Paull, Eli bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 860, Pleasant Township
Eli Paull, farmer, P. O., Ipava. The subject of this sketch is a son of James and Emily Paull, and was born in Ohio July 24, 1826. The opportunities enjoyed for an education were indeed meager. He came to this State and county in 1840, and has made this his home since. He has been twice married: first in Indiana in 1861, and in 1876 he was united in marriage with Martha E. Patterson, who was born in this State Sept. 4, 1844. They have one child. By his former wife he had a family of 3 children: Harry, Alva H., and Harriet E.