Descendants of Dr. Laurens Hull and Dorcas Ambler - of Angelica, Alleghany Co., NY

by A. H. Gilbertson

7 Mar 2019 version 0.53b

©A. H. Gilbertson 2103-2019.

Table of Contents Preface ...... 3 Laurens Hull and Dorcas Ambler ...... 4 Second Generation ...... 7 Third Generation ...... 14 Fourth Generation ...... 31 Fifth Generation ...... 50 Obituary of Dr. Laurens Hull ...... 74

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Preface

I have been doing genealogy as a hobby for over 30 years, and fairly recently have started to share some of my research in the form of books, in PDF format. Most of these books are “ahnentafel books,” which are ancestor tables, with information on ancestors of six of my eight great-grandparents.

In addition, I have been working on some projects involving descendants. This format is perhaps more difficult, since I do not have the same degree of information on certain branches of family that diverged from my own branch many years ago. In some cases I have been able to contact other family members who have more direct information, but in many cases I am left to what I can find on the internet. Luckily, with sites such as ancestry.com, familysearch.org, newspaperarchive.com, newspapers.com, and genealogybank.com, it is possible to find much information online. I hope that by sharing what I have, some relatives will come forth with more information which will make this book more interesting and valuable to future generations.

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Laurens Hull and Dorcas Ambler

DR. LAURENS HULL was born 6 Jun 1779, in Bethlehem, CT.1 He was the son of Dr. Titus Hull and Olive Lewis. The Hull family included many doctors; Laurens Hull was the seventh generation of Hulls, in his direct line, to practice medicine. At the age of 19, he studied medicine with Dr. David Hull of Fairfield, remaining there about two years.2 He was licensed to practice by the Connecticut State Medical Society in May 1802.3 He moved to Augusta, Oneida County, NY, in November of that year and continued his studies with his cousin Amos G. Hull.4 He married Dorcas Ambler 3 Oct 1803, in Bethlehem, CT.5 The ceremony was performed by Rev. Azel Backus.6 Dorcas was born 1 Nov 1780, in Bethlehem, CT, the daughter of David Ambler and Olive Wildman.7

In September 1804 Dr. Hull opened an office in Bridgewater, NY. In 1806 he took part in the organization of the Oneida County Medical Society.8 He was a surgeon in the New York State Militia during the War of 1812.9 In 1813 he was elected to the state assembly as a representative from Oneida County.10 In 1816 he was a delegate to the first state convention held in NY to nominate a governor and lieutenant governor.11 In 1817 he was a delegate to the State Medical Society and was twice reelected, each term being four years. In 1825 he served again in the state assembly. In 1826 he was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of New York.12 The following year he received an honorary degree of doctor of medicine from the regents of the same university.13

In 1836 Dr. Hull and his family moved to Angelica, Allegany County, NY.14 (He was discharged from the church at Bridgewater April 23 of that year.15) According to C. M. Crandall, at that time “he became interested in manufacturing pursuits, pretty much abandoning the practice of medicine.”16 With his brother Andrew, he completed a woolen mill at Joncey, in September

1 Puella F. Mason, A Record of the Descendants of Richard Hull (1894), p. 35. The birth date agrees with that und on a typewritten page handed down through the family - “Hull Family Record.” 2 C. M. Crandall, M.D, obituary of Dr. Laurens Hull in Transactions of the NY State Medical Society, (1867), p. 439ff. Copy found in the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md. 3 William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury (1854), Vol. 1, p. 443. 4 Crandall, Transactions. 5 First Church of Bethlehem, typewritten index to vital records. 6 Crandall, Transactions. 7 Conklin Mann, “Richard Ambler of Watertown, Mass., and Stamford, Conn., and His Descendants,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (1933) Vol. 64, p. 357 8 Crandall, Transactions. 9 L. L. Stillwell, Angelica Collectanea (1955), Section 6, p. 24, which states about Laurens Hull: “Husband of Dorcas Ambler Hull. Was a surgeon in New York State Militia during War of 1812. Lot 516.” 10 Mason, Descendants of Richard Hull, p. 35. 11 Crandall, Transactions. 12 Mason, Descendants of Richard Hull, p. 35. 13 Crandall, Transactions. 14 Ibid. 15 DAR, NY Cemetery, Church and Town Records, Vol. 8, (1928), p. 116; in DAR Library. 16 Ibid. 4

1837. They also erected a scythe and edge tool factory across the road from the mill.17 Later, he lived in the brick building later known as the Wilson Academy.18

Dr. Hull was president of the State Medical Society in 1839 and 1840, and his address (1839) on “Quackery” was considered one of the finest papers ever delivered before that body.19 In 1840 his address was on “Improvement in Medicine” which was described as “an eminently sensible, practical and ably written paper proving clearly that Dr. Hull was no anti-progressive clog upon the wheels of advancing science, but who believed fully in the doctrine of progress.”20

From 1837 to 1841 he served in the New York State Senate.21 He served in the sixth district, then comprising nine counties.22 Politically he was first a Federalist, then a Whig, and lastly a Republican. In a newspaper article written in 1837, he is described as follows:

“While a resident of this county, Dr. Hull was distinguished for his fidelity to his party [Whig] and devotion to its principles. When others desponded, he did not; when the hopes of others sank, his were still warm and sanguine, and when others abandoned to the contest, he kept the banner flying, with the motto of Lawrence in his mouth – ‘don’t give up the ship.’”23

In 1828 and 1852 he was a member of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.24 He was a member of the Congregational Church, which at that time was closely united to the Presbyterian Church. He was admitted to the First Congregational Church in Bridgewater, May 24, 1807.25 In his later years he was president of the Allegany County Bible Society.26

In about 1856 or 1857, Dr. Hull retired from business. In August 1862 he became permanently disabled when he injured “the neck of the femur within the capsular ligament,” requiring him to use crutches. In about 1864 his health began to decline, and he was eventually confined to his room.27 He died 27 Jun 1865, surviving his wife who had died 4 May 1858.28 They are

17 John S. Minard, Allegany County and its People: A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, NY. (1896), p. 411. 18 Obituary of Isabel (Renwick) Hull, August 1905 (or 1903?). 19 Henry J. Cookinham, History of Oneida County, NY, (1912), p. 396. 20 Crandall, Transactions. 21 Weygant, Hull Family in America, (1913), p. 515. 22 Cothren, Ancient Woodbury, p. 443. 23 [Utica] Oneida Whig, Oct. 24, 1837, see http://www.fultonhistory.com. 24 Crandall, Transactions. 25 Cothren, Ancient Woodbury, p. 443. 26 DAR, NY Cemetery, Church and Town Records, Vol. 8, (1928), p. 116; in DAR Library. 27 Crandall, Transactions. 28 Ibid. 5 buried in Lot 516 of the Angelica Cemetery.29 His funeral service was taken from Job 42:5, “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”30

According to Henry Cookinham, “Dr. Hull was both in the medical societies and in the legislative bodies a constant and strenuous worker for the advance and purity of the medical profession.”31 C. M. Crandall writes: “Dr. Hull was in every proper sense a self-made man -- the architect of his own fortunes and position. He possessed a remarkably retentive memory, great perseverance and energy. What he did ‘he did with his whole might.’ His industry was untiring, his faith unswerving, his integrity unyielding.”32

Children:33

1. Lucia Hull, b. 29 Dec 1804; d. 1 Jul 1836; m. Rev. John Berrien Fish 2. Delia Hull, b. 27 Jul 1807; d. 30 Apr 1882; m. Milton Johnston 3. Henry Laurens Hull, b. 1 Apr 1809; d. 17 Apr 1813; bur. Fairview Cem., Bridgewater, NY34 4. Julia Hull, b. 25 Jun 1811; d. 13 Nov 1879; m. James Benham 5. Laurens Hull Jr., b. 11 May 1813; d. 6 Apr 1842 6. Charles Andrew Hull, b. 9 Apr 1815; d. 16 Aug 1824; bur. Fairview Cem., Bridgewater, NY35 7. Azel Backus Hull, b. 16 Jul 1817 d. 4 Mar 1889; m. Ruth Ann Newcomb 8. Marcus Ambler Hull, b. 26 Dec 1819; d. 10 Jan 1891; m. Susan C. Ackerman 9. Henry Davis Hull, b. 29 Apr 1823; d. 19 Apr 1896; m. Isabella Ann Renwick

29 The Angelica Cemetery is also known as “Until the Day Dawns.” Dates of death for Laurens and Dorcas Hull found in typewritten “Hull Family Record,” handed down through the family. The date for Laurens agrees with other sources (C. M. Crandall, Weygant). His wife's death date is given as May 1858 by C. M. Crandall, and is not mentioned in other sources. Also, findagrave.com: Dr. Laurens Hull and findagrave.com: Dorcas Hull 30 Family paper passed down to Mrs. Lois Richardson. The funeral service was given by Mr. Boing. 31 Stillwell, Angelica Collectanea, Section 6, p. 24. 32 Cookinham, History of Oneida County, NY, p. 396. 33 Crandall, Transactions. 34 findagrave.com: Henry Laurens Hull , also Fairview cemetery records (online) - date of birth calculated from age on gravestone (4 yrs. & 16 days) 35 Fairview cemetery records (online) - date of birth calculated from age on gravestone (9 yrs. 4 mos. 7 days) 6

Second Generation

(1) LUCIA HULL (Laurens Hull) was born 29 Nov 1804 in Bridgewater, NY.36 She was admitted to the First Congregational Church in Bridgewater, 9 May 1819. She was dismissed from this church 27 Sep 1829, having left for Sidney, NY.37 On 9 Aug 1826, she married Rev. John Berrien Fish, in Bridgewater, NY. He was born 23 Jul 1794, in Connecticut Farms, NJ, the son of Rev. Peter Fish and Hannah Hankinson. In June 1835 she became ill with “some disease of the liver that afterwards affected her lungs.”38 She was not in her right mind during much of her illness. An account of her last illness was written by her husband. She died 1 Jul 1836,39 at age 31, and is buried in the Robinson cemetery, on the main road, west of Hartwick, NY.40 Her gravestone has the following inscription, written by her husband:

And is this death, ‘Tis victory to die, I mount on wings, I soar above the sky, On the full glory of the Godhead gaze, With saints and angels kindling in his rays.

Despite her mental instability in the last year of her life, Rev. Fish wrote to his children, “Your mother was a woman of good common sense, of constant piety, of warm heart in the friendships of life; and she bore her long protracted illness with a meek and quiet spirit.” Rev. Fish married a second time, to Nancy Stevens, and had three more children. He died 23 Dec 1869, in Catskill, NY, and is buried in the Catskill Village Cemetery.41

Children:

10. Emily Brace Fish, b. 4 Sep 1827; d. 19 May 1906; unm. 11. Rev. Edward Fowler Fish, b. 23 Sep 1828; d. 20 Jan 1906; m. Anna Johnson Hinsdale 12. Charles Hull Fish, b. 3 Aug 1830; d. 6 Mar 1914; m. (1st) Kate Beaumont,; m. (2nd) Martha Ann Warner 13. Thomas Fletcher Fish, b. 17 May 1832; d. 7 Jul 1908; m. (1st) Hester Johnston; m. (2nd) Rhoda (Button) Gere 14. Luther Hasley Fish, b. 12 (15) Mar 1834; d. 10 Sep 1834 15. Lucia Hull (“Lute”) Fish, b. 9 Jun 1835; d. 6 Oct 1912; unm.

36 Date and place of birth from the diary kept by her husband, Rev. John B. Fish. The date also agrees with other sources. 37 DAR, NY Cemetery, Church and Town Records, Vol. 8, (1928), p. 120. 38 Diary of Rev. John B. Fish. 39 Ibid, also gravestone. 40 findagrave.com: Lucia Fish 41 findagrave.com: John B. Fish 7

(2) DELIA HULL (Laurens Hull) was born 27 Jul 1807, probably in Bridgewater, NY. She married Milton Johnston. He was born 18 Sep 1800, in Sidney, NY, and was the son of Col. Witter Johnston and Jane C. Campbell.42 They lived in Sidney, which was earlier called Sidney Plains, NY. In 1846, he is listed as a Postmaster in Sidney Plains.43 Delia died 30 Apr 1882,44 in Sidney, and Milton died 8 Apr 1890. They are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery, Sidney. 45 Delia is called “Adelia” on the 1855 and 1865 New York State census, and it’s possible that “Delia” was short for “Adelia.” As a child, Milton remembered a total eclipse of the sun in 1806. “All of us (scholars) were greatly alarmed, believing that in the gloom of the total eclipse the Last Great Day had arrived. We clung to the skirts of our teacher, who in terror cried heartily.”46 An obituary stated: “Last Thursday afternoon, the remains of our venerable and widely respected friend, Milton Johnston, were solemnly and reverentially laid at rest in the Old Congregational burying ground. A large number of mourners gathered to pay their last tribute of deep respect to one who was always well beloved, and the entire community mourned the loss of its oldest resident.”47

Children:

16. Mary Jane Johnston, b. 19 Mar 1833, Sidney Plains, NY; d. 27 Apr 1909, Sidney Plains, NY; m. John Aldrich 17. Laurens Hull Johnston, b. 17 Dec 1834; d. 24 Sep 1910; m. Lettice H. (Willis) Chappell 18. Witter Henry Johnston, b. 24 Jul 1837; d. 6 Jun 1911; m. (1st) Malvina McBride; m. (2nd) Margaretta McBride 19. Susan E. Johnston, b. 1840; d. 18 Jun 1865; bur. Pioneer Cem., Sidney, NY48 20. Dorcas Hull Johnston, b. 30 Apr 1847; d. 6 Feb 1927; m. Arunah Metcalf Turner 21. Milton Campbell Johnston, b. 18 Mar 1850, Sidney, NY; d. 9 Feb 1923, Sidney, NY; bur. Prospect Hill Cem.; m. Carrie E. Foster, 27 Oct 1885; he was an 1872 graduate of Cornell Univ., and lived on land inherited from his great-grandfather (?) in Sidney, NY; cattle breeder; No children. According to an obituary, he was “one of the best known men in this village” [Sidney, NY] His wife had died in 1904.

42 findagrave.com: Milton Johnston 43 Table of post offices in the United States on the First day of October, 1846 .(Google books), p. 200. 44 Dates of birth and death from Weygant, Hull Family in America, pp. 515, 545-546, unless noted otherwise. 45 findagrave.com: Delia Johnston 46 “Early Days in Sidney Schools,” Tri-Town News, 21 Jun 1989, see http://sidney.advantage-preservation.com/ 47 The Sidney Record, 17 Apr 1890. 48 findagrave.com: Susan Johnston 8

(4) JULIA HULL (Laurens Hull) was born 25 Jun 1811, in Bridgewater, NY.49 She married James Benham, 20 Mar 1833, in Bridgewater. They lived in Angelica, NY. James was born 31 Dec 1806 in Bridgewater. He was the son of James Benham and Sarah Sedgewick. According to his obituary, he was a resident of Angelica for 30 years, having come from Rushford in the spring of 1853, and remaining until November 1881. “Altho' never prominent in business or political circles, yet his influence was felt, and he was universally respected as a man of the strictest integrity, fidelity and high moral principle…. He was the kindest of neighbors, the most affectionate of parents, the most thoughtful of husbands.” He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, serving as a deacon, an elder, and a member of the choir. Julia died at her home, in Angelica, NY, on 13 Nov 1879;50 of pneumonia,51 and is buried in Angelica, NY.52

From an unknown newspaper:

…Mrs. Benham was converted about the age of eighteen, and united with the Presbyterian Church of Bridgewater. For the last twenty-five years she has been a resident of Angelica. Although in feeble health, she was active in the service of Christ, and was at the time of her death President of the Ladies' Missionary Society of this church. Her final illness lasted only eight days. From the first she felt that the end was near, and rejoiced in its approach. To her niece who asked “Do you want to leave us? Don't you love us any more?” she replied “I am going to more than I am leaving,” and added that it was strange to her that we should wish her to stay. To a friend who was bidding her farewell, she said “This is the happiest day of my life; I am going home.” Her disease was pneumonia. At times she was distressed for breath, but in the intervals of ease she talked much. When friends called she would not have them sent away. “I am beyond the reach of help or harm,” she said; “let them come in.” She gave directions for the disposition of her effects, for her funeral, and for her family, after she should be gone; and all so calmly that it did not seem like a death-scene. There was neither trepidation nor ecstasy. Her preparation for this event had been made long before. She had often expressed the wish that her death might be like her mother's. This wish was granted. Having left farewell messages to absent ones, and taken leave of those who stood about her, she closed her eyes and gently “fell on sleep.” Besides her husband, she leaves two sons; Mr. A.M. Benham of San Francisco, and Mr. H.L. Benham of Cincinnati. E. F. FISH Angelica, Nov. 21, 1879.

49 Various sources, including Hull Family record, and obit written by E.F. Fish. 50 Gravestone. 51 Death notice in Allegany Republican, Nov. 14, 1879, p. 3. 52 findagrave.com: Julia Benham 9

After Julia’s death, James went to live with his son Azel, in Oakland, CA, in Nov 1881. James died 21 Jul 1883 in Oakland.

Children:

22. James Marcus Benham, b. Sep 1837; d. 31 Mar 1839, Benton, NY 23. Azel Morse Benham, b. 21 Mar 1839; d. 1 Apr 1912.; m. Mary Croft 24. Henry Laurens Benham, b. 24 Oct 1843; d. 28 Aug 1890; m. Mary Huldah Sibley

(5) LAURENS HULL JR (Laurens Hull) was born 11 May 1813,53 probably in Bridgewater, NY, and died 1 Mar 1842, in Nashville, TN.54 He graduated from Union College, in 1836.55 He is apparently the Laurens Hull Jr. who attended Hamilton College, and lived in Bridgewater, NY, in 1833.56 His death is noted in the Albany Argus, 18 Mar 1842: “At the residence of H. J. Anderson, near Nashville, on the 1st inst., of consumption, Laurens Hull, Jr. attorney at law, late of the city of New York, and son of the Hon. Laurens Hull, of Allegany County, N. York.” He is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.57

(6) AZEL BACKUS HULL58 (Laurens Hull) was born 16 Jul 1817, probably in Bridgewater, NY, and died 4 Mar 1889, in Oakland, CA. He married Ruth Ann Newcomb. She was born 1 May 1819, in Surrey, NH,59 and they were married 30 Jun 1840, in Rome, NY.60 It is stated in Mason’s Hull genealogy that there were no children. Ruth died, probably in early 1889, shortly before Azel.61 In 1850, Azel and Ruth lived with Laurens and Dorcas Hull, in Angelica, NY. In 1860, Azel lived in Angelica, NY,62 with his parents, Laurens and Dorcas Hull. They had no biological children, but adopted a child, Bertha C. Hull, who became the wife of George Pratt. Newspaper articles in 1891 document Bertha’s divorce from Mr. Pratt,

53 Hull Family Record. 54 Information from Lois Richardson. 55 A Record of the Members of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity (1892), p. 32 56 Ancestry.com: US College Student Lists, 1763-1924. 57 findagrave.com: Laurens Hull Jr. 58 Hull Family Record (birth and death). He was apparently named for Dr. Azel Backus, 1765-1816, who was the first president of Hamilton College, and having carried on a school in Bethlehem, Conn., he was probably personally known to the family. 59 A Rootsweb database created by [email protected]. This rootsweb page says that they had an infant who died young. 60 I think Weygant only has 1840. This may be from the same rootsweb page, above. 61 San Francisco Examiner, 25 Jan 1890: “About a year ago, Mrs. A. B. Hull, mother of Mrs. Pratt, died and was followed shortly after by Mr. Hull. The death of her parents appeared to have a disastrous effect on Mrs. Pratt. 62 1870 census, p. 70, family 54. 10 and state that she was an adopted child. An article in the New York Times states that George Pratt shot a man named Louis L. Bromwell, badly wounding him, due to suspected improprieties with his wife, which she later denied.63 Bertha died in Mar 1895 in Chicago. In 1883 Azel was vice-president of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company – the president being his nephew Charles H. Fish.64 A death notice stated: “Azel B. Hull, a well-known mining man of San Francisco, died (on the?) 5th in Oakland. He was a native of New York and about 70 years of age. He came to this (Coast?) in 1876 and has since then been officially connected with the Comstock mining companies of (?) Bay.” – Salt Lake City Tribune, 14 Mar 1889. In another obituary it states that he was once Mayor of Cedar Rapids.65

(7) MARCUS AMBLER HULL66 (Laurens Hull) was born 26 Dec 1819, in Bridgewater, NY. He married Susan C. Ackerman, 5 Sep 1848.67 She is said to have been from Allen, NY,68 and was born 8 Jan 1824. He settled in Pike, NY, in 1856 “and for several years had a woolen mill there.”69 He later moved to Arcade, NY,70 where he was a well-known manufacturer. “He was elected to the Legislature in 1869, and re-elected in 1870. In 1873 he was appointed inspector of customs for the district of Niagara, port of Suspension Bridge.”71 He is listed on the 1880 census,72 in Arcade, NY, with occupation “Dept. Coll. Customs,” and lived with his wife Susan, son Laurens, and daughter Mary D. Elliot. The following is taken from: Life sketches of executive officers and members of the legislature, Volume 3:

“Mr. Hull who represents the county of Wyoming is one of the quiet but efficient workers of the Assembly.… He was engaged in the successful prosecution of the business of manufacturing woolen goods for twenty five years in Pike where he now resides and then withdrew establishing himself as a dealer and engaging in the occupation of farming. He cast his first vote for Henry Clay and remained a Whig until the organization of the Republican party. Through the justifiable favor of his fellow citizens he is now serving his sixth term in the Board of Supervisors rendering important service to his constituents. He was a member of Assembly in 1869 serving on the committees on Insurance and Trade and Manufactures. He is this session a member of the Committee on Cities.”

