Descendants of Howard M. Lull
Generation No.1
# 24348 # 2434 # 243 # 24 # 2 # 1 # O USA from England
(AUSTIN 7, ASA 6, TIMOTHY 5, BENJAMIN 4, JOHN 3, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 1)
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I. GEORGE M. 8 LULL was born 1841 in Hartland, VT, and died May 12,1901 in Sayre, PA.
He married JULIA BOL TON 1867 in Sayre, P A.
Notes: for GEORGE M. LULL :
Civil War veteran with the 52nd Pennsylvania Regiment, UNION ARMY

Children of GEORGE LULL and JULIA BOLTON are:
i. GEORGE 9 LULL, b. 1872; d. 1873
Notes for GEORGE LULL :
Lay aside his little playthings
Wet with mother's pearly tears
How we shall miss little Georgy
all the coming weary years.
Fold the dainty little dresses
That he never more will wear
For his little feet are waiting
Up above the golden stair.
George died of Scarlet Fever as an infant, 1873

ii. HOWARD M. LULL, b. May 1888; d. September 27,1971;
m. IONE CARNER.
daughter of WILLIAM CARNER and JOSEPHINE MUNN .

Notes for Howard M. LULL :
Howard is listed in the 1912 Elmira Directory as employed as a Stenographer for the Armstrong Co. of Elmira, NY
and living in Sayre, PA. In 1917 he worked at Wells Fargo & Co. of Elmira. The 1920 Directory shows him back at
Armstrong. Somewhere between then and the 1921 Directory , Howard and lone separated and divorced.

Children of Howard M. Lull and IONE CARNER are:
i. JOSEPHINE IONE 9 LULL, b. July 22,1914;
m. VERNON P ARSONS.

ii. HOWARD WILLIAM LULL, b. October 20, 1915, Elmira, NY;
d. June 10, 1994, Raleigh, NC;
m. BARBARA ALMA BAKER March 03, 1941, Burton Parish, V A.

Notes:
Howard is listed in the 1912 Elmira Directory as employed as a Stenographer for the Armstrong Co. of Elmira, NY
and living in Sayre, PA. In 1917 he worked at Wells Fargo & Co. of Elmira. The 1920 Directory shows him back at
Armstrong. Somewhere between then and the 1921 Directory , Howard and lone separated and divorced.

NOTE: See page 107 this book.
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Descendants of Howard William Lull
Continued from page 284

(HOWARD M. 8, GEORGE M. 7, AUSTIN 6, TIMOTHY 5, BENJAMIN 4, JOHN 3, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 1 )

i. HOWARD WILLIAM 9 LULL was born October 20,1915 in Elmira, NY,
and died June 10, 1994 in Raleigh, NC.
m. He married BARBARA ALMA BAKER March 03, 1941 in Burton Parish, V A,
daughter of WILLIAM BAKER and MARGARET V AN SYCKEL.

More About Howard William LULL:
Baptism: Grace Episcopal Church -Elmira, NY
Cause of Death: Complications from Alzheimer's
College -BS: 1938, North Carolina State -Forestry
College -MS: 1939, Yale -forestry
College PhD: 1949, U of Maryland -Forestry
Confirmation: Episcopalian
Occupation: Forest Service & Episcopal Priest
More About BARBARA ALMA BAKER:
Baptism: Episcopalian
College -BS: 1939, BA from Ohio State U
Fact 9: Old Bay Psalm Book passed down from Stephen Mather -Sold in 1975 at auction
High School: 1934, Columbus, OH

Children of HOWARD LULL and BARBARA BAKER are:
i. DAVID CARNER 10 LULL, b. December 15,1946, Ogden, Utah
m. ( 1 ) ADENA FAUSTINE BELLEGIA, March 29,1970, Media, PA
m. (2) MARSHA, April 03,1975, Parkesburg, PA.

More About DAVID CARNER LULL :
Baptism: Episcopal
College -BS: January 1969, Temple U, Philadelphia, PA -Social Work Occupation: Psychologist -US Air Force

ii. MILES MATHER LULL, b. June 01,1949, Knoxville, TN;
m (1) BARBARA ANN CONL Y, April 08,1977, Rose Tree, PA;
m. (2) MAUREEN ANNE SAVER, Apri120, 1985, Franklin, NC.

More About MILES MATHER LULL:
Baptism: Episcopal
College -BS: December 1971, Bryant Business College, Providence, RI
Occupation: Business Manager

Note: continued next page.

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iii. JONATHAN HOWARD LULL, b. August 13,1953, Vicksburg, MS;
m. (1) JANET L YNNE GAUNT, November 23, 1972, Media, P A;
m (2) ANNA FURLANI, September 24, 1978, Franklin, NC;
m (3) P AMELA MARIE WISE, November 17, 1984, Cullowhee, NC;
m (4) DELLA MAE CREECH, October 14,1995, Grayson, KY.

More About JONATHAN HOWARD LULL:
Baptism: November 1953, Christ Church Episcopal- Vicksburg, MS
College -BS: May 1987, Western Carolina U -Social Science
College -MS: May 1989, Western Carolina U -Human Resource
Confirmation: Apri11995, St Mary's Catholic -Sylva, NC
High School: June 1971, Nether Providence, PA
Occupation: Truck Driver
More About JANET L YNNE GAUNT:
Baptism: Catholic -Secane, PA
High School: June 1972, Ridley Park, PA
Occupation: Physical Therapist Assistant
More About ANNA FURLANI:
Baptism: Catholic -Bressanone, Italy

More About DELLA MAE CREECH:
Baptism: 1989, St David's Episcopal- Cullowhee, NC
Confirmation: Apri11995, St Mary's Catholic -Sylva, NC
Occupation: Truck Driver
Social Security: 1966

iv. MARGARET IONE LULL, b. June 20,1957, Philadelphia, PA;
m. DREW NA YLOR.

More About MARGARET IONE LULL :
Baptism: Episcopal
Occupation: Lawyer

v. ANDREW BAKER LULL, b. August 24,1961, Philadelphia, PA;
m CATHY.

More About ANDREW BAKER LULL :
Baptism: Episcopal
College -BS: North Carolina State- Social Work
High School: June 1979, Franklin, NC
Occupation: Police Officer -Raleigh, NC
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Descendants of
"Austin Lull"
s/o Asa Lull, s/o Old Capt. Timothy Lull
both later of Hartland, Vermont,
and Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania for Austin Lull.

written and researched by Kent Ward
Sent in July 2004 to; Gary Allen Lull the G.G.G.G. Son of Old Capt. Timothy Lull. For edit and addition to his books with comments.

AUSTIN LULL, s/o Abigail Barrell & Asa Lull (parents)(G. Parents, Old Capt. Timothy Lull & Mary H. Brown of Hartland, Vermont.)
Born: 9 December 1806 in Hartland Township, Windsor County, Vermont (from familysearch.org)
Died: Tuesday morning, 5 February 1884 at Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, ae. 77 years (from an obituary in Tunkhannock’s Wyoming Democrat of 8 February 1884.)
Buried: -apparently in Tunkhannock, although there is now no gravestone. “The funeral services were held at his residence on Thursday at 10 a.m., Rev. S. F. Brown officiating.” (Tunkhannock Republican, 8 February 1884)
Married: 22 Dec. 1833 at Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont (from familysearch.org) also from Gary Lull's research. Confirmed

MARY ANN KELLY, dau. of Joshua Kelly (from a death notice in the Wyoming Democrat of 8 February 1884).
Her mother, Mrs. Martha Kelly, was called by the old-fashioned nickname “Patty.”
Born: ca. 1809, in New Hampshire; the 1860 census states that she was 51 and in 1870 she was 60; both census reports give her birthplace as New Hampshire.
Died: 1878, “in her 71st year,” a.e. age 70, (according to H. C. Bradsby’s 1891 History of Bradford County, Pa.)
The Tunkhannock Republican of 8 February 1884 confirms this death date, stating of Austin Lull that “the companion of his youth died five years ago.”
Buried: —perhaps in Tunkhannock. Her parents were buried in the Gravel Hill Cemetery there.

Austin Lull was a native of Vermont. According to Bradsby’s History of Bradford County, Pa., he “was a hotel and livery stable keeper” and moved his family to Tunkhannock, PA, in May 1851. The 1860 and 1870 census reports listed Austin Lull as a laborer living in Tunkhannock Borough. In 1860, four of the Lulls’ children---Jane, George, Helen and Marshall J., were residing with their parents. In 1870, just the youngest son, 19-year-old Marshall, was still at home. In 1880, Austin Lull was 73, widowed and still in Tunkhannock borough. His widowed daughter, Helen Williamson, was keeping house for him and her nine-year-old daughter, Mamie, rounded out the family. Austin Lull died at Tunkhannock in February 1884.

Tunkhannock’s Newspaper the Wyoming Democrat of 8 February 1884 commented, “It becomes our duty to record the death of Mr. Austin Lull, one of the oldest of our citizens, after a short illness, occasioned by a fall about a week ago. Mr. Lull was sitting at the dinner table and in rising, stumbled and fell, striking his head against a stove, from which accident he never recovered consciousness, an died from the effects thereof on Tuesday morning. He leaves six children of whom there are three sons and three daughters, viz., Frederick, a resident of the state of Iowa, George M. Lull, a conductor on one of the passenger trains of the L. V. R. R. [Lehigh Valley Railroad], M. J. Lull, conductor on the Sullivan and State Line Railroad, Mrs. P. S. Billings, Mrs. Paul Billings and Mrs. Williamson. He had another son, Charlie*, who was wounded at the battle of Shiloh. Mr. Lull was a native of Vermont and removed to this place in 1842 [actually 1851] and was 77 years old. The funeral took place yesterday at ten a.m. from his late home.”
* Charlie Lull s/o Austin Lull as listed above


Mary Ann Kelly’s family

When Austin Lull brought his family to Tunkhannock in 1851, his father-in-law, Joshua Kelly, was already established in the town. A Vermont native, Joshua was born ca. 1780-81. His father, Ebenezer Kelly, was said to be a Connecticut native. At the time of the 1850 census, Joshua Kelly and his wife, Martha, (referred to elsewhere by her nickname, Patty), were residents of Tunkhannock Borough. He apparently owned a home, as his real estate was valued at $800. Residing with the Kellys in 1850 was their son Dr. C. W. Kelly, a 33-year-old physician. Joshua served as borough tax collector in 1853 and 1855. The year 1860 found Joshua and Martha still living in Tunkhannock Borough, along with Dr. Charles Kelly, ae. 44.

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Dr. Charles W. Kelly died two years later, on 3 December 1862, and was buried in Tunkhannock’s Gravel Hill Cemetery, on Susquehanna Avenue. Patty Kelly, wife of Joshua Kelly, died 13 May 1865 in Tunkhannock Borough, at the age of 77 years. Burial was at Gravel Hill. On 9 September 1868, the Wyoming Democrat included Joshua Kelly of Tunkhannock Borough, on a list of aged persons living in Wyoming County. He was said to be 88 years old and born in Vermont. He died six months later, on 3 March 1869, ae. 88 years. He too, was buried in the Gravel Hill Cemetery. The Wyoming Democrat noted that his funeral was held in the basement of the Methodist church.

Nine months after Joshua Kelly’s decease, Mary Ann Lull posted 100 dollars bond as administratrix of Patty Kelly’s estate. Letters were granted the same day. The document, in Wyoming County will book Vol. 2, page 607, bears the signatures of Austin Lull, A. M. Stark, Thos. B. Wall and Mary Ann Lull. * Note: The Stark family is from New Hampshire.

