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1900 Bull Picnic Newspaper ArticlesEntry/Object ID
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The Bull Family Picnic.
The annual picnic of the Bull family was held, Wednesday, Aug. 31st, on the old spot, near the Campbell Church. Owing probably to the excessive heat and the exceedingly dusty condition of the roads, the attendance was somewhat smaller than usual, though the different sections were fairly represented.
The speech of the day, by Harry Bull Green, Esq., of Buffalo, was an exceedingly able effort, instructive, eloquent and amusing. Short addresses by Prof. Bull, of New York city, and Rev. Daniel B. Jackson, of Janesville, Wisconsin, followed, and were well received.
The next annual meeting will be held at Thompson Ridge, in the town of Crawford, where Daniel Bull, one of the earlier descendants settled in 1781 taking up about 800 acres of wild land. This was afterward cleared and in divided into five farms, which were occupied by his sons Thomas, Henry, Milton, David C. and Daniel, while another son, Abner, settled in the town of Wallkill. Some of these farms are still owned and occupied by his descendants, and talk among the best in the town. Three of the daughters, Mrs. Alex. Thompson, Mrs. Hezekiah D. Mills and Mrs. James H. Crawford, also settled in the immediate neighborhood the whole connection forming the largest number of the Bull family in any one locality in the county.
The officers for the ensuing year are as follows: President, D. Thompson; Vice President, Harrison Bull; Secretary, Robert Jackson; Treasurer, T. L. Jackson; Executive Committee, K. C. Crosby, Horace Bull, Jas. E. Crawford.
SEPT. 2, 1905
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1900 BULL FAMILY PICNIC.
Held on Wednesday Under the Grand Old Oaks at Campbell Hall.
From our Wallkill correspondent.
Wednesday morning the 31st did not open very fair, and if it had been in the midst of the heat of summer, weather wise would have predicted a storm in the near future. This and the continued hot wave kept many from starting, and as many other important events occurred upon the same day, not quite as many as usual congregated under the grand old oaks in the beautiful park in Campbell Hall, where the descendants of William Bull and Sarah Wells are wont to meet for one day in the year as a family.
However, as 10 o'clock approached a goodly number were assembled and soon thereafter, President William Bull asked attention and requested Rev. D. Giles Freeland a former Pastor of the Monroe Presbyterian Church who was providentially stopping in the vicinity, and was for the day an honored guest of the family, to invoke the divine blessing.
The ladies of the committee had prepared ample tables and seats, and soon many willing hands loaded the tables with delicious food and toothsome viands, which the goodly wives and daughters had prepared and brought with them, thus a survey of those which would have led the beholder to believe that a hungry army were about to be fed. Full justice having been done and the inner man bountifully supplied, a time was spent in sociability, when gathering thunder, led and distant muttering thunder, led President Bull to think that perhaps soon a shower might pass and that the business meeting should be held, which resulted in the selection of the following officers for the ensuing year:
President—Jesse Booth.
Vice President—Harrison Bull.
Secretary—William H. Bull.
Treasurer—Richard Bull.
Short remarks were made by James O. Miller, and Rev. D. Giles Freeland, which were pertinent and appropriate.
The secretary reported necrological that the following connected either by consanguinity or affinity had been called to rest since the last meeting, Charles P. Howell, David Green, Phebe Roe, John G. Thew, Melbourne Walsh, Robert M. Crosby, Samuel C. Duryea, Druscilla D. Edmonston, Albert Mill, Catharine J. Lockwood, Ethel Mills.
Among the greatest attractions are sent were the two latest grandchildren of President William Bull the sage of Stony Ford, whose ages are count of months, William, the seventh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Bull, Jr., and Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bull, two sturdy specimens, who behold their noble ancestry. About 3 o'clock the happy reunion was hurriedly closed by quite a smart shower, which sent the company to cover in haste, many residing near taking their carriage and driving rapidly homeward, while others sought refuge in nearby hospitable homes.
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[Handwritten date: 6/1/1900]
Middletown, May 31st, 1900.
In the afternoon Jackson Post of the Relief Corps and a squad from the 24th Separate Co., in command of Sergeant Dudley, drove to Hamptonburgh. At the grave of Capt. W. A. Jackson, in honor of whom the post is named, the ritual was read by Com. [illegible] der Henry M. Howell. President Lincoln's address was read by A. B. Wilbur. The squad fired a salute over the grave and a [sic] adjournment was then taken to the church, where interesting exercises were held. An eloquent address was delivered by Col. Geo. A. Oakhine, of Newburgh. At the close of the exercises refreshments were served by the ladies of Hamptonburgh on the church lawn. — Middletown Times.