63 Pratt Shoots Bromwell, New York Times, Jan. 25 1890. 64 Annual report, 1883, Google books. 65 Obituary in Oakland Tribune, Mar. 6, 1889. 66 Hull Family Record. He was known to Lucia (Fish) Neely as “Uncle Mark.” 67 F. W. Beers, History of Wyoming Co., New York (1880). 68 Ibid. Allen is in Allegany county. Although I have no proof, I suspect she was the daughter of Ralph Ackerman and Mary Boyce. 69 F. W. Beers, History of Wyoming Co., New York (1880). 70 Arcade is southeast of Buffalo, NY 71 F. W. Beers, History of Wyoming Co., New York (1880). 72 Page 5B. 11

Susan died 12 Jun 1885. Marcus Ambler Hull died 10 Jan 1891, in Chicago, at the residence of his daughter Mary Shaw.73 Marcus and Susan are both buried in the Arcade Rural Cemetery, Arcade, NY.74

Children:

25. Charles Henry Hull, b. 1850; d. 12 May 1923; m. Anna B. Locke 26. Mary Dorcas Hull, b. 20 Jan 1852; d. 12 Dec 1910; m. (1st) Frank Elliot; m. (2nd) Gilbert Bradley Shaw 27. Laurens Hull, b. 9 Apr 1861, Pike, NY; d. 23 Dec 1935; m. Ann Howe

(8) HENRY DAVIS HULL (Laurens Hull) was born 29 Apr 182375 in Bridgewater, NY. He married Isabella Ann Renwick,76 15 Nov 1855, in Angelica, NY.77 She was probably the daughter of Thomas and Martha Renwick.78 Although early records show her as “Isabella,” in later life she was known as “Isabel.” Henry died 19 Apr 1896, in Cedar Rapids, IA, and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.79 According to his obituary, at the age of 26, “Mr. Hull joined the hosts of gold seekers of ’49, and in his travels visited South America, staying some time in California. Returning to New York, he located in Belvidere, where he became engaged in large lumbering interests and extensive farm operations. The hard times and the panic of the ‘70s came on and in order to pay off his indebtedness he sacrificed every dollar and removed with his family to Cedar Rapids in the fall of 1873, where he has since resided. For several years he was associated with T. M. Sinclair & Co., holding a position of trust and responsibility.” “His death was as peaceful and gentle as his life had been. He was a most kind hearted gentleman, modest, retiring, honorable in all his business dealings, wand without an enemy in this world. To see him in his every day life for years would be but to convince one of his manliness and magnificent character. Every little child loved him, and all who have come in contact with him during his years in Cedar Rapids will remember him with respect and love. He was a good man in every way, and his death will cause sorrow in many a heart.”80

73 Death notice in a Chicago paper. 74 findagrave.com: Marcus A. Hull and findagrave.com: Susan Hull 75 Hull Family Record. 76 Her marriage record and some census records say “Isabella” but her gravestone says “Isabelle” – probably she was born as “Isabella” but people called her “Isabelle.” 77 Marriage record found at Allegany County NY Genweb site. 78 1850 census, Angelica NY, lists her as 20 years old. 79 findagrave.com: Henry D. Hull 80 Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, 20 Apr 1896 (via newspaperarchive.com). 12

In 1900 Isabel (listed on the census as Mrs. H. D. Hull) was living with William and Julia Ross, and Margery Hannegan, 12. She died 9 Aug 1905, in Cedar Rapids, and is also buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

Children:

28. William Ambler Hull, b. 15 Sep 1856; d. 18 Jun 1914; m. Ida Mae Burucker 29. Julia Hull, b. 31 Aug 1858; d. 5 Jun 1933; m. William Barlow Ross 30. Frances Colwell Hull, b. 1862; d. 11 Jun 1888; m. James Edmund Hannegan 31. Harry Edward Hull, b. 12 Mar 1864; d. 16 Jan 1938; m. (1st) Mary Louise Harris; m. (2nd) Ann Elizabeth Gittins

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Third Generation

(10) EMILY BRACE FISH (Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 4 Sep 1827,81 in Canterbury, NY.82 Although she was only nine years old when her mother died, she “mothered” the younger children for several years. Edward Fowler Fish often spoke of his gratitude to her for her self- denying care in his childhood.83 She lived in Angelica, NY, for many years where she was a pianist and music teacher. In January 1861 she sailed for Central America, stopping in Panama for a week before spending more than a year in La Union, El Salvador. She was a music and language tutor there, and stayed in the home of Dr. Livingston, the American Consul.84 In 1864 she taught music in Bordentown, NJ.85 Emily was an amateur artist as well; an 1877 diary entry describes her as having painted a picture by the “new photo-alto-relico process.”86 According to Henry Brown, she spent her last years in New York state.87 She is listed on the 1900 census, as a boarder, living in Rochester, NY. She died 19 May 1906,88 in Rochester, and is buried in the Carpinteria Cemetery, Carpinteria, CA.89

(11) REV. EDWARD FOWLER FISH (Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born in Monticello,90 Sullivan County, NY, 23 Sep 1828.91 In an account of his life he wrote: “My preparation for college began under the Rev. Ely Burchard, who lived on his farm a mile from Waterville, Oneida Co., NY. My home was at Sangerfield, a mile south of the village. Afterward I was at the Waterville Academy and still later at Oxford Academy, in Chenango Co.” In 1845 he entered Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, where he reports his

81 Fish Family Record, typescript list of births and deaths in possession of the author. 82 John Berrien Fish, account of Lucia’s last illness. 83 Recollections of Lucia (Fish) Neely, ca. 1950. “For some years Emily, though so young, mothered the younger children and my father has often spoke of his love and gratitude to her for her self-denying care in his childhood.” 84 Diary of John Berrien Fish, compiled by Henry Brown, 1975. Entry of Jan. 11, 1861: “Emily sailed at 12 o’clock on the Northern Light. She will be in Aspinwall, Panama for one week, then sail with Capt. Ludwig for La Union, El Salvador to tarry one year at the home of Dr. Livingston, American Consul.” 85 Ibid., entry of Sept. 19, 1864: “Emily left for Bordentown, NJ, to teach music at 275 a year.” 86 Diary of Edward Fowler Fish. Entry of Jan. 1, 1877: “Emily is . . . painting a picture of her friend Mrs. Lincoln of Santa Barbara, by the new photo-alto-relico-process.” 87 Henry Brown, 1975. Comments on diary of John Berrien Fish. 88 Date of death from chart by Isabel Morton Fish. 89 findagrave.com: Emily Brace Fish 90 Augustus T. Norton, History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Illinois (1879), p. 663. Also: Edward Fowler Fish, Autobiographical Notes. One page typescript manuscript. 91 Edward Fish diary, July 23, 1880: “In looking at the family record I discovered today this coincidence. My Grandfather, my Father & myself were born on the 23rd day of the month. Peter Fish Nov. 23, 1757, John Berrien F. July 23, 1794, I on the 23rd Sept. 1828.” Also History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Ill., p. 663. 14 conversion as having occurred in his junior year.92 He graduated in 1848.93 “After leaving college, I spent four years in teaching and traveling. Entered Lane Theological Seminary in Sept. 1852 and spent three years in the regular course. In 1855 I visited Boston and was accepted as a foreign missionary by the A.B.C.F.M. but went back to Lane to spend a year as instructor in Hebrew. During the winter vacation I met with an accident, the breaking of a ligament in my left ankle, which resulted in a severe sickness that unfitted me for going abroad. So I entered the Home Missionary service.”94 Edward Fowler Fish married Anna Johnson Hinsdale at Iowa City, IA, 6 Sep 1856. The officiating minister was a friend, Rev. Peter S. Van Nest.95 She was born 21 Aug 1830,96 in a farmhouse near Le Roy, Genesee County, NY.97 She was the daughter of Elizur Hinsdale and Hannah Johnson.98 She attended the Le Roy Female Seminary and graduated about 1850.99 In 1857 the school became Ingham University, the first women's university in the United States.100 It is apparent from letters that she was a cheerful and warm-hearted woman. Having been licensed by the Scioto Presbytery in 1854 at Chillicothe, OH, and ordained at Mount Vernon, IA, in February 1857, Rev. Fish began his work as a home missionary. This was soon interrupted by poor health, however. In Nov 1858, “though still feeble in health, [he] took charge of the church of Panama, NY.”101 In March 1860, while at Panama, he was exposed, on horseback, to a damp snowstorm, which resulted in bronchitis and a persistent cough.102 Later he spent a year and a half as superintendent of public schools in Lancaster, OH, where he had 14 teachers and 800 pupils under his charge.103 Starting in about August 1862,104 he spent two years in teaching at Marietta College. His daughter Lucia later wrote that “after his dreams of life as a foreign missionary, father could not be satisfied with a life so comfortable as that in Marietta (which suited my mother exactly) and so resigned and went as a Home Missionary to the wilds of northern Wisconsin in the Green Bay region.”105 In September 1864, he went to Stevens Point, WI.106 He “preached two years to the New School

92 Edward Fowler Fish, Autobiographical Notes. 93 History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Illinois, p. 663. 94 Edward Fowler Fish, Autobiographical Notes. 95 Ibid. 96 Recollections of Lucia (Fish) Neely (undated manuscript); also Herbert C. Andrews, Hinsdale Genealogy, p. 118. 97 Recollections of Lucia (Fish) Neely. 98 Hinsdale Genealogy, p. 118. 99 Recollections of Lucia (Fish) Neely. 100 “A Memorial to Ingham University, Le Roy, NY,” Oct. 23, 1965, published by the Le Roy Historical Society. 101 History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Illinois, p. 664. 102 Edward Fowler Fish, Autobiographical Notes. 103 Ibid. 104 His diary indicates he moved to Marietta on Aug. 12, 1862. The fact that he remained there for two years is from his Autobiographical Notes. 105 Memories of childhood, Lucia (Fish) Neely, written late in her life (circa 1950). 106 Anna Hinsdale recalled years later: “I remember well the long, dreary ride that September day in the stage coach. I had never been in a stage before, and an all day's ride, with three little children, and the coach full as I thought, even before we got in, was quite distressing, rather than enjoyable. We arrived in Stevens Point at midnight, went to a hotel. After boarding one week there, we went to board with Mrs. Prentice, Sabbath day, September 11, 1864.” Stevens Point Journal, Feb. 2, 1895. 15 church of Stevens Point, and the Old School church of Plover.”107 He was the first pastor at Stevens Point.108 Being the wife of a minister, Anna was undoubtedly very involved in church and in supporting the work of her husband. In a letter written to the Stevens Point Journal in 1895, she recalled her experiences, 30 years earlier, of helping to fix and paint the church, which had been in disrepair.109 Rev. Fish also preached at Columbus, WI,110 and then Carbondale, IL, before moving to Du Quoin, IL, in 1871. He began as the stated supply at the Presbyterian church in Du Quoin on 26 Nov 1871, and was installed there as pastor, 15 Dec 1872.111 The family lived in Du Quoin for seven years. In December 1877, Edward was thrown from his buggy and again had to resign from preaching. In February 1878, he left Du Quoin, “for Denver, Colorado Springs, and possibly California.”112 From 1879 to 1881, he was at a spa in Clifton Springs, NY, undergoing various treatments. His brother Charles gave him financial support during these years and at other times of need.113 By April 1881 he was well enough to resume preaching at Franklinville, NY. There his sermons included a memorial service for assassinated President Garfield. After about a year he resigned, due to divisions in the church. “The year of suspense and homelessness that followed was one of the most trying of my life,” he wrote.114 He went to California in Dec 1882.115 There he preached at Gilroy,116 San Pablo,117 and Carpinteria (1887-1890).118 They had apparently had returned to Evanston, IL, to be near their daughter Lucia. Anna Hinsdale Fish died at ten o'clock in the morning, 13 Dec 1898,119 in

107 Augustus T. Norton, History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Illinois (1879), p. 663. 108 Article in the Stevens Point Journal, Jan. 23, 1965: “The first pastor was the Rev. Edward F. Fish, and the roll showed exactly eight members.” 109 Stevens Point Journal, Feb. 2, 1895. “One of the ways we tried and with quite success was to make cake and ice cream every week and sell it to passers by. Mrs. Rood made the cake one week and I the next and together we made the cream and sold it.” 110 He wrote, “Columbus threw me out because I saw there was rottenness in the church and refused to stay.” Diary entry of Oct. 13, 1885. 111 Edward F. Fish, “History of Presbyterian Church of DuQuoin, Illinois,” a pamphlet published by the Du Quoin Historical Society, and taken from the Du Quoin Tribune July 13, 1876. 112 DuQuoin Tribune, Feb. 21, 1878: “Rev. Mr. Fish of our city, departed on Wednesday evening for Denver, Colorado Springs, and possibly California, whither he goes for the benefit of his health. For some time past, Mr. Fish has been failing in health, and it finally became necessary for him to abandon his labors in the ministry and devote his whole time to the rebuilding of his health.” 113 Edward F. Fish's diary, which covers the years 1862-1886. 114 Edward F. Fish, diary entry, Oct. 13, 1885. 115 Edward Fowler Fish, Autobiographical Notes. 116 He wrote a letter to Charles G. Neely from Gilroy on Sept. 19, 1884. In his diary entry of Oct. 13, 1885 he states that “Gilroy threw me out simply because I was loyal to Christ. The Lord is my witness. And now since the end of May I have been homeless, a cypher among my brethren, waiting for work and finding nothing to do....” 117 Edward F. Fish's diary, entry of June 21, 1866: “Have just returned from San Pablo. At the meeting yesterday the question of supplying the pulpit was left in the hands of the Trustees & they at once invited me to supply their pulpit for ten months. This with a view to a more permanent arrangement, should the way open.” 118 Dates of preaching in Carpinteria from a letter from Carpinteria Valley Historical Society, dated 8 Dec. 1993; their information obtained from the Santa Barbara Presbytery. Edward F. Fish was succeeded by Rev. J. B. Andrews. 119 Diary of Lucia (Fish) Neely, entry dated 13 Dec. 1898. 16

Evanston, IL. She probably had cancer.120 Her funeral was conducted December 14 at the home of Charles and Lucia Neely, in Evanston.121 She is buried in the Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.122 On the 1900 census, he is listed as a clergyman, living with his son Edward H. Fish, in Brooklyn Township, Alameda County, CA.123 Rev. Edward Fowler Fish died 20 Jan 1906, in Evanston124, and is buried in the Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.125 He wrote: “I have been hampered all my life by disease. Yet the Lord has made no mistake. Goodness and mercy have followed me all my days. I can truly say that these last days of infirmity and suffering have been the best days of my life. For every trial there is compensation and there is no one with whom I would exchange places.”126 Rev. Edward Fowler Fish was a strong advocate of temperance, and spoke out against such things as Sabbath-breaking and dancing. According to his daughter Lucia, “Father was very strict, but never, as I realize later, narrow. And his strictness was so tempered with loving kindness, and his gentle, unfailing love, that it was accepted willingly, without question or resentment.”127 “One of my dearest pictures of my father,” Lucia wrote, “is as I have seen him so often Sabbath mornings, his white linen and vest without a spot or wrinkle . . . his eyes looking so blue, his hair so brown and wavy, sitting in the sunlight, reading the Bible.”128

Children:

32. Cara D. Fish, b. 13 Aug 1857; d. 10 Dec 1940; m. (1st) John T. Beem; m. (2nd) Samuel Shotwell Hutchins 33. Lucia Hull Fish, b. 14 Apr 1859; d. 30 Oct 1952; m. Charles Gracchus Neely 34 Edward Hinsdale Fish, b. 10 Mar 1863; d. 14 Feb 1943; m. Ada Anna Albert

120 Ibid., entry of 17 Oct 1898: “Dr. Ludlam told me privately that he feels sure Mother has a tumor.” 121 Chicago Daily Tribune, Dec. 15, 1898. Dr. John H. Boyd, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, conducted the services. 122 Records of cemetery. Buried in north half of Lot 31, Section 108. findagrave.com: Anna H. Fish 123 1900 census, enumerated June 9, 190, sheet 10. 124 Death certificate: he died at 1509 Chicago Ave., which is in Evanston. The cause of death is given as pneumonia, with secondary causes of paralysis and senility. 125 Death record from Rosehill Cemetery. Buried in north half of Lot 31, Section 108, along with wife Anna, and Lucia's father-in-law Isaac M. Neely; and Lucia's children Lucia Helen Neely and Phillip M. Neely. I visited the graves in July 2007. findagrave.com: Edward F. Fish 126 Edward Fowler Fish, Autobiographical Notes. 127 Memories of childhood, Lucia (Fish) Neely. 128 Letter from Lucia Fish to Charles Neely, dated January 25, 1880. 17

(12) CHARLES HULL FISH (Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 3 Aug 1830,129 in Sidney, NY.130 He first came to California in 1852 by ship, crossing the Isthmus of Panama by mule. He arrived in Placerville, an important mining center. His first day of work was as a hod-carrier. Later that day a prospector asked if someone could write a description of his mining claim. Charles volunteered and his ability to write soon led to a job in the Recorder's office. He returned east in 1855. Early in 1857 he came to California via the overland route. He traveled with a man named Steven Olmstead, whom he had known when he was first in California. Their horses died after drinking the alkali water of the Humboldt Sink, and the men had to continue on foot across the desert. Charles became deranged, but Olmstead led him west to the Truckee River. They arrived in Reno after walking 100 miles. Charles conducted a successful mercantile business in Placerville from 1857 until 1862. In the fall of 1862 he resigned and took the Wells Fargo stage to Omaha, where he caught a train. His destination was Cairo, NY, for a family reunion.131 His next move was to Virginia City, Nev., where he became the Recorder. Mark Twain arrived in Virginia City at about the same time. Charles rode in the lead carriage with the mayor to the auction of the famous sack of flour (mentioned in Mark Twain's Roughing It).132 Charles became a member of the Virginia City Quartet.133 His niece Lucia Neely wrote: “He was much beloved for his genial disposition and was a sweet singer…. He was one of a band of singers in those rough days and was, I am sure, a civilizing and genializing influence.”134 He and his brother Thomas acquired land in Carpinteria in the mid 1860s. He also owned an orange ranch in San Bernardino. He married Kate Beaumont, 28 Sep 1864,135 in San Francisco. She died 12 Sep 1865, probably as the result of complications of childbirth.136 His second wife was Martha Ann Warner, whom he married 25 Jul 1867, in Sacramento.137 She

129Fish Family Record, and Isabel Morton Fish’s chart. 130Diary of John Berrien Fish, reprinted elsewhere in this book. 131Henry Brown, “Charles Fish,” July 5, 1974, typescript manuscript. See also “The Fish Family,” Carpinteria Herald, Oct. 13, 1960. 132Henry Brown, “Charles Fish.” 133Ibid. See also: Georgia Stockton, La Carpinteria (1960), p. 98. 134Recollections of Lucia (Fish) Neely, ca. 1950. 135Henry Brown, 1975. 136Diary of John Berrien Fish, compiled by Henry Brown, 1975. Entry of Oct. 5, 1865: “Came Charles letter dated Sept. 12, the day his Kate Beaumont died. His son, born 27 July, died Aug. 1.” See also findagrave.com. 137 California County Marriages 1850-1952, on familysearch.org. 18 was born in September 1845 in Illinois,138 and was the daughter of Louis Warner and Eliza Paige.139 Charles traveled to Nicaragua in 1866, with a friend, Joseph McGuire. In 1869, he rode out of Reno by train, to Promontory Point, Utah, for the driving of the golden spike. In the early 1870s he was offered the job of secretary of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company. By 1875 the firm was grossing $1.5 million a month -- the greatest silver strike in American history. The next year the offices were moved to San Francisco, and Charles became president of the company. The mine dividends dropped off rapidly to about $1 million per year by 1900, but there were lumber, water and real estate interests. Charles never acquired a sizable estate. His money went to his family, the San Anselmo Academy, to the San Rafael Chinese Y.M.C.A., and to the foreign missions in Korea, where his only child, Alice, eventually became a missionary. The mine owners were aware of Charles' situation. John Mackay suggested an increase in Charles' salary, but James Fair, a hard-fisted miner said, “it's no use, he would just give it to some damned mission.” On behalf of the company, Charles acquired a collection of pure crystalline silver from the California mine that was considered to be the world's most elaborate display. It was lost, together with the Nevada building, in the 1906 earthquake. He continued to work until at least 1912, when he was 82 years of age. He died 6 Mar 1914, in San Rafael, CA, and is buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery.140 Martha died after Charles, but the date of her death is not given on her gravestone.

