Husband Henry Harrison Null 1 2 3
Born: 16 Feb 1815 - Ruffsdale, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 3
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Died: 16 May 1905 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 3
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Father: Henry Null (1783-1845) 2 3 4
Mother: Elizabeth Pool (1784-1873) 2 3 5
Marriage: 1 Jul 1845 - Berlin, Somerset Co, PA 1 6
• Additional Image: Henry H. Null.
Wife Ellen Dom 5
AKA: Eleanor Dom 2 6
Born: 17 Dec 1825 - Somerset Co, PA 6
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Died: 27 Dec 1904 1 2 6
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Father: Philip Dom ( - ) 2 7 8
Mother: Marguerite Gerhardt ( - ) 2
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1 F Marietta Null 1 2 6 9
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Spouse: Andrew Yont (1846-1869) 1 6 10
Marr: 20 Jun 1867 6 9
Spouse: John J. Houseman ( - ) 1 2 6 9
Marr: 27 May 1875 6 9
2 F Minerva Null 1 2 6
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Spouse: Joseph Winfield Hough (1846-1900) 1 11
Marr: 23 Nov or 25 Nov 1885 2 6
3 F Josephine Null 1 2 6
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Spouse: John Dempsey Boyd ( - ) 1 2 6
Marr: 12 Jun 1874 6
4 M Col. Millard Fillmore Null 2 5 6 12
Born: 5 Apr 1854 - Ruffsdale, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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Died: 12 May 1935 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 12
Buried: - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
Spouse: Charlotta Bennett Bell ( - ) 6 12
Marr: 29 Mar 1877 - Bells Mills, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 6 13
5 F Jessie Benton Null 6
AKA: Jessie Beuton Null 1
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Spouse: Samuel Alwine, Jr. ( - ) 1 2
6 M Sumner Fremont Null 1 2 14
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7 F Edwina Null 1 2 14
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Spouse: Dr. Smith Fuller, Jr. ( -Bef 1906) 1 14 15
Marr: 10 Dec 1885 14
Spouse: James Clark Work ( - ) 1 2 14
8 F Eleanor Nevada Null 1 2 14
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Spouse: Robert Kay Portzer ( - ) 14
Marr: Jul 1923 14
9 M Henry Harrison Null, Jr. 1 2 14
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Spouse: Elsie G. Roth ( - ) 1 14
General Notes: Husband - Henry Harrison Null
When a youth, he made his first trip as a wagoner over the Alleghany mountains in 1834. He followed this from time to time as late as 1861. From 1845 to 1872 he was an extensive farmer. During the last named year he removed to Greensburg, having been postmaster at Ruffsdale for twelve years. He also served as internal revenue collector. He was a leading factor in the building of the Wellersburg and West Newton Turn Pike road, and was for a quarter of a century president of the Robbstown and Mount Pleasant Pike Road Company. He opened the well known Null Hotel at Greensburg, and operated it until he died. He had lived over ninety years and noted with great interest the wonderful events of the past century. Politically it may be said that this venerable man early became a leader and not from selfish motives but from true principle. He cast his first vote for General Harrison in 1836, and had voted for every Whig and Republican presidential candidate including Theodore Roosevelt in the Autumn of 1904. The subjoined is an extract taken from a local paper the day after his death: "In 1872 the family moved to Greensburg. Here he was known as possessing a liberal and patriotic spirit. In his business relations he was scrupulously honest. He had a large acquaintance throughout the entire county, and by all with whom he came in contact he was held in highest esteem. He was a voracious reader and one of the best informed men on public events in Greensburg. His views were liberal and he was outspoken in his sentiments. He was opposed to capital punishment and an advocate of women's rights and suffrage, of liberty of conscience, and of all principles of freedom, secular and religious. Strongly characterized with a humanity loving spirit, he was greatly interested in reforms for society at large. He was a whole-souled man, ever ready to assist those who appealed to him. Until within a few months of his death he possessed a remarkable memory of events of the early part of the century. He was a recognized authority on public happenings. Since 1856 he had kept a diary, recording each day's happenings with an accuracy which commanded on many occasions reference by historians. These diaries contain a great wealth of interesting data."
He grew up on the farm and early began his association with his honored father in his turnpike building and contracting activities. He was in Greensburg in 1825, when it was a small village. He worked with his father in building the Portage canal, and when fifteen years of age crossed the Allegheny Mountains to Bedford during the deepest snowfall known for half a century. In the summer he assisted in building operations with his father, and in winter months, after he attained suitable age, hauled goods east and west to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, driving a six-horse team drawing a heavily-loaded Conestoga wagon. He made two trips to Philadelphia with a drove of horses. At the age of thirty, upon the death of his father, Henry Harrison Null inherited the old homestead at "McKean's Old Stand," near Bethany, later Ruffsdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. For many years he served as postmaster, cultivated the farm, served for a time as revenue officer and was one of the promoters of the Wellersburg & West Newton Plank Road Company. He was very active in business affairs, and, until 1872, continued his business headquarters at the homestead.
In 1872 he moved with his family to Greensburg and there opened the Null House. He was the proprietor until his death. He was very popular with his patrons, was known far and near, and won the regard of all who patronized the house. With his son, S. Fremont Null, and others, he owned and operated the J. D. Boyd Coal Company at Smock, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, until its purchase by the United States Steel Company. He was president of the Robbstown & Mount Pleasant Turnpike Company, which operated the road extending from the bank of the Monongahela River, opposite Williamsport, through Robbstown (West Newton) to Mount Pleasant, a distance of twenty-two miles. The first section was built by Henry Null, and about the year 1865 Henry Harrison Null became president and manager of the company, continuing as such for forty years. He retained his controlling interest until his last years.
Mr. Null was a great reader and one of the best informed men on public events in the country. He was very liberal in his views and very outspoken in his support or opposition of any matter of public interest. He was opposed to capital punishment, was in favor of woman suffrage, advocated freedom of thought and conscience, was humane, generous and public-spirited, ready and willing to aid a good cause or an individual need. From the year 1856 he kept a diary, recording each day's happenings with an accuracy particularly valuable to historians, as the diaries contain a wealth of interesting facts. He loved to talk of the "olden time" when Westmoreland was in the making; of the building of roads, bridges and canals; of the glories of the "Old Pike," and of the noted men who were entertained at the "Old Stand" by his father and himself. The visit of Henry Clay with his four white horses, each bearing an American flag, often was told, and he was a recognized authority on public happenings.
Like his father, he was an ardent Whig, casting his first vote for General Harrison in 1836. He took an active interest in the affairs of the Whig Party and supported each candidate of the party until 1856, when he voted for General John C. Fremont, the first candidate of the Republican Party for President. He voted for every Republican candidate from Fremont to Roosevelt, casting his last vote in November, 1904, Roosevelt making the eighteenth President for whom he had voted. He was a candidate for commissioner in 1863. He was firm in his support of political friends and he never declined a political debate. [P-AH, 94]
General Notes: Wife - Ellen Dom
She was the great-granddaughter of Sir John Jacob Hentz and wife, Eleanor Krauch, of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, she was a lady of great prepossession, cultured and beloved by all within the range of her wide acquaintance, and her kindly ways and charming graces were fully retained throughout her entire life.