John Hull and Mrs. Sarah Wheeler

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Husband John Hull ¹

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           Born:  - New Jersey
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           Died: 30 Jan 1859 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: [Father] Hull (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Patience Elliott (1784-1834) 3

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Wife Mrs. Sarah Wheeler ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Sep 1858 2
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John Hull

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He and two of his brothers removed in youth [from New Jersey] to the vicinity of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1798 or 1799 located on farms in what is now Hickory Township, Mercer County. All reared large families, and died on their respective homesteads in Hickory Township.

When he came to Mercer County his sole possessions consisted of an ax and a hoe, and he endured all of the trials and privations of pioneer days. For some time after he came to Hickory Township he kept "bachelor's hall." The pot in which he prepared his corn mush had a little piece broken out of the rim. On one occasion, when he returned home very hungry from the pursuit of game, he looked into his pot for his mush. Lifting off the lid, he found a rattlesnake coiled nicely upon the top of the mush which was expected to furnish his supper. A strange prejudice interfered against his eating that mush on that occasion.

He was a soldier in the War of 1812 at Erie.

The Hull family came to America from England and it was established at a very early day in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, by John Hull. He resided near Sharon.

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

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

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