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Author: msmindyr1
Surnames: Hull Wallace Goss Maines Mains
Classification: queries
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Myrna -- I am looking for more information about Jesse Lewis Hull and his son, Orrin Hull.
An old family legend says that my gg grandmother, Elizabeth Wallace, was dropped off at
the Hull's home when she was a child. We believe that she was a Native American. Some
say that she may have been taken from her family. She may have been travelling with
gypsies. Some say that when she was left with the Hulls that the people said they would
be back for her but they never came. The Hulls became attached to her and raised her as
their own -- either Jesse & Nancy did or Orrin. The 1870 Census of Ottercreek
Township, Ripley, Indiana shows Jesse and Nancy living with "Aaron" age 31 and
Elizabeth Wallace age 9 born in North Carolina. In 1877, Elizabeth married Alonzo Goss
(my gg grandfather). I have their marriage certificate showing Alonzo marrying "Anna
Hull". In subsequent records that I've found Anna is listed as "Anna
Elizabeth", "Elizabeth", or (in birth records of her children)
"Elizabeth Wallace". Do you have any information, stories, pictures, documents
that could corroborate this legend? Any help would be greatly appreciated. My family is
very eager to figure this out.
thanks!
mindy maines richie
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