taken much worse and the family and friends realized that the end was near at hand.
James Hull was born in Lincoln County, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1821. At the age of nineteen years he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Crooks, a native of Knox County, Indiana, at the home of the latter, June 28, 1839, and for the remarkably long term of sixty nine years they traveled life's journey together. Mr. Hull had the distinction of being one of the very first pioneer settlers of Boone county, being one of a party of nine, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Hull, Mrs. And Mrs. John M. Crooks and two children, Mr. and Mrs. John Pea and Mr. Samuel Bowers, who came to Boone county in the spring of 1846, just a few months before Iowa was admitted to statehood. Mrs. Hull is now the only surviving member of the party. They first settled on what is known as the old Mike Myers farm, south of the city, which had been entered as a claim by John M. Crooks, a brother of Mrs. Hull, also of the Hon. Geo. W. Crooks the well-known attorney of this city. Two years later Mr. Hull entered a claim for himself four miles south of the court house. Four years later they removed to another claim but soon after purchased the farm which they first settled on for the sum of $8.00 an acre, this being the first recorded real estate transaction in the county. Later he built a saw mill on Pea's branch at the pint of the river now known as the Ledges, this he operated two years and then moved to Boonsboro. The town then consisted of three log houses and his was the first frame house erected within the present limits of the city of Boone. This was in the spring of 1856, and here they have made their home since, with the exception of two years in California from 1874 to 1876. Mr. Hull lived to witness great and marvelous changes in Boone and Boone County and he and Mrs. Hull delighted to recount their thrilling experiences of the earlier pioneer days. To them were born six children, two of whom have passed away. He is survived by his aged widow, one son, Geo. C. Hull, and three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Nutt of California and Mrs. Lucretia Nutt and Mrs. Elizabeth Beach, of Boone, also twenty two grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren to whom is extended the sincere sympathy of the entire community.
The funeral services were held from the home of his son, Geo. C Hull, at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. C.F. Cannon, pastor of the Marion Street M.E. church of which Mr. Hull had been a faithful member for more than fifty years, and attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The remains were laid to rest in the family lot in Linwood cemetery. The pall bearers were all grandsons of the deceased, J.F. Nutt, Clarence Hull, James, George, Jerome and Ed Beach.
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An Iowa Certificate of Death for Mr. Hull indicates that his parents were George Hull 1792-1862 and Elizabeth Cummins 1791-1858. The Certificate of Death also matches the dates on the grave stone and indicates that he was buried in the Linwood Cemetery.
Boone County Democrat
May 8, 1908
Boone's oldest pioneer resident, James Hull, passed away at the home of his son, Geo. C. Hull, on Marion Street at 8:15 o'clock Sunday evening, May 3rd, at the ripe old age of eighty seven years. For the past seven years he had been in failing health, but about a month ago he was taken much worse and the family and friends realized that the end was near at hand.
James Hull was born in Lincoln County, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1821. At the age of nineteen years he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Crooks, a native of Knox County, Indiana, at the home of the latter, June 28, 1839, and for the remarkably long term of sixty nine years they traveled life's journey together. Mr. Hull had the distinction of being one of the very first pioneer settlers of Boone county, being one of a party of nine, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Hull, Mrs. And Mrs. John M. Crooks and two children, Mr. and Mrs. John Pea and Mr. Samuel Bowers, who came to Boone county in the spring of 1846, just a few months before Iowa was admitted to statehood. Mrs. Hull is now the only surviving member of the party. They first settled on what is known as the old Mike Myers farm, south of the city, which had been entered as a claim by John M. Crooks, a brother of Mrs. Hull, also of the Hon. Geo. W. Crooks the well-known attorney of this city. Two years later Mr. Hull entered a claim for himself four miles south of the court house. Four years later they removed to another claim but soon after purchased the farm which they first settled on for the sum of $8.00 an acre, this being the first recorded real estate transaction in the county. Later he built a saw mill on Pea's branch at the pint of the river now known as the Ledges, this he operated two years and then moved to Boonsboro. The town then consisted of three log houses and his was the first frame house erected within the present limits of the city of Boone. This was in the spring of 1856, and here they have made their home since, with the exception of two years in California from 1874 to 1876. Mr. Hull lived to witness great and marvelous changes in Boone and Boone County and he and Mrs. Hull delighted to recount their thrilling experiences of the earlier pioneer days. To them were born six children, two of whom have passed away. He is survived by his aged widow, one son, Geo. C. Hull, and three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Nutt of California and Mrs. Lucretia Nutt and Mrs. Elizabeth Beach, of Boone, also twenty two grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren to whom is extended the sincere sympathy of the entire community.
The funeral services were held from the home of his son, Geo. C Hull, at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. C.F. Cannon, pastor of the Marion Street M.E. church of which Mr. Hull had been a faithful member for more than fifty years, and attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The remains were laid to rest in the family lot in Linwood cemetery. The pall bearers were all grandsons of the deceased, J.F. Nutt, Clarence Hull, James, George, Jerome and Ed Beach.
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An Iowa Certificate of Death for Mr. Hull indicates that his parents were George Hull 1792-1862 and Elizabeth Cummins 1791-1858. The Certificate of Death also matches the dates on the grave stone and indicates that he was buried in the Linwood Cemetery.
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