Obit of Bull, Jacob Elijah - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 30 May 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Bull, Palmer, Merriam, Hammond, McCommis Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5980 Jacob Elijah Bull was born May 4, 1856 at Centerville, Leon County, Texas, and was married to Nettie Ann Palmer in the year of 1886 at Breckenrige, Texas. Three children were born to this union; two girls and one son. The daughters, Mrs. A.E. Merriam, Lippscomb, Texas, and Mrs. H.D. Hammond, Roswell, New Mexico; survive their father. The son, Temple Houston Bull was killed near Wichita, Kansas, in a truck accident a few years ago. He has three grandchildren, Mrs. Burle McCommis of El Paso, Texas, and Sharon and Trenton Bull of Wichita, Kansas. He is also survived by one brother, George Bull, of Mangum, Oklahoma and his widow, Mrs. Nettie Ann Bull, Lipscomb, Texas. Mr. Bull came to Day County, Oklahoma Territoy, in the year 1894, where they resided several years and later moved to Grand, the county seat of Day county, where he engaged in the ranching business and several years as sheriff of Day County. Many years ago he removed to Lipscomb County, Texas, and has operated a farm and ranch known as the Bates Ranch, five miles south of Lipscomb. He was regarded as one of the early frontier type of citizen who helped to develope the Western country, and has bore many hardships, but was always ready to assist his friends and neighbors in the development of the country. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 10-Jan-1938 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html