JAMES LLOYD TULL

 

 

     James Lloyd Tull, b September 27, 1881 in Arkansas, d June 12, 1961 and buried in Chilton Cemetery at Chilton, Falls County, Texas-was a son of William A. full, b July 1854 in Arkansas, died at Chilton, and his wife, Georgia A. (maiden name unknown) Tull, b December 1854 in Arkansas, died at Chilton. James Lloyd (called "Lloyd") Tull married ca 1908 to Ada Elizabeth Hicks, b August 11, 1888 in Falls County, Texas, d May 30, 1976 and buried by her husband in Chilton - a daughter of John Willis Hicks, b 1857 in Arkansas d 1910 and his wife Sarah Elizabeth (Tull)  Hicks, b 1866 in Arkansas, date of death unknown. Lloyd's paternal grandparents were Thomas Marion Tull, b November 1835 in Tennessee, and Amy (Caples) Tull, b August 1834 in Tennessee, who moved to Arkansas where their children were born, and relocated in the Chilton area of Falls County, Texas in 1892, where they were farmers and members of the Methodist Church.

     James Lloyd and Ada Elizabeth (Hicks) Tull reared five children:

     Audrey Faye Tull, b November 14, 1909 - married John Wesley McKee, b July 15, 1902.

     Mavis J. Tull, b June 22, 1920, d May 2, 1974 in Limestone County, Texas and buried in Point Enterprise Cemetery - married Jesse Weldon Copeland.

     Mally Jack Tull (called "Jack"), b February 10, 1922 - married Mrs. Marie (Scott) Schmidt - a widow of Albert Charles Schmidt, and she was b October 23, 1913 at Durango, Falls County, Texas, d September 12, 1979 in Marlin and buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin by the grave of her first husband, who served in military service during World War II. Jack and Marie Tull had no children; and Jack continues to reside in Marlin where he is retired from the Texas Highway Department.

     L. A. Tull, b December 25, 1923 - married Doreatha Cohn, b April 22,1929 - a daughter of James E. and Martha (Williams) Cohn. They are the parents of five children: James Tull who married Jane Wilkens of Alabama, Patsy Gail Tull, John Keith Tull, Tina Tull, and Debbie Tull.

     Sam Tull, b December 13, 1927 - married December 25, 1947 to Shirley Cohn, b January 31, 1931 - a daughter of James E. and Martha (Williams) Cohn. Sam is a rancher, and operates the Tull Realty Company on East Live Oak Street in Marlin, Texas. He and Shirley had five children: Flora Darnell Tull who married first to Don Naquin and had Stephanie Naquin, Tracy Naquin, and Adam Naquin, and married second to Michael Lee - they reside in League City, Texas; Sammy Jack Tull - married Rose Falco, and had Jacob and Erica Tull - and reside in Dallas, Texas; Terry Tull who married first to Carol Schoenecker and had Melody Tull, and married second to Susan Allred and had Alisa and Katie Tull, and married third to Susan Delay and had Crystal Tull - resides in Mexia, Texas; Shirla Tull who married Joel Parsons - a son of Thomas Wayne and Christine (Michalak) Tull and had Mark Parsons and James Scott Parsons; and Billy Edward Tull.

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 460 column 1 and 2.  
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