Children:

35. Willie Fish, b. 27 Jul 1865; d. 1 Aug 1865;141 bur. Sacramento City Cem. 36. Mary Alice Fish, b. 8 Apr 1870; d. 12 Jul 1912; m. Dr. Samuel Austin Moffett

(13) THOMAS FLETCHER FISH (Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 17 May 1832,142 in Chester, NY.143 He was married to Hester Ann Johnston by Mar 1854.144 She was born 11 May 1833,145 in Chester, NY. According to Henry Brown, “Thomas joined Charles as his assistant in the San Francisco office. In 1875 he brought his family back to Carpinteria.”146 Later he moved back to

1381900 U.S. census, Vol. 17, E.D. 58, Sheet 4. They lived in San Rafael, with a maid and a cook. 139 See Findagrave.com; also marriage record of Louis Warner and Eliza Paige in Ware, Mass., on familysearch.org, 140 findagrave.com: Charles H. Fish 141 Diary of John Berrien Fish, compiled by Henry Brown, 1975. Entry of Oct. 5, 1865 (see footnote above,) 142 Fish Family Record. 143 Diary of John Berrien Fish, reprinted elsewhere in this book. 144 Diary of John Berrien Fish, compiled by Henry Brown, 1975. Entry of March 1854: “Thomas and Hester came to Hunter, returned 31st to Unadilla.” 145 Chart by Isabel Morton Fish. 146 Henry Brown, comments on John Berrien Fish’s diary, 1975. 19 the Bay area. Earlier he had a store and a mill in Cedar Rapids, IA. He was in Wisconsin in 1851,147 and in Iowa by 1857.148 Lucia Neely wrote, “Uncle Tom was less prosperous than Uncle Charlie and less genial (to children) but he told funny stories and always made us laugh. He lived in Iowa, and afterwards in California, so we seldom saw him.”149 Hester died 19 Nov 1884, and is buried in the Carpinteria Cemetery.150 His second wife was Rhoda (Button) Gere,151 whom he married 1 Jun 1886, in Manhattan, NY.152 She was from Batavia, NY, and was born in about 1836, possibly in Connecticut, the daughter of Levi and Lucy (Bement) Button, and the widow of Lucian B. Gere.153 Thomas died 7 Jul 1908, and is buried in the Carpinteria Cemetery.154

Children:

37. Theodore Johnston Fish, b. 7 Jun 1856; d. 10 Dec 1927; m. Carrie Judson Sears 38. Charles Fish, b. 1857; d. 7 Mar 1863155 39. John Berrien Fish, b. 1861; d. Sep 1861156 40. Margaret Fish, b. 1863; d. 1863, at age of three months157 41. Rev. Azel Hull Fish, b. 20 Mar 1865; d. 31 Mar 1949, m. Alice Rosella Graham 42. Tommy Fish, b. ca. 1871; d. 8 Mar 1877;158 bur. Carpinteria Cem.159 43. Lucia Hester Fish, b. 23 Dec 1877; d. 17 Mar 1962, m. Samuel Austin Moffett

147 Ibid., p. 11. 148 Ibid., p. 13. John B. Fish writes in diary entry July 23, 1857: “I have two sons in Iowa…” 149 Recollections of Lucia (Fish) Neely, ca. 1950. 150 findagrave.com: Hester Fish (death date visible on gravestone) 151 She had a daughter, Lucia B. Gere, by her first marriage, who died November 21, 1945, in Los Angeles. Lucia B. Gere was born Mar. 20, 1863, in Iowa. 152 “New York, Marriages, 1686-1980,” on familysearch.org. However, the original image is not available, and it seems there must be a mistake in the date of marriage, possibly due to a poor transcription. 153 Lucian died June 2, 1868, at Cedar Rapids, IA, and is buried in the Alexander Village Cemetery, in Genessee Co., NY Find A Grave Memorial# 22438403 and http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/genesee/cemeteries/alexand.txt 154 findagrave.com: Thomas F. Fish says he died in Carpinteria; however Batavia Daily News, Sept. 5, 1908, states that he died in Oakland. 155Diary of Edward Fowler Fish, entry dated Wed. Mar. 18, 1863: “Have been writing today to brother Thomas. His little Charlie died a week ago Saturday night.” 156Chart by Isabel Morton Fish. 157Ibid. 158 Diary of Edward Fowler Fish, entry of Mar. 20, 1877: “This morning a letter from Sister Mary to Emily brought the mournful tidings that ‘Tommy,’ brother Thomas’ youngest child, died of diphtheria on Thursday the 8th.” Chart by Isabel Morton Fish gives the same date, and says he was 6 years old. 159 findagrave.com: Tommy Fish 20

(15) LUCIA HULL FISH (“Lute”) (Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 9 Jun 1835, in Canterbury, NY.160 Only one year old when her mother died, she was raised by her Aunt Julia (Hull) Benham, who lived in Angelica, NY. She had “admirers many of whom aspired to be lovers,” but she did not marry.161 She lived in Oakland, CA,162 and died there on 6 Oct 1912. She is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, in Oakland.163 A newspaper account of her death states that she was “run down by an automobile.” “Mrs. Fish became confused in endeavoring to avoid the machine while crossing San Pablo avenue at Twentieth street at 8:30 o’clock, and the runabout…knocked her down and ran over her.” The driver was charged with manslaughter.

(16) MARY JANE JOHNSTON (Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 19 Mar 1833, in Sidney Plains, NY. She married John Aldrich 30 May 1855, in Sidney, NY. He was born 23 Feb 1828, in Northeast, NY, and was the son of Asa and Mercy (Smith) Aldrich.164 They lived in Nebraska from 1855-1866, then Cedar Rapids, IA, before moving to Missouri in 1894. According to a Who’s Who entry, she began temperance work with the Crusade movement and became National vice president and State president of the W.C.T.U. She joined the non-partisan W.C.T.U. in 1890, becoming secretary of it evangelical work.165 Another source says, “Mrs. Aldrich signed the temperance pledge in early childhood during the period of John B. Gough’s career and the Washingtonian societies. Her active temperance work began during the Temperance Crusade of 1873-74.”166 In 1900, they lived in Columbia Township, near Springfield, MO, with daughter Luta. John is listed as a farmer. Mary Jane died 27 Apr 1909, in Sidney Plains, NY. John died 30 Dec 1909, in Unadilla, NY. She and her husband are both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, in Sidney, NY. An obituary in the Sidney Record, “She was a child of rare intensity of nature; there was an unusual love of social pleasure and there was, too, a passionate love of study; strong convictions of duty, and a great desire to help make the world better.” In her work with the WCTU, “as an organizer in her own and other states she was sanguine and practical; as a speaker she was bright, forceful, entertaining and logical.” “In 1907, broken in health, Mrs. Aldrich came with her husband and

160 Place of birth from diary of John Berrien Fish, in which he lists the birthplaces of his children. 161Recollections of Lucia (Fish) Neely, ca. 1950. 162Henry Brown, 1975, comments on diary of John Berrien Fish, p. 20. “Lucia lived two doors from Thomas in Oakland.” 163 Records of Mt. View Cemetery. She is buried with the Benham family in Lot 20, Plot 15. 164 According to: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wesgedcom&id=I00600 165 Who’s Who In America, 1901-02, p. 12. 166 Who’s Who in New York City and State, 1904, p. 8. 21 daughter, to the old home and renewed her membership in the church of her youth, and here in the beautiful valley of her birth she has found life’s last resting place.” 167

Children:

44. Carl Milton Aldrich, b. 26 Aug 1860; d. 16 Apr 1936.; m. Corrine May Tackett 45. Lucette (“Luta”) Aldrich, b. 4 Dec 1861, Nebraska City, NE; living, 1920, in Sidney, NY, with her uncle Milton C. Johnston; living 1923 in Independence, MO 46. John Aldrich, b. 11 Mar 1872; d. 25 Jun 1937; m. Ethel May Atkinson

(17) LAURENS HULL JOHNSTON (Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 17 Dec 1834, in NY. He was in the Civil War, in the 2nd Volunteer Colorado Cavalry.168 He married Lettice H. (Willis) Chappell, 17 Sep 1890, in Custer County, ID.169 She was born 4 May 1851, in West Parishville, NY, and was the widow of a Mr. Chappell.170 She was the daughter of Charles B. and Lettice Willis.171 They are listed on the 1900 census in “Bay Horse,” Challis, ID. The census lists her as the mother of one child, still living.172 The census lists his occupation as attorney at law. Lettice was treasurer of the Woman’s Missionary Union of Idaho, in 1900.173 He died 24 Sep 1910; and is buried in Challis, Idaho.174 Lettice had died 18 Jan 1910, and is also buried in the cemetery at Challis.175

(18) WITTER HENRY JOHNSTON (Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 24 Jul 1837, in Sidney, NY. He married, first, Malvina (“Mallie”) McBride, 21 Jun 1877, in Marlborough, MA.176 She was born 30 Oct 1850,177 in Philadelphia, PA, and was the daughter of John McBride and

167 Sidney Record, 1 May 1909. 168 Gravestone. Also see Three years and a half in the Army, or, History of the Second Colorados 169 The marriage record calls him L.H. Johnson, and her L.H. Chappell: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/custer/vitals/marriages/18791915.txt 170 Mason says he married “Mrs. L.Chappell.” Genealogical history of Hudson and Bergen counties, New Jersey states that George H. Chappell married Lettice Willis, but that she died in 1888, after having on son, George H. Chappell, Jr. It appears that this is the same Lettice, except that the book is incorrect in stating she died. George must have instead been divorced or separated. 171 See http://idahogravestones.org/view.php?id=3806 – her parents’ names are given on her gravestone. 172 Apparently this was George H. Chappell, Jr. 173 The American Missionary, Jan. 1900. 174 findagrave.com: Laurens Johnston . 175 findagrave.com: Lettice Johnston . 176 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915. Mason, Weygant, p. 564, says June 29, 1877. 177 Mason. 22

Elizabeth McIvans. She died 30 Jan 1886, in Ft. Dodge, IA.178 At the time of his marriage, he was an attorney. He married, second, her sister, Margaretta (“Maggie”) McBride, 2 Aug 1887, in Ft. Dodge, IA.179. She was born in 1857, in Philadelphia. She died 10 May1900, in Ft. Dodge.180 He was in the Civil War, enlisting on 14 Aug 1862, as a 2nd Lieutenant, in Sidney, NY. He served in Co. I, New York 144th infantry, and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant Feb. 21, 1863, and to Captain on 18 Nov 1864. He mustered out on 15 May 1865.181 He is listed on the 1885 Iowa state census, in Ft. Dodge, with wife Mollie, son Witter, and two unrelated people, Agnes H. Mooney, 36, and John C. Mooney, 13. In 1900, he is listed with son Witter L. Johnson, daughter Mallie W. Johnson, sister Dora Turner, and servant Phoebe Cheney, 34. He was widowed and his occupation is given as farmer.182 In 1910, he is listed in Ft. Dodge with daughter Mattie, 21, and sister, Dora H. Turner, 62. He was president of the Ft. Dodge Library Board, and a member of the Iowa Library Commission. In an article about the library, it is said:

“In this age when it is said that all worship money and that without money no one can be respected or accomplish great things; in the mad rush for money and the things money can buy, the life of Capt. W. H. Johnston is a complete refutation of all this. Disabled in early life by a rebel bullet, while fighting for his country and his flag he started into professional life handicapped by this sacrifice for the nation. He has always been a book lover but he is also a lover of humanity, especially of the young, and this double love prompted him to establish with the help of a few faithful women who are always on hand to hold up the hands of a man who would do something for his fellows, a Circulating Library…. …A mainstay of the church, respected and beloved by all, what a success is his life, compared to some of the richest men of our town whom nobody cares for, who have never done a thing for their brothers or for the future…. A portrait of him was painted by W. A. Reaser and was to be hung in the library.”183

He died 6 Jun 1911, and is buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Ft. Dodge, IA.184

Children, by his first wife:

47. Witter Laurens Johnston, b. 22 Dec 1881; d. 9 Jul 1910, unm. 48. (Unnamed daughter), b. 11 Jan 1886, Ft. Dodge, IA, apparently died in infancy

178 Ancestry.com: Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990. See also: findagrave.com: Malvina Johnston . She probably died in childbirth. 179 Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992, Ancestry.com. 180 Ancestry.com: Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990. See also findagrave.com: Margaretta Johnston . 181 See http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=793174 182 1900 census, ED 186, Wahkonsa Twp, Ft. Dodge. 183 Bulletin of the Iowa Library Commission, Vol. 1-4, 1901-1904, pp. 69-70. 184 findagrave.com: W. H. Johnston 23

Child, by his second wife:

49. Malvina McBride Johnston, b. 25 Aug 1888; d. 15 Nov 1971; m. Elmer Preston Bradshaw

(20) DORCAS “DORA” HULL JOHNSTON (Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 30 Apr 1847,185 in New York. She married Arunah Metcalf Turner,186 7 Mar 1871.187 He was the son of Sumner Turner, of Otsego Co., NY, and was born 13 Mar 1838. A previous wife, Mary, died in 1866. He and Dorcas lived in Sidney, NY, in 1875, according to the NY state census. According to Mason, they lived in West Superior, WI. Apparently they were divorced or separated, as she is listed on the 1900 and 1910 census living with her brother Witter Henry Johnston, in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. On the 1880 census, she is listed as “widowed” (living with her parents in Sidney, NY), but this seems unlikely, since A. Metcalf Turner died 15 Apr 1914, anmd is buried in Fly Creek Valley Cemetery, Fly Creek, NY.188 According to an obituary, he was “for many years a resident of Chicago where he had charge of Mosley Chapel, a Presbyterian institution.” Dorcas is listed as a non-graduate in a catalogue of officers and students of Mt. Holyoke College. Her listing says “m. A. M. Turner 71. Address Mrs. Dora H. J. Turner, Fort Dodge, IA; Sidney Plains, NY; 65, student Chicago Free Kindergarten Assoc. 91-93, kindergartener West Superior Wis. 93-97.” Dorcas died 6 Feb 1927, in Ft. Dodge, IA, and is buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Ft. Dodge.189 According to her death certificate she was a “retired teacher,” and died of accidental drowning. A newspaper account states that she “was drowned in 31 feet of water when she slipped on the banks of a creek while out for a walk. Mrs. Turner was in the habit of taking a walk each afternoon in the woods north of here [Ft. Dodge].”190

(23) AZEL MORSE BENHAM (Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 21 Mar 1839, in Postdam, NY. He married Mary Croft, 6 Dec 1865, at La Porte, IN. She was born in Ohio in 1840, and was the daughter of William and Eliza Croft. In 1869 Azel is listed in an Indianapolis, IN, city directory under the firm Soehner & Benham, who sold “pianos, organs and melodeons, stools and covers.” By 1879, he was living

185 Mason, 186 Mason and Weygant just say “A. Metcalf Turner,” however, it seems very plausible that he was Arunah Metcalf Turner, since his age and location (he lived in Otsego Co., NY) seem correct. 187 Mason… 188 findagrave.com: A. Metcalf Turner 189 findagrave.com: Dorcas Turner 190 Sioux City Journal, 8 Feb 1927 (dateline Ft. Dodge). 24 in Alameda County, CA.191 On the 1880 census, he is listed living in Oakland, CA, as a music dealer. According to an advertisement in the Oakland Tribune, he had a shop at 647 Market St. in San Francisco, where he sold pianos. He died 1 Apr 1912, in Los Angeles., CA. His ashes were initially held at the Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, CA, and were transferred to the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Lot 20, Plot 15.192 Mary died 3 Jun 1925, in Humboldt Co., CA.193 Her ashes are also in the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Lot 20, Plot 15.194

Child:

50. James William Benham, b. 3 Oct 1866; d. 27 Jul 1914; m. Alice (Douglas?) Bradford

(24) HENRY LAURENS BENHAM (Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 24 Oct 1843, in Hammondsport, NY. He married Mary Huldah Sibley, 12 Oct 1869, in Cincinnati, OH. He died 195 28 Aug 1890, in Cincinnati, OH, and is buried in the Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. From an unknown newspaper: “Death of a Well Known Citizen. Mr. H.L. Benham, widely known in the piano trade and in musical circles of this city, died this afternoon at 2 o'clock, of brain fever, at his residence, No. 3 Eden Park Terrace. He was seized with the fatal illness about three weeks ago, and during most of this period was in an unconscious condition. Mr. Benham for many years was a leading music dealer and publisher of Indianapolis. In this city he was been with several piano firms, more recently with the Levassor Piano Company, of which he was secretary and treasurer. A man of kindly and genial disposition, his loss will be deeply felt by his many friends and acquaintances. The bereaved family consists of a widow and four children. Mrs. Benham is the daughter of Mr. J.W. Sibley, of Grandin road.”

Children:

51. Mary Hull Benham, b. 1 Oct 1870; d. 27 Aug 1932; m. Edward Coleman Page 52. Ethel Sibley Benham, b. 5 Oct 1873; d. 28 Nov 1953; m. Rollo Stewart Bassett 53. Julia Hastings Benham, b. 11 Jan 1877; d. 12 Feb 1948, Cincinnati, Oh, bur. Spring Grove Cem. 54. Henry Laurens Benham Jr., b. 2 Jan 1879; d. 22 Oct 1973; m. Katherine Carthage Cunningham

191 “California, Great Registers, 1866-1910,” familysearch.org. 192 findagrave.com: Azel Morse Benham 193 Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 194 findagrave.com: Mary Croft Benham 195 findagrave.com: Henry L. Benham 25

(25) CHARLES HENRY HULL (Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born in 1850196 in NY. According to Mason’s Hull genealogy, he lived in Yelm, WA. He married Anna B. Locke, in about 1888. She was born in Canada in 1865. On the 1900 census, he is listed as a teamster, and lived in Tacoma, WA. He died 12 May 1923, in San Francisco. She died 11 Dec 1955, in King Co., WA. They are buried in Roy Cemetery, Pierce Co. WA.197

Children:

55. Laurens Ambler Hull, b. 25 Mar 1891; d. 11 Jan 1952; m. Marian Anna Wieland 56. ? Gilbert Hull, b. Mar 1891198 57. Rachel Doris Hull, b. 14 Mar 1893; d. 26 Apr 1971; m. Godfrey Oscar Kinberg 58. Gladys Roberta Hull, b. 24 Dec 1894; d. 8 Mar 1986, Contra Costa Co., CA; m. Marshall Henry Swanson, who was b. 25 May 1899, and d. 16 Mar 1973

(26) MARY DORCAS HULL (Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 20 Jan 1852, in New York. She married, first, Frank Elliot, in 1875. He died in 1876.199 She married, second, Gilbert Bradley Shaw, 3 May 1885, in Chicago. He was born 12 Aug 1837, in Canandaigua, NY, and was the son of Jacob Shaw and Marcia Brown. He had previously been married to Adelaide (“Addie) Wood, and had a daughter Emma by that marriage. Addie died in 1883. He graduated from Genesee College, Lima, NY, in 1860. In 1865 he was engaged in logging and manufacturing in Wood Co., WI, and came to Chicago in 1869. In 1870 he opened a retail lumber yard in Kankakee, and later opened other lumber yards. He was at one time president of the American Trust and Savings Bank, in Chicago.200 In a 1907 newspaper article, he is called a multi-millionaire.201 At the time of his death, Gilbert was president of the Naugle Pole & Tie company.202 They made telephone poles and railroad ties. Mary died 12 Dec 1910, in Chicago,203 and Gilbert died 13 Apr 1912, also in Chicago. Mary and Gilbert are buried in the Oak Woods cemetery in Chicago.204 An obituary for Mary

196 Listed in both Mason and Weygant. 197 findagrave.com: Charles H Hull and findagrave.com: Anna B. Hull 198 1900 census. He may have either been a twin of Laurens A. Hull, or, more likely, he changed his name to Laurens A. Hull. The reason for this guess is that the two of them are never listed together on the census. The 1892 WA State census, and the 1900 federal census only list Gilbert, and the 1910 census only lists Laurens. 199 According to Mason. 200 History of the City of Chicago: Its Men and Institutions. (1900), p. 165 201 Freeport Journal-Standard, 3 Jan 1907, available via newspapers.com 202 Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr 1912. 203 “Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922,” on familysearch.org. 204 findagrave.com: Gilbert B. Shaw and findagrave.com: Mary Shaw 26 states she was a former resident of Moline, IL, and that “remembrances of her lovely character abide with all who met her.”205

Child by her first husband Frank Elliott:

58a. Frank Hull Elliot, b. 19 Jan 1877; d. 2 Oct 1877; bur. Arcade Rural Cem., Arcade, NY.206 Children, by her second husband Gilbert B. Shaw:

59. Margaret Shaw, b. 30 Aug 1886; d. 17 Apr 1979; m. Wilbur Leroy Lafean 60. Helen Shaw, b. 16 Sep 1888; d. 18 Dec 1975; m. Robert Weems Tansill, Jr. 61. Doris Shaw, b. 2 Apr 1893; d. 21 Jun 1984; m. Robert Harvey Smith

(27) LAURENS HULL (Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 9 Apr 1861, in Pike, NY.207 He married Anne (“Annie”) Howe, 22 Sep 1891, in Woodbury, IA.208 She was born 12 Jan 1862, in Amboy, IL, and was the daughter of Jubal Washburn Howe and Maryette Perry. After 1901, Laurens and Annie lived in Lima, OH, where he was vice-president and general manager of the Laurens Hull Lumber Company. He is listed on the 1910 census in Lima. He had previously lived in Aurora, IL. He and Annie are listed in the 1920 and the 1930 census in Oswego, IL. He died 23 Dec 1935, Oswego, IL,209 and is buried in the Pearce Cemetery.210 Annie died 27 Nov 1942 and is also buried in the Pearce Cemetery.211

(28) WILLIAM AMBLER HULL (Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 15 Sep 1856, in Belvidere, NY. He married Ida Mae Burucker in 1886. She was born 13 Sep 1857, in Frederick, MD, and was the daughter of John S. and Sophia Burucker.212 William died in 18 Jun 1914, In Cedar Rapids, IA, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.213 Ida Mae died 26 Jun 1934, in Bloomington, IL. She is also buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.214

205 Rock Island Argus, 16 Dec 1910. 206 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83026637 207 Date and place of birth and death from his death record, online at familysearch.org. 208 Ancesrtry.com: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1937. Mason, p. 50, and Weygant, p. 546, also give the year of marriage as 1891. 209 “Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947,” on familySearch.org 210 findagrave.com: Laurens Hull 211 findagrave.com: Annie Hull 212 Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995,” from familysearch.org. 213 findagrave.com: William A. Hull 214 findagrave.com: Ida M. Hull 27

William came to Cedar Rapids in 1873 with his parents. In 1880 he began working for the T. M. Sinclair meat packing plant, and eventually was promoted to superintendent of the plant. He later was assistant supervisor of the Swift plant in Chicago, and finally worked several years in the insurance business. An obituary calls him “prominent” in Cedar Rapids, stating that “he has been active in everything that was for the betterment of civic conditions. He was a man of the highest ideals, sterling integrity and highest worth.”215 After William’s death, Ida Mae went to live with her daughter Isabel, in Sedalia, MO. By 1930 she continued to live with Isabel and had moved to Bloomington, IL.

