D. M. TULL, farmer of District No. 6, and the son of John and Jane A. (Busick) TULL, was born in what is now Chester County, in 1851. The father was born in North Carolina in 1806, and was of Irish extraction. He was reared at home, received a good English education, served in the Creek war, and came to this county with his parents, March, 1842. He was a mechanic and died in 1885. The mother was born in North Carolina, in 1815, and was of Anglo-Irish, Welsh and Italian extraction. She died in 1878. Both parents were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Nicholas TULL, grandfather of our subject, was also a native of North Carolina. He removed to Davidson County, Tenn., at a very early day and from there to this county in 1823. He died in 1881.
Our subject was born on the farm where he is now living, and received his education at the common schools and at the Henderson and Mifflin Academies. January 18, 1877, he married Mrs. Mattie CROOK, a native of McNairy County, Tenn., born in 1853, and the daughter of Thomas ROBINSON. To our subject and wife were born five children: Ernest, Alice, Thomas, Inez and Guy. Mr. TULL owns 130 acres of good land in the home place, 100 acres in another tract and also has property in Henderson. He is an ardent Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for H. GREELEY. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Transcribed by David Donahue