Bullock, Otis W.; Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
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Bullock, Otis W., prominent attorney, Shreveport, La., was born at Arizona,
Claiborne parish, La., Aug. 24, 1875, son of James Monroe and Lula (Kimbell)
Bullock, both of whom were born in the state of Louisiana.  The paternal
grandfather, William O. Bullock, came from Mississippi to Louisiana in 1859,
locating in Claiborne parish, where he followed the avocation of a planter, as
does also the father.  Both parents are living at this time.  Otis W. Bullock
is the eldest of 9 children born to his parents, all of whom are living.  His
boyhood was passed in the locality in which he was born, where he attended the
public schools, following which he took a business course in the Dallas
Business college, Dallas, Tex.  He then matriculated at Ruston college, and
following his term here entered the Arcadia Male and Female college at
Arcadia, La., from which he graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1895. 
Following this he attended the Southern Normal university, Huntington, Tenn.,
from which he graduated with the degree of B. S. in 1897.  After a special
course at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., he matriculated at the
law school of the University of Virginia, from which well-known institution he
graduated with the degree of LL. B. in the class of 1907.  Shortly following
his graduation he opened offices at Ruston, La., and there began the practice
of his profession, remaining in that location until the year 1911, when he
removed to Shreveport, where he has continued in the practice with gratifying
success.  He began teaching when 18 years of age, and taught and attended
school alternately, thereby obtaining his education.  He taught for 9 years in
Texas and Louisiana, and was principal of the business department of Ruston
college in the latter state, during the years 1894 and 1895.  His last
experience as a teacher was principal of the Simsboro high school, at
Simsboro, La.  At the time of his graduation in law he stood second in his
class at the University of Virginia.  In 1897 Mr. Bullock was married to Miss
Jessie Duty, a daughter of Milton Duty, of Simsboro, La.  Two children have
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bullock, these being Byron, 14 years old, and
Lyndall, 12 years.  Mr. Bullock is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, and of the Masonic fraternity, being a Royal Arch Mason.

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Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 77. 
Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

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