from the Quincy Daily Herald, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1919:
MRS. BULL DIES IN EAST
OLD RESIDENT OF QUINCY SUMMONED.
Spent Girlhood In Mendon and Married One of Quincy's Most Prominent Men—Dies at Summer Home
Mrs. Anna Baldwin Bull, widow of Charles Henry Bull, passed peacefully away at her summer home at Magnolia Beach, Mass., yesterday at noon. Mrs. Bull, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. William McFadon, went to Magnolia in June, as has been her annual custom for many years. She has been an invalid for nearly fifteen years, and to her death comes as a release from a long illness which has gradually encroached on a system of remarkable vitality and resistance. Attacked with hardening of the arteries, Mrs. Bull's eyesight failed her entirely a number of years ago, and she has grown increasingly helpless, and for several years has been confined to an invalid's chair. Not-withstanding her physical afflictions Mrs. Bull retained to the last her exceeding sweetness and gentleness of disposition, her cheery optimism and her thoughtfulness for others.
Daughter of Mendon Pioneer: Mrs. Bull was the daughter of Timothy W. and Anna B. Baldwin. and the granddaughter of Col. Ben Baldwin, who came to Mendon in 1833 from Connecticut, one of the first of that band of New Englanders to settle Mendon Prairie. Betsy Baldwin, the wife of Eben Baldwin, and Mrs. Bull's grandmother was a woman of extraordinary strong character and to this day her memory is venerated in Mendon. Mrs. Bull was born in Hartford, Conn.. May 25, 1831, and was 88 years of age at her death. When two years of age she came to Mendon with her parents, and her girlhood was spent in a farm house a mile and a half east and half a mile south of Mendon. The house stood until a few years ago, one of the old structures of log and frame which marked the early days of the state, and which served as reminders of the sturdy pioneer stock which settled Illinois.
Belle of Mendon Prairie: Here Anna Baldwin grew to womanhood, her sunny disposition, her beauty and winsomeness making her one of the belles of the neighborhood. It was here that Charles Henry Bull, then a young business man of Quincy grew to know and to admire her, the admiration fast ripening into love, and on one of his many visits to Mendon she promised to be his bride. In January, 1848. they were married in Mendon, the Rev. Thomas Dutton performing the ceremony. Mr. Bull, as all Quincyans know, was one of Quincy's foremost men who, with his brother Lorenzo, founded the banking firm of L. and C.H. Bull, now the State Savings Loan and Trust company. Immediately after their marriage they came to Quincy and for some years lived at Third and Vermont streets. In 1857 they built the imposing colonial residence at 1651 Maine street which has since been the family home. The house, with a frontage of half a block on Maine street, and running back to Hampshire, where its gardens have long been one of the beauty spots of the city, is one of the stateliest and most beautiful homes in Quincy. Here Quincy society has gathered during all the years, and here was the center of hospitality and social life which centered about the hostess, whose gracious personality and accomplishments made her sought by those who valued culture and learning. Mr. Bull died November 27, 1908, and his widow has kept the old house open, her daughter, Mrs. McFadon, making her home with her, and another daughter, Mrs. Pierpont Dutcher, of Milwaukee, making frequent visits to the old home.
To Quincy for Burial: Mrs. Bull is survived by two daughters, Alice, the widow of William McFadon,. and Fannie, widow of Pierpont Dutcher. Another daughter, Edith, died in young womanhood. Mrs. Bull since girlhood had been a member of the Congregational church, and before increasing years and physical disability made it impossible, was active in the work of the church here. She was a charter member of Friends in Council, and her literary tastes as well as her many rare qualities of mind and person drew about her many of prominence in the literary and social world. During the Civil war she was a member of the band of Needle Pickets, one of the bands of women who ministered to the needs and comforts of the soldiers. Funeral services will be held in Quincy, but the time of arrival of Mrs. McFadon with her mother has not yet been announced.
MRS. BULL DIES IN EAST
OLD RESIDENT OF QUINCY SUMMONED.
Spent Girlhood In Mendon and Married One of Quincy's Most Prominent Men—Dies at Summer Home
Mrs. Anna Baldwin Bull, widow of Charles Henry Bull, passed peacefully away at her summer home at Magnolia Beach, Mass., yesterday at noon. Mrs. Bull, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. William McFadon, went to Magnolia in June, as has been her annual custom for many years. She has been an invalid for nearly fifteen years, and to her death comes as a release from a long illness which has gradually encroached on a system of remarkable vitality and resistance. Attacked with hardening of the arteries, Mrs. Bull's eyesight failed her entirely a number of years ago, and she has grown increasingly helpless, and for several years has been confined to an invalid's chair. Not-withstanding her physical afflictions Mrs. Bull retained to the last her exceeding sweetness and gentleness of disposition, her cheery optimism and her thoughtfulness for others.
