Bibb-Twiggs County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bullard, Daniel September 5, 1894
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Macon Weekly Telegraph, 6 Sep 1894
Macon Weekly Telegraph
6 Sep 1894
page 8

Daniel Bullard is No More

His Long and Useful Life Ended at High Noon Yesterday Surrounded By Loving 
Friends

Will Be Buried in Macon

He Was the Oldest and Wealthiest Citizen of Twiggs County and a Man Who Had 
Accomplished Much Good in His Day.

Yesterday at 12:30 o'clock Mr. Daniel Bullard of Twiggs died at his home in 
that county.

He was born in Washington county, Georgia, March 11, 1806, and had therefore 
reached his 90th year.   He was the oldest citizen of his county.   His death 
was due, not to any specific disease, but to the gradual decay of life in 
advancing years.   When about 10 years of age he moved to Twiggs county, and 
for eight years consecutively was a resident of the same district - "Bluff 
district" - of that county.   For many years past he was a familiar figure on 
the streets of Macon and was known personally to nearly all of the business 
men of the city.

He was married four times.   There survive him his last wife, whome he married 
Januarary 29, 1865, and who was Miss Elizabeth Bardon; and the children of 
their marriage, Mrs. Cora Etheridge, Mrs. Victoria Billingsly, and Daniel 
Bullard, Jr.   His older surviving childre are J. M. Bullard and Monroe 
Bullard of Cochran, Mrs. Elizabeth Everett and Mrs. Dora Harrell of Twiggs.

Mr. Bullard's life furnished another illustration of opportunities open to 
energy and frugality under the conditions of life in this country.   He 
started life a poor boy, without a cent, without parental help, earning his 
first quarter by manual labor.   He leaves an estate estimated at from $50,000 
to $75,000.   He was wont to say in his quaint manner that he worked hard for 
his money when he was young, and after he was old he let it work for him.   He 
allowed his capital, unlike the rolling stone, to gather the moss of interest, 
and being of simple tastes and habits his income was comfortably beyond his 
wants.

He was the first agent of the Macon and Brunswick (now the Southern) railroad 
at Bullard's station, which was so named after him, a position he held for 
thirteen years.   His public spirit was shown by giving the right of way 
through an expensive tract of land and by his subsribing $12,000 to the stock 
of the road.   Mr. Bullard was eminently a just man.   He believed in the 
religion of paying debts.   He rendered to every man his due, and thought that 
every man should do likewise by him.   If he found a debtor seeking to evade 
or defeat a just claim he would pursue his rights to their full extent,   but 
in many instances, where the other party showed a desire to do justice, he 
would cheerfully remit a part - sometimes much - to which he was just entitled.

Mr. Bullard lived and died a consistent member of the Baptist church.   He was 
universally liked and respected in the community in which he lived.   He was 
an honest, quiet, industrious, kind-hearted, God-fearing man.   Such men make 
valuable citizens and when they die they are a loss.   He had many warm 
friends here.

His remains will reach the city this afternoon at 4:20 by the Southern railway 
and will be interred at Rose Hill cemetery.   Rev. J. C. Solomon will conduct 
services at the grave.   The following gentlemen have been requested to act as 
pall bearers:   W A Davis, J W Cabaniss, N E Harris, R H Plant, C J Toole, M R 
Freeman, G L Reeves, W M Wimberly, Theodore Ellis.   They are requested to 
meet at the store of   Lamar Clay at 4 P.M.


Additional Comments:
This article appeared in the Macon Weekly Telegraph and in the Macon Daily 
Telegraph; both are dated 6 Sep 1894, so his date of death is fixed at 5 Sep 
1894.


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