The following memorial, “A Tribute to the Memory of Mrs. M. A. Lull,” appeared in the Tunkhannock Republican on 28 February 1879. “Mrs. Lull was a native of Hartland, Vermont. She came to this part of the country about thirty years ago. From my first recollections of her, she was ever to be found at the bedside of the sick and suffering; her generous hand was ever open to the poor and needy, her presence in the sick room was like a bright ray of sunshine bursting forth from behind a dark cloud, bringing cheerfulness and courage to take the place of sadness and despair. She was wise in her counsels and gentle in her reproofs. She has ever evinced a strength and firmness in her christian character which would be well for all to imitate. But alas! she has gone from among us—gone to reap the reward of a well-spent life, to exchange the cross for the crown, and I could but say within my own heart as I stood beside the inanimate form and gazed with mingled feelings of admiration and awe upon the placid face, the sealed lips and folded hands, that her work was done, and well done, and the world was better for her having lived therein.”

Austin and Mary Ann Lull had eight* children, of whom all, but Charlie survived them. At least three of their sons—Charlie, George and Josh—served in the Civil War (1860-1865).

Frederick Austin Lull, born 10 June 1834 (date from familysearch.org). He apparently went West with his younger brother Charlie ca. 1858. They settled initially at Mendota, Illinois. The Tunkhannock Republican of 28 June 1876 commented, “Mr. Frederick Lull, son of Mr. Austin Lull, of this place, who has been absent from the place of his nativity nearly 18 years during which time he has raised a family, is located near Des Moines, Iowa, and is now visiting his parents.” When his father died in 1884, Fred was said to be living in Iowa.
Frances Evaline Lull, born 29 January 1836; married Perry S. BILLINGS.
Mary Jane Lull, called “Jennie,” born 14 July 1837; married Paul BILLINGS, as his second wife.
Charles E. Lull, called “Charlie,” died in the Civil War, possibly in May 1862. *Buried at St. Louis, National Cemetery.
George M. Lull, born 2 February 1841; married Julia A. BOLTON.
Helen J. Lull, born 11 November 1845; married John WILLIAMSON.
Marshall Joshua Lull, called “Josh,” born 24 September 1850; married Emma KISHPAUGH. Orman Newton Lull b. unknown at tis time July 2004 Servered in Union Army garding the (L. H. R. R.) from Southern Raidiers.
Col. Ormon Newton Lull b. Unknown at this time. Servered with the Union Army, guarding against Sourtnern Raiders.
(L. H. R. R.) During his Milita avtivities, his cavlary unit rode up and down the rail road. Later to serve in Washington, DC guarding Prisident Lincoln.
* Note: Austin Lull was noted as leaving Vermont with 5 boys and 3 girls, per Col Thomas C. Lull book.
* Note: Charles Lull was wounded at the battle of Shiloh. Transported to the Army Hospital at St. Louis, buried in the National Cemetery at St. Louis.
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Family of Frances E. Lull & Perry S. Billings
Tunkhannock, Pa.

FRANCES EVALINE LULL, eldest daughter of Mary Ann Kelly & Austin Lull
She was named for her mother’s sister Eveline T. Kelly, wife of Powers W. Redfield, of Tunkhannock. She was occasionally referred to as “Miss FRANK LULL.”
Born: 29 January 1836, presumably in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont (The month and year agree with the 1900 census)
Married: 27 December 1855 at Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA (from the North Branch Democrat, 2 January 1856)
Died: Monday, 26 November 1906, of chronic bronchitis (from the undertaker, Theodore Streeter’s record); she died at her residence on East Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA (from obituary)
Buried: Wednesday, 28 November 1906, at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
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PERRY STARK BILLINGS, son of Elizabeth Stark & Daniel Billings
Born: 7 October 1830 “on the old homestead in East Tunkhannock township” (from his obituary in the Tunkhannock Republican of 15 June 1900; it agrees with the date in the 1900 census.)
Died: Wednesday morning, 13 June 1900, “at his home on East Tioga street,” in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA (from his obituary; date agrees with Wyoming County probate records); he was 69.
Buried: At Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA

Perry Billings* father, Daniel Billings, came to the Wyoming County area as a young man. According to Perry’s obituary in the Wyoming Democrat of 15 June 1900, Daniel Billings “settled up Tunkhannock creek, where he engaged extensively in farming and lumbering.” The obituary reports that Perry “followed the vocation of his father, and by his industry and economy accumulated a considerable wealth. He moved from his farm up the creek to Tunkhannock in 1864, but still looked after the lumbering business and his property until several months ago, when he suffered a light stroke of paralysis, after which time he had been confined to his home for some time. He rallied and had so far recovered as to look after business matters until about one week ago when he suffered the second stroke from which he never rallied. He was an active member of the M. E. church and contributed liberally for the erection of that fine edifice which graces the town. … Mr. Billings was one of Tunkhannock’s oldest and most highly respected citizens and will be greatly missed.” The Republican added that “Mr. Billings was a member of the Methodist church, and always an industrious man. He was a prosperous business man, owning valuable real estate in West Pittston and other points down the valley, and also some up Tunkhannock creek in this county. He was a director in the Tunkhannock Bridge Company, before its property was taken by the county, and vice president of the Wyoming National Bank, and assessor in the 1st Ward of this borough at the time of his death.”
* Note: Billings family is from Hartland, Vermont.

According to census data, in 1860 Perry S. Billings was a 29-year-old farmer in Tunkhannock Township. On 10 March 1866 he purchased real estate on the south side of East Tioga Street in Tunkhannock Borough from the estate of Willard Jackson. The 1869 Wyoming County map calls Perry Billings a “dealer in lumber” on Tioga Street. By 1870 he had moved his family to the borough and was listed as a lumberman. The Tunkhannock Republican obituary comments that Perry “finally moved to Tunkhannock and erected a fine and substantial home, where he thereafter resided.” The house still stands, across from Greenwood’s Furniture Store on Tioga Street. The second floor currently serves as a Masonic Temple, while the first has endured several incarnations as an Italian restaurant. In 1880, Perry Billings’ “mansion house” was valued at $2,500. In that year and in 1900, Perry was a lumber merchant. Census reports also show that Frances Billings always had a hired girl. It’s interesting to note that in the years between 1860 and 1880, the family had the same Irish-born servant, Mary Ruane (or Rowan). She was just 16 in 1860 and in 1880 was 37 and still single.

Frances Billings’ obituary stated, “Mrs. Billings had not been in good health for several years, and for the past few weeks her condition had been critical, and her death was not unexpected.” It concluded, “Mrs. Billings was an active and devout Christian and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew her best for those qualities that are of much worth in the community where she lived.”

Five children. Three daughters, their only children at the time, died of diphtheria in June 1863. They later had a daughter and a son who grew to adulthood.

Jennie M. Billings, born 1856; died 28 June 1863, ae. 6 years, 9 mos. & 7 days, (date and age from gravestone). The North Branch Democrat of 8 July 1863 reported her age as 6 years & 7 mos. Jennie died the day after her little sister Katie and they were placed in the same coffin. Burial was in Tunkhannock’s Gravel Hill Cemetery.
Harriet E. Billings, called Hattie, born March 1858 (date figured from age at death). The North Branch Democrat of 8 July 1863 reported her death on 15 June 1863, ae. 5 years & 3 mos. However, her gravestone in the Gravel Hill Cemetery has been read as “died 13 June 1863, ae. 5 years, 2 mos. & 25 days.”
Katie E. Billings, born 15 April 1862 (date figured from age at death); she died 27 June 1863, ae. 1 year, 2 mos. & 12 days (from gravestone). The North Branch Democrat of 8 July 1863 confirms the date, stating the age as 1 year & 2 mos. Katie and her sister Jennie were placed in the same coffin and interred in the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Tunkhannock, PA.
Jennie Billings, born June 1864; married first Dr. A. D. BRUNDAGE. She married second James C. THAYER.
William Perry Billings, born 8 March 1869 in Tunkhannock, PA. He married Madge -------?-------. When his father died in June 1900, he was living in Kingston, Luzerne County, PA, and was employed as cashier by the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre. In November 1906 he was living in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Later he moved to California. In December 1936, William Billings was residing in Los Angeles; he’d have been 67 then. Two children:
Andrew Billings
Frances Billings

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JENNIE BILLINGS, surviving daughter of Frances E. Lull & Perry S. Billings
She was apparently named for her older sister Jennie M. Billings who died in 1863, as well as for her aunt Jennie (Lull) Billings.
Born: June 1864 (from the 1900 census)
Married: first, on 17 December 1885, in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., “by Rev. E. Mills, pastor of the First M. E. Church there.”
(Reported in the Wyoming Democrat of 25 December 1885)
Died: Saturday, 26 December 1936, at the home of her brother, W. P. Billings, in Los Angeles, California (from her obituary in the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age, 31 December 1936); she was 71.
Buried: —presumably in California; the funeral was held in Los Angeles.

Dr. ARTHUR DUANE BRUNDAGE, son Julia Edith Packer & Dr. Duane F. Brundage
He was known as Dr. A. D. BRUNDAGE.
Born: 9 January 1858 in Gibson, Susquehanna County, PA (from the Wyoming Democrat, 9 March 1900)
Died: 1 March 1900 at his home on Turnpike Street (now Bridge Street), Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, of typhoid fever, ae. 42 years, 1 mo. & 20 days (from records of undertaker Theodore Streeter)
Buried: Sunday, March 4, 1900, at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, following a funeral at his late home.

JENNIE BILLINGS BRUNDAGE, widow of Dr. A. D. Brundage
Married: second, on 27 February 1901, at the bride’s home in Tunkhannock, by Rev. H. H. Wilbur, as the second wife of
JAMES C. THAYER, son of Julia E. ---- & E. E. Thayer
Born: ca. 1859-60 in PA
Died: —prior to his second wife’s death in December 1936.

Jennie Billings was born just a year after her parents lost all three of their children to diphtheria, in June 1863. Therefore, she and her younger brother grew up as the only children of wealthy parents. The Tunkhannock Republican of 25 December 1885 reported a happy event: “On Thursday of last week Dr. A. D. Brundage and Miss Jennie Billings gave their friends quite a surprise by quietly taking a trip to Elmira in the morning and returning married. To the many congratulations they have received we tender our best wishes for a happy future.” Jennie was 20 years old when she married. Ten years later, on 19 February 1895, she received from her father the house on the northeast corner of Bridge and East Harrison Streets in Tunkhannock. Perry Billings had purchased it on 8 May 1869 from the Palen brothers, so possibly Jennie, her husband and young son were already living there.

Dr. A. D. Brundage came from a family of physicians. His grandfather, Dr. Jonathan W. Brundage, and great-uncle Dr. G. N. Brundage, came from Wallkill, Orange County, N.Y., to Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, PA, in April 1834. The uncle died there in 1838, but Dr. Jonathan W. Brundage remained in the medical practice until his death in 1861. He and his wife, Permelia Mills, had eight children. One of them was Dr. Duane F. Brundage, called Frank, who became Dr. A. D. Brundage’s father. The following biographical paragraph is from R. M. Stocker’s 1887 Centennial History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (p. 170).

“Dr. Duane F. Brundage, son of Dr. Jonathan W. Brundage, was born 1823. He commenced practice in Gibson in 1841, where he continued until his death in 1864. He received the degree of M.D. from an eclectic school in Philadelphia.” Eclectic medicine selected the “desirable principles” from various systems of medical practice, without adhering to any one school. Stocker continues, “In 1852 he erected a water cure establishment, forty by sixty feet in size and three stories high, which was burned in 1872. In 1853 he married Julia Edith Packer, of Woodstock, Vt., and she is now the wife of Dr. A. B. Woodward, of Tunkhannock, Pa. His son, Dr. Arthur D. Brundage, is practicing in Tunkhannock.” According to the Wyoming County Registry of Physicians (1881), Dr. Arthur D. Brundage received his M.D. degree from U. S. Medical College in New York on 1 March 1879. He practiced medicine in Tunkhannock, PA.