Children:

62. Walter Burucker Hull, b. 16 Jul 1887; d. 22 Oct 1963; m. (1st) Laura V. Russell; m. (2nd) Muriel (Arthur) Trewin 63. Isabel Louise Hull, b. 21 Feb 1891; d. 3 Jun 1973; m. Charles Darius Guy 64. Henry Marcus Hull, b. 28 Jun 1897; d.9 Jan 1985; m. Ann Mary Faulkner

(29) JULIA HULL (Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 31 Aug 1858 in New York. She married William Barlow Ross, 17 Jan 1899, in Cedar Rapids, IA.216 He was born 24 Dec 1865, in Dublin, Ireland, and was the son of Hugh Ross and Elizabeth Dean.217 He was apparently an amateur singer, as a newspaper account states that he sang “the elaborate tenor obbligato and solo with superb effect.”218 He was President of the Edwin S. Woods Railway Supply Co.219 On the 1910 census, they are listed in Chicago, living with their niece Margery Hannegan. Julia died 5 Jun 1933, and is buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA. 220 William died 2 Feb 1936, in Chicago.221 He is also buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

(30) FRANCES COLWELL HULL (Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born in 1862, in New York. She married James Edmund Hannegan,222 28 Oct 1886, in Cedar Rapids, IA. He was born 11 May 1863, in Lafayette, IN,223 and was the son of James E. Hannegan and Alice McEnary. He was a railroad passenger agent, “railroad tariff expert and former chairman of the

215 Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, 19 Jun 1914 (retrieved via newspaperarchive.com). 216 “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” – familysearch.org. 217 Ibid. 218 Rockford Morning Star, May 8, 1910. He is called “of Chicago.” 219 Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb 1936. 220 findagrave.com: Julia Ross 221 “Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947,” familysearch.org. His parents and his wife’s names are listed on the death record, but no cemetery is given. (Although familysearch does not show the original image). 222 Often known as “J. E.”, his full name was found on his marriage record, familysearch.org. 223 Albert N. Marquis, The Book of St. Louisans (1912), p. 261. 28

Southwestern Passenger Association.” 224 Frances died 11 Jun 1888, at age 26, in Cedar Rapids, and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.225 An obituary reads in part: “From the home that her life had made beautiful, Mrs. J. E. Hannegan was carried forth this afternoon and laid to sleep under the trees that dot Oak Hill cemetery. The service began at half past two o’clock, and was held in the front parlor where the casket, banked in exquisite flowers, stood…. A large number of friends by their presence attested the universal sorrow which this death occasioned. The exquisite flowers were substantial testimony of that regret, while the wet eyes were yet better evidence…. This untimely death causes a pang which touches many hearts… The young mother whose eyes will look no more upon the light of this world needs no sympathy. She is at rest where neither care intrudes, nor trouble broods, but for those who live to hold her tender memory in their hearts, the springs of life have run back a little…”226 After her death, James remarried Lura Lowe, 18 Feb 1896, and lived in St. Louis, MO, where he is listed on the 1930 census. He died 14 Nov 1935, in St. Louis, of pneumonia, and is buried in Kankakee, IL (probably in Mound Grove cemetery).227

Child:

65. Margaret (“Margery”) Frances Hannegan, b. 27 May 1888; d. 19 Sep 1973; m. Leroy Kramer

(31) HARRY EDWARD HULL (Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 12 Mar 1864, near Belvidere, NY. He may have been born as “Henry” and changed the name later. He married Mary Louise Harris, 3 Jun 1891, in Williamsburg, IA. She was born in March 1871, in Iowa. She died 21 May 1917, in Washington, DC, “after taking poison tablets which she thought were headache pills.” She is buried in Williamsburg, IA. Harry married, second, Ann Elizabeth Gittins, 21 Jun 1921, in Williamsburg. She was born 16 Mar 1883, in Williamsburg, and was the daughter of Thomas Edgar Gittens and Mary Ann Pugh. Harry died 16 Jan 1938, in Washington, DC. His widow Ann died 5 Jun 1955, in Washington, DC. They are buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg.

224 Traffic World, Vol. 56, p. 920. 225 findagrave.com: Frances Hannegan 226 Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, 14 Jun 1888. 227 Death certificate online: http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1935/1935_00038589.PDF 29

Harry E. Hull was a U.S. Congressman, elected to represent Iowa's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1915 to 1925. “(He) was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and Commissioner General of Immigration in the Coolidge and Hoover administrations…. (He) moved with his parents to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1873…. He was employed as a clerk and bookkeeper for a grain company. He moved to Palo, Iowa, in 1883, and to Williamsburg, Iowa, in 1884 and engaged in the grain business. He also engaged in the manufacture of brick and tile. He was president of the Williamsburg Telephone Co. He served as one of Williamsburg's aldermen from 1887 to 1889, as its mayor from 1889 to 1901, and as its postmaster from 1901 to 1914. He also served as president of the Williamsburg Fair Association from 1900 to 1915. In 1914, Hull was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House, defeating Democrat W.J. McDonald. He served in the Sixty-fourth Congress and in the four succeeding Congresses. He was one of only fifty representatives who voted against the resolution authorizing the United States' entry into World War I, and one of the few of those fifty to stave off challengers in the wartime primary and general elections in 1918…. When seeking renomination in 1924, he was defeated in the Republican primary by Judge F. Dickinson Letts. In all, he served from March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1925. On May 15, 1925, he was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge as Commissioner General of Immigration and served in that position until 1933, when he retired.”228

According to a eulogy entered into the Congressional Record, “The record of Mr. Hull’s public service is an enviable one. As a legislator he was high-minded and conscientious and ever faithful to what he regarded as the best interests of the people of his district and of the Nation….As administrator for 8 years of the Bureau of Immigration he showed liberality of judgement in the interpretation and application of the controlling laws, that confined the cases of individual hardship to a minimum, and established standards in carrying out the restrictive quotas that will serve as beneficial precedents for years to come.”229

Child, by his first wife Mary:

66. Harris Benjamin Hull, b. 23 May 1909, d. 29 Jan 1993; m. (1st) Bernice Stephens, m. (2nd) Jeanne Glennon,

228 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_E._Hull ; see also https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/our- history-18 229 Johnson County Democrat, 27 Jan 1938. 30

Fourth Generation

(32) CARA D. FISH (Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 13 Aug 1857, in Mt. Vernon, IA. She attended Ingham University, in Le Roy, NY. She married John T. Beem 6 Sep 1879, in Danvers, IL. He was born 23 Aug 1840, in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of Andrew Beem and Vine McGown. He was the owner and editor of the Du Quoin Tribune. According to the History of Perry County (1988) Beem was a “picturesque, forceful writer” who “fought battles on the issues of the day, wielding the printed word like a sharp sword.”230 He had two children, Della and Loren, by a previous marriage. Cara's marriage to John Beem ended in divorce. He died 12 Jul 1930, in Du Quoin, and is buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery there.231 She married Samuel Shotwell Hutchins in November 1892. He was born in Canada232 in about 1848,233 and is said to have been raised by a couple named Pryor (but not adopted).234 He immigrated to the U.S. in 1869 and was naturalized in 1875.235 They lived in Southern California, at one time in Riverside.236 He had four sons by a previous marriage, Austin, Charles Foster, Arthur, and William E. Samuel was a rancher and a carpenter. According to his death certificate, he was also a real estate agent.237 In 1920 the family lived in Eden Township, Hayward, CA. Census records indicate that his father was born in Wales and his mother in Canada.238 He died 10 May 1925, in Hayward.239 In 1930, she lived with daughter Lucia, in San Francisco.240 Cara died 10 Dec 1940,241 in Bell Gardens Sanatorium.242

230 History of Perry County, Ill. (1988), p. 12. 231 findagrave.com: John T. Beem 232 According to the 1920 census; and also his death certificate. Information on Ancestry.com posted by a descendant says that he was born in 1848 in Sparta, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada. 233 According to cremation record, he was 77 years and 27 days old at the time of his death, which would put his birthdate in April 1848. A user on a genealogy message board gave his birth as April 13, 1848 and said he was the son of Charles (?) Hutchins and Sadie or Sarah Atherton. 234 Information from Shirley (Hutchins) Masvik. In a letter dated 13 Jan. 1995, she wrote: “as his mother died at his birth, he was raised by a couple named Pryor who were Canadian, but where they lived at that time is not known.” 235 1920 census, enumeration district 153, sheet 13, Alameda Co., CA. His death certificate, however, states that he was in the U.S. for 42 years and a resident of California for 37 years at the time of his death. 236 Information from Shirley (Hutchins) Masvik. 237 Copy of death certificate, with occupation listed as “retired real estate agent.” 2381920 census, enumeration district 153, sheet 13, Alameda Co., CA. Samuel and Cara lived on Maple Court, with daughters Ayleen, 21, and Shirley, 17. 239 Information from Alma Beasley, including photocopy of cremation register, Oakland cremation association. “He was cremated and interred in Piedmont, at Chapel of the Chimes.” According to his death certificate, the cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage. 240 1930 census. Lucia is listed as a chair cainer. 31

Children:

67. Cara Eloise Beem, b. 30 Aug 1881; d. 24 Sep 1940; m. Walter Stephen Waring 68. Wirt Fowler Beem, b. 7 Feb 1884; d. 2 Dec 1973; m. Gladys Myfanwy Hughes 69. Lila W. Beem, b. 16 Dec 1885; d. 21 Jan 1949; m. (Frank) Chase DeSellem 70. Ralph Harmon Hutchins, b. 9 Nov 1893; d. 22 Nov 1975; m. (1st) Evelyn Salome Kriess; m. (2nd) Mary Huntley; m. (3rd) Moselle (Hanson) Kole 71. Lucia Ayleen Hutchins, b. 26 Oct 1898; d. 15 Jan 1968, San Mateo Co., CA; unmarried. Ayleen was blind since the age of 8, and, as an adult, was adopted by a Christian Science couple who lived in San Francisco. She also had a serious speech defect. Despite her handicaps, she managed to travel all over the city, teaching crafts and Braille at the S. F. School for the Blind. 72. Elizabeth Shirley Hutchins, b. 3 Jan 1902; d. 2 May 2001; m. Henry Jesper Masvik

(33) LUCIA HULL FISH (Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 14 Apr 1859, in Panama, NY. In 1875 she entered the Western Female Seminary in Oxford, OH. In 1876 she enrolled in Ingham University in Le Roy, NY, graduating in June 1879. She taught for a year in the Du Quoin public schools and also gave piano lessons. On 9 Sep 1880, she married Charles Gracchus Neely in St. Louis, MO. He was born 11 Jun 1855, in Benton, IL, the son of Dr. Isaac Montgomery Neely and Mary Catherine Elstun. The family moved to Evanston, IL, in 1884. Charles G. Neely served for one term in the Illinois state legislature, was a lawyer, and later a circuit court judge. After moving to California in 1910 he taught constitutional history and law at Pomona College. He died 16 Oct 1930, in Selma, CA, after an automobile accident. Lucia Neely was a devoted wife and a hard-working homemaker and mother. Diaries written when her children were young show her as an energetic, busy woman, and a prodigious seamstress. After her husband

241Death date according to Shirley (Hutchins) Masvik, who has a copy of her death certificate. However, California Death Index, 1940-1997, has her death as December 9, 1940. 242 In a letter written in 1946 to Shirley Wright, Lucia Neely wrote: “She had entirely lost her mind, would not stay with Lila or with Eloise, kept wandering away. She was finally placed in a Rest Home at Bell, CA, called Bell Gardens Sanatorium. She died quite suddenly and without any illness at the last. Eloise, a very dear niece of mine, had died but all her children from the Bay region, even blind Ayleen, came down to the funeral.” It seems possible that Cara was suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. 32 died in 1930, she rented rooms to college students - including conductor Robert Shaw. She was vitally interested in the events of the day and was an avid reader. At age 70, she began reading 100 “great books” suggested in an article by Will Durant. It took her four years. Lucia died 30 Oct 1952, at age 93, in Claremont, CA. She is buried in the Oak Park Cemetery in Claremont.243 In a letter written to her daughter Charlotte, a friend said: “She had the kind of personality that makes her vivid and stimulating even now…for she was lovely to look at, charming to know, intelligent and humorous.”

Children:

73. John Hinsdale Neely, b. 18 Dec 1881; d. 11 Apr 1917; unm. 74. Mary Ruth Neely, b. 10 Sep 1884; d. 21 Jan 1968; m. Allan John Carter 75. Clara Grace Neely, b. 14 Aug 1886; d. 21 Jan 1972; m. Claude Wyman Payne 76 Lucia Helen Neely, b. 15 Sep 1888; d. 23 Oct 1889, of pneumonia; bur. Rosehill Cem., Chicago 77. Philip Montgomery Neely, b. 17 Apr 1891; d. 28 Jan 1902, bur. Rosehill Cem., Chicago244 78 Anna Charlotte Neely, b. 28 Feb 1893; d. 31 Dec 1980; unm. 79. Dorothy Louise Neely, b. 28 Feb 1895; d. 22 May 1974, m. Lowell Clark Pratt

(34) EDWARD HINSDALE FISH (Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 10 Mar 1863, in Marietta, OH. After living in Wisconsin, the family moved to Du Quoin, IL, in 1871. In 1880 he worked briefly in Du Quoin as a printer with his brother-in-law, John Beem. On 19 Jul 1898, he married Ada Anna Albert, who was born 11 Sep 1872, in Brownsville, CA. Ada's mother, Jane Beever, was a native of California and is buried in Coquille, OR. Her father, Daniel Wesley Albert, was a miner who was born in Ohio. According to Lois Johnston Fish, Ada was “a great lady who had a heart as big as all outdoors. She thought of everyone before she ever thought of herself.” In 1900 Edward H. Fish and his family lived with his father in Brooklyn Township, Alameda County, CA. He moved to Oregon in 1906. He was a bookkeeper, mainly for lumber companies. He worked for the Prosper Lumber Co., the A.B. Daly Co. in Marshfield, and the Vaughn Co. in Coquille, OR. His daughter, Shirley Wright, wrote: “while we were never rich we never felt poor and were always proud. My Dad was always very special in my estimation. He had a great love of music and passed that appreciation to his children.” His wife died 7 Jul 1940. He died of

243 findagrave.com: Lucia Fish Neely 244 findagrave.com: Philip M. Neely 33 pneumonia, 14 Feb 1943, at the Knights of Pythias lodge home in Tacoma, WA, and is buried alongside his wife in the Masonic cemetery in Coquille, OR.245

Children:

80. Helen Albert Fish, b. 30 May 1899; d. 2 Sep 1981; m. Edward Joseph McCann 81. Edward Hinsdale Fish Jr., b. 1 Aug 1900; d. 14 Nov 1981, m. Lois Thelma Johnston 82. Shirley Jane Fish, b. 30 Oct 1906, d. 2 Mar 2013; m. Guy Samuel Wright 83. Daniel Wesley Fish, b. 6 Jun 1911; d. 25 Apr 1971; m. Dorothy Lucille Bunch

(36) MARY ALICE FISH (Charles Hull Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 8 Apr 1870, in Virginia City, Nevada. She married Dr. Samuel Austin Moffett, 1 Jun 1899, in Seoul, Korea. He was born 25 Jan 1864, in Madison, IN. Mary Alice was a Medical missionary.

In May 1890, Mary Alice graduated from Santa Rosa Seminary. She then attended the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and graduated in Dec 1895 from Cooper Medical College, San Francisco. In 1896 she returned to Philadelphia as a resident physician for Lying in Charity Hospital. She then studied Homeopathy at the Homeopathic Graduate School in Philadelphia. She applied to be a medical missionary with the Northern Presbyterian Foreign Board, and went to Kore, arriving in Dec 1897. There she met her future husband Dr. Samuel Austin Moffett. They were engaged in Nov 1898.

Samuel had come to Korea as a missionary in 1889. Mary Alice returned to California in 1910 to visit her parents, returning to Korea later that year. She had a stillborn daughter, Margaret Lee Moffett, 4 Jul 1912. She died 12 Jul 1912, in Korea, of dysentery.

Dr. Samuel Austin Moffett came to Korea in 1889. Mary died 12 Jul 1912, in Korea, of dysentery. In 1915, Dr. Moffett married her cousin, Lucia Hester Fish.246 He died 24 Oct 1939, in Monrovia, CA. “Samuel A. Moffett was originally buried in Carpinteria, California but in 2006, in honor of his contribution and at the request of the Korean Presbyterian Church his remains were moved to the campus of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which he had founded in Pyongyang in 1901, now located in Seoul, Korea.247

245 findagrave.com: Edward H. Fish Sr. 246 Who’s Who In America (date unknown), entry for Samuel Austin Moffett. 247 findagrave.com: Samuel Austin Moffett 34

Children:

84. Rev. James McKee Moffett, b. 28 Feb 1905; d. 23 Dec 1986; m. Eleanor Elizabeth Prosser 85. Rev. Charles Hull Moffett, b. 12 Jun 1908; d. 28 Dec 1976; m. Marian Emma Hutton 86. Margaret Lee Moffett (stillborn), b. and. d. 4 Jul 1912, Korea

(37) THEODORE JOHNSTON FISH (Thomas Fletcher Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 7 Jun 1856, in Sidney Plains, NY.248 He married Carrie Judson Sears, 24 Jul 1883, in Alameda Co., CA. She was born 5 Nov 1856, in New York City, the daughter of Herman Barnum Sears and Almira Raymond. The family lived in Oakland, CA, in 1900,249 and moved to Phoenix, OR, by 1910, where he is listed as a farmer. Carrie died 1 Apr 1924, in Phoenix, Oregon.250 Theodore is said to have been an invalid for many years. He died 10 Dec 1927, in Phoenix, and is buried in the Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery.251

Children:

87. Florence Fish, b. 15 Jul 1884, Oakland, CA; d. 29 Jan 1885; bur. Carpinteria Cem. 88. Fletcher Thomas Fish, b. 13 Nov 1886; d. 13 Jun 1963; m. (1st) Edith Archibald; m. (2nd) Jean Garman 89. Edith Mersereau Fish, b. 4 Nov 1889; d. 30 Aug1983; m. William A. Thompson 90. Carol Sears Fish, b. 18 Feb 1892; d. 5 Jun 1983; m. Charles Brittain Drake 91. Sibyl Valentine Fish, b. 5 Jul 1893; d. 21 Dec 1979; m. Burdette Lynde Dodge Jr. 92. Theodore Johnston Fish Jr., b. 18 Jun 1895; d. 28 Aug 1967, m. Margaret Clara Brown 93. Raymond Sears Fish, b. 10 Oct 1897, Oakland, CA; d. 20 Mar 1976, Medford, OR; m. Florence Phyllis Van Dyke; no children; He was superintendent of Medford’s sewage treatment plant. During World War II he was a quartermaster for the Army. Florence died 2 Dec 1992, in Central Point, Ore.

