W. R. Hulse, one of the best known citizens of Carlinville,
Macoupin County, Illinois, is extensively engaged in the real estate,
abstract and insurance business, which he has followed successfully for many
years. He is one of the most energetic and enterprising men of the city, and
has done much to aid its development and progress. He was born in Palmyra,
Macoupin County, December 2, 1860, and is a son of Capt. Abraham C. and
Martha A. (Ross) Hulse, and grandson of W. K. and Hannah (Cox) Hulse, both
of the last named being natives of Tennessee. His maternal great-grandfather
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
W. K. Hulse, the
grandfather, was a mechanic and spent many years in constructing flat-boats
which were piloted down the river laden with produce for city markets. He
served in the Confederate Army, was taken prisoner and sent to Sandusky,
Ohio, where he was confined in military prison. He and his wife were parents
of the following children: Sarah; John W.; W. A., a physician and surgeon;
Caroline; Capt. Abraham C; Polly A.; Thomas, a soldier in the Confederate
Army, who was wounded at the battle of Bull Run and died from the effects of
his injury; Elizabeth; Louisa; and Elvira.
Capt. Abraham C. Hulse
was born in Eastern Tennessee, September 23, 1835, and there passed his
boyhood days. In 1853, he came to Illinois and followed his trade as a
blacksmith until the Civil War was in progress, when in August, 1862, he
enlisted in Company E, 122d Reg., Illinois Vol. Inf., as a private. He was
promoted to 2d lieutenant, and later for meritorious conduct on the field of
battle was commissioned a captain. He was serving with that rank when the
war closed in 1865, participating in the last engagement of the war at Fort
Blakely, Alabama. He again returned to Carlinville where he opened his
blacksmith shop and carried on business until 1882. In that year he was
elected sheriff of Macoupin County on the Democratic ticket, and served
efficiently for a period of four years. After the expiration of his term, he
turned his attention to raising standard bred horses, and this he has
followed successfully up to the present time. He is a man representative of
the best type of citizenship, and has many friends throughout the county. He
and his wife reared the following children: Rosella, Catherine, W. R. and R.
S.
W. R. Hulse, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the
common schools of this county and at Blackburn University from which he was
graduated in the class of 1884. Prior to entering college, he taught school
one term, and upon leaving served as deputy sheriff under his father during
1885 and 1886. He read law in the office of Hon. C. A. Walker and was
admitted to the bar in 1887. One year later he formed a partnership with B.
M. Burke in the real estate, abstract and insurance business, which
continued until 1890, when our subject purchased his partner's interest in
the business. He has since carried on this business by himself, and has
attained a high degree of success, particularly in the real estate branch of
the business. He has won the title of "Hulse the Hustler," and well may the
term be applied, for no man in Macoupin County puts more energy in his work
than he. He is well known for his business integrity and the straightforward
methods which characterize his every transaction. He represents seven fire
insurance companies.
On January 26, 1888, Mr. Hulse was joined in
marriage with Mattie L. Mayfield, a daughter of Alfred S. Mayfield, formerly
clerk of the Circuit Court for eight years. Mrs. Hulse graduated from the
Illinois Female College at Jacksonville, now known as the Illinois Woman's
College. She also received a degree from the University of Chicago, for a
course in English that she completed. To Mr. and Mrs. Hulse were born two
children: Sidney D., deceased; and William M. Religiously, the family are of
the Methodist faith. Our subject is a Democrat, and during the last campaign
was president of the Carlinville Democratic Club. He is a prominent member
of Mount Nebo Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M.
Extracted 2018 May 04 by Norma Hass from Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Macoupin County, Illinois, published in 1904, pages 40-42.
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