Among the ladies who have long resided in Miami county is Mrs. Bull, who now makes her home in Staunton township. No less worthy of mention on the pages of history are the noble women who quietly perform life's daily duties. Their work in its very nature brings them less before the public notice, but it is of no less important character than that of the husband and father who controls the veins and arteries of trade. Mrs. Bull belongs to one of the oldest pioneer families of Ohio, her father having been Jacob A. Riddle, one of the honored early settlers, an account of whom is given on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of George Riddle. Upon the home farm Mrs. Bull was reared. She attended the schools of the neighborhood and her time was largely occupied by her duties in the household, as well as the social pleasures of the neighborhood.

On the 14th of September, 1858, she was united in marriage to L. Bull, who was a native of Shelby county, Ohio, and who, throughout his life carried on agricultural pursuits. Two children were born of their union, but the son, Albert B., died in 1864. The daughter, Lottie, who was born in 1862, became the wife of Frank Houser and died May 26, 1896, leaving two children, Clyde B. and Forest S. Throughout his business career, Mr. Bull engaged in tilling the soil and his well-directed labors brought to him a comfortable competence. He lived a quiet and unostentatious life, but his neighbors and friends recognized his sterling qualities and gave him their regard. He died March 18, 1878. Mrs. Bull still resides on a part of her father's old homestead, where she located soon after her marriage. She has here one hundred and sixty acres of land and the income derived therefrom supplies her with all the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life. She is an earnest Christian woman, sympathetic and kindly by nature, and her worth has gained to her many warm friends.