The Bullock Family
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Norway Tidings, May 1888 (2:5)
Daniel, William and Comer Bullock, brothers, came from England to R.I. In 1801 Daniel came to Middletown, Delaware county, N.Y. with his family of one son, Jacob, and four daughters.
Jedediah Dudley was born in Ireland and came with his parents when seven years old to Conn. He married a Miss Brockett, a relative of the Brocketts that settled in this county. He was a sea captain. His only daughter, Molly, married Samuel Todd, relative of the Todds that settled in Salisbury. They had a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters named John, Dudley, Lyman, Samuel, Bird, Darling, Isaac, Polly, Lucinda, Sally and Clara. Mr. Todd and his family moved from Wallingford, Conn., to Middletown in 1801. The next year the daughter, Polly, then nineteen years old married Jacob Bullock, and within a few months after they came to Norway [Herkimer Co., NY]. We are not positive where they first located but think it was on the western borders of the town, perhaps within the present boundaries of Russia [Herkimer Co., NY]. A few years after they resided a mile west of Norway village on the State road. The latter part of their lives was spent on the farm now [in 1888] owned by this grandson, Charles B. Bullock.
Polly Bullock died August 14th, 1842. Jacob Bullock died Nov. 24, 1854. They and their two children that died young are buried in the Swezey cemetery in the town of Russia.
The family of Jacob and Polly Bullock consisted of fourteen children, of which twelve reached mature years. We give their name, date of birth, and mere outline of after history:
Elizabeth was born in 1803. She married John Service in 1825. She died in 1887, while visiting relatives in Delaware county, N.Y. and left no descendants.
Lyman was born in 1805. He married Lucinda Bellinger in 1831; died in 1884 and left no descendants.
Daniel was born in 1807. He married Mary Ann Johnson in Delaware county, where he died in 1879.
Seymour was born in 1809. His first wife was Susan Service, his second Emily Service, widow of Geo. Service. He is living [in 1888] at Prospect, N.Y., and has nine children living.
Jacob Jr. was born in 1811. He married Harriet Edic in Delaware county, where he died in 1886.
Ira was born in 1813. His wife, still living [in 1888], was Polly Hodge. He died in Norway in 1884, leaving three daughters and two sons, Chester of Minn., and C.B. Bullock of this town surviving.
Polly was born in 1815, and died in 1819.
Samuel was born in 1817. He married Amanda Warren, and has resided in Minn. for about 30 years. All his children living resided in the same state.
Charles Bradley and Frederick Mason, twins born in 1819, were named after Norway merchants. The latter died in 1821. Charles B. married Malvina Service and resides at Northfield, Minn. They have one daughter living and married.
Hiram G., was born in 1821, married Mary Dustin; has a large family, and lives in Western, Oneida county, N.Y.
Dyer Dudley, born in 1823, married Aria A. Kimball. He died in 1887.
Mary A., born in 1825, married Alanson Parsell and is lviing in Oneida county, N.Y. They have one son.
Wallace W., the youngest born in 1827, married Lydia Morse for his first wife, Laura Smith for his second and Mrs. Jane Wallace Netherway for his third. He resides at Gray, this county.
Jacob Bullock was a cooper by trade, and his sons were born mechanics. Jacob Jr., Samuel and Wallace were blacksmiths and fine workmen. Daniel, Seymour, Lyman, Ira, Charles and Hiram were coopers. Ira made the best butter tubs ever used in town. Lyman lost an arm in middle life by the bursting of a gun while celebrating on Independence day. Intemperance was the bane of his life. The "Bullock boys" were all hardy men, working at various mechanical pursuits, and also farming to some extent.
Charles B. for a time engaged in merchandising. They were a family noted for activity, energy and industry, and some of them possessed remarkable physical powers. An old resident, L.D. Gage, says that Daniel was the spryest young man he ever knew; that he could turn a summersault backwards with ease. In the early years of dairying, old Mr. Bullock with one or more of his sons made cheese casks for the dairymen, going from house to house.
If prosperity depends on the accumulation of a large amount of property, we might say that the Bullock family were not specially successful; yet they were all good livers, and secured enough of this world's goods for comfort and independence. Is not that enough?
In mental attainments they ranked above the average of Norway's early settlers. Daniel became a Methodist preacher of fair ability and success, but of him and Jacob we know but little, as they left Norway in early life.
Seymour after conversion, felt impressed that he was called to preach, and realizing his lack of education, attended school one winter at Norway; several of his children being pupils at the same time. We think John P. Griffin was teacher. He became an acceptable and useful preacher of the Methodist church, and followed the work for many years. Samuel was a local preacher at one time and for aught we know may be yet [in 1888].
Dyer was a man of fine appearance, pleasant address and marked ability. In early manhood he was a Methodist clergyman for a time' at the breaking out of the war in 1861 he entered the service as captain. In 1864 he was elected assemblyman from the second district of Chenango county. The latter part of his life was clouded with domestic troubles.
Wallace W. was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, and came home on furlough to attend the funeral of his first wife. Ira's son Chauncey died in the army.
Seymour's son, Miles Gaylord, became quite a noted clergyman. We believe he has now retired from the ministry and is reading law. Another son Ephriam is a physician.
