Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Mull

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Tuesday July 14, 1931
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RECEIVE  WORD  OF
MAX  A. MULL DEATH
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Former Resident of Rush county
Is Suicide In Dayton, Hotel Room
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WAS  RESTAURANT  OWNER
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          Word was received here today of the suicide in Dayton, Ohio, of  Max A. Mull, former resident of the Manilla neighborhood.  Information, though not complete, is that he left a restaurant, of which he was proprietor, at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon, going to a hotel and renting a room.  H e was discovered at 12 o’clock, the same night, dead. Particulars as to how he ended his life were not learned today.
          Mull had lived in the Ohio city for the past fifteen years, going there from the Manilla neighborhood.  He had been successful in the restaurant business, owning a chain of eating places in Dayton.  He was about 44 y ears old.  What prompted Mull to take his life is not known, but it is believed by relatives at Manilla that brooding over ill health, and perhaps financial worries, were responsible.
          Besides the widow, he leaves the aged parents,  Mr. and Mrs. Omer Mull, of near Homer, Rush county.  Four brothers,  Dr. Arthur Mull, of Rushville;  John Mull, of Kokomo;  Noble Mull, of Dayton, and  Blount Mull, also survive him, together with three sisters,  Miss Eulalie Mull, a teacher in the local high school;  Mrs. Hallie Webster, of north of Manilla and  Mrs. Helen Nelson, of Arlington.  The funeral and burial will take place at Dayton.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelby  Democrat
Saturday Afternoon, March 20, 1926
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SHELBY  NATIVE  DIED  YESTERDAY
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Mrs. Laura J. Mull, Wife of W. A. Mull,
Died At Home, Near Rushville.
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FUNERAL  WAS  HELD  TODAY
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          Funeral services were held this afternoon for  Mrs. Laura J. Mull, age sixty, a native of Shelby county, and wife of  W. A. Mull, who died early Friday morning at their home in Rush county, southwest of Rushville.  Burial was made in East Hill cemetery, at Rushville.
           Mrs. Mull was born in Shelby county and lived in the county until her marriage to Mr. Mull in 1885.  She was the daughter of  Benjamin  and  Margaret Fisher.  Mrs. Mull was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Methodist Episcopal church.
          Besides the husband she leaves two sons, Harry  and  Ernest Mull, both of Rush county; one daughter,  Margaret Elvira, of Rush county; seven sisters,  Mrs. L. L. Hester  and  Mrs. A. B. Staniford, both of Manilla;  Mrs. C. E. Mandille, of Anderson;  Mrs. Elmer Brown  of Indianapolis;  Mrs. C. B. Newsom, of Emporia, Kansas;  Mrs. Carney Hicks, of Barth, Florida; and  Mrs. Harry Stricker, of North Vernon; and one brother, C. G. Fisher, of Indianapolis. 
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday October 18, 1917
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(From Wednesday’s Daily)
           John Wesley Mull, 60 y ears old, a former trustee of Walker township, Rush county, died at 9:10 o’clock this morning at his home in Homer, his death being due to a complication of asthma and pleural-pneumonia.  Mr. Mull was a successful farmer and was one of the most prominent men in the community.  His term of service as trustee was from 1894 to 1900.  He was a member of the Baptist church at Homer.  His wife and three sons,  Clyde,  Howard  and  Walter, survive.  Funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock Friday morning at the Baptist church in Homer and burial will be made in the Hurst cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday June 21, 1917
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LIFE  JOURNEY  ENDED
FOR  MRS. MYRA  MULL
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Died Suddenly Sunday Morning At Five O’Clock
Funeral Tuesday Morning
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(From Monday’s Daily)
          Mrs. Myra Mull, one of the well known matrons of Homer, died suddenly at her home Sunday morning at 5 o’clock.  Her death came as a shock to all her relatives and friends as she had been feeling as well as usual the evening before and had made no complaint whatever.
          A post mortem was held Sunday by  Drs. J. C. Sexton,  Lowell Green and  VanArsdal, and they announced that death was caused by brain hemorrhage.
          At the time of her death she was twenty-eight years old and during her lifetime she has been a friend to all who knew her and had always followed in the footsteps of her Master.  She was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church, southwest of Arlington, having taken the vow early in her life.
          Six years ago she was united in marriage to  Donald L. Mull, of Homer, and to this union three children were born,  Marjorie,  Frederick and an infant,  Martha, all of whom survive.  The deceased was a daughter of  Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Hester, of Manilla, and the parents, four brothers and two sisters survive.  They are  Misses Ruth and  Mildred, of Manilla,  Ralph and  Carey, of Shelby township, and  Herman and  David of Manilla.
