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Bull Picnic guests of Ebenezer BullEntry/Object ID
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Bull PicnicScope and Content
Stone House Scene Annual Bull Picnic
Members of Historic Family Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Bull; Statistics of Clan Presented at Meeting
Hamptonburgh, Aug. 30 (Special) Middletown were: Dr. and Mrs. D. Members of the historic Bull family B. Hardenbergh, Mrs. Clara Durland Wednesday gathered at the Stone Bull, Abner Bull Burtin, symbols. M. House near Hamptonburgh, picnic at Makes, G. E. Beakes, his daughter, the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Eben, Mrs. Mary Beakes-Dill, and grandchildren Bull. Mrs. Bull had sufficiently Beakes Dickerson, Mr. and Mrs. S. recovered from her recent serious ill Wells, Miss S. Esther Bull and Mr. ness to enjoy the picnic with her and Mrs. Lindon D. Bull, Mary Jane guests. She was seated in a chair on Beakes, Lena S. Beakes, Mr. and Mrs. the lawn. Milton B. Moull, Mrs. Mary Mills and
Drives 800 Miles. Cora Mills. Also from the New Jersey Among the visitors from a distance Tassell came with their little daughter were Mr. and Mrs. W. Jesse Booth, of ter, who was born last June. Ann Arbor, Mich., who motored here Stevenson H. Walsh, of Philadelphia for the occasion and Mr. Booth, Pa., genealogist of the family was former President of the State Savings present as was also Mrs. McWilliams, Bank of Ann Arbor and now 80 years 80 years of Honeybrook, Pa. of age, acted as own chauffeur A special tribute was paid to the for the 800-mile trip. Mrs. Alberta E. late Mildred Thompson Barnes, who Bull Blain, of Redfield, So. Dak.; aided in the purchase of the Stone Robert H. McKnight, of Detroit, Mich.; House. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bull and Mr. A notable gift was made to the and Mrs. Clarence Thompson, of Sayre, association by King David Bull, of Pa., were also among those who came House. from a distance. Among those from (Continued on page ten)
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WAWAYANDA’S PIONEER MAID.
Sarah Wells’s Wedding Gown, 200 Years Old, in Good Order.
Craigville, Nov. 12 The story of Sarah Wells, now being printed in the Independent Republican, is of interest to many in this neighborhood. Her daughter Margaret or “Peggy” as she was called in those days married Silas Horton, a descendant of that old pioneer, Barnabas Horton, of Southold, Long Island. They lived on the hill west of the present Horton homestead near Craigville. The old house was taken down years ago and part of it was rebuilt into the present house. Peggy was a very brave woman, for her soldiers came and said to her husband: “Silas, thee shall not go to fight the English.” But Silas marched away, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. One of her great granddaughters still survives, Mrs. Gertrude HortonWard, of Phillipsburg, N. J., and 27 of her great, great grandchildren. One of these, Miss Grace Horton, occupies the old homestead that has been owned by five generations of the Horton family. Another direct descendant of Sarah Wells, in this neighborhood, is Mrs. William S. Johnson. Her home is west of and adjoining the Horton farm, but across the Goshen road, that makes the boundary of the two farms. William Bull, the husband of Sarah Wells, built the stone part of the house, at Greycourt farm, on the Chester road, occupied by H. S. Roe. Many relics of the Pioneer Maid are still treasured in the homes about Craigville, the most valued being her wedding gown, made of linen, woven and emoroidered by her own hands, and now owned by Mrs. Julia Tuthill, of Craigville. Although nearly two hundred years old, the dress is still in good preservation, the flowers embroidered also with linen still showing the colors, and telling us the story of those early days, how in spite of the hard toil, the darkness, the savages around her, Sarah Wells still had time to embroider, coloring the threads for the flowers, and leaving to her hundreds of descendants a beautiful specimen of the handiwork of a pioneer girl, a girl who became the most noted woman in the history of Orange County.Relationships
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