Person:Joel Tullis (4)

1870 United States Federal Census: Name: Joel Tellus Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800 Age in 1870: 70 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1870: Buena Vista, Schuyler, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Rushville

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Source Information: 1880 Census Place Buena Vista, Schuyler, Illinois Family History Library Film 1254250 NA Film Number T9-0250 Page Number 370D Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Joel TULLIS Self W Male W 80 OH Farmer VA PA Hosea TULLIS Son S Male W 42 IL Farmer OH KY Elizabeth TULLIS Dau S Female W 35 IL Keeping House OH KY Byron SCOTT SonL M Male W 37 IL Farmer UNK UNK Harriet SCOTT Dau M Female W 33 IL Keeping House OH KY Cassey SCOTT GDau S Female W 5 IL IL IL Joel SCOTT GSon S Male W 3 IL IL IL

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OBITUARY - Mr. Joel Tullis Mr. Joel Tullis, for over fifty years a resident of Buena Vista Township, this County, died in Hutchinson, Kansas, October 26, 1888. Deceased was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, April 3, 1800, and when quite young moved with his parents to Ohio. In the year 1818 he moved to Indiana; was married June 17, 1824 to Cassie, eldest daughter of William and Cassie McKee, pioneers of this county. In the spring of 1826 Mr. Tullis settled in Buena Vista Township, Schuyler County, on the farm owned and occupied by Reuben Moore. In 1847 with his family went to the territory of Oregon and thence to California early in the year '49, returning to his old home in the spring of 1850. The last four years of his life he was a resident of Kansas. His wife died March 30, 1870. Joel and Cassis Tullis were the parents of thirteen children, five of whom are living to mourn the loss of their dear departed. - The Rushville Times, November 8, 1888. - The Schuylerite, Volume One, Number Four, page 194, Winter 1972. Contributed by Margaret Bucholtz

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from The Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882 Transcribed by Carol Longwell Miller for Schuyler County ILGenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilschuyl/Buenavistatwp.html):

We next invite the attention of the reader, to the settlement made in the extreme northeastern portion of the township. In the spring of 1827, Joel Tullis, with his family of wife and one child came into the township April 26th, 1826, accompanied by William McKee his father-in-law, whose farm in Rushville township was their point of departure. With McKee he spent the first year. He took possession of the N. W. ¼ of section 2, built his rude log cabin, and began the toilsome life of the hardy pioneer. He subsequently bought a tax title to the property, and continued his residence there until 1847, when the country becoming too thickly settled to suit him, he sold his home, and with a family of wife and twelve children, in an ox wagon, he undertook an overland journey to Oregon, where he arrived, after great suffering and the loss of six of his children. He returned in 1851, and bought the farm upon which he now resides, hale and hearty, and over eighty years of age. Joel Tullis had the first distillery in the township, upon the N. W. ¼ of section 2, as early as 1833. .... In 1830, Hosea Tullis, a brother of Joel, and John Boggs, arrived from Ohio, built cabins in the Tullis neighborhood but returned to Kentucky in less than a year, becoming alarmed by the Indians. Both had families. .... Joel Tullis had the first mill as early as 1831. It was at his home on the northeast quarter of section 2, and was the old fashioned tread-mill; horses or oxen furnished the motive power. It was liberally patronized, being in constant use by some of his neighbors. .... A fine quarry of building stone was opened upon the southwest quarter of section 13, on the farm of Joel Tullis, about twenty years ago.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Joel Tullis, in Find A Grave.

   The Rushville Times
   08 Nov 1888 Pg 7
   
   Death of an Old Schuylerite.
   
   Mr. Joel Tullis, for over fifty years a resident of Buenavista township this county, died in Hutchinson, Kan., Oct. 23, 1888. Deceased was born in Hardin county, Ky.,April 3, 1800, and when quite young moved with his parents to Ohio. In the year 1818 he moved to Indiana; was married June 17, 1824, to Cassie, oldest daughter of Wm. and Cassie McKee, pioneers of this county. In the spring of 1826 Mr. Tullis settled in Buenavista township, Schuyler county, on the farm owned and occupied by Reuben Moore. In 1847 he with his family went to the territory of Oregon and thence to California early in the year '49, returning to his old home in the spring of 1850. The last four years of his life he was a resident of Kansas. His wife died March 30, 1870. Joel and Cassie Tullis were the parents of thirteen children, five of whom are living to mourn the loss of their dear departed.
   
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   The Hutchinson Daily News
   27 Oct 1888 Pg 5 cl 4
   
   Died of Old Age
   
   Joel Tullis, quite an aged man, while moving in a wagon from Lane to Johnson county this week, died of old age in the vicinity of Hutchinson.
   
   A relative named Robert Greenwell came to this city, bearing a certificate which stated that the deceased was an Odd Fellow in good standing.
   
   The members of that organization in Hutchinson deposited the remains in their lot, where they will remain until removed to Illinois. The deceased was eighty-nine years of age.
   
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   Remains were initially inturned in lot # 91 of Eastside Cemetery in Hutchinson,Reno Co., KS.