James L. Bullock Biography


	This biography appears on page 1692 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JAMES L. BULLOCK, of Pierpont, Day county, was born in Tonica, 
LaSalle county, Illinois, on the 20th of December, 1861, and is a son of 
James T. and Ann Frances (Crossman) Bullock, both of whom were born and 
reared in Massachusetts, being representatives of staunch old colonial 
ancestry. As a young man James Tisdale Bullock removed from New England 
to Illinois, locating in LaSalle county, where he engaged in farming. A 
number of years later he removed to Michigan, where his death occurred, 
his family thereafter returning to Illinois, his wife dying later, in 
Michigan. The subject of this review was the eighth in order of birth of 
the eight children, of whom two are living, and he passed his schooldays 
in Michigan and Illinois, availing himself of the advantages of the 
public schools and growing up under the sturdy and invigorating 
influences of the farm. He was identified with agricultural pursuits in 
Illinois until 1887, when he came to what is now the state of South 
Dakota and purchased two hundred and forty acres of land five miles 
northeast of Pierpont, Day county, where he engaged in farming and stock 
raising, with which important lines of industrial enterprise he has ever 
since been identified. To the area of his original purchase he has 
addec1 until he now has a finely improved ranch of about four hundred 
acres, the same being devoted to diversified agriculture and to the 
raising of high-grade live stock. He is recognized as an energetic, far-
sighted and progressive farmer and business man and is one of the 
honored citizens of the county, commanding uniform confidence and 
esteem. From the time of taking up his residence in the county to the 
present he has manifested a commendable interest in public affairs, and 
is one of the stalwart supporters of the Republican party in this 
section of the state. In 1899 he was elected to represent his district 
in the state legislature, and was chosen as his own successor in 1901, 
proving a valuable working member in the house and having been assigned 
to various important committees. He is affiliated with the Ancient Order 
of United Workmen and its auxiliary organization, the Degree of Honor. 

	On the 23d of August, 1885, Mr. Bullock was joined in wedlock to 
Miss Ella Remsburg, who was born in Illinois, being a daughter of Perry 
Remsburg, who removed from his native state of Maryland to that of Ohio 
and later to Illinois, where he made his home for a number of years, 
both he and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Brown, passing the 
closing years of their lives in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock have four 
children, namely: James Shelby, Harry Romaine, Emmet Mellette, and 
Myrtle Janette.