Margaret Mills Hull 1862-1916

MILLS, HULL, SAMPLE, MAY, CAVITT

Posted By: Harold & Mary Hull (email)
Date: 9/20/2007 at 15:13:11

Margaret Mills, wife of Vactor Hull, was born in Washington county, PA, April 8th, 1862, and departed this life at her home near Cantril, IA May 5th, 1916 at 1:00 p.m. aged 54 years and 27 days.

At the age of two years, she with her parents moved to Illinois, then later to Missouri, where she resided until her marriage to Vactor Hull, which occurred December 17th, 1883. To this union were born six children: Lillian, Frank, Bert, Edith, Clyde I and June Rose, all of Cantril, IA, except Bert, who passed away in infancy.

Those that are left to mourn are the husband, children, one sister, Mrs. Fannie Sample of Luray, MO; and six brothers: C.F. Mills of Kansas City, MO; T.S. Mills of Rushville, IN; C.D. Mills of Winner, SD; James Mills of Ponco, OK and George and Will Mills of Mt. Sterling, IA.

Mrs. Hull became a member of the M.E. church while the (…-can’t read) and a loving mother; she was a home-body and her illness over so many weeks, while not bed-fast, had kept her fast. She left a hope of meeting all in the Better World. She was spoken of by all who knew her, as a loving character.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist church at Cantril, IA, Sunday, May 7th, at 2:00 p.m., conducted by Rev. Lloyd Tennant of Ft. Madison. He used the scriptures that were selected by Mrs. Hull, the 39th and 51st Psalms and used as a text for the sermon, Prov. 31-8, “Her children arise up and call her blessed.”

The music was by a select choir with Mrs. J.E. Harrison at the piano. A selected duet was so appropriate as sung by Mrs. Vera Fritz and Mrs. Geo. Holdefer. The pall bearers were Wm. Isenhower, W.S. Work, Chas. Moore, R.T. McDonald, George Downing and Clyde Cavitt. Interment was made in the Maple Grove cemetery.

(Photocopy of this obit found in the Van Buren County IA Genealogical Society’s collection at the Keosauqua Public Library.)

Note: Lillian May, Edith Cavitt

Harold Hull descends from Henry Hull (1807)