248 Various census records say he was born in NY state. Cemetery record says Sidney Plains. 249 His occupation is difficult to read. Carrie’s father Herman Sears lived with them. 250 findagrave.com: Carrie Fish 251 findagrave.com: Theodore J. Fish 35

(41) REV. AZEL HULL FISH (Thomas Fletcher Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 20 Mar 1865, in Cedar Rapids, IA. He married Alice Rosella Graham, 14 Feb 1893, in Tiburon, CA. She was born about 1866, in California. Azel graduated from Union Theological Seminary. In 1904 he wrote a 15-page pamphlet, “Dr. Carter, Rationalistic Unitarianism and the Vital Doctrines of Evangelical Christianity.”252 He spoke out in support of S. T. Carter, his friend, who had been accused of certain unorthodox views.253 Azel was appointed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Nyack, NY, in 1911. He was also a college professor.254 In 1920 he lived in Monroe, NY.255 By 1930 he had moved to New Jersey, where he is listed on the census as headmaster of a school. He died 31 Mar 1949, in Ridgewood, NJ. They are both buried in the Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA.

Child:

94. Laurens Hull Fish, b. 25 Oct 1903; d. 18 Dec 2000; m. Marion Edith Monks

(43) LUCIA HESTER FISH (Thomas Fletcher Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 23 Dec 1877, in Carpinteria, CA. Lucia received a B.S. degree from the University of California in 1900 and a Master's degree from Columbia University in 1903. She went to Korea in 1913 to teach missionaries' children at the Foreign School in Pyongyang. There she met Samuel Austin Moffett, whose first wife was Lucia's cousin Mary Alice Fish. They were married 30 Jun 1915. Moffett was president of Union Christian College in Korea from 1918 to 1928. According to her obituary “The Moffetts were in sympathy with the Korean independence movement but took no part in actions against the Japanese government. Nevertheless, the Japanese threatened in 1936 to kill Dr. Moffett.”256 He escaped and Lucia followed a few months later. He died 24 Oct 1939, in Monrovia, CA.257 Lucia died 17 Mar 1962, in Oyster Bay, NY.

252 Listed in Google books. 253 See New York Times, Oct. 17, 1904. 254 Obituary in New York Times, Apr. 1, 1949. 255 1920 US Census. Also, for 1922: US Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Ancestry.com. 256 Obituary in New York Times, Mar. 17, 1962. 257 Obituary in New York Times, Oct. 25, 1939. See also Who’s Who in America. 36

Children:

95. Rev. Samuel Hugh Moffett, b. 7 Apr 1916, Korea; d. 9 Feb 2015, Princeton, NJ; m. (1st) Elizabeth Barnwell Tarrant; m. (2nd) Living. He was a noted author and missionary.258 96. Dr. Howard Fergus Moffett, b. 16 Aug 1917; d. 2 Jun 2013; m. Margaret Delphia Mackenzie 97. Rev. Thomas Fish Moffett, b. 18 May 1924; d. 27 May 2018; m. Prudence Todd

(44) CARL MILTON ALDRICH (Mary Jane Johnston, Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 26 Aug 1860,259 in Nebraska City, NE. He married Corrine May Tackett, 22 Dec 1885, in Shelbyville, IL. She was the daughter of William J. Tackett and Mary J. Durkee, and was born 23 May 1867, in Shelbyville.260 They were living in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1905.261 In 1910 he lived in Nebraska City. “Mr. Aldrich received his education in the grade and high school at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. During his school days he was interested in rowing and was a member of the Cedar Rapids Boat Club. He has lived in Nebraska for thirty years. Since 1876, when he became an office boy, he has been engaged in the packing house business, and today he is vice president and manager of the Morton Gregson Company at Nebraska City…. In the World War, Mr. Aldrich was a member of the Nebraska City Home Guards, and was active in Red Cross work.”262 He died 16 Apr 1936, in Nebraska City, NE. Corrine died 16 Aug 1958, in San Diego Co., CA. He and his wife are buried in the Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, NE.263

Children:

98. Glen Tackett Aldrich, b. 2 Dec 1883; d. 23 May 1940; m. (1st) Kathleen Pryor; m. (2nd) Lillian Dombrow; m. (3rd) Esther Charlotte Carlson 99. Carl Milton Aldrich Jr., b. 30 Apr 1889; d. 30 Aug 1962; m. Floy Agnes Graves

258 https://www.pcusa.org/news/2015/2/10/great-man-died-today/ 259 Both Mason and Weygant give his birthday. Weygant says his middle name was Milton. Mason says he had a twin sister who died the day she was born. 260 L. Bertrand Smith, Jesse Smith, His Ancestors and Descendants (1909), p. 73. 261 Ibid. 262 Sara M. Baldwin and Robert M. Baldwin, Nebraskana (1932) .http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Nebraskana/pages/nbka0004.htm See also Illustrated History of Nebraska vol. 2, (1913). 263 findagrave.com: Carl Milton Aldrich 37

100. Ralf Johnston Aldrich, b. 1 Feb 1891; d. 26 Jun 1951, m. Amy Elinor Lumby 101. Frances Enfield Aldrich, b. 23 Mar 1900; d. 26 Jan 1984; bur. Wyuka Cem., Nebraska City, NE;264 m. Clyde Louis Parsley, who died 22 Feb 1982

(46) JOHN ALDRICH JR. (Mary Jane Johnston, Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 11 Mar 1872, in Cedar Rapids, IA. He married Ethel May Atkinson, 22 Jul 1897, in Springfield, IL. She was the daughter of John Simpson Atkinson and Marie Mannington, and was born 26 Jul 1877, in what is now Oklahoma. John and Ethel lived in Kansas City, in 1905.265 According to census records, they lived in Jackson County, MO, 1910, 1920, and 1930. He was a salesman. He died 25 Jun 1937, in Pittsburgh, PA.266 He is buried in the Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO.267 Ethel died 15 Sep 1974, in Kansas City.268

Children:

102. Edmund Theodore Aldrich, b. 20 Nov 1899,269 MO;270 d. 3 Jul 1986, Pinellas Co., FL;271 m. Dorothy Heston Binns 103. Katherine Marie Aldrich, b. 20 Apr 1903; d. 7 Aug 1999, San Jose, CA; bur. Mt. Washington Cem., Independence, MO;272 m. Edwin Mason Swartz

(47) WITTER LAURENS JOHNSTON (Witter Henry Johnston, Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 22 Dec 1881, in Ft. Dodge, IA. He did not marry. He was a graduate of Yale University. “He was with us only during our Senior year, but at the end of that year he had made friends who felt that they were only beginning to appreciate his worth. To a few of us was accorded the privilege of continuing this acquaintance, of knowing him as men who work together know each other. From Fort Dodge, Iowa, his home; from Coe College, his first Alma Mater, from Chicago, where he spent two years with one of the large railroad systems;

264 findagrave.com: Frances Parsley 265 L. Bertrand Smith, Jesse Smith, His Ancestors and Descendants (1909), p. 73 266http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pontiusbranch/Thomas%20Campbell%20and%20Jane%2 0Davidson%20and%20their%20Descendents%20from%20Londonderry,%20N.H.-o/index.htm?ssmain=p18.htm; 267 findagrave.com: John Aldrich 268 findagrave.com: Ethel Aldrich gives the year, Social Security Death Index for month and day. 269 World War I draft registration card, available on familysearch.org 270 Born in Missouri according to 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records. 271 Florida Death Index, familysearch.org 272 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57958397/katharine-marie-swartz 38 from Pittsburg, PA, where for a year he was in the home office of the Carnegie Steel Company; and last of all from the Carnegie men in Newark, NJ, where Johnston spent the last year of his life as credit manager for the Company’s warehouse propositions, there comes the same heartfelt sensibility of the loss of a personal friend.” This sketch goes on to say that he “Graduated from Coe College in 1904, joining the Class of 1906 of Yale College, in the Senior year. During the year 1904-1905 he acted as secretary to President McCormick of Coe College. In the main he worked his way both at Coe and at Yale. His death from heart disease occurred at Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ, 29 Jul 1910.” 273 He is buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Ft. Dodge, IA.274

(48) MALVINA MCBRIDE JOHNSTON (“Mallie”) (Witter Henry Johnston, Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 25 Aug 1888, in Ft. Dodge, IA. She married Elmer Preston Bradshaw in Sidney, NY. He was born 11 Jul 1888, in Fort Dodge, IA, the son of Henry Rubin Bradshaw and Grace Killam. He was a manager for a brick and tile company.275 In 1930, the family lived in Lyford, TX, and in 1940, in Mayhill, NM. Mallie died 15 Nov 1971, in Ashland, OR.276 Elmer died 25 Jan 1980. They are buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Ashland, OR.

Children:

104. Dr. John Witter Bradshaw, b. 20 Feb 1920, d. 2 Aug 1994; m. Hattie Vollink 105. Living 106. ----- Bradshaw, b. 9 Dec 1925, Ft. Dodge, IA and d. the same day

273 History of the Class of 1906, Yale College, p. 433-435. 274 findagrave.com: Witter Laurens Johnston 275 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/i/l/Howard-D-Killam-KS/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0625.html 276 findagrave.com: Mallie Johnston Bradshaw 39

(50) JAMES WILLIAM BENHAM (Azel Morse Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 3 Oct 1866, in Minneapolis, Minn. He married Alice (Douglas?) Bradford, 20 Oct 1903, in New York City, NY.277 She was born 20 Jul 1874, in Philadelphia, PA.278 At the time of their wedding, it was said that “She is an enthusiastic equestrienne and riding parties formed her chief pleasure here during the pleasant winter weather. She is a newspaper writer by profession and at the time of her visit in Phoenix was in the employ of the New York Tribune.”279 A wedding announcement states that James was the “commissioner from Arizona to the Pan-American Exposition and gave to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences its superb collection of Indian baskets.”280 James is listed on the 1910 census in Chicago but his wife is not listed with him, as she was visiting in California with James’ parents at the time. He was the founder of the Benham Indian Trading Company. A web page about Los Angeles states, “Across the street was the building housing the Benham Indian Trading Company, a firm which was active from about 1903 to 1914, in which latter year it was acquired by the Burns Indian Trading Company, which then promptly went bankrupt. The company not only sold Indian souvenirs but also published postcards which had a unique sketchy quality, making them instantly recognizable.”281 He was the secretary of the Naugle Pole and Tie Company of Chicago. He and his wife both died 27 Jul 1914, near Lake Forest, IL, “when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a fast passenger train on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad.”282 They were on their way to an operatic performance at Ravinia Park. According to another article, “The car was struck at a grade crossing on the county line road.” According to the Chicago Tribune, James’ mother was visiting and with her was James and Alice’s 7-year old daughter Mary. She stated, “They were all so happy when they left. They had their lunch baskets… They intended to go out in Ravinia or Highland Park somewhere and have their lunch….:” When she was first informed of the accident she was told that her son and his wife were merely injured. Later when told they had died she fainted.283 Two others, William P. Bowring, and Edmund H. Wonderle, were also killed, and four others were injured. James and Alice are both buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA.284

277 Buffalo Morning Express, 25 Oct 1903. They were married at 101 West 77th St., New York, NY. She is called “Mrs. Alice Douglas Bradford.” 278 Ancestry.com: US Passport Applications, 1795-1925. Her passport application is dated 17 Jan 1911. 279 Arizona Republic, 28 Sep 1903. 280 Buffalo Morning Express, 25 Oct 1903 281 http://www.csulb.edu/~odinthor/socal8a.html see also, http://www.one-name.org/profiles/benham.html 282 Daily Illinois State Register, (newspaper), July 28, 1914. 283 Chicago Tribune, 28 Jul 1914. 284 findagrave.com: James William Benham . His ashes are buried in Lot 20, Plot 15. 40

Child:

107. Mary Douglas Benham, b. 11 Jan 1907; d. 10 Dec 1988; m.(1st) Francis Andrews Galligan; m. (2nd) Claren Emmett Duke

(51) MARY HULL BENHAM (Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 1 Oct 1870, in Indianapolis, IN. She married Edward Coleman Page, 17 Dec 1891, in Cincinnati, OH. He was born 27 Jan 1868, in Cincinnati, OH, and died 15 Oct 1925, in Chicago, IL.285 He was the son of Henry J. Page and Kate Lane.286 Mary died 27 Aug 1932, in Columbus, OH.287 She and Edward are both buried in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, OH.288

Children, born in Chicago, IL:

108. Mary Katherine Page, b. 27 Sep 1892; d. 17 Dec 1985; m. Frederick Holman Waring 109. Henry John Page, b. 1 May 1897; d. 19 Nov 1970; m. Mary Collord 110. Laurens Benham Page, b. 23 Nov 1903; d. 16 Aug 1974; m. Imogene Letitia Edwards

(52) ETHEL SIBLEY BENHAM (Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 5 Oct 1873, in Indianapolis, IN. She married Rollo Stewart Bassett, 13 Sep 1893, in Hamilton Co., OH.289 He was born in 9 Mar 1872 in Cincinnati, OH, and was the son of Charles F. Bassett and Bertha Stewart. He died 10 Apr 1941, in Chicago.290 He was district manager for the Alexander Lumber Company, having moved to Champaign, IL, in 1908.291 Ethel died 28 Nov 1953, in Joliet, IL. They are both buried in the Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH.292

285 “Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947,” familysearch.org. His occupation is given as “District Manager.” 286 Ibid. (The death record gives his parents’ names). 287 “Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953,” familysearch.org. Her death record gives her date and place of death, date and place of birth, and her parents and spouse’s name. 288 findagrave.com: Mary Benham Page . Lot 20, Plot 15. 289 “Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994,” familysearch.org. 290 “Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947,” familysearch.org. 291 J. R. Stewart, A Standard History of Champaign County, Illinois, 1918. 292 findagrave.com: Ethel Benham Bassett 41

Children:

111. Stewart Sibley Bassett, b. 2 Nov 1894; d. 30 Apr 1971; m. (1st) Frances Marie Heater; m. (2nd) Betty Jane Ellerman 112. Margaret Benham Basset, b. 22 Aug 1902; d. 12 May 1979; m. Paul Howard Leach

(54) HENRY LAURENS BENHAM JR., (Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 2 Jan 1879, in Indianapolis, IN. He married Katherine Carthage Cunningham, 26 Oct 1909, in Gallup, NM. She was born 9 Jul 1882, in Carthage, NM, the daughter of Alexander Cunningham and Margaret Robinson Bowie.293 She died 26 Jun 1964, in Williams, AZ. Henry died 22 Oct 1973, in Prescott, AZ, at age 94. According to his obituary in the Williams News,294 he was a “well known and respected rancher, railroader, and forest ranger.”

Mr. Benham died Oct. 22 at Yavapai Community Hospital in Prescott where he had been a patient since June. He was a native of Indiana, but spent his childhood and early youth in Cincinnati. He headed west in 1900, settling first in New Mexico where he worked as a cowboy for Will C. Barnes. Barnes later authored the book “Arizona Place Names,” and Benham assisted Barnes in identifying many area landmarks. In 1907 Mr. Benham went to work for the Forest Service. He helped with prairie dog control programs in Colorado and was sent to Arizona in 1909. It was also in 1909 that he married Katherine C. Cunningham, whom he had met previously in New Mexico. Their first home was at Camp Clover ranger station west of Williams, where they lived in a log cabin. Benham's ranger district at this time covered 14 townships, and he worked with a partner Willard Sevier. They rode horseback and packed into every part of their district, mapping and recording canyons, mountains, creeks and springs. The pay was $75 a month and the men had to feed their own horses. In 1912 Benham homesteaded a place about four miles south of Williams. In 1918 he went to work for Santa Fe Railroad. “Just to help out through the winter,” he remarked once. His “helping out” stretched to 30 years, and he retired from Santa Fe in 1948 after serving as everything “from call boy to relief agent.” Mr. Benham's wife taught school here for several years. The Benhams were active in fraternal and church affairs, and for many years the annual St. John's Episcopal Church July 4 barbecue was held at Benham ranch. The family constructed a picnic and recreation area, and many organizations and families held

293 See http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/v/David-W-Ravie/GENE15-0008.html 294 Williams News, Oct. 25, 1973, p. 1. 42 outings there during the summer months. The Benhams were active in IOOF and Rebekah lodge, and several years ago Mr. Benham received a 50 year membership pin from the IOOF lodge. Even in advanced age, Mr. Benham had a young outlook, and kept active -- going deer hunting with his grandsons when he was well past the age when most men are taking things easy. He always had a garden, worked many hours gathering and cutting firewood, and in general retained the life-long habits of a pioneer….

Children:

113. Anna Margaret Benham, b. 9 Nov 1910, Gallup, NM; d. 20 Feb 1925, Gallup, NM; bur. Mt. View Cem., Williams, AZ. She died “due to the results of an accident received while mounting a horse at her home.” 114. Henry Laurens Benham III, b. 25 Dec 1911; d. 5 Sep 2003; m. (1st) Mary Virginia Strawn; m. (2nd) Montyne Vialee (Kemp) Schnell 115. James Edward Benham, b. 15 Apr 1915; d. 17 Sep 1971; m. Ethel Maxine McCoy

(55) LAURENS AMBLER HULL (Charles Henry Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 25 Mar 1891, in Tacoma, WA.295 He married Marian Anna Wieland, 1 Apr 1912, in North Yakima, Wash. She was born 20 Aug 1892, in Bay City, MI, the daughter of Christ Weiland and Catherine Weber.296 Laurens lived in Tacoma, WA,297 and worked as a dispatcher for the Tacoma Transit Company.298 He was a member of Masonic Lodge no. 68. He died 11 Jan 1952, in Tacoma, WA.299 Marian died 31 Dec 1967. 300 They are both buried in the New Tacoma Cemetery, University Place, WA.301

Child:

116. Laurens “Bill” Hull,302 b. 25 Jan 1913, Yakima, Wash.; d. 15 Aug 1973, Pacific, Wash.; bur. New Tacoma Cem.,303 m. (1st) Cleo Evelyn Jones; m. (2nd) Florence M. Jackstadt

295 His middle name and date and place of birth from his WWII Draft Registration card, available on Fold.com. 296 Michigan Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911, Ancestry.com 297 1910, 1930 and 1940 census records. 298 According to his WWII draft registration card. 299 Washington State Death Record, online at Laurens A Hull Death Record His parents’ names are given as Charles H. Hull and Anna B. Locke, and his wife as Marian Hull. His age was 60. No image is available online, and the death record does not give a cause of death or cemetery location. 300 Social Security Death Index. 301 findagrave.com: Laurens A. Hull 302 It is not clear whether Bill was a nickname or his real middle name. 303 fiindagrave.com: Laurens B. Hull 43

(57) RACHEL DORIS HULL (Charles Henry Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 14 Mar 1893, in Roy, Wash. She married Godfrey Oscar Kinberg, 304 19 Apr 1915, in Pierce Co., WA.305 Godfrey was born 27 Jan 1886,306 in Norway, and was the son of John Olaf and Metta Kinberg.307 He worked for Seattle-Tacoma Shipyards.308 He died 8 Feb 1954, in Tacoma, WA.309 Rachel died 26 Apr 1971, in Contra Costa Co., CA. Apparently there were no children.

Children:

117. Marian Gladys Kinberg b. 31 May 1921; d. 21 Dec 2003, Yucaipa, Calif.; m. (1st) Edward RothDenton; m. (2nd) ---- Seibold; m. (3rd) Maynard W. Webb 118. Anita Margarate Kinberg, b. 26 Jun 1922; d. 5 Jan 2008, San Leandro, Calif.; m. (1st) Benjamin R. Grandy; m. (2nd) Roland Francis Christie

(59) MARGARET SHAW (Mary Dorcas Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 30 Aug 1886.310 She married Wilbur Leroy Lafean, 30 Nov 1909, in Chicago.311 He was born 22 Sep 1883, in York, PA. He was the son of Albert Lafean and Ellen Nieman. He died 15 Nov 1935, in Escanaba, MI.312 Margaret died 17 Apr 1979, in Natick, MA,313 and is buried, along with her husband, in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA.314 Upon the death of James W. Benham in 1914, Wilbur took control of the Naugle Pole and Tie Company of Chicago.

