Captain Jack Stull

Biography Elmer Jack StullBorn Aug. 27th, 1887, on a farm two miles from Chesterville, Ill.The Death of his father in a railroad accident when he was 12 obliged him to quit school to help support his family of six. Moved to Pacific Coast in 1900. Worked in many jobs; messenger, railroads, carpentry, plumbing, bridge and dam building, machine shop, mining, steam engineering, etc.Went to sea in square riggers from 1906 to 1910, then in steam and motor vessels.Married a Sydney, N.S.W. girl in 1911. Brought her to the Pacific Coast in 1912. They had four daughters.Enlisted in USNR in 1917 and called into active service in August. Commissioned as Ensign a year later--to his vast surprise that an uneducated man could rise to such a then coveted height. (He was promoted to warrant officer two months previously.) During the first World War he served on both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Released from active duty in June 1919.Resumed service in merchant marine, starting with Admiral Oriental Line, which later becam