Name/Title
92nd Annual Bull Picnic "TIMES HERALD" MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1959Entry/Object ID
000520Scope and Content
TIMES HERALD, MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1959
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234 Descendents of William Bull at Stone House Reunion
GOSHEN - The 92nd annual William Bull and Sarah Wells
family picnic, held at the Bull Stone House just off the Sarah
Wells Trail about four miles northeast of Goshen, drew 231
registered members of the family association and about 50
guests to the 18th Century house Saturday.
Built in 1722 the house is a well preserved structure kept in pristine condition for the annual visitation of the family association
by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brown, who bear the title of "Residents."
That the Browns have succeeded in keeping the charming pre-
Revolutionary War structure looking shipshape and spotless was
recognized Saturday when Robert McLeod Jackson of Campbell Hall, perennial secretary of the association, led the association in a round of applause for the fine work of the Browns in maintaining the Bull place.
Visitor from Texas, Alton Nance, a substantial looking man from Houston, Tex., ambled to the forefront at the business meeting to receive the
blue ribbon emblematic of having come the farthest to attend
the day's events. The youngest present was Amy Coulter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Coulter and granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Hallock of Washingtonville, who was born June
26, 1959. Runner up was James C. Sorrell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Sorrell, of 12 Ridge st.,
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AT 92nd REUNION: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vogelbach, of Thompson Ridge, and their children Marjorie and Charles are shown saying grace before the beginning of the 92nd annual William Bull and Sarah Wells Family Association reunion picnic at the Bull Stone House, Goshen,
Saturday. - Photo by Ericson.
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HERE FROM OKLAHOMA: Here from Oklahoma for
the 92nd annual reunion Saturday of the William Bull and Sarah
Wells Family Association, held at the Bull Stone House, Goshen,
were from left Lyman Hobbs, Horace S. Young, Mrs. Jessica
White and Mrs. Catherine Collins. The foursome are shown standing on steps of the Bull Stone House, built in 1722. -
Photo
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Family Reunion At Stone House
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Middletown, born June 15, 1959. Mrs. Sarah Wells Bull Wells, 94,
of Newburgh was declared the oldest person present and was
given the blue ribbon for this distinction. Genealogically speaking,
Mrs. S. W. B. Wells is known in the family association as one of
the daughters of a Stone House Bull. Her father was William
Bull the fifth. Charles H. Wells, 68, son of Mrs. S. W. B. Wells,
was present. He is a cousin of Amy Bull Crist, of Montgomery,
one of the best known members of the family association.
Copying Records - Miss Dolly W. Booth, Monroe,
the official family genealogist announced it will take her another
year to complete copying old records to form a new, single record
of the family.
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Recognized by the association for their three-day trip from Oklahoma were Mrs. Catherine Collins, Mrs. Jessica White and Horace S. Young of Oklahoma City and Lyman Hobbs of Purcell, Okla. This was Mrs. Collins'
third trip East to a family affair. It was related she discovered her association with the Bull family by asking the Daughters of the American Revolution to
find out for her about a Revolutionary War Capt. Bull in her
family. Mr. Jackson was re-elected secretary and Henry P. Bull of Middletown, treasurer. Mrs. Harriet Hunter of Monroe was elected a
member of the board of managers.