My Genealogy Hound

FRANKLIN R. HULLAND, now serving as Alderman from the First Ward in Sedalia, has been longer a continuous resident of this city than any other person in the place. In 1883 he built a residence and office at the corner of Jefferson and Ohio Streets, on a point where was formerly located the old homestead of Gen. Bacon Montgomery. In 1894 Mr. Hulland was elected on the Republican ticket to serve for two years as Alderman. He is Chairman of the Fire Department Committee and a member of the Finance, Streets and Alleys, Taxes, Sewerage and Police Department Committees.

Richard Hulland, the father of F. R., was born in Devonshire, England, and learned the carpenter’s trade. After his marriage he moved to the United States, settling in Dubuque, Iowa, and from there went to Rockford, Ill., where he engaged in buying and selling cattle and live-stock. In the spring of 1859 he went to Cole Camp, Benton County, Mo., and there found employment at his trade until November, 1860, when he moved to Sedalia and embarked in business as a contractor and builder, giving employment to from thirty to fifty men. Our subject is now living in a block adjacent to the one in which his father dwelt for several years. During the war he was a member of the Home Guards. In 1864 he was elected Alderman in this place, and was again honored with the position in 1867, being elected on the Republican ticket. Fraternally he was a member of the Masonic order and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1878 he made a trip to England, and died at his old home, aged fifty-four years, being buried in the same grave in which his mother was sleeping her last sleep. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, to which his wife also belongs. She was formerly a Miss Elizabeth Sing, a native of Devonshire, England, and is now living in Sedalia, being in her seventy-third year. Her only daughter, Mary, a widow, was the wife of John Burkhard, of this place.

Franklin R. Hulland was born June 22, 1857, in Rockford, Ill., and came with his parents to this place when but three years of age. His father built the second residence in the city, and here young Hulland’s boyhood was passed, his education being obtained in the subscription and public schools. After working for four years at the carpenter’s trade with his father, he entered upon an apprenticeship to A. E. Stewart, May 3, 1875, and became a practical workman. In 1881 he embarked in contract painting and decorating, in which line he has prospered beyond his expectations. His work has not been limited to this vicinity, as he has frequently been called to take contracts in adjoining villages, and he gives employment to from fifteen to eighteen hands.

March 29, 1881, Mr. Hulland married Clara Brown, who was born in Stark County, Ohio, and they have become the parents of four children: Richard, Fayetta, Armstead S. and Clara. Mrs. Hulland is a daughter of Thomas Brown, a native of Bedford County, Pa. For a few years he resided in Stark County, Ohio, and in 1866 came to Sedalia, where he was engaged as a contract plasterer until his death. His wife, formerly Joanna Mellon, is still living in Sedalia, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Hulland is a charter member of the Royal Tribe of Joseph, belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees, and has passed all the chairs in Equity Lodge No. 26, A. O. U. W. He and his good wife are identified with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and are esteemed by the large circle of friends whom they have gathered around them during their long residence here.