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Bull Family RootsEntry/Object ID
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William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House AssociationScope and Content
Michael K. Brown: A direct descendant who lives in the historic stone house with his family. He serves as the secretary of the Bull Family's annual reunion association.
T. Emmett Henderson: A genealogist from Middletown who spent decades compiling the family's history into a massive 1,046-page volume titled "Bull Family History and Genealogy."
Notable Historical Descendants Featured in Family Lore
Peter Bull: The namesake of Bullville, New York, who left a highly unusual and detailed will on June 29, 1840, expressing a desire "to live a little longer, at least while health and what sense and memory remains..."
John Wells: A descendant who died in 1852 and famously made provisions for his sons to divide up the family farm by drawing straws.
Capt. John Bull: Built a woolen mill after the Revolutionary War, hauling the heavy machinery on sleds during the dead of winter all the way from Rhode Island.
Phineas Rumsey: A Tory who supported the British during the American Revolution and was thrown into a dungeon in Kingston. He managed to escape by carving himself a wooden key to unlock his jail cell.
James Hervey Bull: A man who became widely known for the high quality of his whiskey distilling business, but entirely gave it up after recognizing the negative toll alcohol took on local families.
Laura Spencer Walsh: Renowned within the family for her exceptional grandied peaches, which she meticulously preserved every year.
Theodore Livingston Jackson: A prominent 19th-century temperance leader in New York State.
Alfred Booth Sands: After losing money he was supposed to collect for his family, he left home out of shame. His mother kept a light burning in the window for him every night until he finally returned years later after serving in the Civil War.
Jason Rogers Conning: Served in the Union Army's 124th New York Volunteers during the Civil War, while his own brother fought for the Confederacy.
James Oliver Miller: A highly well-versed, well-liked farmer from south of Montgomery known for sporting a goatee and frequently inviting passing travelers into his home for meals.
Julia Booth Lawson: On the eve of entering the Orange County Home for Aged Women, she told her family she needed to make a quick trip to New York City. Instead, she boarded a ship to Paris and London, sending a postcard to her surprised family before returning two months later to finally enter the home.