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THE BULL PICNIC—1926
This year as never before, at least in the present generation, we have realized the difference between our Picnic and an ordinary social occasion. All merely social functions are halted by death, but if such were true of a stated family gathering, it could not continue long. Every year well-loved faces, life-long friends, are missed, and we know we shall not see them here again; but this year the thought of those who had left us since last year's Picnic could not help but be uppermost in the minds of many. Ebenezer Bull, of the Stone House, Jesse Booth and Henrietta Coleman Bull had always been present, such a thought as missing a Bull Picnic would never occur to them; they were beloved by literally hundreds of their kin. Then there was Capt. Wm. H. D. Blake of New Paltz, long a familiar figure among us, though he could not be counted among the descendants of "the tribe of Ann" who were indebted to Capt. Blake for knowledge as to their line. Then, too, Miss Mattie C. Mould, with her gentle ways, and Roberta Hurtin Harlow with her wholesome friendliness, were sorely missed. It was felt that Andrew S. Beyea, of Smithtown, New Brunswick, had struck the true chord in his greeting to the gathering, which read: Dear Kinsfolk: On the occasion of this, your 59th Annual Family Picnic, while I cannot be with you in body, and while fully aware that in the passing of friend Ebenezer Bull and also Mrs. Harry Bull, a shadow of deep sorrow must at this time rest over you, still realizing that "The memory of the just is blessed," I sincerely hope that this, your present gathering, may ever have an auspicious place in the annals of your picnics. Again I have to regret my inability to be present and to enjoy meeting my distant cousins assembled on the historic grounds of our common ancestors. With every good wish, I remain, Faithfully yours, ANDREW S. BEYEA. Great G. G. Grandson of William and Sarah Bull. While one's thoughts are on those so well remembered a host of others come crowding to one's memory. Who that ever heard them as they led the singing can forget those two splendid women, Mrs. Hannah Crosby and her sister, Miss Sarah I. Bull of Bloomingburgh? Or any Bull Uptegrove of gracious memory? Or such marked personalities as the late Ebenezer Slaughter and William Bull, V.? As we write, the names or the faces of others long since gone before throng to our mind, and make us feel what a treasured possession for the Association would be a collection of their photographs. With a force that would not be denied, the past has claimed much of our space, but we must not slight the present. Wednesday's weather was unsettled and we accordingly availed ourselves of the kind permission of the Hamptonburgh Grange to use their really commodious building. One good result of this was to throw us together and insure more opportunities to greet friends than when we have all outdoors. Perhaps because of this fact the Picnic was felt by some to have been more of a success than when the weather has been perfect. One striking feature of the day, was the large number there for the first time. Among these were Mrs. Oliver G. Carter, her daughter, Stella, and her sister, Miss Maude E. Connelly, of Brooklyn, who came at the suggestion of their uncle, Howard W. Connelly. Kenneth Crawford Towe, a North Carolinian, but now of New York, was also present for the first, as well as Mrs. John Wilson and her daughter, Susan Colston Wilson, originally of Virginia. Mrs. Wilson's husband, now dead, was a son of the late Rev. Thaddeus Wilson. The Theodore Blakes of Maybrook, were also present for the first.
Other very infrequent visitors, some of whom had probably never attended before, were: Mrs. Mary Van Keurens, of Langhorne, Pa.; Mrs. Mark W. Roe, of Cumberland, Md.; Miss Fannie Blake Mowbray, of Brooklyn, who came with the Miller Van Keurens, of Montgomery; Miss Jane Forbes, formerly of Elizabeth, N. J., now of Montgomery; Miss Margaret Bowne Bull, of Easton, Pa.; the Rev. Dr. Edward Wait Miller and Mrs. Miller, Gloversville, N. Y.; Mrs. Margaret Miller, of Baltimore, and her brother, Ezra P. Galloway, of Wallkill, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Tremper, of Middletown. Many came from a distance, including Edgar M. Clarke, of Colton, Calif., who is over 80 and one of the oldest alumni of Union College; his granddaughter, Sarah Ann Clarke, daughter of Henry L. Clarke, who was the ton, N. Y.; and Mrs. John Haryoungest of his six sons. Mrs. John Hargrave, of Pasadena, Calif., about 86 years old, delighted her cousins by appearing. She came with Mrs. Waldo Dickerson, of Thompson Ridge. Another whose presence was especially noteworthy was Mrs. Emma Lena Zabriskie, long past 80, who came with her son and daughter, Fred and Freda Zuzette Zabriskie, from Hackensack. Others from a distance were the Andrew Wilsons, from Scarsdale, who brought Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Copley from Dobbs Ferry. Mrs. J. R. Walling came from Schenectady. The Charles Slaughters and children were up from Babylon. A number of the Jenks, Sinclaire and Andrews families of Rutherford, N. J., with their aunt, Miss Jane Hawkins. Mrs. Sparrow drove with her children from Ridgewood. Miss Mary Roe Bull and her