George Washington Tull was the youngest child of James Stephen Tull and Mary Martha (Ruff) Noble. He was born January 4, 1827 in Dekalb, Georgia and died February 26, 1917 in Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas.
George lived near Bolivar, Hardeman County Tennesee in 1849, and followed his parent's family friend, James Moore and his wife Cynthia Hardcastle, to Van Zandt County, Texas.
After a short stint in the California gold fields, he returned to Canton, Texas, where he became partners with James Moore in Tull's Mercantile, on the SW corner of the City Square.
He later married Sarah A. "Sally" Moore, daughter of James and Cynthia Moore, in Canton, on July 16, 1861. George and Sally had one child, Romilda Martha Tull, born May 6, 1862. Sally Moore Tull died October 7, 1862. George then married S. N. Mason, in Canton, between 1863-1864. The date is missing in the marriage records. I have not found any information on S. N. Mason, but she died before April, 1866. George then married, in Canton, on April 12, 1866, Sarah Jane Wages, the daughter of William Thomas and Susanna Wages. George and Sarah had 2 children, neither of whom lived a year. Sarah Wages Tull died October 8, 1868. George then married Mary Jane "Mollie" Cowan in Canton, October 11, 1869. Mollie was the neice of Cynthia Hardcastle Moore, and was known to have a small lisp. Mollie and George had 11 children, and are known to have raised 2 orphaned neices, Jenny Lewis and Martha Burke.
In the late 1960's, I personally saw the broken very large tombstone of George Washington Tull, buried beside his first wife, Sarah Moore Tull, in Carter Cemetery. Since that time, another symbolic tombstone has been placed beside Molly Cowan Tull in Hillcrest Cemetery. information by: Milda Mason milda@charter.net
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