Julius Max Kull, Sr.

Julius Kull accepted a cash settlement in lieu of further inheritance from his father, Friederich Kull. He followed his mother Sophia from Switzerland to America. For a short time he worked in New York City before joining her in Chicago. She worked for New Florence Hotel in Pullman; he worked for Marshall Field and Company. He worked a bakery route before he joined his friend Mike Ghidotti in making federal homesteads in Madison County, Alabama, at the Tennessee state line in 1895. At the end of a five year period he obtained his American citizenship papers in 1900. He met America Culp at a party in Cedar Hill in 1896. They were married in her home six months later. In 1920 the family lived in Chicago for six years; returning to Alabama in 1926. Julius kept building onto his home beginning with two rooms and ending up with a multi storied ten rooms home. Julius retired in 1945. He leased his farm to others.

He was a well read person interested in world affairs, world history, and anthropology. He took pride in his collection of National Geographic magazines. He was a hard worker, a great storyteller; he often played pranks on his friends. He played the concertina accordion by ear. He played tunes that he remembered from Europe and Chicago. He became a member of the Presbyterian in Lenzburg, Switzerland. He joined the Piney Grove Baptist Church in Madison County and later attended the Ardmore Baptist Church and, on occasions, the Macedonia Baptist Church in Madison County.

More About MAX JULIUS KULL:
Burial: Delap/Clement Cemetery; Cedar Hill, Limestone County, AL
Emigration: 1895, To America from Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation: 1889, Bakery in Lenzburg, Switzerland