The Journey of John STULL

John STULL was born 5 May 1848, in the part of Virginia that is now West Virginia. His parents were Joseph and Elizabeth STULL who were from Pennsylvania. On 7 Aug 1850, he was two years old, living with his parents in Tyler County, Virginia (now West Virginia). On 11 Aug 1860, he was age 12, still living in Tyler County.

On 16 Feb 1868, in Tyler County, he married Sarah A. LEWIS, who was born in Feb 1850, in Virginia (now West Virginia). She was the daughter of Abraham and Margaret LEWIS. (John was listed as age 19, from Monongalia County, Virginia, and Sarah was listed as age 17, from Tyler County, Virginia, widow). Their first seven children were born in West Virginia: Margaret Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Dec 1868), William Riley (Apr 1870), George (c.1872), Susan "Susie" (Apr 1873), Abraham "Abe" (Nov 1875), Dollie (Oct 1878), and Ida (Sep 1879).

Shortly after the birth of Ida, John moved his family 1,100 miles west and on 17 Jun 1880, he was farming in Grant Township, Osborn County, Kansas. They lived in Kansas only a short time before moving 250 miles northeast and by Jul 1881, they were in Cass County, Nebraska, where their last five children were born: Bessie Anna (Jul 1881), Minnie (May 1883), Lora (Laura) (c.1884), Anna (Annie) (Aug 1886), and George (c.1888). Sarah died 4 Jul 1888 following the birth of George. She is buried in Cass County.

John made the long trek back to West Virginia, where he married Malinda J. GRAY on 11 Nov 1888 in Tyler County. (The married register lists John's place of birth as Monongalia County, and Malinda's place of birth as Ohio.) John and Malinda were living in Pennsylvania in Apr 1890 when their first child, Rosa May, was born. By Mar 1892 theye were somewhere in Iowa, where Mary Alice was born, and by 1894 they were living in Missouri where they had at least five more children: John Henry (Feb 1894), Charles Harrison (Feb 1897), Roy Alva (Apr 1899), Oliver Rue (Oct 1903), and one unknown child (according to the 1910 census Malinda had seven children.) On 9 Jun 1900, John was forming in Dayton Township, Newton County, Missouri.

John died in 1918, at the age of John died in 1918, at the age of 71 at Avery, Hickory County, Missouri.  He is buried near Fairfield, Benton County, Missouri.

John STULL had a total of 19 children: 12 with Sarah and 7 with Malinda.

• John’s oldest child, Margaret, was born in 1868 and was 20 years old when her mother Sarah died (Margaret married that same year.) John’s second wife, Malinda was born in 1862. She was only six years older than Margaret. Margaret was 35 when her youngest brother, Oliver, was born in 1903.
• John was 20 and Sarah was 17 when they were married. Sarah was 18 when her first child was born and was 38 when she had her 12^th child.
• John was 41 and Malinda was 26 when they were married. Malinda was 27 when her first child was born and was 41 when she had her seventh child. She died at age 60.
• John’s youngest child, Oliver, was 15 years old when his father died.