Daughter of Mendon Pioneer: Mrs. Bull was the daughter of Timothy W. and Anna B. Baldwin. and the granddaughter of Col. Ben Baldwin, who came to Mendon in 1833 from Connecticut, one of the first of that band of New Englanders to settle Mendon Prairie. Betsy Baldwin, the wife of Eben Baldwin, and Mrs. Bull's grandmother was a woman of extraordinary strong character and to this day her memory is venerated in Mendon. Mrs. Bull was born in Hartford, Conn.. May 25, 1831, and was 88 years of age at her death. When two years of age she came to Mendon with her parents, and her girlhood was spent in a farm house a mile and a half east and half a mile south of Mendon. The house stood until a few years ago, one of the old structures of log and frame which marked the early days of the state, and which served as reminders of the sturdy pioneer stock which settled Illinois.
Belle of Mendon Prairie: Here Anna Baldwin grew to womanhood, her sunny disposition, her beauty and winsomeness making her one of the belles of the neighborhood. It was here that Charles Henry Bull, then a young business man of Quincy grew to know and to admire her, the admiration fast ripening into love, and on one of his many visits to Mendon she promised to be his bride. In January, 1848. they were married in Mendon, the Rev. Thomas Dutton performing the ceremony. Mr. Bull, as all Quincyans know, was one of Quincy's foremost men who, with his brother Lorenzo, founded the banking firm of L. and C.H. Bull, now the State Savings Loan and Trust company. Immediately after their marriage they came to Quincy and for some years lived at Third and Vermont streets. In 1857 they built the imposing colonial residence at 1651 Maine street which has since been the family home. The house, with a frontage of half a block on Maine street, and running back to Hampshire, where its gardens have long been one of the beauty spots of the city, is one of the stateliest and most beautiful homes in Quincy. Here Quincy society has gathered during all the years, and here was the center of hospitality and social life which centered about the hostess, whose gracious personality and accomplishments made her sought by those who valued culture and learning. Mr. Bull died November 27, 1908, and his widow has kept the old house open, her daughter, Mrs. McFadon, making her home with her, and another daughter, Mrs. Pierpont Dutcher, of Milwaukee, making frequent visits to the old home.
To Quincy for Burial: Mrs. Bull is survived by two daughters, Alice, the widow of William McFadon,. and Fannie, widow of Pierpont Dutcher. Another daughter, Edith, died in young womanhood. Mrs. Bull since girlhood had been a member of the Congregational church, and before increasing years and physical disability made it impossible, was active in the work of the church here. She was a charter member of Friends in Council, and her literary tastes as well as her many rare qualities of mind and person drew about her many of prominence in the literary and social world. During the Civil war she was a member of the band of Needle Pickets, one of the bands of women who ministered to the needs and comforts of the soldiers. Funeral services will be held in Quincy, but the time of arrival of Mrs. McFadon with her mother has not yet been announced.
from the Quincy Daily Herald, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1919:
MRS. BULL DIES IN EAST
OLD RESIDENT OF QUINCY SUMMONED.
Spent Girlhood In Mendon and Married One of Quincy's Most Prominent Men—Dies at Summer Home
Mrs. Anna Baldwin Bull, widow of Charles Henry Bull, passed peacefully away at her summer home at Magnolia Beach, Mass., yesterday at noon. Mrs. Bull, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. William McFadon, went to Magnolia in June, as has been her annual custom for many years. She has been an invalid for nearly fifteen years, and to her death comes as a release from a long illness which has gradually encroached on a system of remarkable vitality and resistance. Attacked with hardening of the arteries, Mrs. Bull's eyesight failed her entirely a number of years ago, and she has grown increasingly helpless, and for several years has been confined to an invalid's chair. Not-withstanding her physical afflictions Mrs. Bull retained to the last her exceeding sweetness and gentleness of disposition, her cheery optimism and her thoughtfulness for others.
Daughter of Mendon Pioneer: Mrs. Bull was the daughter of Timothy W. and Anna B. Baldwin. and the granddaughter of Col. Ben Baldwin, who came to Mendon in 1833 from Connecticut, one of the first of that band of New Englanders to settle Mendon Prairie. Betsy Baldwin, the wife of Eben Baldwin, and Mrs. Bull's grandmother was a woman of extraordinary strong character and to this day her memory is venerated in Mendon. Mrs. Bull was born in Hartford, Conn.. May 25, 1831, and was 88 years of age at her death. When two years of age she came to Mendon with her parents, and her girlhood was spent in a farm house a mile and a half east and half a mile south of Mendon. The house stood until a few years ago, one of the old structures of log and frame which marked the early days of the state, and which served as reminders of the sturdy pioneer stock which settled Illinois.
Belle of Mendon Prairie: Here Anna Baldwin grew to womanhood, her sunny disposition, her beauty and winsomeness making her one of the belles of the neighborhood. It was here that Charles Henry Bull, then a young business man of Quincy grew to know and to admire her, the admiration fast ripening into love, and on one of his many visits to Mendon she promised to be his bride. In January, 1848. they were married in Mendon, the Rev. Thomas Dutton performing the ceremony. Mr. Bull, as all Quincyans know, was one of Quincy's foremost men who, with his brother Lorenzo, founded the banking firm of L. and C.H. Bull, now the State Savings Loan and Trust company. Immediately after their marriage they came to Quincy and for some years lived at Third and Vermont streets. In 1857 they built the imposing colonial residence at 1651 Maine street which has since been the family home. The house, with a frontage of half a block on Maine street, and running back to Hampshire, where its gardens have long been one of the beauty spots of the city, is one of the stateliest and most beautiful homes in Quincy. Here Quincy society has gathered during all the years, and here was the center of hospitality and social life which centered about the hostess, whose gracious personality and accomplishments made her sought by those who valued culture and learning. Mr. Bull died November 27, 1908, and his widow has kept the old house open, her daughter, Mrs. McFadon, making her home with her, and another daughter, Mrs. Pierpont Dutcher, of Milwaukee, making frequent visits to the old home.
