> The following is the obituary for my great great grandfather James N. > Hull.  I am searching for his parents.  Any  information would be greatly > appreciated. Thank you. > > February 21, 1884 Warwick Advertiser > > Obituary of James N. Hull > > We learn that Mr. Hull died at his residence at Greenwood Lake, in the town > of Warwick, very suddenly, on the afternoon of the 5th Inst.  Mr. James N. > Hull, age 57 years, 9 months and 10 days, was born April 23, 1826 in the town > of Monroe at Little Long Pond.  He lived there for several years, and > afterward moved with his parents near Oxford church.  When about twenty-five years of > age, he married Miss Elizabeth Hunter of Monroe Village.  She lived about > seventeen years with him then died.  He joined the Oxford M.E. Church when > about seventeen years of age.  About seventeen years ago he married for his > second wife, Mrs. Mary Helland, of Greenwood Lake, N.Y.  He leaves two sons and > two daughters by his first marriage.  He was buried in the Monroe Cemetery.  > > To within a few years immediately preceding his death, he had enjoyed most > excellent health; always willing and ready to acquit himself with alacrity: > and first and foremost in discharging every duty incumbent upon him incident to > a busy life.  Yet within the last decade, it was apparent that a lurking and > insidious disease was gradually sapping his vital energies and almost > imperceptibly but surely, undermining a once vigorous constitution and robust > physic.  > > He was to the manor born, and resided almost continuously in the towns of > Monroe, Warwick and Blooming Grove, wherein many resident farmers will recall > the ambitious youth, with robust health, always ready with clever expedients > to execute faithfully the various enterprises incident to husbandry.  Mr. Hull > was a good and vigilant farmer, and with the means and facilities at hand, > did secure very favorable results. > > His friends and acquaintances were many and widely situated, with whom he > enjoyed himself much in social intercourse, and whose sudden departure many > will deplore.  Mr. Hull will be missed in his own neighborhood and its > surroundings, and especially at the M.E. Church at or near the lake, where he > regularly attended and was seldom absent. > > The obituary was written by Elias T. Hill >