A long obituary appearing in the Wyoming Democrat of 9 March 1900 begins with the announcement that “Arthur D. Brundage, M. D., died at his home, corner of Third and Turnpike streets, last week Thursday at 9:30 a.m.” The house still stands at 25 East Harrison Street—since 1900, Turnpike Street has become Bridge Street, while Third Street is now called East Harrison. The obituary continues, “Arthur D., the son of the late Dr. Frank Brundage, was born in Gibson, Susquehanna county, January 9, 1858. While [he was] still quite young his parents [i.e. his mother and stepfather, Dr. Woodward] moved to Uniondale, from there to Carbondale, and in 1871 to Tunkhannock. His youthful days were spent in school where he received an education that qualified him for the study of medicine, which he took up at an early age. He at once time worked at the printer’s trade, working on the Tunkhannock Republican. Coming from a family of doctors, he chose that profession and entered the office of Dr. A. B. Woodward [his stepfather] where he qualified himself for college. He first entered as a student in a medical college in Cincinnati, Ohio, and from there he went to New York City where he finished his course, graduating in 1879. He first entered on the practice of his chosen profession at South Gibson where, during the two years that he remained, he enjoyed a large practice. From there he moved to Tunkhannock where he practiced medicine up to within a few days before his death. During his practice he was never known to refuse to go when called.”
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Dr. Brundage’s obituary names the survivors in addition to his widow and son. “His mother, Mrs. A. B. Woodward, of Tunkhannock, two brothers, Frank, of Scranton, and B. E., of Tunkhannock, and one sister, Mrs. T. A. Purdon, of Dalton, Lackawanna county, also survive him. He was a member of Triton Hose Co. [in Tunkhannock] and will be greatly missed by that body. His sudden death was a shock to the whole community where he had hosts of friends, who tender their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family.”

Marriage to James C. Thayer

Just about a year after her husband’s death, Jennie Brundage married James C. Thayer, of Binghamton, N.Y., formerly of Tunkhannock. His first wife had died the previous year. He was the manager of a publishing house at the time. James C. Thayer apparently grew up in Nicholson, PA, where his father was a carpenter. By 1880, he 19 years old, boarding in Tunkhannock Borough and working as a printer. When he married his first wife in 1886, the Tunkhannock Republican referred to him as “formerly an employe in this office.” James C. Thayer was married Saturday, 23 October 1886 at Binghamton, N.Y., by Rev. G. Murray Colville (formerly of Tunkhannock) to Minnie M. Sharp, “daughter of John P. Sharp, Esq., of that city.” (The wedding was reported in the Tunkhannock Republican on 29 October 1886.) The writer added, “Mr. Thayer has many friends in Tunkhannock who will join with us in wishing him a happy future. He intends making Binghamton his home.” His wife died 13 years later on 22 March 1900.
On 22 September 1906, Jennie Thayer sold her house to Aaron Bartron. It’s possible she had gone to live with her widowed mother in the “mansion house” on East Tioga Street. Frances Lull Billings died on 26 November 1906 and her home passed to Jennie. In March 1915, the Tunkhannock newspaper announced, “J. C. Thayer will represent the Tiona Oil Company in Eastern Pennsylvania this summer, covering his territory with the automobile. His wife will go along frequently to enjoy the rides.” On 11 January 1917 the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age noted, “Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thayer left yesterday for Los Angeles, Cal., where Mrs. Thayer’s son, Duane Brundage, resides. They went by the Southern route, and will stop at New Orleans.” On 17 June 1920, Jennie Billings Thayer and her husband sold her parents’ former home on East Tioga Street to William N. Reynolds, for $5,250.
According to her obituary in 1936, “Mrs. Thayer, the widow of the late James C. Thayer, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Billings, of Tunkhannock. She and Mr. Thayer were residents of the town for many years, he being cashier of the Citizens National Bank for some time. In late years Mrs. Thayer has lived in California, making her home with the above mentioned brother, [William P. Billings,] who with her son, Duane Brundage, also of Los Angeles, survive.”
One son of Jennie Billings and Dr. A. D. Brundage:
Duane A. Brundage, born January 1887; married and divorced from Mildred Bly STARK.

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DUANE A. BRUNDAGE, only son of Jennie M. Billings & Dr. Arthur Duane Brundage
Born: January 1887 (from the 1900 census)
Died: —sometime after December 1936, when he was named among his mother’s survivors
Married: Saturday, 16 January 1909 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA, by Rev. Henry H. Wilbur (from the Wyoming County marriage dockets and the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 21 Jan 1909)
MILDRED BLY STARK, youngest daughter of Sarah Jane Brown & J. Wesley Stark
Born: 10 March 1882 in West Nicholson, Nicholson Township, Wyoming County, PA (full name and birth information from her passport)
Died: 7 Mar. 1980 at Carpenter Care Center in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, ae. 97 years; she died three days before her 98th birthday.
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Duane Brundage was an only child. He was 13 when his father, Dr. A. D. Brundage, died in 1900. He was 22 when he married 26-year-old Millie Stark, of West Nicholson. They divorced after a brief marriage. As early as January 1917, Duane was residing in Los Angeles, California, and he was still living there I December 1936.

Mildred B. Stark graduated from one of the local high schools. According to her obituary, she began teaching at Lynn, (in Springville Township, Susquehanna County, PA). She married in 1909, then divorced and eventually resumed her maiden name. In May 1914, the Tunkhannock newspaper reported, “Mrs. Millie Stark Brundage will fill the vacancy in the grades caused by the withdrawal of Miss Marguerite Kutz.” She remained as a faculty member in the Tunkhannock schools for the rest of her teaching career. In March 1917 the local newspaper referred to her as Miss Mildred Stark. In 1920, Mildred B. Stark was divorced and living in her parents’ home in Tunkhannock borough. She retired from teaching in 1952, at the age of 70. In October 1963, she moved from her Tunkhannock apartment to the home of her nephew, Stark D. Doyle, at 12 Wyoming Avenue in Tunkhannock.

Duane Brundage and Millie Stark had no children. Following her divorce, Millie devoted her time to teaching and did not remarry.

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Family of Jennie M. Lull & Paul Billings
Tunkhannock, Pa.

MARY JANE LULL, daughter of Mary Ann Kelly & Austin Lull
She was known as JENNIE M. LULL.
Born: 14 July 1837, (date from gravestone), presumably in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont
Died: Sunday night, 11 July 1915, at the home of her sister Helen Williamson on Courthouse Square, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA (from her obituary in the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 15 July 1915; the date agrees with the date on her gravestone)
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
married 18 December 1866 at the home of Austin Lull in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, (from the North Branch Democrat of 19 December 1866) as the second wife of

PAUL BILLINGS, son of Elizabeth Stark & Daniel Billings
Born: 24 March 1833, near Tunkhannock, PA (from his obituary in the Braintrim Messenger of 2 February 1898; the year on his gravestone is 1834, which does not agree with his ages in census reports.)
Died: Monday, 31 January 1898 (date from gravestone and from Wyoming County probate records); he succumbed to “congestion of the lungs and paralysis”
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA

Paul Billings was a younger brother of Perry S. Billings. He married his first wife, Huldah E. Hoadley, on 1 January 1855 (as reported in the North Branch Democrat of 23 May 1866, following Huldah’s death). Huldah was born 27 October 1833 (date from gravestone) and died 30 April 1866, ae 32 years, 6 mos. & 3 days. There were three children of this marriage:
Ruel E. Billings, born 1858, died 1921; he married Gertrude SICKLER.
Frances A. Billings, called “Frankie,” born ca. 1860-61; she was 9 in 1870. She married John RYAN. In February 1898, she was referred to as Frank A. Ryan.
Nellie May Billings, born 9 June 1864 (date figured from age at death); she died 6 October 1865, in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County, PA, ae. 15 mos. & 27 days. (Reported in the Wyoming Republican of 25 October 1865.)

At the time of the 1860 census, Paul Billings was a farmer in Tunkhannock Township. He and his wife, Huldah, had a two-year-old son, Ruel. Living with them were a 14-year-old Irish servant girl named Bridget Ruane, and 16-year-old Jasper Hoadley, presumably Huldah’s younger brother. Two daughters, Frances and Nellie, were born in the next few years. Nellie was a little over a year old when she died in October 1865. Then Huldah Billings died in April 1866, leaving her husband with two young children. He married Jennie Billings eight months later, in December 1866.

In 1870, Paul Billings was a 37-year-old farmer in Tunkhannock Township. With him were his new wife, Jennie; his surviving children from the first marriage, Ruel and Frankie; and his year-old son, Harry. By 1880, Paul had moved the family to Tunkhannock Borough and was established as a hardware merchant. He died in 1898. His handsome brick residence at 83 East Tioga Street featured a mansard roof; it was torn down to provide a building lot for the Citizens National Bank, next to the Catholic Church.

Paul Billings’ obituary in the Wyoming Democrat gave an extended sketch of his career. “The subject of this obituary remained at home until he arrived at the lawful age of 21 years, spending the most of his time in school, but at times assisting about the farm work. After making the necessary advance in the common branches in the schools at home he entered Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Luzerne county, where he qualified himself for the active and successful business life that followed. At the age of 16 years he united with the M. E. church and lived a christian life that merited the respect of all his acquaintances. In 1854 he engaged in the milling business which he carried on with success for several years, being well rewarded by profits accruing from the enterprise to which he gave his careful attention.”

Business Interests

On 13 February 1866, Paul Billings purchased the property just east of what was then the Presbyterian church (on the site of the present Catholic church) on East Tioga Street in Tunkhannock. He built his house there. According to the obituary, Paul “moved to Tunkhannock in 1869 where he engaged in the hardware business as partner with O. S. Mills under the firm name of Mills & Billings, which partnership continued until 1883 when his oldest son, Ruel E., purchased the interest of Mr. Mills and the old firm was dissolved, the new firm doing business as Paul Billings & Son, under which name the business was carried on until 1893, when Harry D. and Fred J. were admitted as partners under the firm name of Paul Billings & Sons, which is the firm name under which the business is transacted here at present. Mr. Billings was also engaged with O. S. Mills as wholesale buyer and shipper of grain and hay under the name of Paul Billings &
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Co., this extensive business reaching out over a large territory. In 1883 Ruel also purchased Mr. Mills’ interest in this business, and in 1893 Harry D. and Fred J. were admitted as junior partners. This branch of their business has assumed immense proportions and is being carried on extensively at the present time, requiring several foremen, a special telegraph office here and also in New York and other towns, Homer, De Ruyter and Trumansburg in N.Y.”

Paul Billings was a member of Tunkhannock’s Methodist Church, of which he was a trustee. He also held other positions of responsibility. “When the Wyoming National Bank was first organized in 1864 he was chosen as one of its directors and afterward Vice President, which positions he held up to the time of his death. He was also chosen as director of the Montrose R. R., of the Tunkhannock Bridge Co., and the Wyoming County Agricultural Society. In 1878 he was elected to the office of Associate Judge which position he filled with honor to himself and justice to all. He was a member of Temple Lodge, No. 248, F. & A. M., Temple Chapter, No. 172, R. A. M. and Temple Commandery, K. T.; also of Tunkhannock I. O. of O. F. Mr. Paul Billings was a true and faithful husband, kind an indulgent parent, and a highly respected citizen. His valued councils were eagerly sought, his philanthropy will long be remembered, and his pleasant and christian ways will long be cherished, ad by his demise an irreparable loss to the whole community has been sustained.”

In 1900, the widowed Jennie Billings was living on East Tioga Street in Tunkhannock Borough. Her younger son, Fred, and his wife, Carrie, were residing with her, along with a servant girl, Jessie Grow. Fred Billings was identified as a hardware merchant. Ten years later in 1910, the family consisted of the same three members, with house servant Martha A. Jaine. Jennie Billings died in July 1915. According to her obituary in the Republican & New Age, “Mrs. Billings was widow of Paul Billings, who died in 1898, and was very highly esteemed. Her age was 78 years. She leaves two sons, Harry D. and Fred J. Billings, one step-son, Ruel E. Billings, and one step-daughter, Mrs. J. J. Ryan, of Montrose.”

Paul and Jennie Billings had two sons:
Harry Daniel Billings, born 27 October 1868; married Ella D. RUSSELL
Frederick J. Billings, born May 1871; married Carrie M. GRAHAM.

