John Rose Tull (1807 - 1897)

Born 26 Mar 1807 in Sussex, Delaware

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Lankford) Tull — married 1822 in Delaware

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1897 at age 90 in Hancock County, Illinois [uncertain]

Biography

John Tull has English ancestors.

Son of Wheatley Tull 1779–1849 (Marriage: 1799 in Sussex, Delaware) and Margaret Rose 1778–1841

NOTE: Member of the Illinois Militia, 59th Regiment, 4th Brigade, 5th Division, under the command of Colonel Levi Williams.

9 November 1850: Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois; John R Tull, Farmer, 43 Delaware; Nancy Tull 43 Maryland; Josiah Tull 20 Ohio; Margaret J Tull 8 Illinois; Sarah Tull 6 Illinois; Samuel Rose, Laborer, 34 Maryland; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4KQ-7BV

12 July 1860: Pontoosuc Township, Hancock, Illinois; John R Tull, Nurseryman, 53 Delaware; Nancy Tull 53 Maryland; Margaret J Tull 19 Illinois; Sarah Tull 17 Illinois; Josiah Tull, Farmer, 30 Ohio; Nancy Tull 3 Illinois; Phenly Clark 9 Illinois; Clark Craney, Farmer, 16 Maryland; Thomas Spillman, Farm Laborer 23 Maryland; Susan Sears 41 New York; George Sears 15 Illinois; Mary Sears 13 Illinois; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH9-LGN

27 July 1870: Pontoosuc Township, Hancock, Illinois; John R Tull, Nurseryman, 63 Delaware; Nancy Tull 63 Maryland; Robert Bowman, Laborer, 15 Iowa; Catherine Brown, Servant, 19 Illinois; Nancy B Tull 13 Illinois; Henrietta Mullen, Scholl Teacher, 25 Ohio; (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64Q-VMP

15-16 June 1880: Pontoosuc Township, Hancock, Illinois; John R. Tull, Nurseryman & Farmer, 73 Delaware/Delaware/Maryland; Nancy Tull Wife 73 Maryland/Maryland/Maryland; Rebecca Langford Niece 12 Illinois/Maryland. Ohio; Hannah M. Nichols Servant 43 Illinois; Effie L. Nichols 13 Illinois; (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJG-SGY

A PIONEER OF HANCOCK COUNTY

John R. Tull of Payson, Illinois, Celebrates His Ninetieth Birthday

He is an Educated Gentleman, a Musician and a Farmer.

One of the oldest residents of Adams County is Mr. John R. Tull, father of Mrs. Isaac Grove, of Payson, who celebrated his 90th birthday March 26, a week ago yesterday.

Mr. Tull was born in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1807, and is now the oldest person in Payson Township. When a young man he moved with his parents to Ohio, but returned to Delaware to marry Miss Nancy Langford.

They lived in Ohio until 1836, when they moved to Hancock County, Illinois, and settled on a farm there, living on the same farm until the death of his wife, which occurred August 10, 1889. Mr. Tull and his wife lived together sixty - three years, three months and six days, celebrating their Golden Wedding in 1876.

Mr. Tull during his young manhood met and talked with the two famous Indian chiefs, Black Hawk and Keokuk. He said Keokuk was a handsome Indian. At that time Fort Madison, which was four miles from Mr. Tull's farm, consisted of only three log cabins. Nauvoo, the Mormon settlement was just ten miles from Mr. Tull's place, he has often seen Joseph Smith and was there during the Mormon war. In 1854 he was ordained Deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Bishop Thomas A. Morris, and continued to preach until about eighteen years ago, when he lost his eyesight.

At the same time he carried on the nursery business and is well versed in flowers and fruits and many beautiful and rare trees are still to be found on his farm in Hancock County. He was a musician and has three daughters living, but has made his home with Mrs. Grove since the death of his wife. Transcribed as published by Karen Brewer

Children of Nancy Langford and John Rose Tull (there may be more):

Elizabeth Reid Tull Little 1824–1907

Hester Ann Tull Little 1827–1907

Josiah W. Tull 1829–1870

Mary Charlotte Tull Moon 1833–1922

Margaret Jane Tull Lionberger 1841–1866

Sarah R. Tull Grove 1843–1918

Sources

Census records

BURIAL: Tull Cemetery in Pontoosuc, Hancock County, Illinois

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38460611/john-rose-tull

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCCD-Y9Z