Mesa County CO Archives Biographies.....Bull, Heman R. October 26, 1862 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     The subject of the present sketch located in Grand Junction, Colorado, in

May, 1887, and has been a serviceable and valued contributor to the growth and

development of western Colorado and the promotion of the best interests of its

people.  He was born near Warwick, Orange county, New York, on October 26, 1862,

and is the son of Sidney and Ruth (Cooley) Bull, the former a native of Orange

county, New York, and the latter of New Jersey.  The father, who is now living

retired from active pursuits at Cameron, Missouri, passed the whole of his life

of fruitful energy as a farmer, moving from New York to Missouri in 1868 and

living until 1897 at Amity, in that state.  The Doctor is the first born of six

children in the family and his education was begun in the public schools of

Amity.  When he was sixteen years old he entered the preparatory department of

Washburn University at Topeka, Kansas.  Completing the preparatory course in

1880, he entered the collegiate department and there pursued the scientific

course, graduating in 1884 as the valedictorian of his class.  He then began his

professional training at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and in 1887

received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from that institution.  Before the end

of that year he came to Colorado and located at Grand Junction, where he at once

opened up an office and began the practice of medicine and surgery.  In 1891 he

returned East and took post-graduate work at the Polyclinic in New York city. 

Again in 1902 he spent the winter in post-graduate work at the New York

Post-Graduate Medical School, and during his whole professional life he has been

an industrious and thoughtful student of medical literature, and is one of the

most widely known physicians of the state.  Since 1893 he has been a member of

the state board of health.  He belongs to the State Medical Society and to the

American Medical Association, in both of which he has taken an active interest,

being vice-president of the State Medical Society in 1896 and 1897.  Since 1889

he has been the attending physician and surgeon to the United States Indian

School at Grand Junction, and during the same period has been surgeon for the

Denver & Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western railroads.   In the local affairs of

his community he has been active and serviceable, especially in efforts to

improve the sanitary condition of his home city. He has been a member of the

board of school directors for several years and takes a deep interest in the

educational affairs of the city.  He assisted in the erection of the Canon block

and in the organization of the Mesa County Building and Loan Association, and

has for some years been a director in the Mesa County State Bank.  The Doctor is

a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Congregational church, being the

chairman of the board of trustees of the latter.  On September 4, 1889, he was

married to Miss Maud W. Price, daughter of George B. Price, a prominent editor

of Carrollton, Illinois.  The Doctor and Mrs. Bull have two children, Sidney

Price and Leland Rowlee.

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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