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HARRY DANIEL BILLINGS, son of Jennie M. Lull & Paul Billings
Born: 27 October 1868, on a farm in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County, PA (from obituary)
Married: 29 June 1893 at the bride’s home in Windham, Bradford County, PA (from the Tunkhannock Republican, 30 June 1893)
Died: Wednesday evening, 27 June 1945 at his home on West Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, “following a cerebral hemorrhage suffered the previous evening,” (from his obituary in the Republican & New Age of 12 July 1945); ae. 76 years & 8 mos.
Buried: Saturday, 30 June 1945 at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA


ELLA D. RUSSELL, daughter of Sarah C. Kuykendall & Lewis Seymour Russell
Born: 8 July 1869 in Windham, Bradford County, PA (from Helen Titman Williams’ D.A.R. application)
Died: 1951
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
According to his obituary, Harry Billings “was one of the earliest graduates of the Tunkhannock High School, an alumnus of Wyoming Seminary, and attended Cornell University.” In 1893, Harry and his brother Fred were admitted to the family hardware business with their father and older half-brother, Ruel Billings. Thereafter, business was conducted under the name Paul Billings & Sons. In the same year, Harry and Fred were admitted as junior partners in Paul Billings & Co., an extensive wholesale grain and hay business. The obituary continues, “After the death of the elder Mr. Billings, the businesses were carried on by the sons, but they sold the hardware business a number of years ago.” It added that Harry Billings “was an active and life-long member of the Tunkhannock Methodist Church, a member of the board of directors of the Citizens National Bank since its organization in 1902. He was a member of the various branches of Free and Accepted Masons in Tunkhannock, and of the Shrine in Wilkes-Barre.”

In 1900, Harry and Ella Billings were living in Tunkhannock Borough. They had two daughters, Sara and Jennie. Harry was a hardware merchant. The family also had a servant, Bertha Harding. The following year, on 2 March 1901, Harry and his half-brother, Ruel E. Billings, purchased the plot of land on the north side of West Tioga Street between Slocum and Wyoming Avenues, that became the site of their new homes. In May 1904, the Tunkhannock newspaper reported on the plans for Ruel Billings’ house: “R. E. Billings has received from the Wilkes-Barre architects the blue print drawings of the magnificent residence he contemplates building on West Tioga Street this season. It will be of brick, trimmed with stone.”

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In 1910, Harry and Ella Billings were still living in the Tunkhannock Borough and there were three daughters, Ruth having been born in 1906. Nora L. Brady was the hired girl in 1910. In 1920, Harry Billings was listed as a wholesale grain dealer. Since his daughter Sara had married Floyd Titman in 1918, only daughters Jennie and Ruth were still at home. Harry’s widowed aunt, Helen Williamson was also living with the family, although she later had her own home on Courthouse Square. Harry Billings’ home on West Tioga Street was an imposing yellow-brick structure in the Colonial Revival style. Demolished in November 1966 along with the adjacent Ruel Billings house, it’s the site of the present Tunkhannock Manor.

Harry and Ella Billings had three daughters:
Sara Billings, born 20 May 1894; married Floyd Dewitt TITMAN.
Jane Lull Billings, called Jennie, born 12 April 1898; married John F. HILLIER.
Ruth Harriet Billings, born 29 August 1906 in Tunkhannock, PA; married Miles Wright BLISS III.

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SARA BILLINGS, eldest daughter of Ella D. Russell & Harry D. Billings
Born: 20 May 1894, in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Died: Saturday evening, 21 September 2002, at Tunkhannock Manor, East Tioga St., Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA; ae. 108 years, 4 mos. & 1 day.
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Married: 4 September 1918 (from Helen Titman Williams’ D. A. R. application)

FLOYD DEWITT TITMAN, son of Marcella Love & John J. Titman
Born: 7 November 1894 in Dimock Township, Susquehanna County, PA (from the Susquehanna County birth records; it’s November 1895 in the 1900 census; his obituary stated that he was born in 1895 at Auburn Four Corners; he was 15 in 1910.)
Died: 9 April 1973 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, ae. 79
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA

Growing up in one of Tunkhannock’s most prosperous mercantile families, Sara Billings enjoyed a privileged childhood. She went on to the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1916 with a degree in voice. After marrying Floyd Titman in 1918, she moved with him to New York City, returning to Tunkhannock’s quieter streets in 1932. Later in life she was best known for a quality over which she had little control—her longevity. Sara Billings Titman lived well over a century, succumbing to the inevitable four months after her 108th birthday.

An article in Tunkhannock’s New Age-Examiner, 22 May 2002, featured Sara Titman as she completed her 108th year. At that time she was confined to a wheelchair and living at Tunkhannock Manor on West Tioga Street. The article mentioned that, while her sight, hearing and memory were impaired, she had retained a few old memories. “She recalls as a young girl breaking apart chunks of ice on Lake Carey to be stored in the family’s icebox.” It also recounted how “Mrs. Titman and her late husband, Floyd, moved to New York City during the 1920s and opened one of the city’s first parking garages near Madison Square Garden. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was one of the Titmans’ customers. ‘Well, it was fun,’ Mrs. Titman said of her Big Apple experiences.” This item of local news from the Tunkhannock newspaper dates from July 1924: “Mrs. Floyd Titman, of New York City, who, with her children, is spending some time here, assisted in the M. E. choir Sunday morning. Mrs. Titman, the former Sara Billings, is a graduate of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, and has a clear, sweet musical voice that makes her singing a pleasure to all listeners.” In 1932, the Titman family moved back to Tunkhannock, where Sara kept house and raised her two daughters. Their home at 34 Slocum Avenue in Tunkhannock is a roomy Arts and Crafts style bungalow of fieldstone and stucco. Floyd and Sara Titman spent the next four decades there, till Floyd’s death in April 1973. They were married 54 years.

The article continues, “Going into her late 90s and early 100s, Mrs. Titman remained an active part of the community, volunteering at Tunkhannock United Methodist Church and taking daily walks through town. ‘And she always wore heels on her walks,’ said Mrs. Smith, noting her mother was always the consummate clotheshorse, never once wearing a pair of slacks. Mrs. Titman lived alone until she was 99, when she moved into Tunkhannock Manor, built on the same property where her childhood home once sat. Other than a bleeding ulcer suffered during her 90s, Mrs. Titman has managed to stay healthy, Mrs. Smith said. For many years, she didn’t even take medication. ‘Not even aspirin,’ Mrs. Smith said. Save for the occasional drink and playing bridge, Mrs. Titman had few vices, her family said. But that was never her secret to long living. ‘She always said it was that she never worked a day in her life,’ said granddaughter Becky Zaleppa, laughing.’” Sara’s obituary noted that she was the longest-living graduate of Ithaca College. “She was a member of Tunkhannock Methodist Church and its choir; the Tunkhannock Tree Association; the Ladies Auxiliary of Tyler Memorial Hospital, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.”
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Although a native of Susquehanna County, Floyd Titman moved to Tunkhannock with his family sometime prior to 1900. In September 1913, Floyd left for Brown University’s prep school in Providence, R.I. His father, J. J. Titman, was a Tunkhannock wagon dealer. In an April 1910 newspaper advertisement he offered “farm wagons, trucks, heavy platform wagons, hacks, surries [sic], carriages, road wagons and buckboards.” Floyd Titman’s obituary noted that he was “a retired storage garage owner in New York City. He attended the United Methodist Church, Tunkhannock, and was a member of the Temple Lodge 248 Free and Accepted Masons, Irem Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. of Wilkes-Barre, the scholarship fund and Masonic organizations in Tunkhannock.”

Two daughters (and seven granddaughters):

Helen Jane Titman, born 21 October 1919 in New York City; married Donald Lewis WILLIAMS.
Ruth H. Titman, born ca. 1920-21; married first Evans KAVENEY; married second G. Fred SMITH.

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HELEN JANE TITMAN, elder daughter of Sara Billings & Floyd D. Titman
Born: 21 October 1919 in New York City (from her D. A. R. application)
Died: Monday, 5 June 1995 at home in North Eaton, Eaton Township, Wyoming County, PA; she was 75.
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Married: 5 July 1941 at the Tunkhannock Methodist Church, Tunkhannock, PA, by Rev. Samuel J. Truscott.

DONALD LEWIS WILLIAMS, son of Mary Jessie Avery & Lewis H. Williams
Born: 29 July 1915 in Eaton Township, Wyoming County, PA (from his obituary)
Died: Saturday, 24 January 2004, at his home, Willdn Farms on the North Eaton Road, Eaton Township, Wyoming County, PA; he was 88.
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Helen Jane Titman was an alumna of Tunkhannock High School, class of 1937. She graduated from Keystone Junior College and attended Bucknell University before graduating from Elmira College in 1941. At the time of her death, she was a member of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church, the Methodist Women, the Tunkhannock Library Association, the Tunkhannock Tree Association, the Tyler Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Donald Williams was a dairy farmer at North Eaton, Wyoming County, PA. He graduated from Tunkhannock High School and at the time of his marriage was managing the family farm, “Shady Nook Farm,” at North Eaton in Eaton Township. The July 1955 issue of Better Farming magazine contained a feature story on Don Williams as a modern farmer. It stated that his father, Lewis Williams, had given him a good foundation by purchasing purebred cows. “With his father’s precepts taken to heart, and a solid background of 4-H Club training, Don was well prepared to take over the farm in 1940 when the elder Mr. Williams was killed in a grade-crossing accident. Only once has he faltered—when a barn fire nearly wiped him out some 12 years ago. But he remodeled another barn, added a new stable and put up two new silos, with a combined 500-ton capacity. By building up and improving his herd, he now keeps some 50 cows on the milking line, with an average of between 12,000 and 13,000 lbs. of milk and about 450 lbs. of fat.”
Helen Williams also received notice in the Better Farming article. Describing the farmhouse, it said, “The inside, like others of its kind built a century ago, was cut up into small rooms, had few storage closets and featured an ugly plastered chimney running smack up through the center of the living room. So they got two local carpenters to help them, tore down partitions, put in new floors from red and white oak they cut from their own wood lot, and had a modern heating system installed. When Don and the carpenters had finished with the painting and the paneling and Helen with the refurnishing and redecorating (she studied art at Elmira College after graduating from Tunkhannock High School), they had the kind of home they’d always wanted. It includes a den and office downstairs for Don. … Mrs. Williams summed up the feeling of all the family when she said: ‘We wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.’”
In 1956 Don Williams was a Pennsylvania corn growing champion. The Tunkhannock Republican & New Age declared, “His yield of 117.27 bushel per acre was the top yield in Wyoming County in the 1956 National Selected Five Acre DeKalb Corn Growing Contest.” In April 1972 he was appointed to the board of directors of the Wyoming National Bank in Tunkhannock.
Don’s obituary explained, “At Willdn Farms [originally Shady Nook Farm], he raised purebred Holstein cows, which became [one] of the top producing dairy herds in Wyoming County. He was honored in 1955 by Michigan State University as an exemplary dairy farmer, after the university did a nationwide search. He also bred and raised draft horses, quarter horses and foxhounds, and was an avid sportsman. He volunteered for several organizations and was a member of the Northeast Breeders’ Association and the Artificial Breeders’ Cooperative, of which he also served as president. For many years he was also a member of the Tunkhannock Area School Board and served as its treasurer. He was also a director of the Wyoming National Bank of Tunkhannock and Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre. After the bank in Wilkes-Barre merged with Merchants’ Bank of Allentown, he became an associate director. He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, the late Helen Titman Williams.”

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Five daughters:

Hollis Mary Williams, called “Hollie,” born 21 May 1943; married Ernest John D’AGATA.
Laura Ann Williams, born 17 August 1945; married Thomas Dawson JONES.
Rebecca Jane Williams, born 3 February 1950; married Paul J. ZALEPPA.
Doris Harriet Williams, called “Dodie,” born 4 February 1955; married Barry John PARLIMAN.
Lisa Williams, married Albert Sidney LYONS III.