sister, Mrs. Julia Bull Davis came from Harrison, N. Y. A whole party drove from Delhi, Delaware county, N. Y. They were James Hanford Bull and wife, and their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Rowell; George H. Bull, of Downsville; his sister, Ada Bull Whitcomb, of Walton, N. Y., and her daughter, Letha Palmateer. This group is descended from a Connecticut Bull, and they probably are not connected with the Orange County family, at least on this side of the Atlantic. After luncheon, the business meeting came together at the call of the president, Harry C. Bull, of Monroe. The treasurer, Ernest M. Bull, of Blooming Grove, read his report for the year. An item of interest was the endowment fund, started last year by Charles W. Slaughter at $109.33, and now increased by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Leavitt, of White Plains, to $141. Greetings were announced from Wm. Edgar Bull, of Charleston, S. C.; Willard Coleman of Santa Ana, Calif.; Minnie Bull Blandin, of Racine, Wis.; Rachel Ward Farrington, of Lakewood, N. J.; W. Sheldon Bull, of Buffalo, and Andrew S. Beyea, of Smithtown, N. B. Portraits of the late Mr. Bull of the Stone House, and of his wife, enlarged from excellent photographs were shown, and met with universal approval. Alfred R. Roe, wife of Alfred Booth Roe, of Chester, was elected as a manager to succeed Caroline Bull Knight, of Monroe. Harry C. Bull, of Monroe, and Hamlet S. Roe, of Chester, were elected to succeed themselves. The Picnic Committee, of last year was reelected, viz: Barton Wright Bull, Chairman, John C. Trew, Henry P. Bull, William Bull VII, Charles Johnson, Dolly Watkins Booth, Russell W. Anderson, Mrs. Alexander Millin, Jr., Mark Roe, and My Geo. V. Ackertly, Amy Bull Crist, Miss Margaret Roe, Miss Dorothy Bull, of Poughkeepsie and Mrs. Martha Thew Hallock. The chair was directed to name a Reception Committee. He named Miss Jane H. Bull, of Brooklyn, Mrs. Edna Beakes Dickerson, of Middletown, Mrs. Jesse Booth, of Campbell Hall, Mrs. Wesley Wait of Newburgh, (Lillian Bull), and Mrs. Clarence H. Crist, of Montgomery, (Amy Bull). Thompson, of Thompson Ridge, presented to the Association an ox yoke in course of manufacture.
Mrs. Martha Thew Hallock, of Washingtonville, moved that in future the Picnic Committee be empowered to provide paper plates and coffee, especially for those coming from a distance. Mr. Connelly, as one of the latter, seconded the motion, and it was enthusiastically carried. The Rev. Mr. W. H. Austin, of Monroe, addressed the meeting, as did Alfred Wait Miller and Margaret Miller, of Baltimore. The former sang the meeting closed with the singing of a verse of "God Be With You, Till We Meet Again," led by Miss Irene Carpenter, of Monroe. The following are births, marriages and deaths known to the secretary: Births Omitted from Last Year's List August 19, 1924—Ottman, Jean Grover, son of Mr. and Mrs. (Miss Agnes Ottman) Robert E. Ottman, of Chatham, N. Y. May 8, 1925—Bull, Marshall Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bull, Presque Isle, Maine, R. 1. Births Since August 26, 1925 August 31, 1925—Towe, Robert Leslie, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leslie Towe, of Roanoke Rapids, N. C. September 14, 1925—Timm, Freda B., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (Mrs. Sara Bull) Oscar R. Timm, of Sayre, Pa. September 20, 1925—Wilkin, Shirley Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Wilkin, of the Town of Wallkill, Orange County, N. Y. October 3, 1925—Mills, Howard Denton, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Mills, of Middletown, N. Y. January 26, 1926—Clinch, Frances Bocert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (Frances Bogert) Douglas Wetmore Clinch, of Montclair, N. J. February 23, 1926—Van Alst, Jean Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Van Alst, of Montgomery, N. Y. March 10, 1926—Darlington, Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. (Florence A. Brush) Clinton Pelham Darlington, of Montclair, N. J. March 23, 1926—Thompson, Donald Alexander, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hunter Thompson, of Alva, Florida, formerly of Thompson Ridge, N. Y. April 1, 1926—Johnson, ——————, son of Mr. and Mrs. (Mary Wheeler) Floyd Johnson of Middletown, N. Y. April 21, 1926—Denison, David, son of Mr. and Mrs. (Nancy Campbell) (Moore) Archibald Campbell Denison, of Glendale, Ohio. May 3, 1926—Burnett, James R. III., son of Mr. and Mrs. (Anna Mowbray) James R. Burnett, Jr., of the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, N. Y. May 11, 1926—Clarke, Sarah Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Clarke, of Colton, Calif. May 1926—Jefferis, Juanita, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jefferis, of Roanoke, Va. May 29, 1926—Seaman, David Valentine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond V. Seaman, of Gilbertsville, N. Y. May 30, 1926—DuBois, Frank, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank DuBois, of July 25, 1926—Loeb, Raymond M., Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. (Bertha Howell) Raymond M. Loeb, of Denver, Colorado. Marriages Since August 26, 1925 August 23, 1926—Whitaker, Murray Franklin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Franklin Whitaker, of Campbell Hall.
