Past and present of Knox County, Ohio, Vol. II, Part 2

Author: Williams, Albert B., 1847-1911, ed
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind., B. F. Bowen & company
Number of Pages: 542


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Universalist Churches


175


V


Village Plats 393


Violent Storms 398


Virginia Military Reservation 25


W


War .Meetings


219


War of 1812


208


Waterford 357


Wayne Baptist Church 173


Wayne Lodge No. 303, K. P. 206


Wayne Township


381


Wearing Apparel, Early 62


Wesleyan Methodists 169


West, Judge, William H. 399


Western Reserve 25


Western Watchman 142


Westminster Academy 115


Whisky and Pioneers


61


Wolf Traps


68


Wooden Railroad


104


Y


Young Men's Christian Ass'n


283


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX


A


Ackerman, Louis B.


715


Ackley, Solon B. 621


Alan, John S.


447


Allen, George


857


Allen, Henry A.


576


Amos, Frederick


867


Amos, John F.


866


Anderson, Robert


C.


830


Arndt, George D.


454


Arndt, John L.


454


B


Banbury, Harry


0


871


Banbury, John C. 872


Barber, Clark M.


823


Beach, Charles H.


856


Beal, Joseph


496


Beal, Michael


499


Beam, Frank L. 826


Beaty, John


655


Beck, Charles A.


653


Beggs, Edward C.


642


Bell, J. Edward


807


Bell, Lloyd M.


721


Bennett, Frank L. 635


Bennett, George W. 788


Bermont, Charles L.


695


Berry, Patrick A.


555


Best, Sylvester R.


754


Bishop, Allen S. 583


Bishop, Charles L. 816


Bishop, Clayton H. 582


Bishop, Fred C.


815


Blackburn, Charles W.


894


Blue, Clem L. V.


734


Blue, Hamilton 735


Boggs, Coleman E.


516


Clements. Rollin S.


670


Bone, John H. 781


Bottenfield, John


507


Bottenfield, W. L.


507


Bounds, William A.


656


Braddock, Levi S.


874


Bradfield, Levi S. 751


Breece, Adam G.


572


Breece, Cassie


571


Breece, Ellsworth W. 681


Britton, Legrand


659


Britton, Lewis


660


Brown, Arthur W. 663


Brown, Elmer J.


784


Brown, James M.


891


Brown, James S.


892


Brown, John


818


Bryant, Jacob M.


626


Bunn, Harry S.


634


Burger, Jacob


468


Burger, Levi S.


468


Burgess, L. H.


806


Busenburg, J. B.


861


Butler, Wilson W.


577


Buxton, William T.


877


C


Callihan, J. W.


86S


Campbell, Francis W.


512


Carlisle, William M.


592


Carpenter, William N.


565


Caywood, John


772


Caywood, Leander


772


Cessna, John R.


489


Cessna, John W.


865


Cessna, Newton S.


865


Cessna, William


490


Chappelear, Herschel J.


606


Clark, Samuel


840


Claypool, John R.


581


Clements, Christopher C.


570


Clutter, David P.


736


Cochran, Frank M.


691


Cochran, John M.


829


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


Coe, Charles W. 59S


Colgin, James 480


Collopy. Joseph H. SS1


Colville, Charles F.


486


Colwill, John T.


S04


Colwill, Simon


S05


Cooksey, Uriah T.


Cooper, John


616


Cooper, William C.


543


Cover, Perry L.


488


Cover, Upton A.


483


Coyner, Rev. David H. 442


Coyner, George


441


Critchfield, Charles E. 434


Cromley, L. Tate


661


Crumley, Albert W.


6SB


Cunningham, John


792


D


Davis. Alva B. 789


Delong, Benjamin F. S544


Delong, John


855


Devin, Henry C.


742


Devin, Joseph C.


743


629


Dodd, Stephen B. 460


Dowds, Alva A. 649


Dowds, Elijah W. 457


Dowds. Sheridan G.


456


Dudgeon, Chris. E.


464


Dudgeon, Scott


893


Dudgeon, Timothy


464


Durbin, Clement E.


833


E


Eastman, James W. 519


Eastman, Newton R. 518


Eley, Thurman L. 646


Elliott, James


669


Elliott, Orange H. GGS


Ewalt, Henry 586


Ewalt, John M.


