Amandus Leo Friedericus
Victor Crull
1860 Jefferson County MO Census, Morse’s Mill Post Office
Amandus Crull,
Farmer, Age 40, Mechlenberg
Mary A. Age 26 MO
John 11 MO
George 6 MO
1870 Jefferson County
MO Census, Big River
Township, Hillsboro
Post Office
Amandus Crull 50
Physician Ger
Mary Ann 37 MO
John 20 MO
George 16 MO
George W. 8 MO
1876 Jefferson County
Missouri Historical Atlas
A. Crull, Dittmer’s Store, Occupation Farmer &
Physician, Nativity Germany, came to county in 1840
1880 Jefferson County
MO Census, Big River
Township
A. Crull, Physician, 59, Mck Mck Mck
Mary A. 47, MO SC KY
George 26 MO
John, 30 MO
Louisa, 23 Daughter in law, IL Ger Ger
State Board of Health Certificates
Jefferson College
786 II D R
A. Crull, House Springs Post Office, 1883 (date of license
or diploma)
Goodspeeds History of Jefferson
Co., MO, 1888
Dr. Amandus Crull,
practicing physician of Big River
Township, was born in Mecklenburg,
Germany, in 1820, and
after receiving a good collegiate education in the German, French and Spanish
languages, came to the United States,
in 1838, and after making a tour of all the principal cities of the country,
spent some time visiting relatives in St. Louis County,
Mo. He came to Big
River Township
in 1841, there being but two other German families west of Big
River in Jefferson
County at that time, to his
knowledge. After remaining in that vicinity for about two years he left and
made an extended tour through Texas
and Mexico.
Here he remained for about two years, and while in Texas
acted as guide for a company who assisted in establishing a German settlement
there. He soon after returned to Big River
Township, and in 1849 married Miss
Mary Ann, daughter of George and Dosia McFry, who were among the early settlers of Jefferson
County, but afterward moved to Franklin
County, where Mrs. Crull was born. To the Doctor and wife were born two
children, sons, named John and George, and both enterprising farmers of Big
River Township, the latter owning the home farm of 113 acres. After marriage
the Doctor first located at the head of Belew's Creek, and a few years later
moved to where he has since made his home, twelve miles northwest of Hillsboro.
The Doctor farmed until a few years prior to the war, when he began the study
of medicine, under the instruction of Dr. Charles Rugge.
After a few years' study he commenced his practice in 1861, and continued this
successfully until broken down by age and hard work, although he still
continues an office practice. From 1875 until 1883 he was notary public. He was
formerly a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk, in
1844, but after the organization of the Republican party
he identified himself with that party and remained for several years. He then
became dissatisfied with some of its principles, and is now strictly
conservative, voting for the man without regard to the party. His parents were
Hon. John and Josephine (Stein) Crull. The father was
procurator in law, a position of high rank. He served during the French War,
under Napoleon I, and was a lieutenant of the "Black Hussars" in Germany.
Jefferson Democrat Feb. 6, 1890
Mrs. CRULL, wife of Dr.
A. CRULL, of near DITTMER'S store, died on day last week. She was somewhat
advanced in years, but we have not learned her age. She was a daughter of the
late George MCFRY and a sister of ex-sheriff MCFRY, and a much respected lady.
Jefferson Democrat Feb. 13, 1890
Amandus Crull
Died - Mary Ann, wife of Dr. A. CRULL, Jan. 23, 1890 at the residence of her son John
CRULL of pneumonia and heart failure, after an illness of nine days. Mrs. CRULL
had been unwell for some time previously, and went on a visit to her son on a
cold stormy day, where she was taken sick on the evening of her arrival. Her
husband was taken sick at the same time at home, and was unable to see her
during her illness. She was a daughter of George and Ducia
MCFRY, and was born on the 24th day of September, 1838? In Franklin county, Mo. She was married to Amandus CRULL in 1857, and became a member of the Baptist
Church in 1859. Mrs. C. was not
only a Christian by name, but proved to be one by her acts and deeds; she was
kind to the poor and suffering, always ready to assist the sick, and that she
was much liked and respected by all those who knew her could be seen by her large
funeral procession and the sorry faces of those who attended her to her last
resting place. Deceased was buried in the Union graveyard at Cedar Hill, and
Messrs. J. LUCAS and Frank HERRINGTON delivered short, but touching addresses
at the funeral. Dr. MANSON who attended Mrs. C. deserves much praise for his
assiduous and untiring attention paid her during her last illness. Relative, at Dittmer's Store, Jan. 31, 1890
Facts from the book Dr. Amandus Crull of Jefferson
County, Missouri by Albert J. Crull,
great-grandson. Published 1992. (Jefferson
County Library, Northwest Branch)
p.1
“Amandus Leo Friedericus
Victor Crull was born 26 August 1820 in the small village
of Warin
and was christened there 31 August
1820. Warin is located about 26 miles northeast
of Schwerin,
Mecklenberg, in what was known as Prussia.. . His father, Johann Gerog
Friedrich Crull…His mother was Josephine Stein.”
p.163
“Amandus came to the United
States on the barque
Sir Isaac Newton. It embarked from Hamburg
with Jerome Wenant as captain and arrived in New
York City 27
July 1840…”
p. 164
“When Amandus traveled to Missouri
in 1842 he may have used a series of stagecoaches on public roads ….”
p.175
“In one of his autobiographies he wrote that he was a guide
for a German company settling immigrants in Texas…”
p.177
“He married Mary Ann McFry on
April 9, 1847..Their two sons were born while they lived on Belew
Creek, John in 1849 and George in 1853…”
p.191
“In addition to practicing medicine, Amandus
was a Notary of Public from 1875 to 1883”
p.197
“Amandus enjoyed writing. He wrote
poetry throughout his life and for a time wrote a regular column for a St.
Louis newspaper..”
p.223
“Picture of Amandus
taken after his death. He died March
23, 1890 and was buried alongside Mary Ann in the graveyard at
Cedar Hill”