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THE BULL FAMILY PICNIC.
Large Attendance at Annual Gathering at the Stone House.
Independent Republican, Goshen, N. Y.
The last Wednesday of August, 1923,
added another to the long list of Bull
Picnics. At the invitation of Mr. and
Mrs. Ebenezer Bull the gathering was
held at the Stone House in Hampton-
burgh.
On the one hand the beautiful 18th
century house and on the other the
rows upon rows of motor cars glittering in the sunshine brought the
past into sharp contrast with the
present.
A welcoming committee consisting
of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Booth, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bull and Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Ackerly received those who came
as they arrived, and the Misses Helen,
Amy, Mary and Corinna Ackerly Bull
and Miss Margaret Roe supplied slips
of paper that each might be tagged
with name and address.
The gathering was called to order
for luncheon by Charles M. Bull, of
Poughkeepsie, the president of the As-
sociation, and grace was said by the
Rev. Mr. Wallace, of Albion, N. Y.
After luncheon the business meeting
was held, with the president in the chair.
Mr. Bull of the Stone House extended a welcome on behalf of him-
self and Mrs. Bull. The latter was sufficiently recovered from her serious
illness of last winter to thoroughly enjoy the day, though she but seldom
moved from her seat on the lawn.
After the reports of the officials and
committees were received, various
communications of interest were read,
including a letter from W. Sheldon
Bull, of Buffalo, stating that he had
in his possession a copy of Eager's
History of Orange County which had
belonged to his great-grandfather, Daniel Bull, of Bullville. There was
inscribed on the fly-leaf in the latter's
own hand: "Daniel Bull, Senior. Book
bought by subscription. Price $2.00."
Mr. Sheldon Bull stated in his letter
that he had expressed a wish to have
this book given to the Association on
his death. This Daniel Bull was a
notable man in his time. He was a
son of the original William Bull's
son Thomas, who built and lived until his death in 1801, in the stone
house on the Goshen-Montgomery state
road, now the home of Margaret Craw-
ford Jackson. The descendants of
Daniel are very numerous in the towns
of Montgomery, Crawford and Wall-
kill, and many of them were present
at the picnic and especially interested
in this reminder of their ancestor.
A letter of greeting was received
from Florence Bull Perkins and Josephine Bull Shaw, of Woodstock,
N.B. Mrs. Perkins is the granddaughter
of Daniel Bull's brother, George, who
went to Canada in the time of our
Revolution rather than desert the
Crown. The men who did that are
in Canada proudly called "United Empire Loyalists." George Bull later
became a captain in the army of King George III.
A letter of greeting was also received from Le Baron Bull, of
Fredericton, N. B. Both he and Mrs. Shaw
expect to be present at the picnic in 1924.
Ebenezer Bull stated that some thirty years ago he had gone to visit
the family in Canada and though intending to stay but a day or two could
not get away under a week and that he found them splendid people.
The photographs and war records of the Canadian descendants are being
sought by the War Records Committee equally with those of the men and
women in our own service, and especially since the late war the feeling
of solidarity between the Canadian and United States branches of the
family has been strengthened.
King David Bull, of Oxford Depot,
presented to the Association a document bearing the signatures of the
original William Bull and his eldest son, John. Mr. K. D. Bull was
unable to attend the picnic and made the presentation through Mrs. Clarence S. Knight, of Monroe. The vote of thanks to Mr. Bull which the gathering passed could but inadequately express the members' great appreciation of Mr. Bull's gift. In fact until this presentation it was generally sup-
posed that there was no signature of William Bull extant, except that on
the contract to build the house now known as Knox's Headquarters. That
contract is preserved in the Headquarters. The document presented by
Mr. Bull is a bond executed in 1753 to Cadwalader Colden to accompany
a purchase money mortgage, it is understood, covering certain land which
which Bull had brought to Colden. After the mortgage was paid the bond
came back to the possession of the bondsmen.
This document was so frail that it
could not be shown at the picnic, but
it is hoped that it will have been
mounted by a specialist and be ready
for exhibition before the next picnic.
Greetings or regrets of inability to attend were received from Charles W.
Mills, of San Francisco; John B. Dolsen, of Palestine, Texas; Willard Cole-
man, of Santa Ana, Calif.; Miss Rachel Ward Farrington, of Lakewood, N. J.; Prof. J. Leverett Moore, of Vassar; Louis Thompson, Brush, of
Brooklyn; William Edgar Bull, of Charleston, S. C.; Mrs. M. W. Jeferis, of Roanoke, VA.; Mrs. Harvey S. Kinard, of El Paso, Texas; Abner
G. Smith, of Odessa, N. Y.; and Grace E. Winslow, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
W. Jesse Booth, a former president of the State Savings Bank of Ann Arbor, Mich., now over 80 years of age, had driven here with his wife to attend the picnic, acting as his own chauffeur on the 800 mile trip.