To Quincy for Burial: Mrs. Bull is survived by two daughters, Alice, the widow of William McFadon,. and Fannie, widow of Pierpont Dutcher. Another daughter, Edith, died in young womanhood. Mrs. Bull since girlhood had been a member of the Congregational church, and before increasing years and physical disability made it impossible, was active in the work of the church here. She was a charter member of Friends in Council, and her literary tastes as well as her many rare qualities of mind and person drew about her many of prominence in the literary and social world. During the Civil war she was a member of the band of Needle Pickets, one of the bands of women who ministered to the needs and comforts of the soldiers. Funeral services will be held in Quincy, but the time of arrival of Mrs. McFadon with her mother has not yet been announced.
MRS. BULL DIES IN EAST
OLD RESIDENT OF QUINCY SUMMONED.
Spent Girlhood In Mendon and Married One of Quincy's Most Prominent Men—Dies at Summer Home
Mrs. Anna Baldwin Bull, widow of Charles Henry Bull, passed peacefully away at her summer home at Magnolia Beach, Mass., yesterday at noon. Mrs. Bull, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. William McFadon, went to Magnolia in June, as has been her annual custom for many years. She has been an invalid for nearly fifteen years, and to her death comes as a release from a long illness which has gradually encroached on a system of remarkable vitality and resistance. Attacked with hardening of the arteries, Mrs. Bull's eyesight failed her entirely a number of years ago, and she has grown increasingly helpless, and for several years has been confined to an invalid's chair. Not-withstanding her physical afflictions Mrs. Bull retained to the last her exceeding sweetness and gentleness of disposition, her cheery optimism and her thoughtfulness for others.
Daughter of Mendon Pioneer: Mrs. Bull was the daughter of Timothy W. and Anna B. Baldwin. and the granddaughter of Col. Ben Baldwin, who came to Mendon in 1833 from Connecticut, one of the first of that band of New Englanders to settle Mendon Prairie. Betsy Baldwin, the wife of Eben Baldwin, and Mrs. Bull's grandmother was a woman of extraordinary strong character and to this day her memory is venerated in Mendon. Mrs. Bull was born in Hartford, Conn.. May 25, 1831, and was 88 years of age at her death. When two years of age she came to Mendon with her parents, and her girlhood was spent in a farm house a mile and a half east and half a mile south of Mendon. The house stood until a few years ago, one of the old structures of log and frame which marked the early days of the state, and which served as reminders of the sturdy pioneer stock which settled Illinois.
Belle of Mendon Prairie: Here Anna Baldwin grew to womanhood, her sunny disposition, her beauty and winsomeness making her one of the belles of the neighborhood. It was here that Charles Henry Bull, then a young business man of Quincy grew to know and to admire her, the admiration fast ripening into love, and on one of his many visits to Mendon she promised to be his bride. In January, 1848. they were married in Mendon, the Rev. Thomas Dutton performing the ceremony. Mr. Bull, as all Quincyans know, was one of Quincy's foremost men who, with his brother Lorenzo, founded the banking firm of L. and C.H. Bull, now the State Savings Loan and Trust company. Immediately after their marriage they came to Quincy and for some years lived at Third and Vermont streets. In 1857 they built the imposing colonial residence at 1651 Maine street which has since been the family home. The house, with a frontage of half a block on Maine street, and running back to Hampshire, where its gardens have long been one of the beauty spots of the city, is one of the stateliest and most beautiful homes in Quincy. Here Quincy society has gathered during all the years, and here was the center of hospitality and social life which centered about the hostess, whose gracious personality and accomplishments made her sought by those who valued culture and learning. Mr. Bull died November 27, 1908, and his widow has kept the old house open, her daughter, Mrs. McFadon, making her home with her, and another daughter, Mrs. Pierpont Dutcher, of Milwaukee, making frequent visits to the old home.
To Quincy for Burial: Mrs. Bull is survived by two daughters, Alice, the widow of William McFadon,. and Fannie, widow of Pierpont Dutcher. Another daughter, Edith, died in young womanhood. Mrs. Bull since girlhood had been a member of the Congregational church, and before increasing years and physical disability made it impossible, was active in the work of the church here. She was a charter member of Friends in Council, and her literary tastes as well as her many rare qualities of mind and person drew about her many of prominence in the literary and social world. During the Civil war she was a member of the band of Needle Pickets, one of the bands of women who ministered to the needs and comforts of the soldiers. Funeral services will be held in Quincy, but the time of arrival of Mrs. McFadon with her mother has not yet been announced.
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