NECROLOGY OF THE ALABAMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, 1917-1918.
By THOMAS M. OWEN, Director, Alabama State Department of Archives and History.
FRANCIS WAYLAND LULL died at Wetumpka, Ala., January 13, 1918. He was in the prime of a ripe manhood, loved and esteemed, and with many fruitful years before him. He was born in Wetumpka October 19, 1872. His family is of good old New England stock, including the Dwights, Rogers, Cabots and Lulls. His father, Cabot Lull, was born in Norwich, Conn., and at the age of sixteen years, came to Wetumpka, where he now (1918) resides. The wife of Cabot Lull was Sarah Graham Crow, daughter of Joseph and Leonora (Hall) Crow.
His academic education was received in Wetumpka Academy. In 1896 he graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama, with the LL. B. degree. He at once located in his home town. He was for a time in partnership with Judge H. J. Lancaster, and later with F. Loyd Tate, now (1918) Attorney General of Alabama. The last years of his life he was alone in the practice.
He served a period as Mayor of Wetumpka; and as a First Lieutenant in the Wetumpka Co.. National Guard. He was a member of the State Democratic executive committee at the time of his death. He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1912. He was a Scottish Rite Mason, and an Odd Fellow. He was prominent in the Knights of Pythias, having served as Grand Chancellor of Alabama, and as Supreme representative.
His wife was Ida Belle Phillips, to whom he was married in Wetumpka, August 7, 1901. She was the daughter of Littleberry B. and Lucia E. (Hand) Phillips of Tuskegee, and the niece of Col. Lucius Pinckard of the Confederate Army. Mrs. Lull, two daughters and one son survive.
Source: Proceedings of the Forty-first annual meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association, Volume 43, by Alabama State Bar Association, printed by State Printers, 1918; Pg. 114