          The funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the home and the burial will be made in the East Hill cemetery at Rushville.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday June 21, 1917
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MISS NELLIE MULL BURIED AT RUSHVILLE
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(From Tuesday’s Daily)
          Miss Nellie Mull, age 15, one of the well known young ladies of the western part of this county and Rush, died at her home, two miles east of Homer, Sunday morning, from a complication of diseases from which she had been suffering since last October, and was buried this morning in the Rushville cemetery.
          She is survived by her parents,  Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Mull, and two brothers,  Denzil and  Reed, who live at home. She has many relatives in Shelby and Rush counties and all of whom will deeply mourn her death.
          She was a member of the Christian church at Homer and her many ideal were for the betterment of the Christian faith.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelbyville  Daily  Democrat
Thursday, June 7, 1917
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CHARLES  E.  MULL  WAS          
          BURIED  AT  RUSHVILLE
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          Charles E. Mull, a brother of  Miss Eulalie Mull, who is a teacher in the schools here, was buried in East Hill Cemetery at Rushville, Monday, following funeral services at North Madison and Homer.  He was a resident of North Madison and his death occurred at his home there.  Short services were conducted at his home Sunday afternoon by the Knights Templar of Madison and the Rev. W. A. Carpenter, pastor of the Baptist church, of which he was a member, and the body was then brought to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Mull, near Homer, for the regular services, Monday morning.  Mr. Mull was a member of the Masons at Manilla, also of the Knights Templar at Madison and the Order of Mystic Shrine at Indianapolis.  He had been in the employment of the Pennsylvania railroad company for twelve years.  He was also scoutmaster at Madison and had done much to build up the Boy Scout movement there.  His father, mother, widow, five brothers and three sisters survive.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Daily  Evening  Democrat
Friday July 13, 1883
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ANOTHER  OF  RUSH  COUNTY’S  BEST  CITIZENS
QUIETLY  PASSES  AWAY
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(Rushville Republican)
          Close following the death of the late  James B. Fouch  is that of Cyrus Mull, one of Rush county’s wealthiest and most prominent citizens.  Born in the immediate locality of his death, he has lived to see it changed from a barren wilderness into a section almost unexcelled for fertility and productiveness.  Blest with large possessions and great riches, he has used them judiciously, and the customary characteristics of wealthy men were entirely absent in his nature.  Always frank and generous, he had so endeared himself to the community in which he lived and all with whom he dealt, that great and universal sorrow is deeply felt at his sudden death.
          Cyrus Mull was born March 19th, 1829, in Walker township, Rush county, Indiana.  His father was Jacob Mull, who came to this county from Warren county, Ohio, about the year 1826.  Cyrus was the third of a family of four children, his only brother, George, died young.  Of his two sisters, Catherine, the oldest of the family, is the wife of  Dr. J. W. Trees, of Manilla.  The other sister, Ann, the youngest of the family, is the wife of  Dr. J. J. Inlow, of Manilla.
          In December, 1838, Jacob Mull moved to Manilla from his farm in the east part of Walker township.  Until about eighteen years of age Cyrus spent most of his time in school.  About this time his father purchased a farm adjoining his residence in Manilla.  From that time until Cyrus became of age he assumed management of the farm, having full control.
          At twenty-one he entered a co-partnership with his father and  J. W. Trees  under the firm name of  J. and C. Mull & Trees, in the mercantile business.  This partnership existed until 1854, when it was dissolved, Jacob Mull alone carrying on the business.  In 1857 he married  Josephine Kerrick, the daughter of  Nimrod Kerrick, a Methodist minister.  There have been eight children-seven sons and one daughter, six of whom survive him.  From the time of his marriage he began dealing in livestock and continued it until a few years ago.  Of late years he devoted his time to farming and the loaning of money.  In early life he was a Whig. In later years he became a Democrat, but was a strong Union man.  He was once nominated for the Legislature by the Democratic party, but declined from pressure of business.  At the time of his death he was a director in the Rushville National Bank and the First National Bank of Shelbyville, and also a member of the Board of Education of Rush county.
          He had been in failing health for some time. Contrary to the wishes of family and friends, he would take no rest, and two weeks ago, was confined to his bed. He died Saturday night, July 7th, at 10:55 p.m., of nervous exhaustion, and was buried at the Manilla cemetery, Monday, July 9th, at two o’clock.  The funeral services were conducted at the house by Revs. Ferrell, of Rushville, and Conner, of Carthage.  The funeral was largely attended by people from all parts of the county and many from a distance.
Contributed by Barb Huff

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