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Asbury “Berry” Hull

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Asbury “Berry” Hull

Birth
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Death
16 Oct 1901 (aged 41)
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA
Burial
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Mr Asbury Hull passed away at his home, 449 Greene Street, yesterday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, in the forty second year of his age.

This simple announcement carries genuine sorrow to hundreds of hearts, not only in this city, where the maturer years of his manhood have been spent, but in Athens where he was born and in other sections of the state where he was well known and consequently well beloved.

Mr Hull had not been in good health for several month but it was only since last Friday that his condition has been considered serious. The first news that many of his friends had of his illness was that there was but little likelihood of his recovery. Since that time they have made many anxious inquiries as to his condition, day after day, hoping against hope, that the life of this useful citizen, genial gentleman and devoted husband, son and father might be spared to the community in which his useful years had been spent. While it was realized for some time that there was but little chance of his recovery, the final announcement that the end had come cast a gloom over the entire city and the festivities seemed but a mockery of the common grief. He touched life at so many points, his living presence among us was felt but so recently that even yet it seems impossible to think of him as having been called away in the very meridian of his manhood, and, if, indeed, it be true that to lie in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die, his untimely taking off is not death. "What seems so is transition."

Though comparatively a young man he had made a success in life, from every point of view. He entered business as the junior member of the firm of George S Sibley & Co, and on the death of the senior partner had succeeded to the business, which he continued to conduct in such a manner that its high prestige in the commercial world was more than maintained. At about the same time that he entered the firm he was married to Miss Alice Sibley, the daughter of Mr George R Sibley, who survives him, together with four children, two boys and two girls. No man in Augusta was more absorbingly devoted to his family and in no home could the head of the household be more feelingly missed through all the years that are to come. His mother, Mrs DeSaussure Ford, and his brother, Dr James Meriwhether Hull, also survive him.

While the deceased had never sought public preferment, honors have been literally thrust upon him. While a member of council he was chairman of the fire committee and was always held in the very warmest esteem by the members of the department, who found in him a warm and devoted friend as well as a vigilant guardian of the best interests of the city. Later he became chairman of the police commission, and to these new duties he carried the same special qualifications of mind and judgment which rendered his service to the city invaluable, and the same warmth of heart which won him the devotion of every member of the police department. The fact that "Berry" Hull wanted anything done was all sufficient, aside from any question of loyalty, which was due him by reason of his position.

His capacity in the business world was equally well known, and at the time of his death, he was a director in the Southern railroad, in the Commercial Bank and in the Langley Manufacturing company. For two years he was president of the cotton exchange and they were among the most successful in the history of the exchange.

He was graduated from Bethany College, West Virginia, and he was always a favorite in that seat of learning.

The funeral will take place on Friday morning at 11 o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church.

Oct 17, 1901, The Augusta Chronicle
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The Augusta papers announce the death of Mr Asbury Hull of that city. He was one of the leading cotton merchants and one of the most popular men there. Not yet in his prime, he was just beginning his 43rd year, and yet he filled a large place in the public and business life of that city. He was a native of Athens and a son of Mr Harvey Hull [incorrect, he was the son of James Meriwhether Hull, who died in the Civil War, 1864], well known in Georgia. He was educated at the Richmond Academy of Augusta and afterwards went to Bethany College, West Virginia. After graduating there he went west with Mr John M Adams, living with the latter upon his ranch in Nebraska. He returned to Augusta and entered the cotton business, becoming the partner of Mr George R Sibley, who died in 1887, and whom he succeeded in the firm. Eighteen years ago Asbury Hull married Miss Alice Sibley, the daughter of his partner. Deceased was at one time member of the town council and was also police commissioner. He was a public spirited, popular man and was prominently connected with everything which concerned Augusta, from a baseball club to a cotton compress. He was a popular man on Cotton Row and was one of the leading members of the Commercial Club. --Savannah Press.
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MR ASBURY HULL DEAD

