Hiram Bull
Hiram Bull was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1818. When at the age of four years his father died. He remained with his mother on the home farm until he reached his majority. He was educated at the common schools of his day. In 1839, after he became of age, he came to Shelby County to look after the land his father had entered in 1816. He immediately commenced the improvement of this land, and built himself a cabin for a home. In 1841 he married Elizabeth Fish and immediately settled on his land-the same he now occupies. They have reared a family of six children, one having died young. The names of his family are as follows: Nathan S., Francis M., Mary C., Emma L., Joanna M., James M., and William O. Mr. Bull has been a resident of the county for forty-four years, and has one of the fine homes of Orange Township. Having spent a long life at hard labor on his farms and acquired a competence, he, on account of failing health, has retired from active duty on his farm, and is now giving much of his time to the improvement of his mind, that he had the desire to do in his younger days, but did not have the time to give. Mr. Bull has one of the finest and most complete archæological cabinets in the county, having some very rare specimens of a primitive race who inhabited this country long before the red man that was found here when the continent was first discovered.
History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883