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Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Asbury Hull |
| Birth |
3 Feb 1860 |
Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
COMPLETED |
JRIVE |
| FamilySearch ID |
2W32-TYP |
| Death |
16 Oct 1901 |
Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States |
| Burial |
Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States |
| Person ID |
I28507 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
James Merriwether Hull, b. 31 Mar 1838, Georgia, United States d. 8 Feb 1864, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States (Age 25 years) |
| Mother |
Georgia Anna Rucker, b. 11 Dec 1837, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States d. 1908, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Dec 1857 |
Clarke, Georgia, United States |
| Family ID |
F12879 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Alice Reese Sibley, b. 18 Feb 1863, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States |
| Marriage |
29 Jan 1883 |
Richmond, Georgia, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Emma Georgia Hull, b. 6 Nov 1883, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States d. 1929, Georgia, United States (Age 45 years) |
| | 2. Jep Rucker Hull, b. 8 Oct 1888, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States |
| | 3. Alice Sibley Hull, b. 13 Aug 1891, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States |
| | 4. Asbury Hull, b. 10 Jan 1894, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States d. 7 Feb 1902 (Age 8 years) |
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| Family ID |
F12878 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Jan 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 3 Feb 1860 - Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - COMPLETED - JRIVE |
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 | Marriage - 29 Jan 1883 - Richmond, Georgia, United States |
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 | Death - 16 Oct 1901 - Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States |
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 | Burial - - Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States |
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| Notes |
- Obituary:
Mr. Asbury Hull passed away at his home, 449 Greene Street, yesterday af t ernoon, at 2:30 o'clock, in the forty second year of his age.
This simple announcement carries genuine sorrow to hundreds of heart s , n o t only in this city, where the mature years of his manhood have b ee n spent, but in Athens where he was born and in other sections of th e sta te where he was well known and consequently well beloved.
Mr. Hull had not been in good health for several month but it was only s i nce last Friday that his condition has been considered serious. The fir s t news that many of his friends had of his illness was that there was b u t little likelihood of his recovery. Since that time they have made ma n y anxious inquiries as to his condition, day after day, hoping agains t ho pe, that the life of this useful citizen, genial gentleman and devot ed hu sband, son and father might be spared to the community in which hi s usefu l years had been spent. While it was realized for some time tha t there wa s but little chance of his recovery, the final announcement th at the en d had come cast a gloom over the entire city and the festivitie s seemed b ut a mockery of the common grief. He touched life at so many p oints, hi s living presence among us was felt but so recently that even y et it seem s impossible to think of him as having been called away in th e very merid ian of his manhood, and, if, indeed, it be true that to li e in the heart s of those we leave behind is not to die, his untimely tak ing off is no t death. "What seems so is transition."
Though comparatively a young man he had made a success in life, from e v e r y point of view. He entered business as the junior member of the fi r m of George S Sibley & Co, and on the death of the senior partner had s uc ceeded to the business, which he continued to conduct in such a manne r th at its high prestige in the commercial world was more than maintaine d. A t about the same time that he entered the firm he was married to Mis s Ali ce Sibley, the daughter of Mr. George R Sibley, who survives him, t ogethe r with four children, two boys and two girls. No man in Augusta wa s mor e absorbingly devoted to his family and in no home could the head o f th e household be more feelingly missed through all the years that ar e to co me. His mother, Mrs. DeSaussure Ford, and his brother, Dr. Jame s Meriwhet her Hull, also survive him.
While the deceased had never sought public preferment, honors have bee n l iterally thrust upon him. While a member of council he was chairman o f th e fire committee and was always held in the very warmest esteem by t he me mbers of the department, who found in him a warm and devoted frien d as we ll as a vigilant guardian of the best interests of the city. Late r he bec ame chairman of the police commission, and to these new duties h e carrie d the same special qualifications of mind and judgment which ren dered hi s service to the city invaluable, and the same warmth of heart w hich wo n him the devotion of every member of the police department. Th e fact tha t "Berry" Hull wanted anything done was all sufficient, asid e from any qu estion of loyalty, which was due him by reason of his posit ion.