Marriages August 26, 1925 August 27, 1925—Miller, Jane W., of Franklin Square, Orange County, N. Y., to Robert Allen, of Coldenham, N. Y. October ————, 1925—Cooper, Lillian Alice, and Earl Davie, both of Bullville, N. Y. October 24, 1925—Towe, Mary Dale, to Dr. Herman Parker, of Greensboro, N. C. October 29, 1925—Thew, Dorothy Melvina to Everette Harrison Hulse, both of Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, N. Y. October 31, 1925—Whitaker, Murray Franklin, to Stella Hartz, both of Campbell Hall, N. Y. December 22, 1925—Towe, William Thompson, of Durham, N. C., to Mary Field. February ————, 1926—Jordan, Cora, and Cornelius Macardell, both of Middletown, N. Y., but now of Chicago, Ill. March 18, 1926—Timm, Pauline Emma, of Sayre, Pa., to Vernon Albert Bostle. March 26, 1926—Carter, Oliver Goldsmith, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y., to Marian Southwick Simpson, of Chicago, Ill.
May 12, 1926—Beyea, Glendora, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Beyea, of Smithtown, N. B. to Merritt W. Hill of Nauwigewauk, N. B. June 9, 1926—In London, Weston, Winifred Phillips, of Blue Hill, Me. to Capt. Patrick Wooten, of Lee-onthe-Solent, Hants, England, aviator in the Royal British Navy. June 28, 1926—Weston, Marguerite Louise, of Ocean City, N. J., to Geo. Washington Afflerbach, of the same place. Deaths Since August 26, 1925 August 29, 1925—Ross, Bertha Beattie, of Montgomery, N. Y. August 31, 1925—Bump, William Edgar, of 36 Academy avenue, Middletown, N. Y., aged 90 years, husband of Mary Elithea Bull. September 15, 1925—Coleman, Mary Frances Wells, widow of L. Edson Coleman, of Middletown, N. Y. October 28, 1925—Jona R. Brooks, husband of Hettie Bull, of Monroe, N. Y. November 26, 1925—McMonagle, James H., of the Town of Wallkill, Orange County, N. Y. December 22, 1925—Bull, Henrietta Coleman, wife of Harry Bull, of Hamptonburgh, N. Y. January 5, 1926—Miller, Margaret, of Montgomery, N. Y. January 21, 1926—Thompson, Miss Anna, of Monticello, daughter of the late Daniel and Mary Thompson, of Thompson Ridge, N. Y. February 26, 1926—Thompson, Miss Jessie, of Brooklyn. March 4, 1926—Mould, Miss Mattie C., of Montgomery, N. Y. March 10, 1926—Moore, Dr. John Leverett, for many years Latin professor at Vassar. March 21, 1926—Boyd, Sarah Frances, widow of Theodore L. Boyd, late of Montgomery. March 23, 1926—Bull, Ebenezer, of "the Stone House," in his 81st year. April 18, 1926—White, Nathan J., of Montgomery, N. Y., in his 69th year. June 4, 1926—Oscar R. Timm, of Sayre, Pa. June 22, 1926—Harlow, Roberta Hurtin, wife of Charles Wellington Harlow, of Crystal Run, N. Y. July 10, 1926—Brown, Lieut. Commander Edward Allen, M. D., killed while on duty in the explosion at the Naval Arsenal near Dover, N. J. Recommended by the Naval Court for the Navy Cross. July 11, 1926—Blake, Wm. H. D., of New Paltz, N. Y., husband of Matilda Booth, deceased. July 17, 1926—Booth, Jesse, of Campbell Hall, N. Y. July 22, 1926—Bull, Mary Lovell McComb, widow of Townsend Bull, of Montgomery, N. Y. July 28, 1926—Dotson, Harvey, of Palestine, Texas, a descendant of Margaret Bull and Silas Horton. August 6, 1926—Bull, John W., of Woodstock, N. B. August 7, 1926—Bull, Mrs. S. Albert, of Middletown, N. Y.
After the election of the managers the board organized by electing the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Harry Bull, of Hamptonburgh. Vice-President, Elizabeth S. Sparrow, of Ridgewood, N. J. Treasurer, Ernest M. Bull, of Blooming Grove. Secretary, Robert McLeod Jackson, of the Town of Hamptonburgh. Miss Jane H. Bull, of Brooklyn, and Campbell Hall, is assistant secretary.
Messrs. W. Dan Vliet & Son lent chairs to the great appreciation of the Picnic Committee. (From The Independent Republican, August 31, 1926.)Relationships
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