hmtl5 Otto Everett Tull b. 1 Oct 1888 Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa d. 12 Jan 1980 Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska: McKeown Genealogy
Otto Everett Tull

Otto Everett Tull

Male 1888 - 1980  (91 years)

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  • Name Otto Everett Tull 
    Born 1 Oct 1888  Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Elk Creek, Gosper County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Elk Creek, Gosper County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer 
    Died 12 Jan 1980  Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I472  McKeown
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2023 

    Father James Lewis Tull,   b. 24 Nov 1858, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1941, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Ellen Gay Shields,   b. Jul 1861, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1935, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1881  Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Family ID F35  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma Louise Vandruff,   b. 25 Mar 1889, Harvard, Clay County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1987, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married 24 May 1911  [2
    Children 
     1. Itha L. Tull,   b. 28 Nov 1912, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1988, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Leo C. Tull,   b. 4 Aug 1915, Gosper County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1997, Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Robert Bryon Tull,   b. 3 Aug 1918, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 2003, Cambridge, Furnas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Oct 1888 - Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Elk Creek, Gosper County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Elk Creek, Gosper County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Jan 1980 - Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Tull Otto E. and Emma Louise Vandruff
    Tull Otto E. and Emma Louise Vandruff
    Plot: Plot: Block 16, Lot 4
    Tull family plot
    Tull family plot

  • Notes 
    • Otto E. Tull, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tull, was born October 1, 1887 at Max, Nebraska, a son of James L., and Ellen Shields Tull.

      He was a resident of Gosper County and engaged in farming nine miles northwest of Arapahoe, where he has lived many years of his life.

      On May 24, 1911 he was united in marriage to Emma Van Druff and to this union three children were born, Itha L., Leo C., and Robert B. Tull.

      He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Arapahoe.

      He passed away at Kearney, Nebraska January 12, 1980 at the age of 92 years, three months and 11 days.

      He was preceded in death by his wife, Emma, July 23, 1967, two brothers, Clifford and Herbert and four sisters, Edythe, Margaret, Viola and Elda.

      He leaves to mourn his passing one daughter, Itha Krumme and husband, Henry, Falls City, Nebraska, two sons, Robert of the home and Leo and wife, Hazel, Holdrege, Nebraska, one brother, Elmer, Arapahoe, three sisters, Twyla Emmett and husband, Finch, Arapahoe, Ina Disbrow, Holdrege, and Evelyn Hull, Phoenix, Arizona.

      Also surviving are granddaughters Teri O'Grady, Falls City, and Myra Krumme, Omaha; four great-grandchildren and three sisters-in-law, Alyce Marks and husband, Dave, Detroit, Michigan, Zelda Nauman and husband, Connie, Lexington and Dorothea VanDruff, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
      [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Iowa Births and Christening Index, 1857-1947.

    2. [S8] Find a Grave.

    3. [S3] Obituary.

    4. [S14] 1900 US census.

    5. [S16] Iowa marriage records.