Warren County OhArchives Obituaries.....Mull, Benjamin  June 15, 1933
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BENJAMIN MULL, 93 SUCCUMBS TUESDAY AT MIDDLETOWN
Was Native Of Turtlecreek Township In Warren County
AT DEDICATION
Of Methodist Episcopal Church At Lebanon In 1863

A long and useful life was brought to a close early Tuesday morning with the
death at Middletown of Benjamin Mull, aged 93, native of this county who until
the end retained a keen interest in the affairs of Lebanon and surrounding
community. A month ago his many friends here were grieved to learn that he had
suffered a broken hip as a result of a fall at his daughter's home in
Middletown. Since that time he had been a patient in the Middletown Hospital and
was believed on the road to recovery until pneumonia developed last week
resulting in his death.

Funeral services will be held from the resident at 113 Monroe street,
Middletown, at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Ray L. Cross, pastor of
the Lebanon Methodist Episcopal Church, assisted by Rev. Armacost, of the
Middletown Methodist Church will have charge of the services.

Born in 1840
Benjamin Mull was born in Turtlecreek Township near Lebanon January 29, 1840,
the son of Reuben and Catherine Spindler Mull, natives of Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1835. His father was of Scotch ancestry. He
was reared on a large farm one mile northeast of Lebanon and the old colonial
home still stands.

In Civil War
At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Mull joined the "Squirrel Hunters" for
state service and afterwards volunteered for United States service enlisting in
Company A. Regiment 146. At the time of his death he was the oldest surviving
Civil War veteran residing in Middletown and one of the oldest veterans in
southern Ohio.

Married Warren County Girl
Following the war he was married to Miss Katherine Hathaway on August 3, 1865,
uniting two of Warren county's most prominent pioneer families.

They were the parents of four children, Sarah L., who died at the age of four
years; Bert F. Mull, a retired attorney of Los Angeles, California; Lula Pearl
Hawthorne, of Middletown; and Ernest C. Mull, who is associated with the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Bertric Mull of California is the only grandson.

Mr. Mull was one of nine children and had six brothers and two sisters. One
brother, Charles, aged 86, who had spent most of his life in Dayton survives.

Wife Died in 1926
Mr. and Mrs. Mull were permitted to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary
in 1915. At that time they enjoyed a trip to the Atlantic coast cities and
visited his father's home in Pennsylvania.

In 1925 they celebrated their sixtieth anniversary at their county home near
Lebanon where they resided for 48 years. One year later, Mrs. Mull died at the
age of 82 years.

It was then that Mr. Mull retired from active life dividing his time with his
son in California and his daughter at Middletown.

Interested In Church
His great interest centered in the Methodist Church and particularly the
Methodist Church at Lebanon of which he had been a member for 76 years, having
joined the congregation in 1857 under the pastorate of the Rev. Enoch West. He
was at various times a class leader, teacher, leader in prayer service and at
the time of his death was an honorary trustee of the church.

He is the last member who was present at the dedication of the Lebanon church in
1863 and held the record both as to age and length of years in membership. When
unable to attend church during the closing period of his life, he "listened in"
each Sunday on radio sermons and hymns.

Mr. Mull was possessed of a strong personality and was well known and highly
respected by a wide circle of friends. Among his outstanding characteristics,
his goodwill and hospitality among his fellow men.

Source: Unnamed paper dated 15 June 1933 [copy obtained from obituary collection
at the Warren County Genealogical Society]



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