The news of the death of Mr Asbury Hull will be received with sincere regret not only throughout this community but beyond the borders of the state. Everybody who knew "Berry" Hull loved his genial humor and friendly frankness. It is difficult for us who knew him well, and loved him, to associate death with Asbury Hull. As a boy and as a young man he was ever full of life and strength and joy. On the play-ground no boy excelled him on feats of strength, skill, or endurance. He was strong, manly, aggressive, confident and winning. His companions admired him for his physical prowess and loved him for his sunny nature and genial comradeship. In the college hall on the campus, in the glee club, Asbury Hull was always a marked personality and a favorite with all. Into the sterner walks of manhood he carried the sunny personality and popularity of his youth, and in the domain of business he rapidly came into easy prominence and influence. In the warehouse, the exchange, the city council, the management of the city fire department, wherever his influence was exerted, he was recognized as a representative and useful citizen. Of sturdy physique, only those who have been intimately thrown with him have noticed of late, the indication of impaired health, and the news of his sudden collapse within a week has been a shock, not only to his friends, but the entire community. It is hard to realize that the strong man, the genial personality, the loyal fried, the devoted son, brother, husband, ad father, is no more.

Oct 17, 1901 The Augusta Chronicle
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Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 17, 1901

Under all circumstances there is nothing that so strikes upon my heart as does the knell of death, but when the sad intelligence of the demise of Berry Hull was made known to me, I paused amid the hurry of the busy scenes of this bustling city to think in sorrow upon his splendid personality, and a tomb like solemnity overshadowed me as reflected how fleetly, and yet how imperceptibly, like the gliding of vessels over the unruffled surfaces of placid seas, are running out the years of this, our butterfly existence.

Asbury Hull dead means that one of the bravest, noblest and best young men of this commonwealth has gone from amongst us forever; and while Augusta is wrapped in sadness, there are many hearts throughout the south that beat in unison with her sorrow, for, wherever he was known, he was loved. A type of the southern gentleman, inheriting the chivalry, kindliness ad the sincerity of a line of ancestors of the old southern civilization, and possessing the enterprise, public spirit and energy of the new order of things, he made a man that is hard to give up and well nigh impossible to replace.

In his friendship he was sincere-to causes he espoused he was loyal; in his dealings with his fellow man, he was liberal but just. His heart beat in sympathy with those about him, and his genial disposition and beautiful manners drew those with whom he came in contact close to him.

Having known him in the walks of everyday life in beautiful and elegant Augusta, I can to a degree measure the void his passing creates, and with his thousands of grief stricken friends, I mingle the tear of friendship and the sigh of sorrow.
Sam W Wilkes

Mr Asbury Hull passed away at his home, 449 Greene Street, yesterday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, in the forty second year of his age.

This simple announcement carries genuine sorrow to hundreds of hearts, not only in this city, where the maturer years of his manhood have been spent, but in Athens where he was born and in other sections of the state where he was well known and consequently well beloved.

Mr Hull had not been in good health for several month but it was only since last Friday that his condition has been considered serious. The first news that many of his friends had of his illness was that there was but little likelihood of his recovery. Since that time they have made many anxious inquiries as to his condition, day after day, hoping against hope, that the life of this useful citizen, genial gentleman and devoted husband, son and father might be spared to the community in which his useful years had been spent. While it was realized for some time that there was but little chance of his recovery, the final announcement that the end had come cast a gloom over the entire city and the festivities seemed but a mockery of the common grief. He touched life at so many points, his living presence among us was felt but so recently that even yet it seems impossible to think of him as having been called away in the very meridian of his manhood, and, if, indeed, it be true that to lie in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die, his untimely taking off is not death. "What seems so is transition."

Though comparatively a young man he had made a success in life, from every point of view. He entered business as the junior member of the firm of George S Sibley & Co, and on the death of the senior partner had succeeded to the business, which he continued to conduct in such a manner that its high prestige in the commercial world was more than maintained. At about the same time that he entered the firm he was married to Miss Alice Sibley, the daughter of Mr George R Sibley, who survives him, together with four children, two boys and two girls. No man in Augusta was more absorbingly devoted to his family and in no home could the head of the household be more feelingly missed through all the years that are to come. His mother, Mrs DeSaussure Ford, and his brother, Dr James Meriwhether Hull, also survive him.

While the deceased had never sought public preferment, honors have been literally thrust upon him. While a member of council he was chairman of the fire committee and was always held in the very warmest esteem by the members of the department, who found in him a warm and devoted friend as well as a vigilant guardian of the best interests of the city. Later he became chairman of the police commission, and to these new duties he carried the same special qualifications of mind and judgment which rendered his service to the city invaluable, and the same warmth of heart which won him the devotion of every member of the police department. The fact that "Berry" Hull wanted anything done was all sufficient, aside from any question of loyalty, which was due him by reason of his position.