Among others present from a distance were: Mrs. Alberta E. Bull Blain,
of Redfield, S. D.; Stevenson H. Walsh, of Philadelphia, the genealogist of the family; Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bull and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar R. Timm, of Sayre, Pa.; George W. R. Bull, of Towendary, Pa., and Howard Wallace Connelly, of Brooklyn.
Dr. and Mrs. Hardenbergh, of Middletown; Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Decker,
of New Rochelle; Miss Edna Twamley,
of New York; Miss Louisa Bodine, of
Newburgh; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shaw,
of Circleville; Mrs. Alfred B. Clarke,
and the Misses Clarke, of Milton, N.
Y.; Miss Anna B. Hepburn, of New
York; the William Roe Conklins, of
Chester; Mrs. McWilliams, of Honey-
brook, Pa., (formerly Leila Mills, of
Middletown); Mrs. Mary Mills and her
daughter Miss Cora Mills, of Middle-
town, are seldom at the picnic, but
were all seen this year with much
pleasure.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Van Tassell
(Mildred Copley), of Middletown,
brought their baby born last June.
Edward Cornell, a prominent lawyer
of New York city, who had but lately
learned of his connection with the
family, came this year for the first
with his wife and her sister, from his
summer home in Central Valley. Mar-
vin Edsall and family from Warwick,
also came for the first time, as did
Dr. Frederick Coonley, of Staten
Island, and Amelia Durland Coonley,
of Summit, N. J.
Announcement was made of a legacy of $50 to the Association under
the will of Miss Susanna Haines, of Honesdale, Pa.
The following births, marriages and deaths were read:
Births omitted last year:
Timm, Elliott Tracy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar R. Timm, of Sayre, Pa.,
born August 12, 1922.
Dickerson, Ronald Frank, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Dickerson, of Goshen,
born Jan. 27, 1922.
Births since August 30, 1922:
Harlow, Charles W. III, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles W. Harlow, Jr. (Mar-
garet Campbell Cocks), of Stony Ford,
N. Y. Born Sept. 26, 1922.
Burnett, Roberta Ann, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Burnett, Jr.
(Anna Mowbray), of Montgomery.
Born October 8, 1922.
Ostermann, Margaret, daughter of
Major and Mrs. Edward H. Ostermann,
(Katherine H. Walsh), of Philadelphia,
Pa. Born October 11, 1922.
Thompson, Mary Jane, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Beattie Thomp-
son, of Westfield, N. Y. Born February, 1923.
Moore, Anne, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Wheeler Moore, of Germantown, PA.
Ringlehan, Paul Nicholas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Ringlehan (Alma
McBride), of the town of Hampton-
burgh. Born September 2, 1922.
Miller, Hasbrouck Bailey, son of
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Edward Wait Miller,
of Gloversville, N. Y. Born August 1,
1923.
Clinch, Peter, IV, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Wetmore Clinch (Frances Hoyt Bogert), of Highland Park,
Ill.
Southwell, Richard Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hodges Southwell,
(Lia Harris Bull), of Middletown, N.Y. Born June 22, 1923.
Wheeler, William Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wheeler, of Warwick,
N. Y. Born September 25, 1922.
Parry, Henry G., Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs Henry G. Parry (Julia Wells),
of Highland Falls, N. Y. Born August 14, 1923.
Andrews, Geo. R., 3rd, son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Andrews, Jr., of
Rutherford, N. J. Born August 16, 1923.
Heyworth, Emerson O., Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson O. Heyworth,
(Helen Bull), of Mamaroneck, N. Y. Born August 22, 1923.
McNear, George Roger, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Roger McNear,
(Gladys Augusta Blain, of Watertown, Mass. Born February 5, 1923.
Bessler, Richard William, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bersler, (Bessie M. Bull),
of Watertown, Mass. Born February 14, 1923.
Abell, Alice Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (Dr. Elvina Dean) Abell, of
Ridgewood, N. J. Born December 2, 1922.
Davis, Richard Joseph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Davis, of Harrison,
N. Y. Born March 24, 1923.
Van Tassell, Mary Ellen Copley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Van
Tassell (Mildred Copley), of Middletown, N. Y. Born June 11, 1923.
Allen, Claudia, born August 27, 1923.
Atwood, David Bull, born May 29, ?