Children:

119. Wilbur Leroy Lafean Jr., b. 24 Feb 1911; d. 19 Feb 2005315 120. James William Lafean, b. 1 Jan 1914; d. 14 Nov 2001316

304 His middle name from his WWII draft registration card, available via Fold.com. 305 Washington Marriage Records, online at Washington State Archives Rachel Hull - Godfrey Kinberg marriage 306 WW II draft registration card. 307 His death record gives his parents names, although his father is listed as “John Oluf Kinberg”. 308 WWII draft registration card. 309 Death records, online at Washington State Archives: Death record of Godfrey O Kinberg 310 Mason, p. 71. 311 “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920,” familysearch.org 312 “Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952,” familysearch.org. His death record gives date and place of both birth and death, along with the names of his parents. 313 “Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003,” familysearch.org. The record does not give her birthdate or parents’ names. 314 findagrave.com: Margaret Lafean 315 Social Security Death Index 316 Social Security Death Index 44

121. John Shaw Lafean, b. 20 Dec 1915; d. 11 Apr 1996, Wells, MI;317 m. Evelina Fuguet, 8 Oct 1938 122. Margaret Jane Lafean, b. 10 Jul 1918, Chicago; d. 18 Dec 1997, Tampa. Fl.; m. (1st) Dennis Newton Parker Batty, 23 Jun 1938; he died in England in 1977; m. (2nd) ----- Wessel; before living in Tampa she lived in Atlanta, Ga.; “she was a secretary at the university”318 123. Patricia Lafean, b. 29 Oct 1922; d. 23 Dec 1922, Escanaba, MI 124. Charles Henry Lafean, b. 18 Apr 1924; d. 20 Jun 2003; m. Elizabeth A. Webster 125. Living

(60) HELEN SHAW (Mary Dorcas Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 16 Sep 1888, in Illinois (probably in Chicago). She married Robert Weems Tansill Jr., 3 Jun 1909 in Chicago, IL.319 He was born 24 Feb 1886, in Chicago, and was the son of Robert Weems Tansill Sr., a well-known cigar manufacturer, and Mary Motter. In 1920, he is listed on the census as a salesman, and in 1930 as an insurance broker. Robert died 23 Feb 1965, in Chicago.320 Helen died 18 Dec 1975, also in Chicago. According to an obituary, “Mr. Tansill was a widely known naturalist and conservationist. In 1927 he commissioned a Natural History museum expedition to Alaska to bring back Chicago’s first specimens of Kodiak bears. His collection of arrowheads and early American Indian pottery was considered one of the finest in the country.”321

Children:

126. Mary Jeanne Tansill, b. 17 Jan 1914; d. 21 May 1974, Delray Beach, FL; m. (1st) Harry Sommer Vested; m. (2nd) Durand Smith; m. (3rd) Thomas Marshall Green; Jeanne was at one time president of the women’s board of the Traveler’s Aid. Her first husband Harry was a graduate of Yale Univ. He worked for IBM, before starting the Mart Press, in Chicago. Jeanne’s second husband Durand Smith worked for the US State Department. He was a graduate of Northwestern Univ. and attended Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He also worked for the Dept. of Agriculture and the CIA. 127. Doris H. Tansill, b. 15 Nov 1915; d. 19 Nov 2014, Chicago, IL, at age 99; m. Robert Gardner Anderson. Robert, a graduate of Yale, was an insurance executive and recruiter for the Yale Univ. football team. He died in 1981.

317 Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996 (ancestry.com) 318 http://www.genlookups.com/fl/webbbs_config.pl/read/145 319 “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920,” familysearch.org 320 http://history.wilmettelibrary.info/1710986/data?n=1 321 Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb 1965. 45

128. Robert Weems Tansill III, b. 23 Feb 1918; d. May 7, 2007; m. Margielou Meinig

(61) DORIS SHAW (Mary Dorcas Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 2 Apr 1893, in Cook Co., IL. She married Robert Harvey Smith, 21 Jun 1917, in Highland Park, IL. He was born 25 Feb 1892, in California, and died 9 Mar 1977,322 in Orange Co., CA.323 He was the son of William C. and Evelyn Smith.324 Robert is listed as a manager, on the 1930 census. Doris died 21 Jun 1984, and is buried in El Toro Memorial Park.325

Children:

129. Robert Harvey Smith Jr., b. Aug. 1, 1918; d. July 4, 2004; m. Phyllis Victoria Roberts 130. Dorcas Shaw Smith, b. Apr. 16, 1922; d. Sept. 10, 2010; m. Rev. Dan Ambler Norton Bacot

(62) WALTER BURUCKER HULL326 (William Ambler Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 16 Jul 1887, in Cedar Rapids, IA. He married, first, Laura V. Russell, 3 Jun 1913, in Des Moines, IA.327 She was born 12 Jan 1891 and died 11 Oct 1937.328 He married, second, Muriel (Arthur) Trewin,329 in 1945, in Cedar Rapids. She was the widow of Harold R. Trewin. There were no children. Walter lived in Chicago and was a custom tailor, until his retirement. He died 22 Oct 1963, in Aurora, IL. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.330 His widow Muriel died in 1973.331

(63) ISABEL LOUISE HULL (William Ambler Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 21 Feb 1891, in Cedar Rapids, IA. She married Charles Darius Guy, 24 Jun 1913, in Cedar Rapids.332 He was born 18 May 1889, in Cedar Rapids, IA. He was a tailor.333 At one time he

322 findagrave.com: Robert H. Smith 323 California, Death Index, 1940-1997, familysearch.org. 324 He is listed with them on the 1900 census, in Pasadena. 325 findagrave.com: Doris Smith 326 Middle name from WWII draft registration, online at familysearch.org. In 1942, he lived in Aurora. 327 “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” – familysearch.org. 328 “Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947,” familysearch.org 329 She was born in about 1891 in NY, and was the widow of Harold Trewin, who died in 1942. 330 findagrave.co: Walter B. Hull 331 findagrave.com: Muriel Trewin Hull 332 “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” – familysearch.org. 333 Bloomington Pantagraph, 12 Sep 1955. 46 had lived in Spokane, WA, but moved to Sedalia, Missouri334 and later to Bloomington, IL. He was manager of the Glasgow Tailoring Co. in Sedalia, a men’s clothing store which in 1921 opened a store in Bloomington, IL. He died 11 Sep 1955, in Galesburg, IL.335 Isabelle died 3 Jun 1973, in Sullivan, IL, and is buried in the Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington.336

Children:

131. Thomas Hull Guy, b. 28 Sep 1914, Sedalia, MO; d. 3 Oct 1988, Bloomington, IL; bur. Funks Grove Cem., McLean, IL;337 m. Virginia Shannon, who died 10 Sep 2016 at the age of 101. Thomas was a Sgt. in World War II in the Air Force, and a graduate of the Univ. of Oregon. He owned and operated Guy’s Custom Tailor Shop for 22 years, in Bloomington. Two daughters. 132. Ida Mae Guy, b. 3 Oct 1916, Sedalia, MO; d. Jan 1991, St. Louis, MO; m. David Read 133. Living

(64) HENRY MARCUS HULL (William Ambler Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 28 Jun 1897, in Cedar Rapids, IA.338 He married Ann Mary Faulkner, 11 Oct 1926. She was born in June 1894 in Indiana. She was the daughter of Edward Emmet Faulkner and Beatrice Shook. On the 1930 census he is listed, in Indianapolis, as an auditor for a telephone company. Henry died 9 Jan 1985, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN.339

Children:

134. Mary Isabel Hull, b. 4 Aug 1927, Indianapolis, IN; d. 25 Oct 2002, Indianapolis, IN; bur. Crown Hill Cem., Indianapolis; unmarried. She was an administrative assistant in the pharmaceutical business. 135. Julia Hull Faulkner b. 16 Aug 1929; d. 29 Jun 2012; m. (1st) Conrad Chester Casler; m. (2nd) Dr. Richard Corey Eschenbach

(65) MARGARET FRANCES HULL HANNEGAN (Frances Colwell Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 27 May 1888, in Cedar Rapids, IA. She married Leroy Kramer, 17 Feb 1912, in

334 Spokane Daily Chronicle, June 30, 1913. 335 findagrave.com: Charles D. Guy ; also Bloomington Pantagraph, 12 Sep 1955 (newspapers.com). 336 findagrave.com: Isabelle Guy 337 findagrave.com: Thomas Hull Guy 338 Iowa Births and Christenings, 1857-1947, Ancestry.com 339 findagrave.com: Henry M. Hull 47

Chicago, IL.340 He was born 19 Aug 1875, in Wichita, KS. He died 10 Apr 1954, in Cook County, IL. He was the son of Henry Theodore Kramer and America Baynum. He had been married previously to Ethel Davis Gray, who died in 1910.341 He was assistant vice president of the Rock Island Railroad, then vice president of the Pullman Company, and in 1924, began work at the General American Transportation Corporation, where he retired as president. Margaret died 19 Sep 1973, in Chicago. She was called Margery Hull Kramer.

Children, born in Chicago:

136. Julia Hull Kramer, b. 5 Jun 1913; d. 31 Jul 1964; m. Richard Morey Lamport 137. Leroy Kramer, b. 13 Jan 1915; d. 2 Jun 2004; m. Elizabeth Gillespie 138. Henry Theodore Kramer, b. 8 Apr 1917; d. 15 Nov 2004; m. Living

(66) HARRIS BENJAMIN HULL (Harry Edward Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 23 May 1909, in Williamsburg, IA.342 He married, first, Bernice Stephens, 22 May 1936, in Washington, D.C.343 She was born in Texas 8 Jul 1915, and was the daughter of W. C. J. Stephens and Ethel Edwards of San Antonio. This marriage ended in divorce. Harris married, second, Jeanne Lejeune Glennon, 1 Jan 1954, in Alexandria, VA. She died 22 Mar 1992. Harris B. Hull was a brigadier general in the US Air Force. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business of Economics with a bachelor of science degree in 1930. After receiving a commission through the ROTC program, and being in the Army Reserve, in 1938 he was called to active duty at Langley Field, Va. He helped publicize the capabilities of the new B-17 Flying Fortress. During World War II, he was both a journalist and a combat intelligence officer. He continued to work with the Army and Air Force in a similar capacity after the war. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1960. In 1963, he worked for a time at NASA, retiring in 1986. “For most of his years at the agency, he had the title of special assistant to the Administrator and concentrated on public affairs.”344 He had also written numerous articles on military matters, many of them published in the Washington Post.345 He died 29 Jan 1993, at Sibley Hospital, Washington, DC,346 and is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.347

Children:

340 “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920,” familysearch.org 341 findagrave.com: Leroy Kramer (but grave location is unknown). 342 “Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935,” familysearch.org 343 “District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950,” familysearch.org 344 New York Times, 2 Feb 1993. 345 Wikipedia: Harris B. Hull 346 New York Times, 2 Feb 1993. 347 findagrave.com: Harris B. Hull 48

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(67) CARA ELOISE BEEM (Cara Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 30 Aug 1881, Du Quoin, IL. She died 24 Sep 1940, in Ventura County, CA.348 Eloise married Walter Stephen Waring, 24 Nov 1908. He was born 14 Sep 1873, in California, and died 31 Aug 1958, in Ventura Co., CA.349 He was born on Buckhorn Ranch, Ventura Co., CA, and was the son of Benjamin Franklin Waring and Missouri Docas Easley.350 Walter owned an orange grove in Piru, and Eloise was a school teacher.

Child:

143. Stephen Dudley Waring, b. July 17, 1910; d. Sept. 15, 1987; m. Lois Elizabeth Peck

(68) WIRT FOWLER BEEM (Cara Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 7 Feb 1884, in Du Quoin, IL. He died 2 Dec 1973, in San Leandro, CA.351 He married Gladys Myfanwy Hughes, 24 Aug 1914, in Alameda Co., CA. He was a lawyer, and lived in San Leandro, CA. Later he lived in Hayward, and was a circuit court judge.352 Gladys was born 18 Mar 1884, in Oakland, CA, the daughter of Humphrey Hughes and Ada Mills.353 She died 22 Jul 1982, in Contra Costa County, CA.354

Children:

144. Stafford Everett Beem, b. 11 Oct 1915, Oakland, CA; d. 21 Jul 1927, San Leandro, CA 145. Dorothy Joan Beem, b. 26 May 1918, Oakland, CA; d. 8 May 2010; m. (1st) Robert Elmer Crawford; m. (2nd) George Howard Pence, 23 Apr 1948. She was a graduate of the Univ. of California in 1938, with a B.A. degree in English. She lived in Lafayette, CA355

348 “California, Death Index, 1940-1997,” familysearch.org. Note, she is listed under Eloise, not Cara. 349 “California, Death Index, 1940-1997,” familysearch.org. 350 According to a family tree on ancestry.com. 351 “California, Death Index, 1940-1997,” familysearch.org. 352Information from Alma Beasley. 353 "California, Births and Christenings, 1812-1988," index, FamilySearch 354 "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch 355 Obituary in Contra Costa Times on May 26, 2010, available from Legacy.Com 50

(69) LILA W. BEEM (Cara Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 16 Dec 1885,356 in Du Quoin, IL. She died 21 Jan 1949, in Los Angeles Co., CA.357 She married Frank Chase DeSellem, 2 Feb 1920, in California. Chase was born 6 Mar 1884, in Pleasant Valley, IA. He was the son of George Brown DeSellem and Mary Ann Gaunt. Lila was a nurse and lived in Los Angeles. Chase was a railroad conductor, with the Southern Pacific Railroad.358 He died 20 Sep 1961,359 in Los Angeles, CA.

Child:

146.Living.

(70) RALPH HARMON HUTCHINS (Cara Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 9 Nov 1893, 360 in Escondido, CA. He died 22 Nov 1975.361 He married first, Evelyn Salome Kriess, in September 1919. She was born 12 Mar 1901, and died 10 Dec 1951,362 in Oakland, CA. Ralph married, second, Mary Huntley. This marriage ended in divorce after about two years. He married, third, Ettamae Moselle (Hanson) Kole. Ettamae was born 23 Sep 1902, in Utah. She died 31 Dec 1979, in Sutter Co., CA.363 Ralph was a painting contractor and paperhanger for over 35 years. He had been a master sergeant in World War I. In 1930 and 1940 he lived in Oakland. In 1966, Ralph Hutchins lived in Yuba City, CA.

Children, by his first wife Evelyn:

147. (unnamed?), b. and d. abt. 1934 148. (unnamed?), b. and d. abt. 1937 149. Donald Hutchins, b. Jul 1920; d. Jul 1920, Oakland, CA 150. Living 151. Living 152. Living

356From family members, but needs further proof. California Death Index (cited above) gives a birthdate of December 10, 1885. 357 California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch 358 Information from Alma Beasley. 359 "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch 360 "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch 361 Ibid. 362 "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch 363 "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch 51

(72) ELIZABETH SHIRLEY HUTCHINS (Cara Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 3 Jan 1902, in California.364 She died 2 May 2001, in CA.365 In May 1923, Shirley married Henry Jesper Masvik, who was born 17 Jul 1900,366 and died 29 May 1996, in Elk Grove, CA. They lived in Oakland during the 1960s, and later in Redding, CA. Shirley had a business education and did office work. Henry was a mechanic who worked for Hills Bros. Coffee Co. in San Francisco.

Child:

153. Cara Hazel Masvik, b. 15 Nov 1924; d. 3 Aug 1994; m. (1st) Gordon Harper; m. (2nd) Robert Lee Hargrove

(73) JOHN HINSDALE NEELY (Lucia Hull Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 18 Dec 1881 in DuQuoin, IL. He died 11 Apr 1917, of tuberculosis; and is buried in the Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, CA.367 John H. Neely graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in June 1905. He had a strong interest in biology and botany, but decided to study law after his graduation. In 1910 he moved with the family to Pomona, CA. There he opened a law office and was city attorney of Claremont. Later he practiced law in Pasadena. In April 1913 he was stricken with typhoid fever, and tuberculosis followed. His mother Lucia Neely wrote, “to a young man in the very beginning of his career, with all doors apparently opening before him, and full of the joy of life, such a blow can hardly be estimated.” According to his obituary in the Pomona Progress, “No one ever came in close contact with John Neely that did not come to like him. He was…generous, loyal, happy, honorable to the last degree, and richly equipped in mind.”

(74) MARY RUTH NEELY (Lucia Hull Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 10 Sep 1884, in Du Quoin, IL. She died Jan 1968, in Claremont, CA, and is buried in Oak Park Cemetery.368

364 Social Security Death Index 365 Ibid. 366 Social Security Death Index. 367 findagrave.com: John Hinsdale Neely 368 findagrave.com: Ruth Neely Carter 52

Ruth married Allan John Carter 29 Jan 1916, in Claremont, CA. He was born 11 Sep 1885, in Morris, IL, and was the son of Orrin Carter and Janet Steven. Ruth entered Wellesley College in 1903 and graduated in 1907. She also attended Northwestern University. She taught for three years in Albion and Aurora, IL. Later she studied one semester at the University of California at Berkeley, where she obtained a high school teacher's credential. In 1911 she began teaching grammar, English, and medieval and modern history at Claremont High School. Allan was an attorney, practicing in Evanston, IL, and Pomona, CA. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois and Northwestern University law school. He was a one-term member of the Illinois state legislature and served as a delegate to the 1948 Democratic Convention; the family lived in Evanston until 1935 when they moved to California. Ruth was treasurer of the Claremont Intercultural Council and president of the League of Women Voters.

Children:

154. Janet Neely Carter, b. 24 Feb 1917, Evanston, IL; d. 26 Jan 2005, San Francisco, CA; m. Carl William Carsten. Janet graduated from Stanford University with a degree in social work. 155. James Edward Carter (adopted), b. 13 Aug 1923; d. 31 May 1985; m. (1st) Barbara Tillman; m. (2nd) Ann ----- 156. Helen Louise Carter (adopted), b. 25 Aug 1926; d. 19 Jan 2014; m. George Stephen Fountain

(75) CLARA GRACE NEELY (Lucia Hull Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 14 Aug 1886, in Evanston, IL. She died 21 Jan 1972, and is buried in Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, CA.369 She married Claude Wyman Payne, 21 Jun 1917, in Claremont, CA. He was born 12 Jun 1886, in Diagonal, Iowa,370 the son of Alva A. Payne and Emma M. Brown. Claude's first wife, Lucile Pier, had died after a year or two of marriage. Claude did office work for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He became ill, with encephalitis, and later developed Parkinson's

369 findagrave.com Clara Neely Payne 370 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch 53 disease and was unable to work for many years. He died 7 Jul 1949, in San Bernardino Co., CA. Clara attended Wellesley College and graduated from Northwestern University. She and her family moved to California about 1925. She received a master's degree from Claremont College. She taught at a junior high school in Fontana for about 15 years and later at Chaffey High School and Chaffey College, in Ontario, CA. Among her students were all three of her children. She retired from Chaffey College in about 1957 and after that time taught briefly at Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga.

Children:

157. John Montgomery Payne, b. 29 Jul 1918; d. 23 Oct 1982; m. Janet Benton; no children. John was vice president of development of Claremont McKenna College for 25 years, primarily involved in fund raising 158. Mary Lucile Payne, b. 30 May 1921; d. 11 Oct 1997, Santa Barbara, CA; m. Donald Franklin Williams, 19 Jul 1942. They lived in Santa Barbara, where Don owned a paper box factory 159. Charles Hull Payne, b. 27 May 1923; d. 18 Apr 2000, Bozeman, Mt.; unmarried. He graduated in 1950 from Oberlin College, with a degree in music, and was a piano teacher.

(78) ANNA CHARLOTTE NEELY (Lucia Hull Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 28 Feb 1893 in Evanston, IL. She died 31 Dec 1980, in Claremont, CA, and is buried in the Oak Park Cemetery. Charlotte graduated from Pomona College in 1915. She was a YWCA secretary at San Jose State Normal College and later spent nine years in China in a similar capacity. When she returned she studied law, graduating from the University of California in 1932. She was associated with a law firm for a short time, then became supervisor of child welfare and attendance for the Pomona Schools until her retirement in 1958. In 1946 she became the first woman elected to the Claremont City Council.371 She also taught classes at Claremont Graduate School on laws relating to children.

(79) DOROTHY LOUISE NEELY (Lucia Hull Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 28 Feb 1895, in Evanston, IL. She died 22 May 1974, in Silver Spring, MD; and is

371 https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/news/t18073-mayors 54 buried in Oak Park Cemetery.372 She married Lowell Clark Pratt, 21 May 1918, in Claremont, CA. Lowell Pratt was born 31 Dec 1894, in Pomona, CA, the son of Harry Stillman Pratt and Alice Maud Clark. He received a degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1920. He was editor and part-owner of the Selma, CA, Enterprise from 1926 to 1947. During World War II, he spoke out for the rights of Japanese-Americans who had been sent to internment camps. He wrote a book, A Weekly Miracle, which describes his experiences as editor of the Enterprise. In 1947 he became the first director of public relations at San Jose State University and taught journalism there. She moved with her parents to California in 1910 and graduated from Pomona College in 1917. She was a member of the War Price and Rationing Board during World War II. She was a member of the Elementary School Board of Trustees for 14 years. Dorothy and Lowell Pratt moved to Wheaton, MD, in 1968, to be with their daughter.

