Bio: William O. Bullock, Claiborne Parish, LA
Source:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Moran-Hernandez, Jan. 2000


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William O Bullock, a well-known citizen of this section of the country, was
born in Franklin County, Ga., September 22, 1805, being a son of William and
Spicy (Bowman) Bullock, the former of whom was born in Virginia in 1773.  He
located in South Carolina early in life, but at a later period moved to
Georgia, where he married and soon after mover to Pike County, Miss., in which
place he reared his family.  In the State of Mississippi William O. Bullock
grew to maturity, and there he was married in 1829 to Miss Sarah, daughter of
Samuel Aikin.  Although quite a large family was born to them, only four of
their children are now living: Zemariah, Miranda, Percy and Monroe.  Beyond a
doubt Mr. Bullock is the oldest living early settler in Claiborne Parish, for
he located where he now resides in 1834, his land being then heavily covered
with pine trees.  His estate comprises nearly one section of land and about
200 acres are under cultivation.  He is a strong Democrat, his first vote
being cast in 1826, and since that time he has never failed to vote in a
presidential election.  His good wife died in 1862, and he has remained
faithful to her memory ever since.  He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church
at the age of fourteen years, and from that time until the present has been a
conscientious member, doing all he could to advance the cause of the Master. 
Socially he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., having joined that order about
1870.  He deservedly bears the reputation of an honest man, the noblest work
of God, and has always been progressive in his views, and thoroughly
intelligent and well posted on all public matters.

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