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HOLLIS MARY WILLIAMS, eldest daughter of Helen Jane Titman & Donald Lewis Williams
She is called “HOLLIE.”
Born: 21 May 1943, at Nesbit Hospital in Kingston, Luzerne County, PA
Married: 28 October 1966 at the Asbury Methodist Church in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.

ERNEST JOHN D’AGATA, son of Mr. & Mrs. Gino D’Agata, of New Britain, Conn.

Hollie is a graduate of Elmira College. Her husband has an A. B. degree from the University of Connecticut and in 1966 was studying for his master’s degree at the University of Rochester. He was then employed as a process engineer for Xerox in Webster, N.Y. At that time, Hollie was teaching in the Fairport School System, Fairport, N.Y. In 1972 the couple were still living in Fairport; they moved to northeastern Pennsylvania in 1978. In 1992 they were residing in Waverly, PA. Hollie received a master’s degree in reading education from Marywood College in 1984. She is a reading teacher in the Tunkhannock Area School District. In addition, she is active in the Waverly United Methodist Church and serves on the board of directors of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Reading Association. In 2002, Hollie D’Agata was living in Waverly, PA.

Two daughters:

Carie Ann D’Agata. Carie is a graduate of Abington Heights High School in Clarks Summit, PA, and Villanova University. She has a BS in nursing. In 1997 she was a student of medicine at Temple University. She was married 6 September 1997 at the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church by Rev. Mary Ricketts and Rev. Dr. Brolin Parker to Kevin Peter Burke, son of Joe and Margaret Burke of Havertown, PA. In 1997 Kevin was employed by Travelers Group as a unit manager and was pursuing a master’s degree at St. Joseph’s University. The couple were then residing in Wayne, PA. Known daughter:
Sara Elizabeth Burke – she was an infant in April 1999, and in September 2002 was Sara Billings Titman’s only great-great grandchild.
Manda D’Agata, called “Mandie.” In 1997, Manda D’Agata was living in New York City.

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LAURA ANN WILLIAMS, second daughter of Helen Jane Titman & Donald Lewis Williams
Born: 17 August 1945 in Kingston, Luzerne County, PA
Married: Saturday, 8 August 1970 at the First Methodist Church, Tunkhannock, PA, by Rev. Philip Pitcher.

THOMAS DAWSON JONES, son of Beatrice Dawson & Edward C. Jones
Born: 21 November 1934 at Taylor, Lackawanna County, PA

Laura graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1963. She has a bachelor’s degree from Lycoming College and at the time of her marriage was a junior high English teacher in the Maine-Endwell School System in New York State. Her husband, a teacher in the same school district, is a graduate of East Stroudsburg State College and has a master’s degree in biology from the University of Oregon. Laura and Tom were living in Endwell, N.Y., in 1972 and were still Endwell residents in 1995 and 2002.

Two children:

Donald Jones
Dodie Jones, residing 1997 in Endwell, N.Y.

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REBECCA JANE WILLIAMS, third daughter of Helen Jane Titman & Donald Lewis Williams
Born: 3 February 1950 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Meshoppen, Wyoming County, PA
Married: Saturday, 13 May 1972 at the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church by Rev. Robert H. Sheehan, assisted by Rev. George McCloskey
PAUL J. ZALEPPA, son of Ann Bellus & Leonard P. Zaleppa
Born: 2 April 1949 in Meshoppen, Wyoming County, PA

Beckie graduated from Elmira College with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. Paul is a graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and at the time of his marriage was employed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. They reside in Tunkhannock, PA, where Beckie is an elementary school teacher. Three children:

Trisha Ann Zaleppa, born 29 June 1977
Carolyn Zaleppa
Will Zaleppa, born 24 July 1989 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA

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DORIS HARRIET WILLIAMS, fourth daughter of Helen Jane Titman & Donald Lewis Williams
She is called “DODIE.”
Born: 4 February 1955 (from the Wyoming County marriage dockets)
Married: 23 April 1977 at Tunkhannock United Methodist Church, Tunkhannock, PA, by Rev. C. Earle Cowden

BARRY JOHN PARLIMAN, son of Amelia Frech & Charles W. Parliman, of Elmwood Park, N.J.
Born: 22 July 1951 in Paterson, N.J.

Dodie is a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and Elmira College. Her husband graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University and has a master’s degree in business administration. At the time of their marriage in 1977, Barry was a restaurant owner residing in Seaside Park, N.J. In 1995 and 2002, the Parlimans were still living in Seaside Park.

Three daughters:

Rebecca Parliman
Meredith Parliman, born 18 April 1982. She was a four-year letter winner in soccer at Central Regional High School in Ocean County, N.J., and also played basketball and softball. She’s an elementary education major at Monmouth University and plays on the university’s field hockey team.
Ashley Parliman

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LISA WILLIAMS, youngest daughter of Helen Jane Titman & Donald Lewis Williams
Born: after 1955
Married: on August 1984 wedding as was planned.
ALBERT SIDNEY LYONS III, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Lyons, of Tunkhannock, PA
He is known as Dr. SID LYONS.

Lisa has a BS degree from Elmira College. Sid graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School and Albright College. In 1984 he was a dentistry student at Temple University. In 1995 and 2002, Lisa and Sid Lyons were living in Hatfield, PA.

Four children:

Laura Lyons
Sidney Lyons
Lindsey Lyons
Andrew Lyons

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RUTH H. TITMAN, younger daughter of Sara Billings & Floyd D. Titman
Born: possibly in 1920; she and her sister, Helen, (born 21 October 1919) were in the same class at Tunkhannock High School. A newspaper article in May 2002 stated her age as 82.
Married: first (apparently not in Wyoming County) and divorced from
EVANS KAVENEY,
Born in Georgia

RUTH H. TITMAN KAVENEY, former wife of Evans Kaveney
Married: second
G. FRED SMITH, son of Jessie A. Luce & Gustave F. Smith
Born: 16 November 1917 (from the Social Security Death Index) in Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA (birthplace from his obituary)
Died: Sunday evening, 9 September 1984, at his home, 56 West Harrison Street, Tunkhannock, PA (from the Tunkhannock New Age, 11 September 1984)
Buried: Abington Hills Cemetery, Clarks Summit, Lackawanna County, PA

Ruth Titman graduated from Tunkhannock High School and attended Bucknell University. The Tunkhannock Republican & New Age announced on 9 June 1938 that “Misses Helen and Ruth Titman, students at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, will arrive the end of the week to spend the summer months with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Titman.” Her second husband, Fred Smith, was a graduate of Taft Prep School in Watertown, Conn., and Lafayette College. He served 1941 to 1945 in the United States Army. Prior to retirement, he was vice-president of Penn Electrical Engineers Co., in Scranton, a business founded by his father. Subsequently he was president of Penn Electric Supply in Newburgh, N.Y. “He later was associated with Agmet, Inc., and worked for several years buying and selling precious metals throughout the continent of South America.” Ruth Smith lives in Tunkhannock, PA.

Ruth Titman and Evans Kaveney had two daughters:

Sara Kaveney, born 19 December 1952 in Meshoppen, PA. A graduate of Keystone Junior College, she married first on 8 December 1973 in Tunkhannock, PA, Ronald Porter ROWE. He was born 7 March 1948 in Meshoppen, PA, son of Norma Madeleine Treible & Raymond H. Rowe. They were divorced. Sarah married Joseph J. SANTA as her second husband. He was born 3 May 1944 and is a painting contractor. They reside in Tunkhannock, PA. No children.
Barbara Jean Kaveney, was married 15 October 1983 in Union Church of Seaside Park, N.J., by Rev. Everett Griffiths, to Roger J. Melanson. He is a son of Edgar and Ida Melanson of Buctouche, New Brunswick, Canada. Barbara and Roger are graduates of Elmira College. They planned to live in Bayville, N.J., and were still residing there in 2002. Possibly they have two children.

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JANE LULL BILLINGS, second daughter of Ella D. Russell & Harry D. Billings
(Full name from the Wyoming County marriage dockets) In 1900 she was listed in the census as JENNIE M. BILLINGS, in 1910 as JENNIE L. BILLINGS. She was named for her paternal grandmother, Jennie M. (Lull) Billings.
Born: 12 April 1898 (date from the Social Security Death Index; month and year agree with the 1900 census) in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Died: Tuesday afternoon, 6 April 1993, at the home of her daughter, Janet Lee, on Maple Avenue in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA; she died six days before her 95th birthday.
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Married: 30 August 1927 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, by Rev. James Lawson (from the Wyoming County marriage dockets).

JOHN F. HILLIER, son of Mary Ann Reissniger & William F. Hillier (from the Wyoming County marriage dockets). William F. Hillier was born in London.
Born: 29 May 1899 (date from the Social Security Death Index) in Huntingdon PA (from obituary)
Died: Tuesday, 27 August 1985, at home in North Versailles, Allegheny County, PA, “following a long illness.”
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA

According to her obituary, Jane Billings Hillier “was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, Wyoming Seminary and Penn State University. She was formerly employed as a home economics teacher in the Morgantown, W. Va., school system.” Her marriage in August 1927 to John Hillier was a noteworthy occasion on the local social scene. The Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 1 September 1927 carried this account of the affair:
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“The crowning event of the series of social activities during the past two weeks occurred at noon on Tuesday, August 30, 1927, when the marriage of Miss Jane Billings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Billings, to Mr. John Hillier, of Pittsburgh, took place. The interior of the Billings residence on East Tioga street was beautifully decorated with ferns and cut flowers, and an altar was built up at the west side of the front drawing room, where the marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. James Lawson, of Nanticoke, Pa.”

The account continues: “At 12:30 Mrs. Floyd Titman, sister of the bride, played the opening strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march. The flower girls, the Misses Helen and Ruth Titman, nieces of the bride, preceded the wedding party, strewing petals of flowers in the bride’s path. The four bridesmaids, Miss Lena Furman and Miss Amy Graham, of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Miss Gladys Herrick, of State College, and Miss Norma Frisbie, of Elkland, Pa., descended the broad stairway and proceeded down the hall to the front drawing room. They were gowned in shades of rose-colored georgette, trimmed with contrasting shades of velvet. Their hats were designed in velvets to match the velvets of their gowns. The matron on honor, Mrs. Max E. Rubright, and the maid of honor, Miss Ruth Billings, were gowned in jade green georgette, trimmed with contrasting shades of velvet. The bride’s mother, Mrs. H. D. Billings, wore a gown of powder blue, trimmed with fringe. The bride came in on the arm of her father, Mr. H. D. Billings. Her gown was a scintillating vision created of beaded white georgette. Her veil was real lace, over a white satin train. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and white roses. The groom, Mr. John Hillier, and the best man, Mr. Shelly, of Pittsburgh, were dressed in the conventional black. After the ceremony a delicious luncheon was served. The bride’s table was decorated very tastefully, carrying out the color scheme of rose and green. Following that Mr. and Mrs. Hillier left in an automobile for a trip.” The couple were planning to live “just outside of” Pittsburgh.

The wedding article noted, “The groom is a mechanical engineer, holding a responsible position with the Westinghouse Electric Company at Pittsburgh.” At that time, he was residing in Wilmerding, PA, just south of Pittsburgh. John’s obituary noted that “he was born in Huntingdon and was employed as a mechanical engineer with Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding. He was a graduate of Penn State University and was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the American Legion.” His funeral service was held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA. The Hilliers were married just three days short of 58 years. Following the death of her husband, Jane went to live with her daughter Janet Lee in Tunkhannock. At the time of her death in 1993, Jane Hillier “was a member of Tunkhannock United Methodist Church. She was formerly a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a member of the Pittsburgh Women’s Club and the Pittsburgh Garden Club.”

Two daughters (and eight grandchildren):

Sarah L. Hillier, called Sally, born 26 June 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA. She married Norman A. WEISE.
Janet Hillier – married Dr. Bryan LEE, Jr., a veterinarian. He is a son of Romayne Dymond and Dr. William Jennings Bryan Lee, Sr., a Tunkhannock dentist. The Lees reside at 80 Maple Avenue in Tunkhannock. They may be the parents of five children.