Child:

160. Lucia Alice Pratt, b. 5 Apr 1922, Pomona, CA; d. 7 Feb 2008, Sterling, VA; bur. Parklawn Cem., Rockville, MD;373 m. Kenneth Gordon Gilbertson. Lucia graduated in 1943 from the Univ. of California at Berkeley, with a degree in journalism. Besides raising her four children, she worked for a time as a reporter for a local newspaper, and later, in the Public Relations office at Montgomery College, Rockville, MD

(80) HELEN ALBERT FISH (Edward Hinsdale Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 30 May 1899,374 in Fruitvale, CA.375 She died 2 Sep 1981, in Lewiston, ID, and is buried in the Normal Hill Cemetery.376 She married Edward Joseph McCann, 12 Dec 1935, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born 27 Nov 1902, in Ashland, WI, the son of Joseph Patrick McCann and Clara Beck. He died 13 Apr 1986. Helen graduated from Pomona College, in California. She taught for several years in Oregon and for seven years in Hawaii. On the 1940 census, Edward is listed as a farmer, living in Lewiston, ID.

372 findagrave.com: Dorothy Neely Pratt 373 findagrave.com: Lucia Pratt Gilbertson 374 Gravestone. 375 Place of birth: Ancestry.com. California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957. 376 findagrave.com: Helen McCann 55

Children:

161. Living 162. Patrick Hinsdale McCann, b. 20 Jun 1943, Lewiston, ID; d. 26 Apr 1998; bur. Normal Hill Cem.377

(81) EDWARD HINSDALE “BUD” FISH JR. (Edward Hinsdale Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 1 Aug 1900, in Marysville, CA. He died 14 Nov 1981, in Clackamas Co., OR, and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, OR.378 He married Lois Thelma Johnston 28 Jun 1933, in Columbia Co., OR. She was the daughter of Jacob Johnston and Clara Ann Davis. Edward moved to Oregon with his parents in 1906. He attended Oregon State College and was a Pacific Coast champion wrestler for three years. He worked in a paper mill. Lois Johnston Fish received a B.S. degree from Oregon State in 1929. Lois worked with the Post Office for 30 years after her husband became ill.

Children:

159 . Edward Jacob Fish, b. 7 Oct 1934, Portland, OR; d. 23 Dec 1991, Des Moines, WA; bur. Mt. View Cem.;379 m. Living; divorced 160 . Clara Ann Fish, b. 8 Feb 1936; d. 26 Mar 1936 161 . Living

(82) SHIRLEY JANE FISH (Edward Hinsdale Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 30 Oct 1906, in Prosper, OR. She died 2 Mar 2013, Springfield, OR, at age of 106, and is buried in the Rest Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, OR.380 She married Guy Samuel Wright, 15 Jul 1928, in Lane Co., OR. He was born 3 Apr 1899, in Binbrook, Ontario, Canada, the son of Samuel Wright and Emma Jane Martindale. He died 13 Jan 1982 in Eugene, OR. Guy graduated from high school in Victoria, BC, and attended the University of Washington for four years. He moved

377 findagrave.com: Patrick Hinsdale McCann 378 findagrave.com: Edward H. Fish Jr. 379 findagrave.com: Edward Jacob Fish 380 findagrave.com: Shirley Wright 56 to Springfield, OR, in 1923, with his parents and three brothers, where they founded Wrights' Hardware and Furniture store, on Main Street in Springfield. They owned the store from 1931 to 1964. Shirley attended the University of Oregon, and graduated from the Eugene Business School; she worked as a secretary at the University of Oregon until 1939.

Children:

162. Living 163. Living

(83) DANIEL WESLEY FISH (Edward Hinsdale Fish, Edward Fowler Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 6 Jun 1911, in Bandon, OR. He died 25 Apr 1971, in Coos Co., OR, and is buried in Norway Cemetery, Norway, OR.381 He married Dorothy Lucille Bunch, 19 Aug 1937, in Coos Co. She was born 27 Jun 1911, in Coquille, OR, the daughter of Levi Logan Bunch and Laura Lois Hermann. She died 8 Nov 1988, in Coos Co. Daniel was a farmer and businessman in Coquille. He was at one time a manager with Union Oil Company. Later he owned a dairy and his wife operated a restaurant, Fish's Dairy Bar, which featured ice-cream.

Children:

164. Living 165. Living 166. Daniel Bunch Fish, b. 20 Nov 1944, Myrtle Point, OR; d. 6 Aug 1972, Medford, OR; bur. Norway Cem. ;382 m. Living. He died as a result of an automobile accident, his car collided with a log truck. He was a Vietnam War veteran. 167. Living

(84) REV. JAMES MCKEE MOFFETT (Mary Alice Fish, Charles Hull Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 28 Feb 1905, in Pyongyang, in what is now North Korea. He died 23 Dec 1986, in Penny Farms, FL. He married Eleanor Elizabeth Prosser, 12 Jun 1936, in New York, NY. Eleanor was born 6 Sep 1905, in Ohio, the daughter of Thomas Dixon Prosser and Eleanor Pearl Holtz. She died 5 Nov 1993, in Penny Farms, FL.

381 findagrave.com: Daniel Fish 382 findagrave.com: Daniel Bunch Fish 57

James and Eleanor lived in Newark, NJ, in 1940. He was pastor of the Old First Presbyterian Church there, in 1942.

Children:

168. Living 169. Living 170. Living 171. Living

(85) REV. CHARLES HULL MOFFETT (Mary Alice Fish, Charles Hull Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 12 Jun 1908, in Korea. He died 28 Dec 1976, in Youngstown, OH.383 He married Marian Emma Hutton, 11 Apr 1936, in Southington, CT. She was born 22 Feb 1909, in Southington, and was the daughter of Peter Hutton and Etta Ellrich. She died 7 Dec 2000, in Canfield, OH.384 Charles graduated from Wheaton College. He and his wife were missionaries from 1938 to 1952, in Punjab, India. He was also a physician. From 1964 to 1969 he was pastor of the Lexington Presbyterian Church, in Indiana.

Children:

172. Living 173. Living 174. Living 175. Living 176. Living

(88) FLETCHER THOMAS FISH (Theodore Johnston Fish, Thomas Fletcher Fish,, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 13 Nov 1886, in San Francisco, CA. He died 13 Jun 1963, in Medford, OR, and is buried in the Siskiyou Memorial Park.385 He married, first, Edith Archibald, 12 Jun 1917, in Alameda Co., CA. She was born 21 Dec 1886, and died 13 Oct 1937. He married,

383 Ohio Deaths 1908-1932, 1938-2007, Ancestry.com 384 http://youngstown-genealogy-website.tripod.com/fullobits.htm 385 findagrave.com: Fletcher T. Fish 58 second, Jean Garman, 11 Nov 1939, in Eugene, OR.386 She was born 16 Sep 1911, in Portland, OR, and died 13 Mar 2008, in Medford, OR. Jean married, second, Marrs Gibbons. Fletcher came to Jackson Co., OR, in 1905, and purchased an orchard in the Phoenix area. For many years he was state fruit inspector. He was also active in the musical development of Southern Oregon. “As a member of the Andrews Opera company, and other musical organizations, he was active in the promotion of musical and theatrical presentations in Oregon. He was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and sang in the choir for many years.”387 Jean was a graduate of the University of Oregon. After marriage, “Jean went to work at Camp White as a property manager in the quartermaster corps. Following the war, when Camp White was converted into the Veterans Administration Domiciliary, Jean began a career at the domiciliary which would last twenty-seven years. She advanced to fiscal officer, one of only 11 women in the country to hold the position at the time.”

Child, by his second wife Jean:

177. Fletcher David Fish, b. 23 Sep 1944; d. 12 Oct 2001, Portland, OR; bur. Siskiyou Mem. Park; ummarried

(89) EDITH MERSEREAU FISH (Theodore Johnston Fish, Thomas Fletcher Fish,, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 4 Nov 1889, in Oakland, CA. She died 30 Aug 1983, in Medford, OR, and is buried in the Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery.388 She married William Alexander Thompson, 23 Aug 1914, in Phoenix, OR. He was born 23 Aug 1866, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He died 15 Jun 1928, in Central Point, OR. William is listed as a farmer in 1920, living in Willow Springs, Ore. His parents were from Ireland, according to the census. He owned a large ranch near Central point and was well liked and popular. William and Edith went to British Columbia for their honeymoon. Edith graduated from Mills College in Oakland.389 According to his obituary, William died “at his on Glen Ridge orchard on the old stage road near Central Point, Oregon, after an illness of several months. Born in Montreal, Canada, Mr. Thompson’s parents moved to Bloomfield, New Jersey while he was still a baby. Sixteen years ago he came to the Rogue River valley and he resided on his orchard during that time.”390 On the 1930 census, Edith lived in Phoenix, Ore., next door to her brother Theodore. She was a grade school teacher.

386 Portland Oregonian, 12 Nov 1939, retrieved via genealogybank.com. She is called the daughter of Mr.s I. N. Garman. 387 Medford Mail Tribune, 14 Jan 1963. 388 findagrave.com: Edith Fish Thompson 389 Ashland Tidings, 27 Aug 1914. 390 Medford Mail Tribune, 16 Jun 1928. 59

Children, born in Central Point, OR:

178. Mary Jarvie Thompson, b. 10 May 1917; d. 3 Jun 2007; m. Robert A, Naumes. From her obituary: “In 1931, in the depths of the Great Depression, at the age of 14, Mary Jarvie traveled alone to Pyongyang, now the capital of North Korea, to live with her uncle and aunt, Dr. Samuel A. and Lucia Fish Moffett and attended the Pyongyang Foreign School. In 1933, she returned to the Rogue Valley and, skipping her junior year, graduated from Phoenix High School in 1934. In 1937, at the age of 20, she graduated from Southern Oregon Normal School (now Southern Oregon University) and was hired to teach third grade at the Riverside School in Grants Pass…In the 1950's and 60's, Jarvie was involved in Sacred Heart Parish where she served as President of St. Anne's Altar Society and as a Cub Scout den mother for her sons. For thirty-five years she served on the Sacred Heart Hospital (later Providence) Hospital Community Advisory Board and she was a member of the Petunias. Mrs. Naumes was a very creative person who enjoyed painting, knitting, antiques, and architecture, but her greatest pleasure, aside from world-wide travel, was playing bridge, an activity she continued up to her 90th birthday…” 179. Virginia Patricia Thompson, b. 17 Mar 1919; d. 20 Oct 2004; m. Frank Robertson Alley Jr., 28 Apr 1947; Frank died 21 Jun 2000, in Medford, OR. He was co- owner of the Alley Bros. Lumber Co. Patricia “was employed in the Jackson County Clerk's office and was head teller at the Medford branch of U.S. Bank. During the Second World War she was a regular volunteer at the Wing Inn Canteen at the Medford airport… She was a long-time member of the Rogue Valley Country Club, the Colony Club, and was a founding member of the Gold Diggers of the Southern Oregon Historical Society.”391

(90) CAROL SEARS FISH (Theodore Johnston Fish, Thomas Fletcher Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 18 Feb 1892, in Oakland, CA. She died 5 Jun 1983, in Norfolk, VA. She married Charles Brittain Drake, 21 Apr 1913, in Rockland, NY. He was born 31 Jul 1889, in Warrensburg, MO.392 The family moved to Norfolk, VA, by 1919. known by his middle name, Brittain died 29 Jun 1961, in Norfolk.

Children:

180. Charles Brittain Drake Jr. b. 6 May 1919, Norfolk, VA; d. 28 May 2009; m. Martha Jeanne Godwin; he served in the Merchant Marines during World

391 Obituaries in Mail Tribune 392 Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 60

War II; lived on a boat for 26 years and was president of CB Drake & Son General Contractors; 393 Martha died Sep 1988 181. Living 182. Living

(91) SIBYL VALENTINE FISH (Theodore Johnston Fish, Thomas Fletcher Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 5 Jul 1893, in Oakland, CA. She died 21 Dec 1979, in Medford, OR, and is buried in Siskiyou Memorial Park, in Medford.394 She married Burdette Lynde Dodge Jr. He was born 14 Apr 1887, in Akron, OH, the son of Burdette Lynde and Nellie Dodge. He died 18 Feb 1964, probably in Medford, OR.

Children:

183. Carol Raymond Dodge, b. 10 Jun 1915; d. 18 Jul 2002; bur. Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Medford, OR; m. Wilton Albert White 184. Living

(92) THEODORE JOHNSTON FISH JR. (Theodore Johnston Fish, Thomas Fletcher Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 18 Jun 1895, in Oakland, CA. He died 28 Aug 1967, in Jackson Co., OR, and is buried in the Siskiyou Memorial Park.395 He married Margaret Clara Brown, 1 Mar 1924. She was born 16 Apr 1902, in Iowa, the daughter of Elmer John Brown and Etta Mae Stone. She died 22 Jun 1983, in Multinomah Co., OR.

Children:

185. Theodore Johnston Fish III, b. 24 Dec 1926; d. 17 Aug 2013; m. Living 186. Living 187. Living

(94) LAURENS HULL FISH (Azel Hull Fish, Thomas Fletcher Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 25 Oct 1903 in New York. He died 18 Dec 2000, probably in Ridgewood, NJ.396 He

393 Obituary in PilotOnline.com 394 findagrave.com: Sibyl Dodge 395 findagrave.com: Theodore J. Fish Jr. 396 Social Security Death Index 61 married Marion Edith Monks, 18 Jul 1936, in New Haven, CT. She was born 20 Aug 1903, in Connecticut, and died 24 Sep 2001.397 She was the daughter of Leon and Ida Monks.398 Laurens graduated from Duke University in 1933, and was an industrial economist in New York City.399 Marion was a graduate of Elmira College.400

Child:

188. Living

(96) DR. HOWARD FERGUS MOFFETT (Lucia Hester Fish, Thomas Fletcher Fish, Lucia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 16 Aug 1917, in Pyongyang, in what is now North Korea. He died 2 Jun 2013, in Santa Barbara, CA. He married Margaret Delphia (“Delle”) Mackenzie. She was the daughter of Harold B. Mackenzie Sr. and Rachel Geraldine Blanchard. She died 20 Jan 2010, in Santa Barbara, CA. Howard was a graduate of Wheaton College in 1939, and later from Northwestern University Medical School. They moved to New Orleans in 1943, and during World War II he was a medical officer for a flotilla of ships in the South Pacific. Following the war, he was a missionary briefly in China and then in Korea, where he was superintendent of Dongsan Hospital in Taegu. After moving to Illinois and taking a residency at Hines V.A. Hospital, he and Delle returned to Korea in 1956, where he remained working at the hospital in Taegu until 1993. Upon retirement they moved to Carpinteria, CA. Howard engaged in competitive senior tennis and won a number of championships.401 Delle graduated from Wheaton College in 1938. She assisted her husband, helping raise funds for the hospital.

Children:

189. Living 190. Living 191. Living

397 Social Security Death Index for birth and death dates. 1940 census for birth place. 398 1910 Census. 399 Duke Alumni Registry, 1937, p. 138. His graduate thesis was entitled, “International Adjutications Involving Bond Claims 1918-1930. 400 Westboro Gazette, Aug. 13, 1936. 401 See “Patio News,” newsletter of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara, July/Aug 2013, for a more complete biography. 62

192. Living

(98) GLEN TACKETT ALDRICH (Carl Milton Aldrich, Mary Jane Johnston, Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 2 Dec 1883,402 in Galva, IL.403 He died 23 May 1940, in San Mateo, CA, and is buried in the San Francisco National Cemetery.404 In 1900, he lived with his parents in St. Louis, MO. In1905, he was a clerk, living in Ramsey, MN. He married, first, Kathleen Pryor, and separated in 1914; second, Lillian Dombrow, 28 Aug 1920, in Oak Park, IL, after a courtship of less than a week (see below). He married, third, Esther Charlotte Carlson, 7 Sep 1920, in Great Falls, MT. In 1910 he was stationed on the USS Bainbridge in the Philippines. He was first an Ensign and then a Lieutenant in World War I. He later settled in Chicago, where he married two women within 10 days.405 He had posed as a wealthy retired Lt. Commander, and wrote bad checks totally $4,000406 407 He stated to reporters that he had “no recollection” of his marriage to Lillian Dombrow, and that he had been drunk. He was charged with bigamy, but the charges were subsequently dropped. In 1920, Lillian divorced him, receiving $800 in alimony, despite having been together for only 3 days. He stated, “The liquor got me. It made me plumb drunk all the time I was in Chicago. Don’t remember any weddings.”408 In 1930, he is listed on the census living in Flint, MI, and was divorced. His occupation was listed as salesman.

(99) CARL MILTON ALDRICH JR. (Carl Milton Aldrich, Mary Jane Johnston, Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 30 Apr 1889, in Shelbyville, IL. He died 30 Aug 1962, in San Diego, CA, and is buried in the Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego.409 He married Floy Agnes Graves in about 1914. She was born 15 Aug 1897 (or 1898) in Clearmont, MO, the daughter of John Thomas Graves and Martha Emeline King. She died 29 Oct 1971. Carl was a Corporal in the US Army in World War I.

Children:

193. Living

402 California Death Index. 403 NY Abstracts of World War I Military Service. 404 findagrave.com: Glen Tackett Aldrich 405 Rockford Republic, Oct. 16, 1920 406 https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!msg/alt.genealogy/1XsGFvQNA60/ClwJWZxquyUJ 407 “Ensign Had Three Wives”, Rockford Daily Register Gazette, Oct. 9, 1920, also, “Aldrich Says Two Wives May Be His,” Portland Oregonian, Oct. 11, 1920. 408 “Wife Divorces ‘Hero’”, Portland Oregonian, Apr. 25, 1921. See also Anaconda (MT) Star, Nov. 17, 1920. Both are available via genealogybank.com 409 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3383985 63

194. Living

(100) RALF JOHNSTON ALDRICH (Carl Milton Aldrich, Mary Jane Johnston, Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 1 Feb 1891, in Peoria, IL. He died 26 Jun 1951, in Flint, MI, and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Thunder Bay, Ontario.410 He married Amy Elinor Lumby, 8 Sep 1921, in Thunder Bay. She was born 25 Jun 1901, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and died there 17 Jul 1983. She was the Daughter of John Rawson Lumby and Elizabeth Grace "Lizzie" Stacpoole. Ralf studied law at the University of Nebraska and the University of Michigan.

Children:

195. Barbara Jane Aldrich, b. 27 Aug 1922, Ft. William, Ontario; d. 4 Apr 2003, Kelowna, British Columbia; m. Arnold Reid. She was a school teacher. 196. John (“Jack”) Hugh Aldrich, b. 10 Mar 1924; d. before 2003 197. Mary Elinor Aldrich, 27 Jan 1929; d. 29 Oct 1994, New Port Richey, FL; m. Richard Creighton 198. Living

(104) DR. JOHN WITTER BRADSHAW (Malvina Johnston, Witter Henry Johnston, Delia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 20 Feb 1920, in Ft. Dodge, IA. He died 2 Aug 1994, in Siskiyou Co., CA, and is buried in Etna Cemetery, Etna, CA. He married Hattie Vollink, 23 Jun 1945. He was a Major in the U. S. Army, in World War II.

(107) MARY DOUGLAS BENHAM (James William Benham, Azel Morse Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 11 Jan 1907, in Illinois. She died 10 Dec 1988, in San Francisco, CA; and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA.411 Her parents having died in 1914, Mary was adopted and raised by Paul and Julia (Newby) Brizard of Arcata, CA.412 She married, first, Francis Andrews Galligan, 9 Nov 1929, in Eureka, CA. He was born in about 1900, and was the son of Bernard J. Galligan and Theresa Barron. He died 1 Sep 1941, in Hagerstown, MD. He is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, in Oakland, CA.413

410 findagrave.com: Ralf J. Aldrich 411 findagrave.com: Mary Benham Duke (no marker) 412 http://usspennsylvania.org/NewsLetters/keystone5_2001.htm 413 findagrave.com: Francis A. Galligan (there is no marker) 64

She married, second, Claren Emmett Duke, in about April 1945. He was born 2 Jun 1904, in Fredericktown, OH,414 and died 2 Mar 1991, in San Francisco. He was the son of Luther J. Duke and Mary Silliman. Francis Galligan was vice president/general manager of Fairchild Aircraft’s plant in Hagerstown. In 1930 they lived in San Francisco, moving to Hagerstown, MD in about 1936. During World War I he was a flying cadet. Claren E. Duke graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1927. During World War II, he commanded the submarine, USS Grouper. He had also been Executive Officer of the USS Pennsylvania BB-38, from January to October 1945. He was promoted to Rear Admiral. He was previously married to Levinia Kennedy. This marriage ended in divorce, and there were no children.