Ewers, George J.


474


Farmer, Walter B. 733


Farmer, Warren 896


Ferenbaugh, Burchard B.


624


Ferenbaugh, Leo 624


Fish, Simon B. 511


Flack, Samuel 767


Frizzell, Isaiah H.


786


G


Gaines, Robert S. 472


Gaines, Thomas B. 473


Geitgey, Alverdo A. 902


Giflin, Robert


524


Gorsuch, William L. 812


Gray, Charles M. 652


Gray, George W. 531


Gray, James E. 530


Grubb, Charles M. 724


Grubb, Henry


810


H


Hagan, Oliver C. 703


Hamilton, Edwin F. 825


Hamilton, George S. 513


Hamilton, William


514


1 Harmer, Isaac S. 580


Harper, Franklin 557


Harper, Lecky


557


Harris, George A. 515


Harris, Jesse


524


Harris, John C. 524


Harris, Osmer J. 504


Harter, George S. 612


Hayden, Charles D.


752


Hayes, Charles W. 694


Heard, George H. 762


Hickinbotham, John A. 483


Hildreth, Charles M.


714


Hildreth, Washington 784


Hollister, Elmer E. 466


Holmes, Harry 596


Hook, George E. 462


Ilorn, Benton C. 740


Horn, Joseph 735


Hosack, William A. 699


Houck, Lewis B.


677


Howell, Edmund C.


509


Howell, Hezekiah 509


Hull, Rev. William E. 436


Hunter, Archie D. 731


Hunter, Richard 842


Hunter, Ross E.


729


Hyatt, George W.


739


Conard, Charles K.


680


731


Dial, Lee


1


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


I


Iams, Charles C. 149


Israel, James 444


Israel, Samuel 446


Israel, Samuel H. 674


J


Jackson, Charles B. 505


Jackson, Edward 79.0


Jackson, George


505


Jackson, VanBuren


496


Jackson, Will H.


195


Jacobs, Henry M. 591


Johnson, Isaac S.


889


Johnson, James


553


Johnson, Walter B.


552


Jones, Goshorn A.


439


K


Kerr, Scott D. 685


Kirk, Desault B. 538


Kirk, Robert C.


548


L


LaPorte, George P. 601


Larimore, Frank C. 545


Larimore, Isaac P. 795


Larimore, Joseph M. 791


Larimore, Robert


546


Layman, Stanley A. 869


Leatherman, William T. 717


Leedy, Abraham


S53


Leedy, Isaac


852


Leedy, William H. 870


Leonard, James L.


700


Lepley, Jacob


770


Levering, Frank 452


Levering, John Cook


Levering, Noah


452


Lewis, William


827


Limbaugh, Edward C. 8S6


Litzenberg, John E. 822


Litzenberg, John 822


Lloyd, John B. 741


Logsdon, Charles C. 602


Loney, John 537


Loney, John C. 537


Loney, William C.


535


Lytle, Mortimor E.


706


Mc


McCamment, John S. 843


McCormick, Joseph 615


McGee, William


640


McIntire, Alfred R.


697


McIntire, Rollin R. 702


Mckinley, John L. 568


McMannis, Curtis E.


622


McMillan, Joseph


779


McNabb, George W.


753


M


Mahan, Loran E.


478


Marple, George I .. 712


Martin, George R. 906


Martin, Milton P.


905


May, William H. 759


Meyers, Max 470


Mild, William


638


Miller, Irving C.


747


Miser, J. E. 859


Mitchell, Charles A. 563


Mitchell, James W. S. S62


Mitchell, John A.


563


Mitchell, Rollin C. 609


Mitchell, Torrence


481


Mitchell, William 609


Mitchell, William H. 783


Mitchell, William M.


525


Mizer, Alfred L.


851


Mizer, John 851


Mizer, Lloyd O. S50


Moree, Cassius B. 689


Morey, Corwin D. 465


Motz, Gottlieb


498


Motz, John M.


497


Mulhane, Rev. Lawrence W.


748


N


Neal, George D.


560


Neal, Hugh


766


Neiderhauser, Robert 897


Nicholls, Daniel


841


Nixon, Isabelle B.


651


Nixon, Michael


655


0


Oberholtzer, Dillman


C.


719


Owen, Frank V.


