Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Pulleine, Percy R. 1880 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter

PERCY R. PULLEINE.

    One of the well-known and successful business men of Home City, Marshall
county, is Percy R. Pulleine, the efficient cashier of the Citizens State Bank,
who was born in Franklin township, Marshall county, on November 23, 1880, the
son of William T. and Julia (Dunn) Pulleine.

    William T. and Julia (Dunn) Pulleine were born in England, the former in
1844, in Yorkshire, and the latter at Hull, in 1845. William T. Pulleine was
educated in the public schools of England and was reared on a farm, his father
being a large land owner. On the death of his father he was left quite an estate
and in 1870 he came to the United States. On his arrival in this country he came
to Kansas, where he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of excellent land in
section 26, Franklin township. Here he engaged in general farming and stock
raising with much success until 1894, at which time he was elected probate judge
of Marshall county and moved to Marysville. He was retained in this position for
ten years, at which time he retired from the activities of the more strenuous
life, and lived a life of quietude for eight years, when his death occurred in
1912. The widow died in 1914 after a useful life of well-doing. She and Mr.
Pulleine were married in England and soon after their marriage left for their
new home in America. Their children were all born in Marshall county with the
exception of one who was born in Virginia, where the parents remained for some
little time after coming to this country. Mr. and Mrs. Pulleine were prominent
members of the Episcopalian church and were active in the social and religious
life of the community in which they lived.

    Percy R. Pulleine was reared on the home farm and received his education in
the local schools and at the high school of Marysville, having graduated from
the latter institution in the class of 1900. Soon after completing his education
he entered the First National Bank at Marysville as bookkeeper, which position
he held until 1912, when he came to Home City as cashier of the Citizens State
Bank, where he has since given such valuable service and has won for himself the
approval of the officials of the institution and the respect of the public. He
is most proficient in his line of work, and by his genial disposition and
business-like methods he has the confidence of all.

    Percy R. Pulleine is happily united in marriage to Gertrude Hamilton, who
was born in Blue Rapids, Kansas, September 16, 1885, the daughter of John L. and
Alice (Fitzgerald) Hamilton who were born in Marshall county and Canada,
respectively, and are now living on a farm at Blue Rapids. To this union two
children have been born, Alice J. and Patricia. Mr. and Mrs. Pulleine are active
members of the Episcopal church and have long been been prominent in the social
and religious life of the community. Politically Mr. Pulleine is a Republican
and has served as a member of the city council at Marysville. Mr. Pulleine is a
man of sterling worth and high integrity and his life has been one of activity
in the district where he was born and reared. From the time he left school he
has been actively associated with the financial interest of the county. Few men
of his age have had more practical experience in financial work than has he. He
has always taken the keenest interest in the growth and development of his home
district and his influence has been given to those enterprises that would tend
to the future greatness of the township and the county. The schools and the
roads of his district have always received his earnest consideration and he is
in sympathy with the modern standard of schools and the good roads movement,
believing that in these much of the development of any community depends.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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