Biographical Sketch of James W. Bullington, Gasconade County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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James W. Bullington, a farmer of Brush Creek Township, was born in
Spartanburg District, S. C., in 1840, the eldest of nine sons and one
daughter born to Absalom and Oney (Tinsley) Bullington, natives of 
South Carolina, born in 1813 and 1819, respectively.  They were married
in 1839, and in 1857 removed to Independence County, Ark., where the
mother died in 1873, and where the father still lives.  The latter's
father was Samuel Bullington, and his grandfather, Robert Bullington,
who lived to be one hundred years old, and who was a native of Virginia
his father being among the first English colonists of that State, and 
one who purchased his wife at the price of the passage.  Absalom Bull-
ington was a farmer, and served as sergeant in the Fourth Arkansas 
Cavalry during the war.  He was justice of the peace several years, and
has been postmaster at Walnut Grove.  He is now living with his second
wife, is a member of the G. A. R., and of the Baptist Church, and is a
Mason.  James W. received a very limited education in the subscription
schools, and being the eldest child much of the hardest work fell upon
his shoulders. He went with his parents to Arkansas, and began business
for himself by farming.  In June, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, First
Arkansas Volunteer Infantry for six months, and served eight months. He
was discharged at St. Louis, after which he started home, but got as 
far as Rolla, when he thought it unsafe for Unionists to travel through
that country, and consequently gave up the idea of going home, but 
began working for Henry Souders, of this county, and here remained five
years, in the meantime purchasing eighty acres of land.  In 1868 he
married Miss Rachel N., daughter of Christian and Rachel Souders, for-
merly of Indiana, but early settlers of Gasconade County, where Mrs. 
Bullington was born.  Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bulling-
ton, four now living: Laura, John, Martha and Jacob. Since his marriage
Mr. Bullington has lived on his good farm of 360 acres, all the work of 
his own hands, and is one of the enterprising and progressive farmers
of the county.  He is a Republican in politics, a member of the G.A.R.,
and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

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