756


450


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


P


Padgett, Frank O. 666


Paige, Warren T. 803


Parker, Peter J. 692


Parr, Silas


708


Pelker, William P.


883


Penn, John 529


Penn, Lawrence C. 764


Penn, William


528


Pennell, William W.


431


Pfouts, John J.


673


Purdy, Elijah


476


Purdy, Richard D.


476


R


Ransom, Oscar


814


Reed, John A. 900


Rice, Clinton M. 604


Riley, James


527


Riley, Walter C.


527


Rine, Emanuel


726


Rine, Henry


727


Rine, Rudolph


728


Robinson, William L.


684


Rockwell, William C.


745


Russell, John W.


619


S


St. Luke's Church, Danville


502


Salisbury, Charles K. 676


Sapp, Burgess E. 873


Schooler, Clark


722


Scott, Adam


522


Scott, James 485


Scott, James L. 485


Scott, Lewis B.


522


Semple, William F.


687


Severns, French W. 607


Sevits, Irven


777


Sevits, Stephen W. 627


Shellenbarger, Charles B. 844


Shellenbarger, Harry N. 848


Shrontz, John F.


493


Silcott, William A. 631


Simmons, Amaziah H. 658


Simpson, James A. 573


Singrey, Fred L.


534


Sipe, Almanza R.


644


Smith, Homer C.


661


Smith, John T. 458


Smith, Joseph B. 459


Snyder, William 860


Sperry, George W. 500


Sperry, Peter W. 501


Stillwell, Francis M. 541


Stillwell, L. C. 541


Stinemetz, John B.


588


Stitzlein, Adam 876


Stonebrook, John E. 769


Stonehocker, John J. 521


Stonehocker, W. W.


520


Struble, David W. 632


Struble, John D. 633


Swartz, John W.


796


Swetland, Clarence D. 469


Syler, Harvey


817


T


Trogus, Rev. Otto P. 502


Tulloss, Benjamin F. 847


Tulloss, Charles R.


491


Tulloss, Ernest C.


888


Tulloss, George W.


837


Tulloss, Richard S.


493


Tulloss, William


492


V


Van Horn, Jasper


820


Vannatta, Charles O.


802


Vannatta, Samuel T.


800


Vincent, Judson


647


W


Wagner, George P. 738


Wagner, Henry 799


Wagner, William


H.


798


Waight, John B.


438


Ward, Joe M. 595


Ward, John F.


879


Ward, Rufus


879


Ward, William L. 594


Welker, Andrew D.


550


Welker, William E. 551


Welsh, William J.


761


Wenger, Joseph 611


Wheaton, Avery 899


Williams, Rev. Albert B.


566


Williams, Lester L.


637


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


Wilson, Hodgson 864


Y


Wilson, John M. 710


Winterringer, Jesse B. 835


Winterringer, John C. 835


Wolfe, John 845


Woodruff, John F. 809


Workman, Hiram W.


590


Workman, Joseph


672


Workman, Lyman


671


Workman, Stephen


590


Wyant, Burr A.


885


Young, Charles A. 775


Young, Charles R. 832


Young, Frank E.


776


Young, Harry C.


532


Young, Silas


832


Z


Zeig, Frank B.


574


Milian A Pennell.


BIOGRAPHICAL


WILLIAM W. PENNELL, M. D.


The man who devotes his talents and energies to the noble work of ad- ministering to the ills and alleviating the sufferings of humanity is pursuing a calling which, in dignity, importance and beneficial results, is second to no other. If true to his profession and earnest in his efforts to enlarge his sphere of usefulness, he is indeed a benefactor to his kind, for to him more than to any other man are entrusted the safety, the comfort, and, in many instances, the lives of those who place themselves under his care and profit by his services. Standing in the front rank of Knox county's professional man is Dr. William W. Pennell, of Mt. Vernon, who is not only held in high esteem for his professional ability, but for his public-spirited nature, his wholesome private and social life, and that he has become one of the influential citizens of the locality of which this history treats, although a comparative newcomer.


