Article from the 'Confederate Veteran' magazine, dated March, 1929, page 107. In the passing of Major FRANK HULL, of Shelby, N.C., on Jan.19, another honored veteran of the gray has pitched his tent on the eternal camping ground. Death came to him while on a visit to his daughter, MRS. L.A. CROWELL, of Lincolnton, N.C. He was one of Shelbys most prominent citizens and the oldest, and had countless friends throughout the section where he had lived his long and useful life. His years numbered 94 . He was born in Lincoln Co., Oct. 27, 1834, a s/o Major Hull and Peggy Gross Hull. His grandfather, Benjamin Hull, was a Revolutionary soldier and held the position of 'bodyguard' to George Washington. Frank Hull was married to Miss Mary Ann Grigg, d/o Col. P.T. Grigg, in Feb. 1858 and this union of nearly a half century was a most happy one. Entering the War Between the States as a soldier of the 18th North Carolina Infantry, Lane's Brigade, A.P. Hill's Division, young Hull acquitted himself heroically. He was captured and held prisoner for months, after his release, returned home, drooping in spirit, to take up the broken threads of life and start over again... he held office of civil judge in his township until going to Shelby to reside. He was the father of eleven children. He was laid to rest by the side of his beloved wife in Sunset Cemetery at Shelby. [ Mrs. L.E. Fisher, Asheville, N.C.] --- --- Nancie O'Sullivan --- drayton5@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.