. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. ative son of this township, he was bornon ]\Iarch 26, 1858. His father, JohnHull, was born in New York in 1819,and, removing westward to Indiana, wasthere married in Randolph county to MissLevina Bond, whose birth occurred in thatcounty, while her girlhood days were alsopassed there. ]\Ir. Hull was a carpenter by tradeand also a shoemaker. He followed both pur-suits in early life and about 1840 removed toIowa, settling in Spring Creek township, wh
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. ative son of this township, he was bornon ]\Iarch 26, 1858. His father, JohnHull, was born in New York in 1819,and, removing westward to Indiana, wasthere married in Randolph county to MissLevina Bond, whose birth occurred in thatcounty, while her girlhood days were alsopassed there. ]\Ir. Hull was a carpenter by tradeand also a shoemaker. He followed both pur-suits in early life and about 1840 removed toIowa, settling in Spring Creek township, wherehe opened up a number of farms. He wouldpurchase land, improve the propertv and thensell, so that from time to time he owned a num-ber of different farms. He also owned and op-erated a sawmill. His father, Solomon Hull,was one of the first to settle in this locality andwas also engaged in manufacturing family lias thus been closely associated withthe material progress and substantial upbuildingof Mahaska county. After living here for someyears, John Hull removed to Nebraska, settlingupon a farm, and his death occurred in Tobias,. DAXIEL IILLL PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 549 Fillmore county. He was greatly interested ir,bee culture, made a close study of the habits ofbees, hunted > ait their hives and made a specialtyof raising honey for the market. He was con-sidered authority upon the subject of bee cul-ture and his apiary was a fine one. Fie diedin 1901 and his wife, still surxiving him, isnow residing in Tobias at the age of eighty-twoyears. Daniel Hull is one of a family-of seven sonsruul fi\e daughters, all of wliom reached adultage. Of this number six sons and three daugh-ters are yet living. Daniel FIull was rearedto manhood in Spring Creek township and re-mained with his father until twenty-two yearsof age. during which time he assisted in de-\eloping and carrying on the home farm. Hehad good common-school advantages and after-ward attended Penn
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