Biographies:  Rush BULLIS, Washington Township, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Rush Bullis, Chairman of the Town Board of Washington township and a 
prominent and progressive farmer, is a native son of Wisconsin, having been 
born in Rock county, this state, June 10, 1863, to James C. and Jane (Boyce) 
Bullis, of New York and Pennsylvania respectively.  His paternal grandfather 
was among the first settlers of Rock county, where he cleared and improved 
a farm on which he resided until his death.  James C., father of our subject, 
was also a farmer in Rock county, having acquired a farm of his own which he 
cleared and improved and there made his home until he died.

Rush Bullis was reared in his home county and there received his education 
in the common schools, and has always followed the occupation of a farmer.  
He spent fifteen years on one farm in Rock county, after which he lived for 
several years in different parts of the country, being at one time a resident 
of Texas.  In 1907 he purchased his farm of 420 acres in the town of 
Washington, where he now resides.  He has remodeled and improved the 
buildings, and made many other improvements.  His farming land is under a 
high state of cultivation, and he uses modern methods in his operations.  He 
is extensively engaged in dairying and stock raising, and is one of the 
prosperous farmers of his section.  Politically he is a Republican, and 
takes an active interest in all matters pertaining to public affairs.  He 
was elected chairman of the town board in 1913, an office he has since 
filled with honor to himself and satisfaction to his constituents.  He was 
united in marriage with Miss Bertha M. Bentz, of Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, 
and they have five children: Clifford B., Rhoda J., Verne, Leslie J. and 
Catherine Bullis.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
pages 661-662.