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Francis Wayland Lull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2739

Scope and Contents

This collection contains biographical sketches and obituaries of Francis "Frank" Wayland Lull of Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama.

Dates

  • 1914-1920

Biographical / Historical

Francis "Frank" Wayland Lull was born in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama on 19 October 1872 to Cabot and Sallie Lull. He grew up in Wetumpka and attended Wetumpka Academy. In 1896 he graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama with his LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) degree and immediate began his practice in his home town.

He married Ida Belle Phillips of Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, in August 1901 and the couple had three children - two daughters and one son.

Lull served as the Mayor of Wetumpka for a time and as a First Lieutenant in the Wetumpka County National Guard. He was a delegate to the National Democractic Convention at Baltimore, Maryland in 1912, and was a member of the State Democratic executive committee at the time of his death on 13 January 1918.

Extent

0.05 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Overview

Biographical sketches and obituary of this Wetumpka, Alabama native.

Provenance

unknown
Title
Guide to the Francis Wayland Lull Papers
Status
Completed
Date
July 2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513