Elizabeth and Ira were Baptists, the other members of the family were mostly Methodists in religious sentiments. Ability and intelligence is not always accompanied with steadfastness of purpose; a love of change was a prominent trait of this gifted family.
We will close our imperfect sketch with a current anecdote of Uncle Jake Bullock; After the birth of his twin boys he came to Norway village and going to Mason's store said "Squire Mason I had a singular dream last night. I dreamed that I had named one of my boys Frederick Mason, and the other Charles Bradley." Going across the way and finding Bradley he repeated his dream. Of course the merchants "came down" handsomely and Uncle Jake returned home with a good assortment of infantile merchandise. Doubtless the dream was of the wide awake kind.
The family of Jacob and Polly Bullock consisted of fourteen children, of which twelve reached mature years. We give their name, date of birth, and mere outline of after history:
Elizabeth was born in 1803. She married John Service in 1825. She died in 1887, while visiting relatives in Delaware county, N.Y. and left no descendants.
Lyman was born in 1805. He married Lucinda Bellinger in 1831; died in 1884 and left no descendants.
Daniel was born in 1807. He married Mary Ann Johnson in Delaware county, where he died in 1879.
Seymour was born in 1809. His first wife was Susan Service, his second Emily Service, widow of Geo. Service. He is living [in 1888] at Prospect, N.Y., and has nine children living.
Jacob Jr. was born in 1811. He married Harriet Edic in Delaware county, where he died in 1886.
Ira was born in 1813. His wife, still living [in 1888], was Polly Hodge. He died in Norway in 1884, leaving three daughters and two sons, Chester of Minn., and C.B. Bullock of this town surviving.
Polly was born in 1815, and died in 1819.
Samuel was born in 1817. He married Amanda Warren, and has resided in Minn. for about 30 years. All his children living resided in the same state.
Charles Bradley and Frederick Mason, twins born in 1819, were named after Norway merchants. The latter died in 1821. Charles B. married Malvina Service and resides at Northfield, Minn. They have one daughter living and married.
Hiram G., was born in 1821, married Mary Dustin; has a large family, and lives in Western, Oneida county, N.Y.
Dyer Dudley, born in 1823, married Aria A. Kimball. He died in 1887.
Mary A., born in 1825, married Alanson Parsell and is lviing in Oneida county, N.Y. They have one son.
Wallace W., the youngest born in 1827, married Lydia Morse for his first wife, Laura Smith for his second and Mrs. Jane Wallace Netherway for his third. He resides at Gray, this county.
Jacob Bullock was a cooper by trade, and his sons were born mechanics. Jacob Jr., Samuel and Wallace were blacksmiths and fine workmen. Daniel, Seymour, Lyman, Ira, Charles and Hiram were coopers. Ira made the best butter tubs ever used in town. Lyman lost an arm in middle life by the bursting of a gun while celebrating on Independence day. Intemperance was the bane of his life. The "Bullock boys" were all hardy men, working at various mechanical pursuits, and also farming to some extent.
Charles B. for a time engaged in merchandising. They were a family noted for activity, energy and industry, and some of them possessed remarkable physical powers. An old resident, L.D. Gage, says that Daniel was the spryest young man he ever knew; that he could turn a summersault backwards with ease. In the early years of dairying, old Mr. Bullock with one or more of his sons made cheese casks for the dairymen, going from house to house.
If prosperity depends on the accumulation of a large amount of property, we might say that the Bullock family were not specially successful; yet they were all good livers, and secured enough of this world's goods for comfort and independence. Is not that enough?
In mental attainments they ranked above the average of Norway's early settlers. Daniel became a Methodist preacher of fair ability and success, but of him and Jacob we know but little, as they left Norway in early life.
Seymour after conversion, felt impressed that he was called to preach, and realizing his lack of education, attended school one winter at Norway; several of his children being pupils at the same time. We think John P. Griffin was teacher. He became an acceptable and useful preacher of the Methodist church, and followed the work for many years. Samuel was a local preacher at one time and for aught we know may be yet [in 1888].
Dyer was a man of fine appearance, pleasant address and marked ability. In early manhood he was a Methodist clergyman for a time' at the breaking out of the war in 1861 he entered the service as captain. In 1864 he was elected assemblyman from the second district of Chenango county. The latter part of his life was clouded with domestic troubles.
Wallace W. was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, and came home on furlough to attend the funeral of his first wife. Ira's son Chauncey died in the army.
Seymour's son, Miles Gaylord, became quite a noted clergyman. We believe he has now retired from the ministry and is reading law. Another son Ephriam is a physician.
Elizabeth and Ira were Baptists, the other members of the family were mostly Methodists in religious sentiments. Ability and intelligence is not always accompanied with steadfastness of purpose; a love of change was a prominent trait of this gifted family.
We will close our imperfect sketch with a current anecdote of Uncle Jake Bullock; After the birth of his twin boys he came to Norway village and going to Mason's store said "Squire Mason I had a singular dream last night. I dreamed that I had named one of my boys Frederick Mason, and the other Charles Bradley." Going across the way and finding Bradley he repeated his dream. Of course the merchants "came down" handsomely and Uncle Jake returned home with a good assortment of infantile merchandise. Doubtless the dream was of the wide awake kind.
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