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JOSIAH BENNETT HULL
Niagara Village News
[Welland Tribune, 9 April 1897]
Josiah Bennett Hull, father of J.C. Hull and Mrs. H.G.A. Cook of this village, and of Mrs. Wm. Shepherd of Niagara Falls, died at the latter place on Monday, April 5th, aged 69 years. Mr. Hull was one of the oldest residents of the vicinity, born near Toronto, the son of Richard Hull, a U.E. Loyalist and a veteran of the war of 1812-14. The father belonged to the Incorporated Militia and when Gen. Brock went to Detroit and called for volunteers, he took the bounty of 200 acres of land and went with him. He was also in the battle of Queenston Heights; and was seriously wounded at the battle of Lundy’s Lane. For his services he got 400 acres of land and a pension until his death. He also got a medal, which his son Albert Hull has in his possession. For a long time Josiah Bennett Hull, now deceased, had the contract for carrying the mails between Chippawa and Niagara Falls. Prior to the establishment of the Ontario police, he was a member of Clifton police force. He helped put in the elevator plant in the upper suspension bridge tower, and ran the elevator for two or three years. He also put in the machinery at the whirlpool rapids, and ran the incline there for several years, and he blasted out and helped put in the machine railway for Mr. Colt at the whirlpool. He was always greatly respected in the community in which he lived so many years. The remains were interred at Fairview on Wednesday, Rev. Canon Houston officiating.
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