J. G. Hull

HULL, THOMAS

Posted By: Jeanie
Date: 5/17/2005 at 19:03:35

J. G. Hull

J. G. Hull, a pioneer settler in Tama County as well as a leading farmer, is a native of New York, and was born in Rensselaer County and town of Burling, on the 29th day of October, 1815. Here J. G. was reared, receiving a common school education and at the same time assisting his father to carry on the farm.

In the year 1854 he removed from that state and settled in this County, on section 13, Spring Creek township. He was among the first settlers in the township hauling his first load of lumber, provisions, etc., from Waterloo, a distance of nearly forty miles. Mr. Hull still resides upon his farm, located upon the beautiful stream of Wolf Creek where he has all the conveniences necessary for a comfortable and happy home. He has always been a straight-forward, square dealer, early securing and steadily retaining the confidence of the community. He has seen this County slowly expand from a mere wilderness to a thickly settled and prosperous County, and never shown any backwardness in trying to encourage its growth and assist in its prosperity. He has served in the various township offices, and has proven himself prompt, perfectly reliable and very efficient.

In the year 1845, he was joined in wedlock with Miss J. L. Thomas with whom he lived until 1873, when Mrs. Hull died.

From the History of Tama County, Iowa. by Samuel D. Chapman. Printed at the Toledo Times Office. 1879. Page 157.