John Elliott Hull and Matilda Jane McDowell

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Husband John Elliott Hull ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Jan 1819 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Hull (      -1859) 3
         Mother: Patience Elliott (1784-1834) 4

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Wife Matilda Jane McDowell ⁵

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           Born: 6 Aug 1831 5
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         Father: William McDowell (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Jane [Unk] (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M William B. Hull ⁵

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2 M Joseph M. Hull ⁵

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3 F Jane Grace Hull ⁵

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4 F Nannie Hull ⁵

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         Spouse: C. H. Messimer (      -      ) 5

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5 M Harry H. Hull ⁵

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6 M Walter W. Hull ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - John Elliott Hull

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He was educated in the common schools as they were in his youthful days, when log school houses and rough benches were the rule. He worked on the old homestead and also clerked in a store. He had a fondness for the science of law and studied with William Stewart for about six months.
In 1842 he ran a canal boat from Sharon to Erie-the first boat ever passing through the canal. The contractor who constructed the canal having a contract for its completion at a certain date, engaged Mr. Hull to haul his boat through with two tons of coal, as freight, as by so doing the canal could procure its charter from the state. They paid him two hundred dollars and furnished him with extra horses with which to pull the canal boat through the canal, for in some places it required twelve horses to pull the boat. However, all proved successful-the boat was pulled through the new water course, and the charter was granted, this being in the autumn of 1842.
In 1845 Mr. Hull was appointed postmaster at Sharon, by President James K. Polk, Cove Johnson being the postmaster-general. After having served his term he removed to Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, and there engaged in the commission business with his brother, Seth Hull. Subsequently, John Hull worked for Joseph McClure in the steel mills and also became boss in the blast furnace. Removing then to Clarksville, Pennsylvania, Mr. Hull engaged in the flour milling business, with his brothers. In 1867 he went to Greenville and there engaged in the clothing trade, also doing merchant tailoring with his brother-in-law, David Hum. After selling out at that point, Mr. Hull engaged in the dry goods business, the firm being J. E. Hull & Son. This was successful until 1873, when the store and its contents was destroyed by fire. This left Mr. Hull in poor financial circumstances, and he again accepted a position as boss for the J. J. Spearman furnaces, at Sharpsville. In January, 1885, he took the contract for hauling the United States mail to and from the trains in Greenville. He never missed a train between 1885 and 1899, when he retired from the service but little better off, financially, than when he commenced that work.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a member of Alhambra Lodge of Odd Fellows. He cast his first vote for President of the United States for Martin Van Buren, who was defeated by William Henry Harrison. Mr. Hull voted for every Democratic presidential candidate since that time. [HMC 1909, 415]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 868.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 415.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 711, 868.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 711, 865.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 416.