Doctor Pennell, the third son of Hugh and Martha A. (Liggett) Pen- nell, was born at Benton, Holmes county, Ohio, February 2, 1853. His father was a native of Maryland, his mother of Pennsylvania, both being of English descent. These parents came to Ohio as young people, were married in Holmes county and there settled and spent the rest of their lives. Hugh Pennell was a harness manufacturer; politically, he strongly opposed the fugitive slave law by assisting to operate the "underground railroad," a matter which required some courage in his locality. He was the first Re- publican postmaster appointed in Holmes county after the election of Presi- dent Lincoln. A man of strong convictions, he had the courage of advo- cating what he believed to be right, and this was the basis of his influence. He died in November, 1900, and his widow joined him in the Summerland in January, 1910.


Doctor Pennell was reared in Holmes county, in the atmosphere of a Christian home, and was educated in the schools of his native county. He began life by teaching school, and, having an ambition to become a physician,


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but penniless and already inured to frugality, he followed teaching while prosecuting his medical studies under the preceptorship of Dr. Isaac H. Hague, of Nashville, with whom he remained four years, not hesitating to perform any service to further the fulfillment of his ambition. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in February, 1875, from the medical department of the University of Wooster at Cleveland, and immediately associated himself with Doctor Hague in the practice of medicine at Nash- ville. In April, 1875, he married Melvina M. Williams, daughter of James and Mercy ( Morgan) Williams, of Monroe township, Holmes county, and, in October, 1876, succeeded his preceptor at Nashville. In 1882 Adelbert College, of the Western Reserve, conferred on him the ad eundem degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1884, after a post-graduate course in special studies at Philadelphia, he moved to Fredericktown, Knox county, where he re- mained in the successful practice of his profession until 1904, when, wishing to enlarge his sphere of work, he again pursued a post-graduate course on special lines, this time in New York, and then located at No. 205 North Main street, Mount Vernon. Here he has maintained his residence, busy with the affairs of his work. Although specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, it is demanded of him to do a vast amount of general practice. It is not too much to say that his professional reputation is wide- spread and his opinion sought and esteemed. By nature a student, it has been easy for him to keep abreast of the times in all that pertains to his vocation and allied subjects, and to preserve a full survey of matters in general.


Doctor Pennell is a member of the Knox County Medical Society, serv- ing as temporary chairman during its present organization, and once its delegate to the Ohio State Medical Association; a member and ex-first vice- president of the Ohio State Medical Association, member and ex-president Ohio State Pediatric Society, member of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Association for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis, and, in all, has presented some thirty acceptable and valuable papers to state and national societies in the past twenty-five years. A member of the first Pan-American Medical Congress, which met at Washington, D. C., in 1893, he was one of the delegates from the United States to the fifth congress, which met at Guatemala City, Guate- mala, Central America, in 1908, and presented an able paper before that body.


The Doctor is a literary man of no mean ability, having a clear, force- ful style that grips his readers with the neat-rounded message he has to


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convey. Aside from his contributions to medical literature, he has written "Poetical Compositions," a pleasing metrical volume, revealing that rhythm and poesy are in his essence; "The Buckeye Doctor," a tale of the struggles and final triumph of a young doctor in the earlier days of medicine in Ohio- racy, humorous, sincere, pathetic ; "Jonas Hawley," a politico-social novel, abounding in references to historical conditions in Ohio during the Civil war, especially the Brough-Vallandigham campaign; "Dan," the romance of a nameless boy, his adventures, experiences, and triumphs, in vindicating his mother, is forthcoming and is awaited by a widening circle of admirers among whom the Doctor has become popular. Among his shorter produc- tions that have been published in the magazines are, "Not the King's Will," a story of the Babylonian captivity; "Mixing Medicine and Law," an epi- sode of medical practice which might be duplicated by scores of physicians, and "Sammy's Substitute," the story of a boy who was curiously rewarded for faithful service.


A Presbyterian in religious belief, Doctor Pennell is, politically, a Re- publican; and, while he has always taken a good citizen's interest in public matters, he has never sought the emoluments of public office. Educational affairs appealed to him differently, however, for, while living at Frederick- town, he was elected to the board of education several successive terms. Here it pleased him to see the public schools rise to a high plane of useful- ness, and, for the ten years that he served as president of the board of edu- cation, gave his efforts to that end. Fraternally, he is a Mason. A member of Thrall Lodge No. 170, at Fredericktown, he served it as master for four years ; of Clinton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Kinsman Council, Royal and Select Masters, and Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, at Mt. Vernon; of Aladdin Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Columbus Chapter, Rose Croix H. R. D. M., eighteenth degree, Valley of Columbus; and of Ohio Sovereign Consistory, S. P. R. S., thirty-second de- gree, Cincinnati, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.


