Mary Elizabeth Riley Hull
(1841–1903)
BIRTH
1841
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Mary Elizabeth Riley
DEATH
1903
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William Paschal Hull
(1840–1923)
CHILDREN
Cordell Hull
(1871-1955)
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Mary Elizabeth Riley Hull was the mother of U.S. secretary of state Cordell Hull. She married William Paschal Hull and raised five sons in Tennessee.
EARLY LIFE
Elizabeth Riley was the daughter of Isaac Riley and Lucy Flowers Riley. Her family had settled in the Cumberland Mountain region after migrating from Virginia.
Elizabeth Riley Hull and her husband raised five sons in rural Tennessee. The family farmed rented land before buying a farm on the Obed River in 1875 and later moving to Willow Grove. Their son Cordell recalled the work of the household and the schooling arranged for the boys.
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