BIOGRAPHIES - PULLEN, B. F., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: B. F. PULLEN _________________________________________ Birth: May 22, 1825, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Father: James PULLEN (-1864) Mother: Agnes McCLANAHAN Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Elizabeth ABBOTT Death: 1874 Father: French ABBOTT Mother: Elizabeth PRICHARD Marriage: 1846 _________________________________________ 2: Sallie HIBLER Father: Adam Styres HIBLER (1807-1878) Mother: Lucy Green FINCH Marriage: 1876 B. F. PULLEN,1 court officer; P. O. Paris. Among the old and highly respected residents of this city, who have served as sheriff and mayor several terms, is the above mentioned gentleman, who was born in this precinct, May 22, 1825; his parents were James and Agnes (McClanahan) Pullen, both of whom were natives of Culpepper County, Va.; James was a son of Zedekiah Pullen, a Virginian by birth, but of Scotch ancestry; Agnes, the mother of our subject, was a daughter of William McClanahan; James Pullen emigrated to this State from the Old Dominion a short time prior to the war of 1812, in which he was a participant; in 1837, he located in Boone County, remaining there until his death, which occurred about the year 1864; eleven children were born to James Pullen; among whom were: William, Elizabeth (who became the wife of Edward Prentice), James, died in New Orleans of yellow fever; Agnes, married James Norman. The subject of these lines during his early manhood, learned the trade of plasterer, which vocation he followed for several years. He has served the county as deputy sheriff several terms, and was twice elected sheriff; in 1864, he was elected mayor of the city, and served twelve consecutive terms; he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; in 1877-78, he was Grand Master of the State of Kentucky; as a Free Mason, he has passed through the various degrees pertaining to the Blue Lodge, the Chapter, and taken the orders of Knightbood, being a member of Webb Commandery, at Lexington; in religious matters, Mr. Pullen has always taken an active part, both as lay and official member of the Christian Church of his place; in temporal matters he has been successful, and at one time possessed considerable property, but through his unbounded liberality and his kindness to his friends, and his inability to say no, he has been deprived of the larger portion of his acquired property; yet his honor and integrity as a business man and christian gentleman have never been questioned; in 1846, he formed a matrimonial alliance with Elizabeth, daughter of French Abbott and Elizabeth Prichard, both of representative families in this county; Mrs. Pullen died in 1874, having borne him eleven children; in 1876, Mr. Pullen married Mrs. Sarah (Hibbler) Abbott, daughter of Styrus Hibbler; no children by last marriage. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 487 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.