Benjamin F. Hull

HULL, BLAKELY

Posted By: LuAnn Goeke (email)
Date: 1/30/2009 at 20:34:57

B.F. HULL, farmer, Sec. 29; P.0. Union Center; owns 147-1/2 acres of land; he was born in Franklin Co., Vt., Nov. 17, 1832, where he lived until he was 5 years of age, when his parents moved to Jackson Co., Mich., and resided until 1840; then moved to Upper Canada, on the Thames River, where they resided until 1844, when another move was made for Iowa, and a permanent home was found in Jackson Co., where he has resided ever since; he has served his township faithfully for several years as President of the School Board, School Director, Trustee, Constable and Road Supervisor; he has always been a stanch and independent Democrat of the old school. He married, in Jackson Co., on July 6, 1862, Hannah M. Blakely, daughter of David Blakely, a native of Washington Co., Penn.; had six children, all are living - David Arthur, Lois Henrietta, Milton Cassius, Franklin Anderson, Hugh Edgar and Charlotte Bertha. He is liberal in church views, his wife inclined toward the Presbyterian faith; he started in life entirely without capital; now has a good homestead and a fortune estimated at from $6,000 to $8,000. - 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg. 775.