Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Pullen, William L. 1857 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILLIAM L. PULLEN.

   Self-made men, men who have achieved success by reason of their personal
qualities and who have left the impress of their individuality upon the
political history of their place of residence, unwittingly build monuments more
enduring than marble obelisk or granite shaft. Such a man is William L. Pullen,
a prosperous farmer of Democrat township, where he owns eighty" acres of land, a
former sheriff of Carroll county, and a former member of the Carroll county
council. Mr. Pullen served as sheriff from 1904 until 1909, and was a member of
the county council from 1911 to 1914.

   William L. Pullen was born on December 27, 1857, in Rockbridge county,
Virginia, and is a son of John and Harriet H. (Hall) Pullen, the former of whom
was a native of Virginia, the Old Dominion state having been the home of the
Pullens for many generations. The Hall family has also lived in Virginia for
many generations.

   John Pullen was the owner of one hundred and ninety-six acres of land in
Rockbridge county, and he and his wife spent their entire lives in the Old
Dominion state. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom only four are
living: William, the immediate subject of this sketch: Sarah, the wife of W. S.
Shorter, of Rockbridge county, Virginia; John, a resident of Democrat township,
Carroll county, Indiana, and Anna Victoria, the wife of J. W. Glenn, of
Rockbridge county, Virginia. The deceased children were as follow: Frances, the
wife of J. J. Deacon; Lula, Anna, Rebecca, James and three others who died in
infancy.

   William L. Pullen remained at home on the farm until he reached the age of
twenty-five years, when he was married to Mary Ellen Ayres, on June 1, 1882.
Mary Ellen Ayres was a daughter of Thomas and Magdalene Ayres, both natives of
Rockbridge county, Ohio. In 1883 Mr. Pullen and his family came to Cutler,
Indiana, remaining there until March, 1884, when he removed to Bringhurst, where
he lived only a short time, moving back to Cutler, where he was employed by
Warren Adams, working in the latters mill and on his farm until Mr. Adams'
death. Mr. Pullen was actively engaged in farming until he was elected to the
sheriff's office in 1904. In the meantime he had purchased property in Cutler,
and in September, 1909, he purchased the farm upon which he now lives.

   Fraternally, William L. Pullen is a member of Cutler Lodge No. 571,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a Republican in politics and has been
active in the councils of his party ever since coming to this county. Few men
are better known in Carroll county than William L. Pullen, and certainly none is
more highly respected than he. He has been twice called upon by his fellow
citizens to fill positions of trust and responsibility, and that he worthily
discharges the duties involved in public office is well proved by the fact that
after he had served two terms as sheriff he was elected to the Carroll county
council.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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