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- Maria Louisa CLARKE HULL was born in North Adams,
New York, July 8, 1836,
- and died at Milton Junction, Wisconsin, September 18, 1912.
- She was one of eleven children born to Elnathan and Maria
SPENCER CLARKE.
- One brother was the Rev. Joshua CLARKE, a Seventh-day
Baptist minister. Of the four brothers and seven sisters, but
two sisters survive, Mrs. Mary Ann LANGWORTHY and Mrs.
Amos CRANDALL, both of Milton Junction.
- In 1856, when the subject of this sketch was twenty years
of age, she came west to
- Wisconsin with her next younger sister. She had taught school
in New York state, beginning when she was fifteen years old,
and after attending Milton College during the winter she again
taught in this community. She taught two terms at Rock River
and one term at Milton Junction in the red brick school house
which stood somewhere near where the high school building now
stands.
- In 1860, September 25th, she was united in marriage to the
Rev. Hamilton HULL by
- the Rev. O. P. HULL. Mr. HULL had been married
before, his first wife had died about four years before leaving
him with three children. His home at this time was in Dakota
Territory, and here he took his new wife. Their home subsequently
was at Albion, Jackson Center, Ohio, Walworth, Milton, and Milton
Junction.
- Four children were born of this union. The eldest, a daughter,
died when quite young;
- two sons, Frank and Clifton, both died at Milton Junction
after reaching manhood. The other daughter, Alice, became the
wife of S. H. JEWETT and died some years ago leaving two
children, Edna and Charles. Mr. HULL died August 29, 1898.
Mrs. HULL felt keenly the loss of her children, but seemed
to live for her grandchildren, bestowing upon them all the love
of her mother heart. That which has been said of a mother's love
could be said of her in reference to her love for her grandchildren,
"Never calculating, always hoping."
- In her last illness, which at times was very painful, she
was comforted by the presence
- and tender personal care of her grand daughter.
- Mrs. HULL was converted at about the age of thirteen
in a revival meeting held in a
- school house near her home in Central New York. An older
sister who was present remembers Louisa's very bright experience.
She was a woman of unwavering trust in her Heavenly Father, and
therefore, a firm believer in prayer. She read her Bible because
it fed her soul, she prayed because prayer was her support, her
life. She often remarked that through her sorrow in the loss
of her loved ones, and through what she even felt was greater
sorrow than death, The Lord sustained her, and without his support
she could not have endured all her trouble. No doubt she was
right.
- Jesus said, "In the world ye shall have sorrow, but
be of good cheer, I have overcome
- the world." Her trust was in Jesus who overcame, and
she rests with him.
- Besides her son-in-law and two grandchildren, and two sisters,
she leaves two
- step-children, Richard HULL and Mrs. R. C. MAXWELL
and their children who have known her always and only as grandmother,
and a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. We need not sorrow
for her, but only that our sympathy was not as great for her,
or our lives as helpful as they might have been, for her burdens
were heavy. They do not weigh upon her now.
- For a time after she came to Wisconsin she was a member of
the Seventh-day Baptist
- church [of Milton]. She died in the fellowship of the church
of that faith in Milton Junction. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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