Children:
Margaret Shull
Helen Shull
Horatio Sherrad Shull
Sibling(s):
Martha Washington Shull
Mary Elizabeth Shull
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Notes:
Easton Express, Saturday, June 22, 1929, Page 13
Horatio G. Shull Dies in 71st Year
Horatio Gates Shull died at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 725 Brodhead street. With the death, a life of energy, both in business and in Masonic and historical circles came to a close. Mr. Shull was born November 9, 1858, a son of Alexander Sherrard Shull and his wife, Margaret Stocker Shull of Martin’s Creek who died in 1909. Had he lived until November this year he was have been 71 years of age. Mr. Shull married Jane Ferris, of Philadelphia, who died in March 1917. His survivors are his son, Horatio Sharrard Shull of Paxinosa Avenue, Mrs. Helen Neal and Mrs. Frank B. Witherspoon, daughters who lived with their father. A sister, Mrs. Frank C. Williams of this city, died a year ago.
Mr. Shull attended public schools at Martin’s Creek, entered Lafayette College in the class of 1880 then went to Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg and later to a state Normal School, fitting himself as a teacher. He gave up this work and entered the grocery business sand for many years, was a wholesale grocer in Camden, N.J. He lived in Germantown and later in Philadelphia. He retired from business in 19078 and moved to Easton in 195 where he had since resided. For several years his health wad not been of the best, due to a heart affection. However he was full of energy, and it was hard for him to curtail his efforts which since his retirement and before were largely devoted to historic research.
On Wednesday evening after placing his auto in garage, he was seized with weakness, but it was not until sometime later that he acquainted his daughters with his condition. The attack was due large to the heat and his heart became weak.
Mr. Shull was a member of Grace Reformed church of various Masonic bodies. Including Rajah Temple, Nobles of Mystic Shrine, of Reading, and of historical societies. He was Son of the American Revolution, a member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, Perkiomen Valley Historical Society, Berks County Historical Society and the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society, holding the office of genealogist in the latter for the past ten years and accomplishing a great deal of work, through historical research. He was also a member of Girard Craftsmen of Philadelphia. |
