Craig Larter
03-31-2025, 06:16 AM
My article "for Exhibition" was published in the Spring 2025 edition, page 38. The Parker Research Letter listed the gun as shipped to a L.K. Hull. I was unable to find anything about L.K Hull searching the Internet.
Thanks to PGCA member Joel Monteith who contacted me and indicated he had done extensive genealogical research on the Hull family provided me with the following:
Morning Craig--Mr Hull was an amazing fellow indeed. He apparently was known as " L. K." his whole life. In those
1890s days-well to do and prominent men-often went by initials. Louis Kossuth Hull was born Nov. 9, 186l in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. The Hull family is a story all by itself and if interested-one can spend hours
reading about his parents, grandparents etc. He went to Hopkins grammar school at New Haven and then on to
Yale--were he received his law degree. This is the path of the blue bloods with unlimited funds. He is well known
in the annals of Yale-as one of the most athletic ever to attend. He played on the undefeated football team in 1879, 80,81, 82 and 83. Moving to Minnesota-he was the referee at the first football game played in 1890-between the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota. He was a practicing attorney and is listed as such in Minneapolis
business records. In1892-he married Agnes McNair-daughter of William W. McNair. Mr. McNair was an early
resident of Hennepin county and well known in political circles. L. K. was an active Democrat and prior to coming
to Minneapolis-had been a member of the Democratic National Committee. He had many irons in the fire during
his life. He was a Director of the First National Bank-President of Southern Minnesota Lumber Co.-Vice president
of the Minnesota and Southeastern Railroad and Diamond Ironworks. He and Mrs. Hull took many trips abroad from
1903 onward-as the landed gentry did in those predepression days. With his New England background-I believe that
he was often "out East" and in fact--attended the fabulous "Sportsman Show" at Mechanics Hall in Boston on March
12,1898. While we will never know for sure-in my humble opinion-L. K. was an avid shooter of birds-saw the Parker
guns and had to have one. Mrs. Hull died in 1922. L. K. died Nov. 22, 1931 survived by a daughter. Joel
I can't thank Joel enough for helping me close a missing link in this great Parker gun.
Thanks to PGCA member Joel Monteith who contacted me and indicated he had done extensive genealogical research on the Hull family provided me with the following:
Morning Craig--Mr Hull was an amazing fellow indeed. He apparently was known as " L. K." his whole life. In those
1890s days-well to do and prominent men-often went by initials. Louis Kossuth Hull was born Nov. 9, 186l in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. The Hull family is a story all by itself and if interested-one can spend hours
reading about his parents, grandparents etc. He went to Hopkins grammar school at New Haven and then on to
Yale--were he received his law degree. This is the path of the blue bloods with unlimited funds. He is well known
in the annals of Yale-as one of the most athletic ever to attend. He played on the undefeated football team in 1879, 80,81, 82 and 83. Moving to Minnesota-he was the referee at the first football game played in 1890-between the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota. He was a practicing attorney and is listed as such in Minneapolis
business records. In1892-he married Agnes McNair-daughter of William W. McNair. Mr. McNair was an early
resident of Hennepin county and well known in political circles. L. K. was an active Democrat and prior to coming
to Minneapolis-had been a member of the Democratic National Committee. He had many irons in the fire during
his life. He was a Director of the First National Bank-President of Southern Minnesota Lumber Co.-Vice president
of the Minnesota and Southeastern Railroad and Diamond Ironworks. He and Mrs. Hull took many trips abroad from
1903 onward-as the landed gentry did in those predepression days. With his New England background-I believe that
he was often "out East" and in fact--attended the fabulous "Sportsman Show" at Mechanics Hall in Boston on March
12,1898. While we will never know for sure-in my humble opinion-L. K. was an avid shooter of birds-saw the Parker
guns and had to have one. Mrs. Hull died in 1922. L. K. died Nov. 22, 1931 survived by a daughter. Joel
I can't thank Joel enough for helping me close a missing link in this great Parker gun.