Children:

199. Shelagh Galligan, b. 18 Oct 1930; d. 1 Feb 1948, San Francisco, CA; died of leukemia; bur. Mountain View Cem., Oakland, CA, Lot 20, Plot 15 200. Terrance Galligan, b. 2 Jan 1934; d. 16 Oct 1940, Hagerstown, MD; bur. Mountain View Cem., Oakland, CA, Lot 20, Plot 15

(108) MARY KATHERINE PAGE (Mary Hull Benham, Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 27 Sep 1892, in Chicago, IL. Katherine died 17 Dec 1985, in Columbus, OH, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens415. She married Frederick Holman Waring, 21 Jun 1916, in East Orange, NJ. He was born 5 Oct 1890, in Saratoga Springs, NY, and died 25 Dec 1983, in Columbus, OH.

Children:

201. Edward Holman Waring, b. 23 Aug 1918, Columbus, OH; d. 7 Jan 2011; m. Sue Pickens, May 12, 1951. “He attended Ohio State University and graduated in 1940 with a Civil Engineering degree. Pursing his love for the railroad, Ed was hired by the New York Central Railroad in Toledo, Ohio where he worked until he joined the Army in July of 1944. While in the Army he discovered his love for the Denver area after teaching at Lawry Air Force Base and moved permanently to Denver after his separation from the Army in June of 1946. Shortly thereafter he was hired by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad where he spent the next 35 years until he retired as Chief Engineer in 1983.” 202. Janet Waring, b. 10 Jul 1921; d. 9 Feb 2016, Lakewood, CO; unmarried

414 Ancestry.com. Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 415 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138057323 65

203. Gerald (“Jerry”) Page Waring, b. 5 Nov 1923, Columbus, OH; d. 22 May 2013, Yuma, AZ; m. Elsie May Ream; divorced. He was a baseball executive

(109) HENRY JOHN PAGE (Mary Hull Benham, Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 1 May 1897 in Chicago, IL. He died 19 Nov 1970, in Cleveland, OH. He married Mary Collord, 24 Jul 1918. She was born 23 Feb 1899 in Argentina, and arrived in the U.S. in about 1911. She died 1 Aug 1985, in Avon, OH.416 Henry is listed as a die maker on the 1940 census.

Children:

204. Mary Louella Page, b. 23 Feb 1920; d. 1950; m. Michael Rockas 205. Henry John Page Jr., b. 10 Aug 1921, Cuyahoga Co., OH; d. 17 Jan 1982, Lakewood, OH

(110) LAURENS BENHAM PAGE (Mary Hull Benham, Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 23 Nov 1903, in Chicago, IL. He died 16 Aug 1974, in St. Petersburg, FL. He married Imogene Letitia Edwards, 19 Jun 1926, in Maplewood, NJ. She was born 24 Oct 1902, in South Orange, NJ and died 19 Jun 1986, in St. Petersburg, FL. He was a salesman for Eckerd Drugs and Webb’s City Drugs. He was active in the Loyal Order of Moose.

(111) STEWART SIBLEY BASSETT (Ethel Sibley Benham, Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 2 Nov 1894, in Cincinnati, OH. He died 30 Apr 1971, in Oak Park, IL. He married, first, Frances Marie Heater. She was born 4 Sep 1898, in West Virginia, the daughter of Charles Robert Heater and Columbia Crislip. They were divorced, and Frances remarried Logan E. Tuthill. She died 13 Jan 1967, in Chicakming, MI.417 Stewart married, second, Betty Jane Ellerman, 2 Aug 1952. She was born 7 Aug 1915, and died 20 Nov 1976.

416 Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 417 Ancestry.com. Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 She is said to have been buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Chicago. There is an Oakwood Cem., Du Page Co., in the Chicago suburbs, and also an Oak Woods Cem., Chicago. 66

Child:

206. Stewart Sibley Bassett, Jr., b. 23 Oct 1922; d. 14 Sep 1951, Coconino Co., AZ; bur. Mtn. View Cem., Williams, AZ;418 m. Isabelle Colleen Curtis Peterson. He died in a plane crash near Ash Fork, AZ.

(112) MARGARET BENHAM BASSETT (Ethel Sibley Benham, Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 22 Aug 1902, in Chicago, IL. She died 12 May 1979, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, IL.419 She married Paul Howard Leach, 22 Dec 1926. He was born 19 Jul 1901, in Chicago, IL, the son of Howard Emmet Leach and Ann Lenore Riley. He died 27 Jun 1961, in Joliet, IL, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Paul’s occupation is listed as manager, on the 1940 census.

Children:

207. David Laurens Leach, b. 21 May 1929; d. 13 Jun 1969; bur. Oakwoods Cem.420 208. Living

418 findagrave.com: Stewart Bassett Jr. 419 findagrave.com: Margaret Leach 420 findagrave.com: David Laurens Leach 67

(114) HENRY LAURENS BENHAM III (“Hank”) (Henry Laurens Benham, Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 25 Dec 1911, in Williams, AZ. He died 5 Sep 2003, in Flagstaff, AZ, and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Williams, AZ.421 He married, first, Mary Virginia Strawn, 3 Jul 1934. She was born 26 Jul 1911, in Price, UT, the daughter of W. B. Strawn and Fannie Pearl Penney.422 She died 3 Nov 1939, in Williams, AZ. She is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery.423 She was the daughter of W. B. Strawn. He married, second, Montyne (“Teen”) Vialee (Kemp) Schnell, 29 Jan 1942. She was born 12 Feb 1916, in Memphis, TX, the daughter of Stella Leeora and Leslie Kemp. She was previously married to Dan Schnell, who died in 1941. She had two children by her first marriage. She died 24 Apr 2005, in Williams, AZ, and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, in Williams.424 Henry earned a degree in Industrial Arts from Oregon State University. After his second marriage he moved to Colorado, where he leased and operated a gold mine. In 1946 he returned to Arizona, and worked for the railroad, as well as engaging in the carpentry business with a friend. “He worked on rebuilding the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City. He also worked on the remodeling of the El Tovar Lodge at the Grand Canyon. After he retired in 1980, he continued to work with wood.”425

Child, by his first wife Mary:

209. Mary Frances Benham, b. Jan. 8 Jan 1938, Williams, AZ; d. 2 Oct 1958, Missoula, MT; bur. Mtn. View Cem., Williams, AZ;426 she had had entered the Montana State school about a week before her death; she died in a train accident.

Children, by his second wife, Montyne:

210. Living 211. Living 212. Living 213. Living

421 findagrave.com: Henry Laurens Benham III 422 Pearl was the niece of James Cash Penney, who founded the J. C. Penney chain of department stores. 423 findagrave.com: Mary (Strawn) Benham 424 findagrave.com: Montyne Benham 425 Obituary from The Williams-Grand Canyon News, 10 Sep 2003 426 findagrave.com: Mary Frances Benham 68

(115) JAMES EDWARD BENHAM (Henry Laurens Benham, Henry Laurens Benham, Julia Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 15 Apr 1915, in Williams, AZ. He died 17 Sep 1971, in Granada Hills, CA; and is buried in the Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, CA.427 He married Ethel Maxine McCoy, 14 Aug 1937, in Flagstaff, AZ. She was born 19 May 1916, in Prairie City, IA, the daughter of Charles Brewin McCoy and Rose Evelyn Gilbert. She died 13 Jan 2013. She is buried in the Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, CA.428

Children:

214. Living 215. Living 216. Living

(124) CHARLES HENRY LAFEAN (Margaret Shaw, Mary Dorcas Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 18 Apr 1924, in Chicago, IL. He died 20 Jun 2003, in Lewiston, ME. He married Elizabeth A. Webster, 6 Oct 1945, in Cape Elizabeth, ME.429 She was born in Portland, ME, 21 Jun 1925, the daughter of Russell Webster and Rachael Bean. She died 19 Apr 2003, in Penobscot Bay Medical Center.430 Charles served in the Navy in World War II and graduated from Princeton University in 1952. He worked at Pitney Bowes, and later owned and operated Lafean Automated Mailing Systems. He was also an avid outdoorsman, woodworker, and singer.431

Children:

217. Living 218. Living

(127) ROBERT WEEMS (“TREB”) TANSILL III (Helen Shaw, Mary Dorcas Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 23 Feb 1918, in Chicago, IL. He died 7 May 2007, in Ft. Worth, TX. He married Margielou Arleen Meinig, 5 May 1945, in Winnetka, IL. Margielou (“Maggie”) was born 1 Jul 1922, in Chicago, and died 17 Nov 2018, at age 96, in Granbury, TX.

427 findagrave.com: James E. Benham 428 findagrave.com: Ethel McCoy Benham 429 http://www.mainegenealogy.net/individual_marriage_record.asp?id=147864 \430 Obituary. It is possible that they were divorced, as her obituary calls her Elizabeth A. Webster, not Lafean. 431 http://paw.princeton.edu/memorials/15/5/index.xml ; also http://www.sunjournal.com/node/327526 69

According to Robert’s obituary, “After spending 18 years in Chicago he developed a hunt club and condominium project in Alden, IL, for 12 years. He was a bird hunter for many years with his father. The next 27 years were spent in Ojai where some of his wife’s family lived. ….While in Ojai, the Tansills owned Hickory Valley Originals, a feather hatband and accessory, dried flower and giftware business for many years. In 2002, the final move was to Fort Worth, TX….”432 Being a creative person, Maggie found a use for the many bird feathers at her disposal to fashion hat bands, ties and many other unique items. She and her husband expanded the business and started Hickory Valley Originals. “

Children:

219. Living 220. Living

(129) ROBERT HARVEY SMITH JR. (Doris Shaw, Mary Dorcas Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 1 Aug 1918, in San Francisco Co., CA.433 He died 4 Jul 2004, in Del Mar, CA.434 He married Phyllis Victoria Roberts, 11 Dec 1942, in Multinomah Co., OR. He graduated from Occidental College, where he was All-American in football; and served in Navy during World War II. He was a manager with Pacific Telephone Co.435

Children:

221. Living 222. Living

(130) DORCAS SHAW SMITH (Doris Shaw, Mary Dorcas Hull, Marcus Ambler Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 16 Apr 1922, in Los Angeles, CA. She died 10 Sep 2010, in Woodland, CA. She married Rev. Dan Ambler Norton Bacot, 20 Dec 1944 in Pasadena, CA. He was born 28 Apr 1916, in Charleston, SC, and died 24 Mar 2006, in Woodland, CA. He was the son of Daniel Norborne Bacot and Daisy Meredith Marshall. He was a graduate of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific,436 and was an Episcopalian minister. He was minister of the All Saint’s Church,

432 Ojai Valley News, May 23, 2007 -- http://www.ojaivalleynews.com/archives/2007/OVN5-23.pdf 433 California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Ancestry.com. Mother’s maiden name given as Shaw. 434 Social Security Death Index 435 Obituary, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 13, 2004, retrieved via genealogybank.com 436 http://cdsp.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-staff/Spring06.pdf 70

Oxnard, CA, in 1950.437 Dorcas also graduated from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, in 1944.

Children:

223. Living 224. Living

(135) JULIA FAULKNER HULL (Henry Marcus Hull, William Ambler Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 16 Aug 1929, in Indianapolis, IN. She died 29 Jun 2012, in Santa Rosa, CA. She married, first, Conrad Chester Casler, 30 Mar 1952, in Indianapolis, IN. The marriage ended in divorce. Conrad was born 4 Oct 1929 in Indianapolis, the son of Chester and Vera Casler. He died 29 Mar 2013 in Claremont, CA. Conrad was a graduate of Earlham College. He was a journalist, working at various newspapers including the Pomona (Calif) Progress-Bulletin. He later taught at San Antonio College, in Walnut, CA. Julia married, second, Dr. Richard Corey Eschenbach, 27 Dec 1966, in Indianapolis. He was born April 9, 1927, in Williamsport, PA, and died 16 Aug 2018 at age 91. He earned a Ph.D. in physics from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. “While working in labs of Union Carbide, he earned 25 patents and another 3 patents while working with Retech in Ukiah, CA. Dick was a pioneer in industrial applications of plasma using electrical energy to heat gases to temperatures of thousands of degrees. His patents and insight made it possible for 2-engine jets to rely on their jet turbine blades when they crossed oceans.”

Julia obtained a nursing degree from Indiana School of Nursing. She worked at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis, and at Spahn Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX, returning to Indianapolis in 1960.438

Children, by her first husband, Conrad Casler:

225. Cathyrn Casler, b. 9 May 1953, Indianapolis, IN; d. 5 Jul 2011, Butte Co., CA; m. Living. She was “tragically killed by an errant motorist near her home in northern California.” 226. Living

Child, by her second husband, Richard Eschenbach:

227. Living

437 http://l.b5z.net/i/u/6060359/i/History/HistoryOfAllSaints_Thru20091024WithPhotos.pdf 438 Obituary: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120702/ARTICLES/120709936 71

(136) JULIA HULL KRAMER (Margaret Hannegan, Frances Colwell Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 5 Jun 1913, in Chicago, IL. She died 31 Jul 1964, in Lake Forest, IL. She married Richard Morey Lamport, 8 Jul 1933, in Cook Co., IL. He was born 11 Jan 1910, in South Bend, IN, and died 29 Nov 1973, in Lake Forest, IL. Richard married, second, Marjorie Swenson. In 1936 Julia’s name was used in a newspaper ad for Camay.439 Richard was “assistant vice president of the General American Transportation Co. and vice president of its subsidiary Refrigerator Transit Lines.” He was a veteran of World War II and served in the U.S. Navy Reserves.440 Julia was a president of the Junior League of Chicago and vice president of the Milwaukee Symphony league.

Child:

228. Living

(137) LEROY KRAMER (Margaret Hannegan, Frances Colwell Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 13 Jan 1915, in Chicago, IL. He died 2 Jun 2004, in Harbor Springs, MI. He married Elizabeth Gillespie, in Oct 1942 in Chicago. “Mr. Kramer was a student at the Boys Latin School of Chicago, the Lawrenceville School, Princeton University and Purdue University. He served in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II and retired as a Lt. Commander…. Mr. Kramer was a member of the Great Lake Cruising Club, the Society of Small Craft Designers and had received the honor of being named an “Old Goat” by the Society of Island Goats, having sailed in more than 25 Chicago to Mackinac races. He was an employee of General Transportation Corp. (now GATX) in Chicago.”441 Children:

229. Living 230. Living 231. Living

(138) HENRY THEODORE KRAMER (Margaret Hannegan, Frances Colwell Hull, Henry Davis Hull, Laurens Hull) was born 8 Apr 1917, in Chicago, IL. He died 15 Nov 2004, in Somerville, NJ. He married ----- (Living)

439 See for example, Omaha World Herald, Apr. 11, 1936, where she is called Julia Lamport (Mrs. Richard M. Lamport) of Chicago. 440 South Bend Tribune, 30 Nov 1973. 441 Obituary: http://articles.petoskeynews.com/2004-06-08/union-league-club_24032276` 72

Henry lived in Branchburg, NJ. “He was a former president of North American Reinsurance and SwissRe Management Corporations, and a founding member and past chairman of the Reinsurance Association of America. … (He was) educated at Lawrenceville and Yale University and (was) a Navy veteran.”442

Children:

232. Jean Hull Kramer, b. 30 Oct 1951, Marblehead, MA; d. 18 May 2010, Branchburg, NJ;443 m. Living 233. Living

442 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01E2DD103FF93BA25752C1A9629C8B63 443 http://www.tributes.com/show/Jean-K.-Lubas-88562927 73

Obituary of Dr. Laurens Hull

(This obituary is found in Transactions of NY State Medical Society, 1867, and was written by C. M. Crandall, M.D. It is available at the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD)

Inasmuch as no fitting tribute to the memory of one whose life ever exhibited the highest virtues that should adorn the medical profession, has as yet appeared in the published Transactions of the Medical Society, I have prepared the brief and imperfect sketch which I trust will be received by the family and numerous friends of the deceased in the spirit in which it is offered --not as being what it should be, but as the best I can accomplish under the circumstances.

Laurens Hull, M.D., was born in Woodbury, Conn., June 6, 1779. His father was Dr. Titus Hull of that town. The attention of young Laurens was directed early to medical subjects, from the fact that from his minority, his health was extremely delicate, and even so late as his 32nd year, he had frequent attacks of haemoptysis.444 It was on this account that he determined to make the science of medicine his study and his occupation. His early education was limited, but he made the best possible use of the ordinary advantages of a common school, to which was added some 21 days under a private tutor, which completed his preparatory instruction. At the age of 19, he entered the office of Dr. David Hull445 of Fairfield, Conn., remaining there about 2 years. He received his diploma as a Doctor of Medicine in 1802, and soon after removed to Augusta, Oneida County, NY, where he entered the office of Dr. Amos G. Hull,446 and continued his medical studies.

In 1803, he was married to Dorcas Ambler of Bethlem, Conn., by Rev. Azel Backus. In September, 1804, he removed to Bridgewater, Oneida County, and commenced the practice of medicine on his own account. In 1806, he took part in the organization of the Oneida Co. Medical Society. Of the members present at that organization, Dr. Hull was the only survivor in 1864. In 1817, he was a delegate from Oneida County to the State Medical Society. In 1824, he was elected a permanent member of this Society. In 1826, he was elected Fellow of the University, and in 1827, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Regents. During the same year, and also the year following, he was Vice President of the State Medical Society.

Dr. Hull was President of the State Medical Society in the years 1839 and 1840. His annual address in the former year was on the subject of "Quackery," and it may be boldly asserted that there are few papers in the published Transactions of the Society showing a more logical

444 Coughing up blood. 445 Dr. David Hull (1764-1834) was a graduate of Yale. 446 Dr. Amos Gift Hull (1775-1835). 74 mind and a clearer view of the subject treated of. Those members of the Society who have the volume of the Transactions for 1839, will find themselves well repaid by perusing it. His subject the following year was "Improvement in Medicine," an eminently sensible, practical and ably written paper proving clearly that Dr. Hull was no anti-progressive clog upon the wheels of advancing science, but who believed fully in the doctrine of progress.

Although the subject of this memoir achieved much in the noble profession to which he devoted the best part of his active life, accomplishing enough to satisfy a moderate ambition, he also won triumphs in civil and practical life. In 1813, and again in 1825, he was elected a member of the Assembly from Oneida County, filling the position with credit to himself, and to the satisfaction of his constituents. In 1816, he was a delegate to the first State convention held in this state to nominate a governor and lieutenant governor. In the year 1836, he removed to Angelica, Allegany County, and became interested in manufacturing pursuits, pretty much abandoning the practice of medicine. In 1837, he was elected State Senator from the Sixth district, then comprising nine counties. This position he filled with great credit. Those who were associated with him in senatorial duties and in the court for the correction of errors, of which Senators were then, ex officio, members, bear testimony to the zeal and fidelity with which he discharged every public duty, carrying with him in the responsible position he had been called to fill, the same steady virtue and unbending integrity that had ever characterized his private life.

About 1856-57, Dr. Hull retired from active business, hoping to spend the remainder of his days in the quiet walks of domestic life. In May, 1858, he was greatly afflicted by the death of his estimable wife after a union of nearly 55 years. In August, 1862, he met with a severe accident, by which he fractured the neck of the femur within the capsuler ligament, thus rendering him permanently disabled, and sadly interfering with his previously active habits, and dooming him to the use of crutches. Though a severe trial to one of his disposition and activity, he bore his affliction with a patience and fortitude alike remarkable and commendable.

During the years 1864-65, the Doctor's health began to decline more rapidly, and he was finally confined to his room. With the failure of his physical energies, his mental faculties gradually grew weak, his mind frequently wandering, dwelling much upon friends and scenes in the long past. On his 86th birthday, however, he conversed rationally and clearly for some hours with his family and friends, listened attentively to the reading of a letter from Dr. Mccall, of Utica,447 an old and valued friend, and soon after sank into delirium which continued till an hour or two previous to his death, which occurred June 27, 1865.

Dr. Hull was a firm believer in the truths of Christianity, and was ever able to give "a reason for the hope that was in him." He united with the Congregational Church soon after his marriage, and at the time of his death, and for several years previous, he was president of the Allegany

447 Dr. John McCall (1878-1867). Dr. McCall was at one time President of the NY State Medical Society. See History of Oneida County, NY, p. 399. 75

County Bible Society. He was always a friend and contributor to the various benevolent operations of the time. Politically, he was first a Federalist, then a Whig, and lastly, a Republican. He was gratified in the often expressed and cherished desire of his heart, to live long enough to see the great rebellion crushed, and the Federal Union preserved. The interest he took in the State Medical Society is known to all the older members, who will bear testimony to the fidelity and zeal with which he labored in the Society and in the Senate to promote its interests.

Dr. Hull was in every proper sense a self-made man -- the architect of his own fortunes and position. He possessed a remarkably retentive memory, great perseverance and energy. What he did, he "did with his whole might." His industry was untiring, his faith unswerving, his integrity unyielding. As a physician, he performed every duty his position imposed, as a politician in public life, he was animated by the same high purposes; in private life, his virtues shone conspicuous; as a Christian, he was devoted and faithful, dying with all its hopes of a blessed immortality. Few men, starting out upon a journey of life with the same limited advantages, have filled so many positions of honor and trust, and finished up so perfect a life. May we all, while honoring his virtues, emulate his example.

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