The Doctor has been twice married. To his first union two daughters and one son were born, all at Nashville: Edna E., now Sister Cecilia, Order of St. Anne, Arlington Heights, Massachusetts; Carroll Celsus died in in- fancy ; Adah Aline, wife of J. Handel Williams, editor of the Republican- Record, Washington C. H., Ohio, who has presented her father with two grandsons and two grandaughters. The wife and mother passed to her rest in October, 1903, after a long period of sickness. In April, 1908, the Doctor was again married, uniting with Mrs. Emma J. Seiler, daughter of E. Casteel, late of Hayesville, Ohio.


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Personally the Doctor is a genial, high-minded, progressive and hon- orable gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet; profound scholar, versatile writer, able physician and surgeon; an unassuming representative of the masses. The comfortable home of the Pennells, at No. 205 North Main street, presided over by the pleasing personality of the wife, contains all the elements of cheer and hospitality.


JUDGE CHARLES E. CRITCHFIELD.


Examples that impress force of character on all who study them are worthy of record. By a few general observations may be conveyed some idea of the high standing of Judge Charles E. Critchfield, of Mt. Vernon, as an attorney, a man of affairs and a citizen and public benefactor. United in his composition are so many elements of a solid and practical nature. which during a series of many decades have brought him into prominent notice and earned for him a conspicuous place among the enterprising and scholarly men of the county honored by his residence, that it is but just recognition of his worth to speak at some length of his life and achieve- ments, although he is conservative and unpretentious, caring little for the admiring plaudits of men, satisfied if he is conscious of doing his duty well in the several relations of life.


Judge Critchfield is the scion of a sterling old pioneer family and he himself may be referred to as a connecting link between the pioneer epoch and the present, having spent his long, active and useful life in this locality whose interests he has ever had at heart and which he has ever sought to promulgate, playing an important role in the drama of civilization. He was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, near the Knox county line, on November 25, 1836, and he is the son of Charles and Matilda (Butler) Critchfield. The great-grandfather of the subject, who was of German lineage, fought in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather, William Critchfield, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, from which he emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, in 1812 when this section was but a forest wilderness and yet the haunts of wild beasts and the home of the red man. He was an honored and influential pioneer and aided materially in laying the foundation for the pros- perity and civilization that was to follow. Charles Critchfield, father of the Judge, was also born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and he emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, with his parents in 1812, later moving to Coshocton county, where his son, Charles E., of this review, was born. Twelve years


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later he returned with his family to Knox county and located upon a farm which is still in possession of his descendants. He followed farming on a large scale during the active years of his life, and was widely known as an enterprising agriculturist and honorable citizen. His wife, Matilda Butler, was the daughter of Benjamin Butler, who came from Virginia to Ohio, and who, with Joseph Walker and Thomas Bell Patterson, at one time owned the site of Mt. Vernon, and who laid out the town here in 1805. So on both the paternal and maternal sides of the house, Judge Critchfield is a representative of worthy pioneer stock, intimately identified with the history of the city and county from its earliest days, and he has ever striven to keep untarnished the bright escutcheon of an honored family name.


The literary education of Charles E. Critchfield was obtained in the home schools, as already intimated, and while he did not enjoy, so extensive advantages of many of the present day, he made the most of every oppor- tunity and laid a broad and secure foundation for the subsequent structure. When a young man he began reading law in the office of Major William R. Sapp, of Mt. Vernon, and in 1865 he was admitted to the bar and opened an office in Mt. Vernon, and with the exception of the years when he was in official positions he has practiced here ever since, covering a period of forty- six years, which have been replete with honor and a very high degree of success such as few attain and none of his contemporaries have surpassed. It was not his nature to occupy any mediocre position, but his ambition was to excel and, with "his wagon hitched to a star," he has ever striven for the highest and best. By thorough preparation, profound study and research and absolute devotion to his calling and the cause of his clients, he early in his career won an envied place in his profession. He has followed a gen- eral practice in all the courts of the state and United States courts. In 1869 he was elected probate judge of Knox county and served two consecutive terms of three years each and again after an interval of three years he was re-elected for a third term, thus serving nine years, in a manner that not only reflected much credit upon himself but also won the hearty approval of all concerned, irrespective of party alignment, and it is doubtful if the county ever had, before or since, a more able official in this capacity and one who discharged his duties with greater fidelity and alacrity. He has also filled other important public positions, always in a manner that proved the wis- dom of his selection. He has been a life-long Democrat and always loyal to the principles of the party. During President Cleveland's second admin- istration he served as postmaster at Mt. Vernon from 1893 to 1897. In 1889 he was elected representative from Knox county to the state Legisla-


