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Sarah Hull 1755 ~ 1826
Sarah Hull, the wife of Major William
Hull, was one of those women who followed their husbands in the
response to the Revolutionary call to arms and partook of their
dangers and privations. She was the daughter of Judge Fuller of
Newton, Massachusetts, and was born about 1755.
While with the army at Saratoga, she joined the other American
women there in kind and soothing attentions to the wives and
families of the British officers who were held prisoners, after
Burgoyne's surrender. For several years after the close of the
war General Hull held the office of Governor of Michigan
Territory, and in her eminent station, Mrs. Hull displayed so
much good sense with more brilliant accomplishments, that she
improved the state of society in this neighborhood, which was at
that time a pioneer tract, without provoking envy by her
superiority. Those who visited the then wild country about them
found a generous welcome at her hospitable mansion, and departed
with admiring recollections of her and her daughters.
But it was in the cloud of misfortune that the energy of Mrs.
Hull's character was most clearly shown. Governor Hull having
been appointed Major General in the war of 1812, met with
disasters which compelled his surrender and subjected him to
suspicion of treason. His protracted trial and his defense
belong to history. His wife sustained these evils with patient,
trustful serenity, believing that the day would come when all
doubts would be cleared away, and her husband restored to public
confidence. The loss of her son in battle was also borne with
the same Christian fortitude, her quiet demeanor and placid face
betraying no trace of the suffering that had wrung her heart.
Happily she lived to see her hopes realized in the General's
complete vindication, and died in 1826, in less than a year
after his decease.
Women of
America
Source: The Part Taken by Women in
American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle
Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
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