His capacity in the business world was equally well known, and at the time of his death, he was a director in the Southern railroad, in the Commercial Bank and in the Langley Manufacturing company. For two years he was president of the cotton exchange and they were among the most successful in the history of the exchange.

He was graduated from Bethany College, West Virginia, and he was always a favorite in that seat of learning.

The funeral will take place on Friday morning at 11 o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church.

Oct 17, 1901, The Augusta Chronicle
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The Augusta papers announce the death of Mr Asbury Hull of that city. He was one of the leading cotton merchants and one of the most popular men there. Not yet in his prime, he was just beginning his 43rd year, and yet he filled a large place in the public and business life of that city. He was a native of Athens and a son of Mr Harvey Hull [incorrect, he was the son of James Meriwhether Hull, who died in the Civil War, 1864], well known in Georgia. He was educated at the Richmond Academy of Augusta and afterwards went to Bethany College, West Virginia. After graduating there he went west with Mr John M Adams, living with the latter upon his ranch in Nebraska. He returned to Augusta and entered the cotton business, becoming the partner of Mr George R Sibley, who died in 1887, and whom he succeeded in the firm. Eighteen years ago Asbury Hull married Miss Alice Sibley, the daughter of his partner. Deceased was at one time member of the town council and was also police commissioner. He was a public spirited, popular man and was prominently connected with everything which concerned Augusta, from a baseball club to a cotton compress. He was a popular man on Cotton Row and was one of the leading members of the Commercial Club. --Savannah Press.
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MR ASBURY HULL DEAD

The news of the death of Mr Asbury Hull will be received with sincere regret not only throughout this community but beyond the borders of the state. Everybody who knew "Berry" Hull loved his genial humor and friendly frankness. It is difficult for us who knew him well, and loved him, to associate death with Asbury Hull. As a boy and as a young man he was ever full of life and strength and joy. On the play-ground no boy excelled him on feats of strength, skill, or endurance. He was strong, manly, aggressive, confident and winning. His companions admired him for his physical prowess and loved him for his sunny nature and genial comradeship. In the college hall on the campus, in the glee club, Asbury Hull was always a marked personality and a favorite with all. Into the sterner walks of manhood he carried the sunny personality and popularity of his youth, and in the domain of business he rapidly came into easy prominence and influence. In the warehouse, the exchange, the city council, the management of the city fire department, wherever his influence was exerted, he was recognized as a representative and useful citizen. Of sturdy physique, only those who have been intimately thrown with him have noticed of late, the indication of impaired health, and the news of his sudden collapse within a week has been a shock, not only to his friends, but the entire community. It is hard to realize that the strong man, the genial personality, the loyal fried, the devoted son, brother, husband, ad father, is no more.

Oct 17, 1901 The Augusta Chronicle
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Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 17, 1901

Under all circumstances there is nothing that so strikes upon my heart as does the knell of death, but when the sad intelligence of the demise of Berry Hull was made known to me, I paused amid the hurry of the busy scenes of this bustling city to think in sorrow upon his splendid personality, and a tomb like solemnity overshadowed me as reflected how fleetly, and yet how imperceptibly, like the gliding of vessels over the unruffled surfaces of placid seas, are running out the years of this, our butterfly existence.

Asbury Hull dead means that one of the bravest, noblest and best young men of this commonwealth has gone from amongst us forever; and while Augusta is wrapped in sadness, there are many hearts throughout the south that beat in unison with her sorrow, for, wherever he was known, he was loved. A type of the southern gentleman, inheriting the chivalry, kindliness ad the sincerity of a line of ancestors of the old southern civilization, and possessing the enterprise, public spirit and energy of the new order of things, he made a man that is hard to give up and well nigh impossible to replace.

In his friendship he was sincere-to causes he espoused he was loyal; in his dealings with his fellow man, he was liberal but just. His heart beat in sympathy with those about him, and his genial disposition and beautiful manners drew those with whom he came in contact close to him.

Having known him in the walks of everyday life in beautiful and elegant Augusta, I can to a degree measure the void his passing creates, and with his thousands of grief stricken friends, I mingle the tear of friendship and the sigh of sorrow.
Sam W Wilkes



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138348335/asbury-hull: accessed ), memorial page for Asbury “Berry” Hull (3 Feb 1860–16 Oct 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138348335, citing Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Anna (contributor 47329432).