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Mrs. Emily Hull, widow of the late J. W. Hull, was born in Logan County, Ohio, in 1830, and was reared and married in her native State, the latter event taking place in 1849. Her husband was born in 1829, and was reared to manhood in Lincoln County, Ohio, receiving his education in the common schools. After residing in different counties in their native State until 1869, they removed to Barton County, Mo., where Mr. Hull died on the 14th of March, 1875, the result of hard service and imprisonment during the Civil War. He was one of the noble “boys in blue,” and first served in an artillery company, afterward joining the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio National Guard, and was taken prisoner at North Mountain, Va., while guarding a railroad station. He lay for several months in Southern prisons, being at Andersonville, and at Charleston, S. C., and in the latter place was kept between the Federal gunboats and the city, in order to keep the Federal army from bombarding the bay. He was finally paroled at Goldsboro, S. C., and returned home, but never saw a well day afterward, owing to the privations he had to endure during his long term of imprisonment. His widow has received a back pension of $1,940, and receives twelve dollars a month besides. Their children are as follows: Sarah E., wife of G. W., Bowers; W. K., Philander, James E., Frank and Jennie. Mrs. Hull is a daughter of Matthias and Elizabeth (Greene) Williams, the former’s birth occurring in Virginia, October 1, 1801. He was taken to Champaign County, Ohio, when four years old, and was there reared to manhood, his marriage taking place in Logan County. He was a farmer, and died in Union County, in the fall of 1865. His parents, John and Sarah (Wheeler) Williams, were born, reared and married in North Carolina, and afterward settled in Culpeper County, Va., and finally went to Ohio, and took up their abode in Logan County. J. W. Hull was the son of William and Sarah (Martin) Hull, who were Virginians, and early settlers of Ohio. The father was born in 1800, and died in Barton County, Mo., in 1875. He was the father of nine children, and three of his sons served in the Federal army during the late war.