His capacity in the business world was equally well known, and at the ti m e of his death, he was a director in the Southern railroad, in the Comm er cial Bank and in the Langley Manufacturing company. For two year s h e w a s president of the cotton exchange and they were among the mos t suc cessful in the history of the exchange.
He was graduated from Bethany College, West Virginia, and he was alwa y s a favorite in that seat of learning.
The funeral will take place on Friday morning at 11 o'clock from the Fir s t 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 . H e was one of the leading cotton merchants and one of the most popula r me n there. Not yet in his prime, he was just beginning his 43rd year , and y et he filled a large place in the public and business life of tha t city . He was a native of Athens and a son of Mr. Harvey Hull [incorrec t, he w as the son of James Meriwhether Hull, who died in the Civil War , 1864, we ll known in Georgia. He was educated at the Richmond Academy o f Augusta a nd afterwards went to Bethany College, West Virginia. After g raduating th ere he went west with Mr. John M Adams, living with the latt er upon his r anch in Nebraska. He returned to Augusta and entered the co tton business , becoming the partner of Mr. George R Sibley, who died i n 1887, and who m he succeeded in the firm. Eighteen years ago Asbury Hul l married Miss A lice Sibley, the daughter of his partner. Deceased was a t one time membe r of the town council and was also police commissioner . He was a public s pirited, popular man and was prominently connected wi th everything whic h concerned Augusta, from a baseball club to a cotto n compress. He wa s a popular man on Cotton Row and was one of the leadin g member s of th e 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 r e gret not only throughout this community but beyond the borders of the s ta te. Everybody who knew "Berry" Hull loved his genial humor and friendl y f rankness. It is difficult for us who knew him well, and loved him, t o ass ociate death with Asbury Hull. As a boy and as a young man he was e ver fu ll of life and strength and joy. On the play-ground no boy excelle d him o n feats of strength, skill, or endurance. He was strong, manly, a ggressiv e, confident and winning. His companions admired him for his phy sical pro wess and loved him for his sunny nature and genial comradeship . In the co llege hall on the campus, in the glee club, Asbury Hull was a lways a mark ed personality and a favorite with all. Into the sterner wal ks of manhoo d he carried the sunny personality and popularity of his you th, and in th e domain of business he rapidly came into easy prominence a nd influence . In the warehouse, the exchange, the city council, the mana gement of th e city fire department, wherever his influence was exerted , he was recogn ized as a representative and useful citizen. Of sturdy ph ysique, only tho se who have been intimately thrown with him have notice d of late, the ind ication of impaired health, and the news of his sudde n collapse withi n a week has been a shock, not only to his friends, bu t the entire commun ity. It is hard to realize that the strong man, the g enial personality, t he loyal fried, the devoted son, brother, husband, a nd 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 hear t a s does the knell of death, but when the sad intelligence of the demis e o f Berry Hull was made known to me, I paused amid the hurry of the bus y sc enes of this bustling city to think in sorrow upon his splendid pers onali ty, and a tomb like solemnity overshadowed me as reflected how flee tly, a nd yet how imperceptibly, like the gliding of vessels over the unr uffle d surfaces of placid seas, are running out the years of this, our b utterf ly existence.
Asbury Hull dead means that one of the bravest, noblest and best young m e n of this commonwealth has gone from amongst us forever; and while Augu st a is wrapped in sadness, there are many hearts throughout the south th a t beat in unison with her sorrow, for, wherever he was known, he was lo ve d. A type of the southern gentleman, inheriting the chivalry, kindline s s and the sincerity of a line of ancestors of the old southern civiliza ti on, and possessing the enterprise, public spirit and energy of the ne w or der of things, he made a man that is hard to give up and well-nigh i mposs ible to replace.
In his friendship he was sincere-to causes he espoused he was loyal; i n h is dealings with his fellow man, he was liberal but just. His heart b ea t in sympathy with those about him, and his genial disposition and bea uti ful manners drew those with whom he came in contact close to him.
Having known him in the walks of everyday life in beautiful and elegan t A ugusta, I can to a degree measure the void his passing creates, and w it h his thousands of grief stricken friends, I mingle the tear of friend shi p and the sigh of sorrow.
Sam W Wilkes
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