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ture and during his term participated in the election of Calvin S. Brice to the United States Senate. He won the admiration of his colleagues and the hearty approval of his constituents while in the House and added additional luster to an already distinguished name in the Buckeye state.


Judge Critchfield was married in 1862 to Amanda Vincent, daughter of Alexander and Eliza (McElroy) Vincent, of Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, who came to Ohio in an early day and located on a farm in Knox county, where they became well established and highly respected. Two children have been born to the Judge and wife, Charles Vincent, manager of the Mt. Vernon electric light and power plant, and Nellie, the estimable daughter.


Few men have a wider acquaintance and are more favorably known than Judge Critchfield. In this community, where his entire life has been spent, his high character, his marked ability, his sterling worth and his fidelity to duty in public life commands the consideration and high regard of his fellow men, which they have ever very freely accorded, honoring him as one of the notable men of his day and generation, as he justly deserves, in this section of Ohio.


REV. WILLIAM E. HULL.


Success is only achieved by the exercise of certain distinguishing quali- ties, and it can not be retained without effort. Those by whom great epoch changes have been made in the religious, political and business world began early in life to prepare themselves for their peculiar duties and re- sponsibilities and it was only by the most persevering and continuous en- deavor that they succeeded in rising superior to the obstacles in their way and reaching the goal of their ambition. Such lives are an inspiration to others who are less courageous and more prone to give up the fight before their ideal is reached or definite success in any chosen field has been attained. In the life history of Rev. William E. Hull, the able and popular pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal church, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, we find evidence of a peculiar characteristic that always makes for achievement-persistency, coupled with fortitude and lofty traits, and as a result of his useful, con- sistent and unselfish life he is one of Knox county's most highly esteemed, influential and best known citizens, a man whom to know is to respect and admire, owing to his scholarly attainments, his faithfulness in his efforts to ameliorate the condition of his fellow men, and his abandonment of worldly


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ambitions in his efforts to follow in the footprints of the lowly Nazarene, content merely in doing His will, with no thought of reward or plaudits of those with whom he labors here.


Rev. Mr. Hull was born November 23, 1858, at Hartwick Seminary, Otsego county, New York, the scion of a sterling old family of the Empire state, being the son of William and Elizabeth (Skinner) Hull, both natives of the state of New York. The father was for many years a well known minister in the English Evangelical Lutheran church. He was a man of great learning and rare strength of character; he spent his life in church work in the state of New York and he did a wonderful amount of good there during his day and generation. He and his wife have both passed to their rewards.


William E. Hull was educated in a preparatory school at Hartwick, New York, later entered Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1884. Early in life he evinced a laudable ambition to enter the ministry and after his college course he entered the Theological Seminary at Hartwick, New York, where he made a splendid record, and then entered the ministry in the church of his father, in which he remained for ten years. He was pastor of the church of the English Evangelical Lutheran church at Cobleskill, New York, where he remained four and one-half years, when he came to Ohio and was pastor of a church of the same denomination at Bellefontaine for four years. In 1897 he. transferred his church allegiance from the English Evangelical Lutheran church to the Episcopal church, and became rector of the Episco- pal church at Bucyrus, Ohio, where he remained a year and a half, then, in September, 1899, he came to Mt. Vernon as rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, one of the earliest churches of the denomination in the state, hav- ing been organized in 1826. Here he still continues to labor for the Master. Like all the charges he has been given, Rev. Mr. Hull has greatly strength- ened and built up the congregation here and has won his way into the hearts of the people, not only in his own congregation, but the general public as well. He has always been a profound student and is fearless in his advocacy of whatever he deems to be right, is broad-minded, whole-souled and pro- gressive, alert, painstaking and energetic, and as a pulpit orator he is earn- est, logical and often truly eloquent, never failing to hold his audience in rapt attention.




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