BIO: John H. DULL, Franklin Township, Adams County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/adams/ _______________________________________________ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 _______________________________________________ Part III, History of Adams County, Page 407 JOHN H. DULL was born January 26, 1841. His grandfather, Jacob Dull, resided for many years in the Pigeon Hills, York County, Penn. He married a Miss Heilman and reared a family of five sons and four daughters, and Joseph, one of the sons (the father of our subject) was born in York County, married Eliza Quickel, a daughter of John and Eliza Quickel, and moved to a small farm near Biglerville, where John H. was born. Our subject was reared by his uncle from a mere lad to manhood, and early in the civil war, about October, 1863, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served faithfully until his term of service had expired, when he returned home. September 4, 1869, he married Susan, daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth (Toner) Myers. Her parents reared the following children: Sarah, Susan, Anna, Elizabeth, John, Jacob, Levi J. (a miller in Ohio), and Mary, in Franklin Township, this county. John and Jacob are business men of Adams County, and the entire family are people of unquestionable reputation. Mr. Dull’s only sister, Rebecca J., became the wife of Jacob Klipper. To Mr. and Mrs. Dull two daughters have been born: Katy E. and Mary A. and a more courteous, social family can not be found in Franklin Township; Mr. Dull was elected constable in 1883, and re-elected in 1884, filling the office with ability. In 1885 he took the contract for carrying the United States mail between Arendtsville and Gettysburg, which position he still holds. Not an act of dishonesty has ever been attached to his public or private record, and all that he has was honestly earned by himself and his faithful wife. Honesty, sobriety and energy have brought with them legitimate results, and in a home of their own resides this family, who are worthy to rank among the best in Franklin Township. After the death of his wife, Joseph, father of our subject, went west, where he married again and became the father of two daughters and one son, but whose names and location are unknown.