An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 358
	
	
	J.S. HULL, a member of the grocery firm of Hull & Stevenson, of Cheney, was
born in New York, in 1843, a son of J.J. and Sarah (Smith) Hull, natives also of
that State. The father was a farmer by occupation.
	J. S. Hull, the eldest of five children, was educated in the public schools
of his native State. In 1864 he engaged in farming in Iowa, where he remained
eight years, followed the same occupation in Western Nebraska fourteen years,
and in 1888 came to Cheney, Washington. The grocery firm of Hull & Wright was
founded the same year, but in 1889 Mr. Wallis purchased Mr. Wright's interest,
and one year later our subject purchased the entire store. He remained alone
until burned out by the great fire, when he lost about $2,500, but immediately
put in a new stock, and in the fall of 1890 the firm of Hull & Brittain was
established. One year later Mr. Stevenson purchased the latter's interest, and
the business is now conducted under the firm name of Hull & Stevenson. The
capital invested is about $4,000, and the firm is the largest of its kind in the
city, carrying a general stock of groceries.
	Mr. Hull was married in 1877, to Miss Mary Kenton, a native of Indiana. They
have two children: Mary E., aged seven years; and A. J., three years. Our
subject is a thorough business man, and has done much for the material good of
Cheney.
	
	
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer
	
	
	
	
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