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SARAH L. HILLIER, daughter of Jane Billings & John F. Hillier
She was called Sally.
Born: 26 June 1929 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA.
Died: 5 September 1990 at Jefferson Hospital, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA; she was 61.
Buried: in Jefferson Memorial Park, possibly in Allegheny County, PA
Married:
NORMAN A. WEISE,
Born: 22 August 1928 (date from the Social Security Death Index)
Died: 07 October 1992 (date from the Social Security Death Index)

According to her obituary, Sally Hillier “attended Slippery Rock University and graduated from Robert Morris Business College. She worked for The Duquesne Light Company and Kaufmann’s [Department Store]. She was a member of Homestead Park United Methodist Church and Lebanon Women’s Club of West Mifflin.” At time of her death, she resided in West Mifflin, PA.

Three daughters (and four grandchildren) survived their mother in 1990:

Debbie Weise MILKO, of Lincoln Place, PA
Kathy Weise ARBOGAST, of North Versailles Township, PA
Nancy Weise BIDDLE, of Elizabeth, PA
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RUTH HARRIET BILLINGS, youngest daughter of Ella D. Russell & Harry D. Billings
Born: 29 August 1906 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA (from Genealogy of the Bliss Family)
Died: Saturday, 1 February 2003, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida; she was 96.
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Married: Wednesday, 8 June 1938, in the South Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church at Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, PA, by Rev. Hoffman, a Methodist minister (reported in the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 16 June 1938).

MILES WRIGHT BLISS III, son of Harriet Adelia Fuller & Miles Wright Bliss, Jr.
Born: 24 September 1905 in Factoryville, Wyoming County, PA (from Genealogy of the Bliss Family)
Died: 27 November 1988, at his home in Glenshaw, Allegheny County, PA; he was 83.

Ruth Billings Bliss was a schoolteacher before her marriage. The Tunkhannock Republican & New Age carried the following article on 4 November 1937: “Miss Ruth Billings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Billings, of Tioga Street, was one of seven out of two hundred, who were elected at Pennsylvania State College this summer to the Pi Lambda Theta, a national honorary fraternity. The initiation into this organization took place last week. … Miss Billings, a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Women’s Social sorority, has also a Bachelor of Arts degree and this summer was awarded her Master of Education Degree at Pennsylvania State College. She is a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, Wyoming Seminary, Goucher College and Pennsylvania State College. Until this year, when she resigned, Miss Billings was one of Tunkhannock’s most outstanding and popular teachers.” Her obituary added that she graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1923 and that her degree from Goucher College was a BA in history.

Following Ruth Billings’ marriage to Miles Bliss, the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 16 June 1938 published a short article about the event. After announcing the particulars of the wedding, it added, “Mr. and Mrs. Bliss were unattended and left following the ceremony for a motor trip to Virginia. They will make their home in Pittsburgh following their return, where Mr. Bliss is employed as a government engineer. Mrs. Bliss, a former teacher of English in the Tunkhannock High School, is a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, Goucher College, where she received her A. B. Degree and Pennsylvania State College, where she earned her Masters Degree. Mr. Bliss is a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, Pennington Seminary in New Jersey and Iowa State University.”

Miles Bliss’s father, Miles W. Bliss, Jr., was a successful Tunkhannock merchant. Young Miles resided with his parents and two older sisters in the family home at 22 West Harrison Street, an 1880 Victorian structure with an Italianate cupola. The elder Mr. Bliss died in Tunkhannock on 18 June 1958. According to the obituary of Miles Bliss III, “He lived in Tunkhannock during the early part of his life until graduation from Tunkhannock High School. He was a graduate of Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, and then associated with Richardson-Gordon Engineering firm in Pittsburgh until he retired in 1975. He was a member of the Society of Professional Engineers. After his retirement he was a volunteer worker for the American Red Cross.”

In 1945, Miles and Ruth Bliss were Pittsburgh residents. The Tunkhannock Republican & New Age reported on 12 July 1945, “Mrs. Miles W. Bliss and daughters, Deborah and Sara Jane, of Pittsburgh, are spending several weeks with Mrs. Bliss’ mother, Mrs. Harry D. Billings. Mr. Bliss, who came here with his family when they were summoned by the death of Mr. Billings, has returned to Pittsburgh.” When Miles Bliss III died in 1988, he and Ruth were living in Glenshaw, PA, just north of Pittsburgh.

Ruth Billings and Miles W. Bliss III had two daughters. (Details from Genealogy of the Bliss Family, page 1297.)

Debra Harriet Bliss, born 18 September 1940 in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a librarian. She was married 25 January 1969 to Regis Anthony FACTOR, born 8 September 1937 at Ellwood City, PA. He is a college professor. They reside in St. Petersburg, Florida. Two children:
Daniel Bliss Factor, born 1 July 1976 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Andrew Billings Factor, called Drew, born 15 August 1979 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Sara Jane Bliss, born 12 January 1943 in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a food brokerage accountant secretary. She was married 12 June 1965 to Robert P. JOHN, a sales engineer, born in June 1941 at Pittsburgh, PA. They were divorced 22 March 1974; Sara and her children reside in Louisville, KY. In 2003 she was Sara WYNKOOP of Louisville. Two children:
Deborah Sue John, born 19 August 1969 at Dayton, Ohio
Cynthia Lee John, born 2 October 1971 at Louisville, KY.

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FREDERICK J. BILLINGS, son of Jennie M. Lull & Paul Billings
He was called FRED J. BILLINGS.
Born: May 1871
Died: 1958
Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Married: 7 September 1898 (date from the Wyoming County marriage dockets) at the Presbyterian Church in Tunkhannock, by Rev. S. C. Hodge (reported in the Wyoming Democrat of 9 September 1898).

CARRIE M. GRAHAM, daughter of Rachel Ann Osterhout & DeWitt Clinton Graham
Born: 29 April 1871, in Dalton, Lackawanna County, PA (from burial records of undertaker Ray Greenwood and from her obituary)
Died: Wednesday night, 6 December 1950, ae 79 years, “following an illness of several weeks.” (from her obituary in the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 14 December 1950)
Buried: 9 December 1950 at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA

In 1893, Fred Billings and his brother Harry were admitted as partners in the family hardware business with their father and older half-brother, Ruel Billings. Business was then conducted under the name Paul Billings & Sons. In the same year, Fred and Harry were admitted as junior partners in Paul Billings & Co., a prosperous wholesale buyer and shipper of grain and hay. Fred married Carrie Graham in 1898, several months after his father’s death. The couple lived with Fred’s widowed mother in her large brick home at 83 East Tioga Street in Tunkhannock, remaining there after her death in 1915. A news item from the Tunkhannock paper in July 1904 reported, “Fred J. Billings, Aaron Brown and George Doyle will leave tomorrow for St. Louis, where they will attend the Democratic National Convention and incidentally take in the big fair.”

Carrie Billings’ obituary noted that “she was born at Dalton, but moved to Tunkhannock when a young girl and the remainder of her life was spent here. Her father owned and operated the Hotel Graham [the present Prince Hotel in Tunkhannock] for many years, it retaining the name until a few years ago.” The obituary mentioned her membership in local organizations, including the exclusive Monday Club. “Always active in church and community activities, Mrs. Billings was a member of the Tunkhannock Methodist Church, a charter member of the old Shakespeare Club and of the Tunkhannock Monday Club, the forerunner of the Tunkhannock Women’s Club; and was for several years a member of Tunkhannock Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star and the Daughters of the American Revolution.” Her husband survived. There were no children.
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Charles E. Lull
Tunkhannock, Pa., and Mendota, Illinois

CHARLES E. LULL, son of Mary Ann Kelly & Austin Lull
He was called CHARLIE LULL.
Born: ca. 1839, in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont.
Died: ca. May 1862, in the army hospital at St. Louis, Missouri. “He was about twenty-three years of age.”
Buried: —National Cemetery in St. Louis, Mo. Per Gary Allen Lull.
Tunkhannock’s North Branch Democrat of 4 June 1862 carried the following article, entitled “Death of a Soldier.”

“Charles E. Lull, son of Austin Lull of this place, died a few days since in the army hospital at St. Louis, Mo., from a wound received in the battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing. His death falls with terrible weight upon his parents and relatives here, and will be peculiarly sorrowful to his absent brothers. One of whom is also in the army, and from our latest accounts passed, but a day or two since, with his company (Capt. Jayne’s) through the dinn [sic] and smoke of another bloody field almost in sight of the Rebel Capitol."
“Charles E. Lull, or Charley, as he was familiarly called, will be remembered by many as the clerk and bar keeper at the ‘American Hotel, in this place, when kept by Mr. Lee, where , by his courteous and gentlemanly deportment, he won the esteem and friendship of the guests of that house, as well as a large circle of acquaintances, all of whom will sadly regret his untimely death."
“Two or three years ago he left the parental roof, and with a brother settled in Mendota, Ill. Upon the breaking out of the war, he joined the 55th Reg’t. from that State, which sustained a terrible loss on that day of blood and carnage. He was carried from the field severely wounded in the left shoulder. Subsequently his nurse wrote his friends that all danger from the wound had passed, and that his recovery was certain. This revived in them hopes which were soon—too soon—followed by bitter disappointment. —They next received the announcement of his death, in the papers of that city. He was about twenty-three years of age. A young man of fine, natural, and acquired talents, of kind an generous disposition, and possessed of courage that in battle would approach to rashness. It is sad to reflect, that the laurels that he won, can only be wreathed around temples that are now cold in death.”

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Family of George M. Lull
Pittston, Luzerne County and Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.

GEORGE M. LULL, son of Mary Ann Kelly & Austin Lull
Born: 2 February 1841 in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont
Died: Sunday morning, 12 May 1901, at his home in Sayre, Bradford County, PA
Buried: Wednesday, 15 May 1901, at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA; the funeral was held at the home of his sister Mrs. Perry Billings, on East Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, PA.
Married: 14 May 1867 at the home of Permelia Bolton in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA (from the North Branch Democrat of 15 May 1867; Bradsby’s History of Bradford County, Pa., alleged later that they had married in 1861.)
JULIA A. BOLTON, daughter of Parmelia Mackey & William Bolton
Born: 1844, in PA (date from gravestone, place from the 1880 census)
Died: 1927 (from gravestone)
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA.

An obituary in the Tunkhannock Republican of 17 May 1901 quoted a brief biographical sketch from the Scranton Republican: “He will be remembered best as an old-time conductor on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. He was born down in Vermont about 60 years ago and coming to this place in the forties [actually in 1851] with his parents. He had the schooling afforded by the common schools here and at an early age went out to work on the North Branch canal, where he occupied a position as a foreman of men. At the breaking out of the war he went to the front, and served it through. Later he engaged in business at this place and then secured a position with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and in a short time was given a freight train and then promoted to a passenger train, which he ran for years, quitting at the time that the boys went out on a strike several years ago. He was then appointed postmaster at Sayre, serving out his term and going out with Cleveland [at the end of Cleveland’s second term in 1897?]. His wife was Miss Julia Bolton, daughter of William Bolton, formerly editor of the Wyoming Patrol [an early Tunkhannock newspaper].” When Julia’s mother, Permelia Bolton, died at the age of 68 on 23 November 1878, a Tunkhannock newspaper recalled that “her husband died many years ago leaving her with a large family.” In 1850, Mrs. Bolton was a widow with eight children ranging in age from 19 years to eight months.

George M. Lull was 21 when he enlisted, on 8 March 1862, for a three-year term in Co. B., 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Bates’ History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers says that George M. Lull was discharged on a surgeon’s certificate 30 March 1865. Bradsby elaborates, “Some of the many engagements he participated in were the battles of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, and the siege of Charleston, his regiment being the first troops to land in Charleston after the evacuation. He was mustered out a Beaufort, S.C., March 29, 1865, returned home, and attended Lowell’s Commercial College at Binghamton, N.Y., about one year. Thence he went to Tunkhannock, and engaged in the hotel business two years.” It was at this time, April 1866, that George joined the Masons, uniting with Temple Lodge, No. 248, F. & A. M., in Tunkhannock. A year later, he married Julia Bolton.

