Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Bullock, Joshua
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township A-M


   JOSHUA BULLOCK justice of the peace and conveyancer, P.O. 
Quakertown, is the last of the name in his immediate family, 
and is a native of Burlington county, N. J., where he was 
born November 15, 1811, a son of Edward and Hannah (Lanning) 
Bullock.  His grandfather was Isaac Bullock, whose ancestors 
came from England and settled in Burlington county several 
years prior to the revolution.  They were among the stanch 
families of that state, were mostly agriculturists and owned 
large tracts of land.  The Lanning family was likewise an 
old family and equally prominent.  The subject of this 
sketch left home at the age of fifteen, went to Philadelphia 
and there learned the bricklayer's trade, which he followed 
for several years.  In 1841 he removed to Mauch Chunk, and 
was there engaged in the lumber business for twenty-seven 
years.  He manufactured large quantities of lumber, but in 
1862 the flood in the Lehigh destroyed his mills and carried 
off his lumber. He owned 4000 acres of land, yet his flood 
nearly ruined him financially.  He recovered to some extent, 
however, and in 1868 located in Quakertown, and has a 
competence for his declining years.  He was elected justice 
of the peace in 1876, and served five years.  Since 1881 he 
has acted as notary public, and does conveyancing and office 
business of a similar character.  He was married, April 4, 
1843, to Mary, daughter of Samuel Lippincott, one of the 
prominent business men of Mauch Chunk, but a former resident 
of Philadelphia, where she was born November 5, 1813.  Mr. 
Bullock and wife have three children:  Edward L., Annie E., 
and M. Alice.   Annie is the wife of Samuel J. Levick, Jr. 
(deceased).  Edward L. resides at Audenried, Carbon county, 
and is superintendent of the Beaverbrook colliery.  He is a 
graduate of the Pennsylvania Polytechnic college and a fine 
scholar. Both of Mr. Bullock's daughters are graduates of 
prominent schools of the state.  He is identified with the 
Society of Friends.