BIOGRAPHY: Ephraim Bullis; Newburgh, Orange co., NY
surname: Bullis, Decker

submitted by Michelle L. McKenzie 
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Source: NEWBURGH, Her Institutions, Industries and Leading  Citizens,
Historical, Descriptive and Biographical. Compiled by John J. Nutt, Published
by Ritchie & Hull, Proprietors Newburgh Journal,  Newburgh, N.Y., 1891, page
212

     EPHRAIM BULLIS was born at Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N. Y., October
13, 1820. His parents moved to near Mechanicville, and while living there he
taught school several Winters, and subsequently attended the Stillwater 
Academy for four years, and was graduated therefrom in rsn While living at
Mechanicville he was a member of Mott's Guards, of the 41st Regiment of the
State militia, and was both second lieutenant and captain of the company 
different periods. In 1845 he came to Newburgh and filled a clerkship under
the employ of his uncle, Captain W. A. Bullis, who then ran a line of sloops
between Newburgh and Albany and had a dock and storehouse at the foot of 
Fourth Street. Mr. Bullis remained there two years, when his uncle disposed of
the business, and shortly afterward the storehouse was destroyed by fire. He
then (in 1848) embarked in the lumber business on the same dock, and became 
prominent in that line of trade, continuing therein until about 1862. During
the two succeeding years he resided on a farm in the Town of Montgomery, and
in 1865 moved to Cornwall and entered the coal and lumber business. While a 
resident of Cornwall he filled the office of justice of the peace for seven or
eight years, and for two terms was justice of the Court of Sessions, Thomas
George then being County Judge. He returned to Newburgh in 1876, and has since
been engaged in the wholesale lumber trade. In 1847 he married Miss Effie
Decker, daughter of Jacob P. Decker, of the Town of Montgomery, and has two
sons and two daughters. For a number of years he was a trustee of the First 
Baptist Church of this city.

[Note that the original article contained a portrait.]