The editor of Tunkhannock’s North Branch Democrat newspaper had lots to say in his edition of 15 May 1867 about George Lull’s wedding. “LULL–BOLTON–At the residence of the Bride’s mother, on Tuesday the 14th inst. By the Rev. J. L. Legg, Mr. George M. Lull to Miss Julia A. Bolton, all of Tunkhannock Borough. Previous to the event above mentioned, owing, perhaps to the high price of flour, and somewhat to the fact that our young friends have of late been a little faint hearted in the matter of asking questions, we—from a poor devil of a printer, down to a poor printer’s devil—had become ravenously hungry for wedding cake. But in this desert world of ours, there are some patches of tall clover, even for these imps of darkness. We were invited—and didn’t wait for a second or more urgent invitation; we attended—saw the knot tied—and made such destructive raids on the pyramids of cakes, butter and the thousand and one other goodies, gotten up for the occasion, that we blushingly confess we retire from the still o’er burdened table very much demoralized in the center of our corps de phisique (Military Talk.) Julia looked lovely, and the Ladies say, was elegantly and richly dressed. We were paying too much attention to the edibles, to notice the illusory unsubstantial objects of the toilet. George looked, as he always did, good. May long life and prosperity attend them.”

At the time of the 1870 census, George was 29 and employed as a bartender. He, Julia and eight-year-old daughter Ada B. were living in Tunkhannock Borough with Julia’s mother, Parmelia Bolton and her two unmarried daughters, 29-year-old Kate and 27-year-old Frances. Bradsby’s narrative continues, “From there [i.e. Tunkhannock] he moved to Cape May with his brother-in-law Geo. J. Bolton, who had charge of the ‘Columbia House,’ and was there two seasons. Returning home he clerked in a hotel two years, and then went to Pittston, and was proprietor of a restaurant over a year. In 1873 he began work on the L. V. R. R. [Lehigh Valley Railroad] as a brakeman, and was promoted to conductor on second-class trains in 1875, and continued as such in until 1883, when he was promoted to passenger conductor, which position he has held since.” At the time of the 1880 census, the Lulls were living in Pittston, Luzerne County, PA.
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Bradsby’s article concludes, “Mrs. Lull is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Lull is a member of the F. & A. M., Temple Lodge, No. 248, Tunkhannock; of the Order of Railway Conductors, Waverly, and B.P.O.E., [Elks Lodge] No. 109, of Wilkes-Barre. He is a Democrat in politics.” The Tunkhannock Republican of 17 May 1901 noted that the Masons of Tunkhannock “attended the funeral services in a body, and conducted services at the grave.” Other friends attended. Another item in the Republican added, “C. M. Kishpaugh, of Harrisburg, Wilbur Kishpaugh, of Sayre, Charles Rittispaugh, of Wilkes-Barre, and G. L. Kennard and A. B. Brown, of Meshoppen, all old time friends of the late George M. Lull, were among those from out of town who attended his funeral on Wednesday.”

Children, as listed by Bradsby. (The eldest, Ada, was born several years before her mother married George M. Lull.) Five were named by the Wyoming Democrat of 17 May 1901 as their father’s survivors:

Ada B. Lull, born ca. 1861-62; she was said to be 18 in 1880. Ada was named for her mother’s oldest sister, Ada Bolton. She married William LaMONTE and they lived at Sayre, PA. She died following surgery at Sayre Hospital on Friday, 14 October 1905, leaving her husband, three sons and a daughter.
George M. Lull, Jr., born 29 August 1872 (computed from age at death); died 6 June 1873 in Pittston, Luzerne County, PA, of scarlet fever, ae. 9 mos. & 8 days, (reported in the Wyoming Democrat of 18 June 1873). The death notice was accompanied by the following verses:
“Lay aside his little playthings
Wet with mother’s pearly tears.
How we shall miss little Georgy
All the coming weary years.
Fold the dainty little dresses
That he never more will wear
For his little feet are waiting
Up above the golden stair.”
George E. Lull, born ca. 1873-74; he was six years old in 1880. He was living in Sayre, PA, in May 1901.
Maude Lull, born ca. 1877-78; she was two years old in 1880. She married R. D. WILLIAMS. In May 1901 she was Mrs. Maude Williams, of Sayre, PA. Known daughter:
Dorothy Williams, born 23 January 1902 in Sayre, PA; died 9 June 1990 in Troy, Bradford County, PA. She married Edward W. FLICKINGER, born 9 February 1903 (date from the Social Security Death Index) in Hanover, PA; died 3 November 1977 in Sayre, PA, son of Emma Lillich & John D. Flickinger. His last residence was in Westchester County, N.Y. Both were buried at Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, PA.
May Lull – She was Miss May Lull, of Sayre, PA, when her father died in May 1901.
M. Howard Lull, later known as Howard M. Lull. He was born 27 May 1888 (date from the Social Security Death Index) and died in September 1971. In 1928 he resided at 23 Haendel Street, Binghamton, N.Y. His last residence was Sayre, PA. He was buried with his parents at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, PA.
NOTE: Jonathan H. Lull, residing 1990 in Sylva, N.C., said, he was a great-grandson of George M. Lull.

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Family of Helen J. Lull & John Williamson
Tunkhannock and Easton, Pa.

HELEN J. LULL, youngest daughter of Mary Ann Kelly & Austin Lull.
Born: 11 November 1845 (computed from her age at death; her gravestone bears the date 1845; the 1900 census says she was born in November 1846.)
Died: Sunday, 5 January 1930 “at her home, corner of Washington and Warren streets,” in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, “after several years of invalidism.” Undertaker Bert Billings stated her age as 84 years, 1 mo. & 25 days.
Buried: Tuesday, 7 January 1930 at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA; “the funeral was conducted by Rev. F. B. Newman of the Presbyterian church.” (from obituary & burial record).
Married: 21 March 1870 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA (reported in the Wyoming Democrat of 23 March 1870).
JOHN WILLIAMSON, “of Wilkes-Barre,” Luzerne County, PA.
He was called JACK WILLIAMSON.
Born: 1841
Died: Thursday evening, 21 December 1876 “at L. & B. Junction;” he was “about 35 years old.”
Buried: apparently at Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA, as the funeral was held there on Sunday, 24 December 1876.

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Helen Lull was five years old when she came to Tunkhannock from Hartland, Vermont, with her family in 1851. She was 24 years old when she married Jack Williamson of Wilkes-Barre. They had one daughter, Mary Frances, whom they called Mamie. In the spring of 1876, the family moved to Easton, PA. Then a few days before Christmas, Jack was killed while at work.

Under the headline, “Fatal Accident,” the Tunkhannock Republican of 27 December 1876, explained the details of Jack Williamson’s death. “John Williamson, familiarly called ‘Jack,’ met his fate on Thursday evening at L. & B. Junction. Mr. Williamson was baggage master on trains No. 6 and 1 of the Lehigh Valley road. He came up on No. 6 on Thursday evening, and while shifting and arranging the train for its trip southward in the morning, was caught between the bumpers of the cars and crushed. He lived but a few minutes after the accident. His wife and mother-in-law came up on his train and had gone to Mr. George Lull’s [in Tunkhannock], a brother of Mrs. Williamson’s, when the intelligence of the sad affair was brought them. Mr. Williamson was about 35 years old and leaves a wife, the daughter of Mr. Austin Lull of this place, and one child to mourn his untimely death. The family had removed from this place to Easton upon the changing of the time table last spring. The funeral took place at Wilkesbarre on Sunday. A large number of the employees of the Company were present.”

Following her husband’s death in 1876, Helen Williamson apparently went back to Tunkhannock to stay with her parents. Her mother died in 1878, and in 1880, Helen was keeping house for her widowed father, Austin Lull. In 1900, Helen Williamson was 53 and keeping a boarding house in Tunkhannock; her daughter, Mame, age 29, was living with her. On 1 July 1901, Helen purchased the house on the northwest corner of Washington and Warren Streets in the borough, opposite the courthouse. In 1910, Helen M. Williamson was 64 and living alone in Tunkhannock Borough. In July 1915, her sister Jennie Billings died at Helen’s home on Courthouse Square. In 1920, Helen was 73 and was residing with the family of her nephew Harry Billings on West Tioga Street. In 1925 she was back in her own home, as her son-in-law, Frank Drum, died there on 16 June. Six months later on 4 December 1925, Helen deeded the home to her daughter, Mary Frances Drum. Helen died there four years later, on 5 January 1930.

According to Helen’s obituary, in the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 9 January 1930, “Mrs. Williamson’s maiden name was Helen Lull, and she was born in Vermont eighty-four years ago. She married John Williamson, a conductor on the Lehigh Valley road, who died not many years after marriage, leaving one daughter, Mary, who still survives, begin widow of the late Frank Drum. Mrs. Williamson was a woman of cheerful and friendly ways and had many friends.”

One daughter:

Mary Frances Williamson, called “Mame,” born 12 September 1870; married Frank DRUM.

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MARY FRANCES WILLIAMSON, only daughter of Helen J. Lull & John Williamson
She was called MAME WILLIAMSON.
Born: 12 September 1870 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA (from burial records of undertaker Bert Billings; the date agrees with the 1900 census)
Died: Thursday night, 28 October 1937 at her home on Courthouse Square, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, “following a long illness.” (from her obituary)
Buried: 31 October 1937 in Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Married: apparently in February 1907 (no date stated) at the Parrish Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA (reported in the Wyoming Democrat of 1 March 1907).

FRANK DRUM, son of Eliza Gilmore & Stephen Drum (from the undertaker’s records)
Born: 10 February 1869 (dated computed from age at death) in Drums, Luzerne County, PA (from obituary)
Died: Tuesday morning, 16 June 1925 at the home of his mother-in-law, Helen Williamson, in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA, ae. 56 years, 4 mos. & 6 days (from burial records of undertaker Bert Billings and his obituary in the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 18 June 1925)
Buried: 18 June 1925 at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA

Mame Williamson was 36 when she married Frank Drum in 1907. Tunkhannock’s Wyoming Democrat newspaper noted at that time that the couple would be residing in Tunkhannock. However they don’t appear as Tunkhannock residents in 1910 or 1920. Still, when Frank died in 1925, he was a salesman living in Tunkhannock.
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Frank’s obituary in the Tunkhannock Republican & New Age of 18 June 1925 stated that he died at Helen Williamson’s home, having been “seriously ill for about ten weeks.” It commented, “He was a man of excellent business ability and integrity and for the past sixteen years had been auditor for the Planters Chocolate and Peanut Company, of Wilkes-Barre, having branch establishments at Norfolk, Va., and several other cities. He was a member of the various branches of the Masonic order in Tunkhannock and of Mecca Shrine, New York city. He leaves the widow, who was Miss Mary Williamson, of Tunkhannock; two sisters in Wilkes-Barre, and one brother in New York city.”
His widow, Mame, died five years later. According to her obituary, “She had been in poor health for a number of years, but able to be about most of the time until four months ago when she suffered a paralytic stroke and remained in a coma most of the time. She lived practically her entire life here, her husband spending much time in the town until his death in June 1925. At the time of her death Mrs. Drum was a member of the Tunkhannock Presbyterian Church. Possessing an unusually lovely voice, she sang in the church choir until failing health prevented her attendance.” Her home was on the corner of Warren and Washington Streets in Tunkhannock Borough.
Frank and Mame Drum had no children. Her obituary noted, “The only near relatives living in this vicinity are two cousins, Harry D. and Fred J. Billings.” Harry and Fred Billings inherited Mame’s Tunkhannock home, which they sold it on 19 September 1944 to Osmon and Anna Miles.
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Hon. M. J. Lull, K.T.
Bernice, Sullivan County, Pa.

