A Brief History of the Atkins, Stewart, and Smith Families - New Page 1

Abraham Tull and his wife Elizabeth could not be found in the 1870 census.
1880
It is thought that Louis Henry died in 1875. The 1880 census supports that because only Sarah M
Tull and her children are found living in Hurricane Township, Saline Co, AR:
1880
Name
Age
In
1880
Sarah M Tull 36 ~1844 TN
Oliver F. 13 ~1867 AR
Laura J. 11 ~1869 AR
Samuel C. 7 ~1873 AR
Henry N. 5 ~1875 AR
Harvey 2 ~1878 AR
Born In Died In Notes
The Tull Family Tree, a public tree on www.ancestry.com, lists the complete family this way:
Name Born In Died In Notes
Louis Henry Tull 1842 AR ~1875 AR m: 1865
Sarah Matilda Hogue 1844 TN ~1892 AR
Oliver F. 8/7/1863 AR 12/18/1946 AR
Laura Jane 12/1869 AR 1954 AR
Mark 1870 AR 1893
Samuel Copeland 10/7/1872 AR 4/16/1962 AR
Hunter Henry 11/27/1875 AR 11/23/1953 AR
Martin “Mart” Harvey ~1879 AR 1/3/1961 AR
The fact that Harvey was born in 1878 or 79 suggests that Henry Louis Tull died later than1875,
perhaps 1877 or 78, and not 1875 as previously written.
1890
Recall that most of the 1890 US Census data was destroyed in a fire in 1921. Often this gap in
data presents problems in the continuity of tracking families since the gap is 20 years.
1900
The 20 year gap caused by the loss of 1890 census data has affected the tracking of the Tull
family. As we saw above, Louis Tull (or Henry Louis Tull) died between 1870 and 1880. It is
thought that his death year was 1875 but this is in conflict with that fact that one of his children
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