Hewitt, Todd County, MN Parents were. Albert Newcomb Tull and wife Edna
Aline. Hodgdon. He died 16 Febuary 1956, Mis- soula, Montana. Eugene Follet.
Tull.
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Eugene Follet Tull 1897 Hewitt, MN
Eugene Follett Tull, born 20 August, 1877 Hewitt, Todd County, MN Parents were Albert Newcomb Tull and wife Edna Aline Hodgdon. He died 16 Febuary 1956, Missoula, Montana
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Married Luella Edna Cameron, the daughter of Hugh Cameron of Nova Scotia and Mary Ann Craig 10 April, 1889 Wadena County, MN. Children were: Leslie Eugene Bessie Grace Lorene Robert Helena Mae
Born 1 November, 1904 Hewitt, Todd County, MN Died 10 December, 1988 St. Helen’s Oregon Born 13 September, 1907 Hewitt, Todd County, M Died 18 December, 1960 Wibaux, Montana Born 17 February 1914 Sentinel Butte, Golden Died before 1920 Buried Sentinel Butte Cemetery. Born 13 January 1916, Alpha Village, Golden Valley County, North Dakota Died 7 September, 1937 Missoula, Montana Born 22 May 1920 Golva, Golden Valley County, North Dakota Living as of September, 2004 Great Falls, Montana
Eugene was a horseman, and stock raiser. Bred and trained horses, and managed a large ranch in North Dakota. He had a dray business at one time. In 1900, the family was in Hubbard County, Minnesota, after which the Tull family moved to Seminal Butte area about 1910 where the last 3 children were born. By 1914, the Tull family had located in Golden Valley, North Dakota Eugene and his wife separated sometime before the 1930 census, although a divorce was never filed. (Luella had converted to the Catholic religion, and family stories tell that he A27-3
could not accept that, as his family had been Methodists for several generations, including 2 ministers. However, this was about the time they lost their daughter, and one wonders how much that had to do with the separation. Eugene moved to a farm near Arlee, Montana with his 2 sons, and continued raising horses. He passed his love of horses to his 2 sons, who participated in rodeos around the country. His wife Luella remained in Beach, North Dakota. How she supported herself and her daughters is not known, perhaps by sewing. Her oldest daughter was a seamstress, perhaps that skill passed from mother to daughter. Eugene’s WW11 draft file gave a description of black hair and gray eyes. His eyes were actually very pale blue and his complexion was so light, it seemed almost transparent. He never served in the military. He had one slightly protruding ear, apparent in the photo; unfortunately, the trait came down 5 generations, skipping the 4th. At the age of 79 ,going blind, and not wanting to be a burden to his family, he planned and paid for his funeral. The day he made the final payment, he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the driveway of the mortuary. He had never gotten over the death of his youngest son, Robert, and talked of his youngest son often. (Robert died at the age of 19 in Missoula, Montana.) Eugene rests beside his son, not far from his in-laws, the Camerons in the oldest cemetery in Missoula. Eugene paid for his son’s headstone; a granddaughter has erected a matching stone for her grandfather. Eugene gave his first son the name Leslie honoring his uncle Leslie Ansel., Tull, his second son’s middle name was for his brother in law Anson Sliter. Eugene’s own middle name came from his step-grandfather, George Follett. Donated by Barbara Tull Dehle
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