MARSHALL JOSHUA LULL, youngest son of Mary Ann Kelly & Austin Lull
Known publicly as Hon. M. J. LULL, he was called “JOSH” at home.
Born: 24 September 1850 (date from gravestone), in Vermont
Died: 29 October 1894, in Towanda, Bradford County, PA (from the burial record of undertaker Theodore Streeter); although his gravestone bears the date 28 October, his obituaries state that he died “Monday night,” which was 29 October. He was only 44 years old.
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Married: 24 December 1872 (reported by the Wyoming Democrat of 8 January 1873); both parties were “of Tunkhannock.”
EMMA KISHPAUGH, daughter of daughter of Hannah Delong & Charles Kishpaugh.
Born: 15 February 1851 (date from gravestone) , in PA
Died: 2 February 1912 (date from gravestone); she was 60 years old, dying 13 days before her 61st birthday.
Buried: at Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA
Tunkhannock’s Wyoming Democrat of 2 November 1894 explained the circumstances of Josh Lull’s death. “Hon. M. J. Lull, of Bernice [in Cherry Township, Sullivan County, PA], died about midnight on Monday night, [29 October 1894] at Towanda, after an illness of some weeks in which he has been growing gradually worse. Mr. Lull had been ailing for several months but did not consider himself seriously ill until some weeks ago in consultation with a physician here he was induced to go to Philadelphia and undergo an examination which he did and learned that his heart was affected and that his condition was serious. He soon returned here, where his wife is now seriously ill at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Etna Osterhout. After staying here for some days he went up to Towanda where he was taken worse and after about two weeks died as stated above.”
A few days before Josh’s death, on 25 October 1894, Dushore’s newspaper, the Sullivan Review, elaborated: “M. J. Lull is having more than his share of trouble at present. His wife has been sick at Tunkhannock for some months, and a number of weeks ago he went to a Philadelphia hospital to receive treatment for some organic trouble. Partially recovering he returned home, and one day last week was taken suddenly and seriously ill in the office of the Citizens Bank, at Towanda. He was removed to the residence of John Faust, and is still a very sick man, although improvement is noted and hopes of his recovery are entertained.” He must have died at John Faust’s house.
An obituary in the Tunkhannock Republican of 2 November 1894 gave a brief biography. “He was born in Vermont on Sept. 24, 1850, and was in consequence in his 45th year. He came to this place with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Austin Lull, and passed his day as a boy here, receiving his education in the common schools. At the age of fourteen [i.e. 1864-65] he enlisted in Co. H, 2d New York Mounted Rifles and served his time, being discharged to die. But being of a natural robust constitution he rallied and became a strong, healthy man. In the years between 1865 and 1869 he was employed on the canal [i.e. the North Branch Canal, along the Susquehanna River], and in the end of constructing the Pa. & N.Y. R. R., becoming in turn a brakeman on the gravel train, freight brakeman and conductor on the Lehigh Valley R. R., and then was honored to the charge of a passenger train on the State Line & Sullivan R. R., which position he held at the time of his death.” Dushore’s newspaper, the Sullivan Review of 13 May 1894 explained his railroad career: “He entered the service of the Lehigh Valley as a brakeman in the year 1873, under the direction of one of the Leigh’s oldest conductors, Miles Hoadley … on the local freight plying between Towanda and the LAB junction. Mr. Hoadley was soon assigned to other duties and M. J. Lull took charge of the local.” At the time of the 1870 census, 19-year-old Marshall J. Lull was living in his parents’ Tunkhannock Borough home and working as a railroad brakeman.

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The Tunkhannock Republican obituary stated, “He married Emma the youngest daughter of the late Charles Kishpaugh, of this place, and they made their home at Bernice, Sullivan county.” At the time of the 1880 census, Marshal J. Lull and wife Emma, both 29 years old, were residents of Cherry Township, (where the community of Bernice is located), in Sullivan County, PA. In 1883, Josh Lull contemplated relocating to the West. The Sullivan Review commented on 4 January 1883, “M. J. Lull formerly of Bernice and G. M. Clark, of Towanda, will start next week on a prospecting trip to Minnesota.” On 15 February 1883 the same paper reported the wanderer’s return: “We are happy to announce that ‘Josh’ Lull did not conclude to take up his residence in Minnesota, but is again in charge of the passenger train on the S. L. S. R. R.” A decade later on 8 March 1894, the Review commented on another excursion: “M. J. Lull is on a little vacation trip to Washington and John Lappet, of Sayre, is conducting the S. L. & S. passenger train during his absence.” On 17 May 1894, the Review mentioned a day he spent with friends in Wilkes-Barre. “R. D. Stoddard, Asa D. McHenry, and Fred Newell, of this place, and Hon. M. J. Lull, of Bernice, went to Wilkes-Barre Sunday. They first visited their friends at the county jail, and then returning to the city were met at the Luzerne House by Senator Grant Herring and Hon. Robert Buckingham, of Bloomsburg. After dining very comfortably, the party attended several open air meetings of the Salvation Army and the Y. M. C. A and returned home on the evening train, feeling that the day had been both pleasantly and profitably spent.”

The Sullivan Review of 31 May 1894 commented on the origins of M. J. Lull’s political career: “Various friends of M. J. Lull, of Bernice, are urging him to become a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in this district. The suggestion, we believe, first came from Columbia County, where the claims of Sullivan County to the nomination are conceded, although some selfishly insist on putting forward a candidate of their own. It would be an unprecedented honor for little Sullivan to furnish a Congressman but we have just as able men as the other counties, and if fair play prevailed we would be allowed to name the candidate this year. Will fair play be allowed? That is the question.”

The Tunkhannock Republican obituary continues, “He was twice the candidate of his party for the Legislature and was the member from there at the time of his death. He was also a trustee of the State Soldier’s Home at Erie, Pa., held other like important positions of trust. Mr. Lull was a member of Northern Commandery, No. 16, Knights Templar, of Towanda, which Commandery took charge of the funeral services, which were held at the residence of Mrs. Etna Ostherhout [sic], in this place, Thursday at 12:30 o’clock, Temple Commandery, Knights Templar, and Temple Lodge, F. & A. M., of this place, participating.”

Josh Lull was apparently well-liked by his contemporaries. Tunkhannock’s Wyoming Democrat of 8 February 1884 made the following observation: “Mr. M. J. Lull, of Bernice, Sullivan county, has been spending a week here, being summoned by the sickness of his father, whose death is elsewhere recorded. ‘Josh’ has been rather poorly in health for several weeks, but is now on the mend. Since his arrival here he has been warmly greeted by hosts of friends.” Ten years later, the same newspaper commented in Josh’s obituary, “Although his home has been in Sullivan county for many years Mr. Lull was well known all over this county and had a host of friends who will sincerely mourn his demise and will join with us in extending to his family and friends their sincerest sympathy.”

At the time of her husband’s last illness, Emma Lull was seriously ill herself. The Sullivan Review announced on 14 June 1894, “Mrs. M. J. Lull, of Bernice, is dangerously ill.” The same paper printed on 26 July 1894 a news item apparently copied from the Tunkhannock newspaper: “Mr. M. J. Lull and wife, of Bernice, came here on Tuesday, Mrs. Lull having been brought here to her sister, Mrs. Etna Osterhout, where she will be carefully nursed in the hope that she will soon entirely recover from a severe illness through which she has just passed and from which it was feared that she would not recover. While she is much improved in health, she is still unable to sit up and was brought here on the cars in a cot bed. Mr. Lull returned to his home yesterday.” On 6 September the Sullivan Review reported that Mrs. M. J. Lull had “so far recovered that she will return to her home at Bernice the coming week.” Possibly she did not return as hoped, since she was still staying with her sister in Tunkhannock at the end of October. She was taken to Philadelphia for treatment in early November. Then the Sullivan Review announced on 29 November 1894, “Not long ago, Mrs. M. J. Lull was taken to Jefferson Hospital, in Philadelphia for treatment and word was received from there this week to the effect that no permanent relief could be given in her case.” Nevertheless, Emma recovered sufficiently to live another 17 years.

After her husband’s death, Emma Lull appears to have returned to Tunkhannock. Sometime in the 1890s, she apparently purchased the Osterhout Hotel & House in Tunkhannock from Fisher G. Osterhout. Josh and Emma Lull had no children. Emma’s gravestone was ordered by her husband’s nephew Harry D. Billings in 1927.

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The Following information was found and researched by Gary Allen Lull and added to this page.

243487. George M. Lull b. Feb. 02, 1841; Hartland, Vt. Windsor County
d. May 12, 1901; Civil War record Enlisted Mar. 08, 1862, 52nd Pa., Reg.
m. Phebe ? or Julia A. Bolton b. 1844-d. 1867, Sayre, Pa.
Children: Frances Lull b. Jan. 21, 1861; Sayre, Pa. d. Dec. 21, 1864; Franklin, twp, Hardin Cem. Iowa.

History: from Vermont and s/o Austin Lull goes back to Old Capt. Timothy Lull.
REF: 1841, the fifth in the family of seven children of Austin and Mary Ann (Kelly) Lull, natives of Vermont: The father, who was a hotel and livery stable keeper, died in Tunkhannock in 1882, in his seventy-sixth year; the mother died in 1878 in her seventy-first year. The George M. Lull family removed back to Tunkhannock in May, 1851, where our subject received his education in the city schools. He enlisted March 8, 1862, in Company B, Fifty-second P. V. I., and some of the many engagements he participated in were the Civil War battles of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, and siege of Charleston, his regiment being the first troops to land in Charleston after the evacuation. He was mustered out at Beaufort, S.C., March 29, 1865, returned home, and attended Lowell’s Commercial College at Binghamton, N.Y., about one year. Thence he went to Tunkhannock, and engaged in the hotel business two years; from there he moved to Cape May with his brother-in-law Geo. J. Bolton, who had charge of the "Columbia House," and was there two seasons. Returning home he clerked in a hotel two years, and then went to Pittston, and was proprietor of a restaurant over a year. In 1873 he began work on the L. V. R. R. as brakeman, and was promoted to conductor on second-class trains in 1875, and continued as such until 1883, when he was promoted to passenger conductor, which position he has held since. Mr. Lull was married in Tunkhannock, in 1861, to Miss Julia A., daughter of William and Parmelia (Mackey) Bolton. Mr. Bolton was editor and proprietor of the first paper published in Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa. Mrs. Lull is the fifth in a family of seven children. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lull were born six children, as follows: Ada B., George M., Jr., George E., Maud, May and M. Howard. Mrs. Lull is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Lull is a member of the F. & A. M., Temple Lodge, No. 248, Tunkhannock; of the Order of Railway Conductors, Waverly, and B.P.O.E., No. 109, of Wilkes-Barre. He is a Democrat in politics

12/15/1894 Lull Joshua W M 44?? M Vermont Railroader 10/29/1894 N. Main St., Towanda Heart Disease 3 wk Tunkhannock, Pa 11/2/1894 He belongs to Austin Lull’s extended family.

Celia Lull Reynolds She was born near Rutland, Vt.
The burial was in the family plot in Hope cemetery. Pa. Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, PA

History of Wyoming County, Pa.; and New York contain two Massacres for Lull researcher’s that took place during the migration of those Lull family Pioneers. Queen Esther, Indian; Killed several of these earlier Pioneers.
To find those deaths and who they belong to is a job. See site http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/books/wyomlt15.htm
Lull families involved were Children of Benjamin Lull’s family, Martha Lull wife of Deacon Joseph (1) Lull b. Sept.09, 1751; Butternuts, N.Y. confirmed just missed being Massacred at Cherry Valley, New York. Deborah Beach at 14 came close to the same Massacred at Cherry Valley, New York, when her father and she went through the area just after the Massacred had taken place on their way to settle at Unadilla, NY . Deborah Beach (Priest) (Lull) was my (Gary Allen Lull)’s third Great Grand Grandmother who married into my line Joseph Lull son of Old Captain Timothy Lull of Hartland, Vermont.

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