Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Mary E. BULLARD

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DIED

BULLARD. In Union, Rock county, Wis., April 17, 1874, at her residence
after a painful illness, Mrs. Mary E. Bullard, wife of Mr. Hiram Bullard,
in the 46th year of her age.

Mrs. Mary E. Butterfield, the deceased, was born in Rodman, Jefferson
county, N. Y., September 6, 1829. Her parents removed to Nunda, Livingston
county, N. Y., when she was but a child. When she was sixteen years of age
she was hopefully converted to Christ, and was baptized by Rev. T. H.
Spoor, the pastor of the church at Nunda. She remained a faithful member of
that church until after the death of her father, which occurred in 1845,
when with her mother and others of the family and friends, removed to Fox
Lake, Wis., and was one of the few that organized themselves into a Baptist
church, which is now a large and flourishing church. She was a successful
teacher, teaching in Randolph, Portage City and other places. She spent one
year in Indiana, visiting and teaching. In 1847, she visited her native
state, and was absent one year visiting the haunts of her childhood, and
loved ones that she had been long separated from, not only her kindred, but
friends of her early youth. Returning in 1858 she again assumed the duties
of teaching until 1863, when she was married to Mr. Hiram Bullard, of
Union, Rock county, Wis., and took upon herself the responsible duties of
wife and mother. Uniting with the Baptist church at Union, she became an
active member, a faithful and affectionate wife, a devoted mother, and by
her Christian spirit endeared herself to all who knew her. In short, she
was a friend to every one, and every one loved her. She was a faithful
Sabbath-school teacher, and she leaves a stricken family, a vacant class
and weeping church to mourn her loss.

Her funeral was attended by a large concourse of people, who partook of the
general sorrow. Her funeral sermon was preached by Rev. H. Whitman, of
Waupun, Wis., the former pastor of the church, from Number xxxiii, 10. "Let
me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his," and as
we laid her away, we felt to exclaim, "Weep not when a Christian dieth." 

Mr. Bullard desires us to express his gratitude for many acts of kindness
shown to him and his during the sickness of his wife, by friends and
neighbors. Nothing was omitted that could relieve the burden of the
afflicted or sooth the pillow of the dying. [Ed. Rev.]

May 20, 1874, p. 4, col. 1, Evansville Review, Evansville, Wisconsin 

Maple Hill Cemetery Records:
Original Plat, Block 1, lot 139, Graves 1-6a:
1. Mary E. Butterfield Bullard, 46 years, April 17, 1871 [note: should be April 17, 1874]
2. Jane A. Babock Bullard, wife of Hiram, 38 years, March 21, 1862
3. Julia Wheelock Bullard (Mother) 1844 - June 4, 1926
4. Hiram Bullard, 60 years, July 22, 1885 "A fathers love cares for all"
5. Mary J. Bullard, daughter of Hiram and Jane A., 1 year and 13 days, June 2, 1850
5a. Everett Bullard, son of Hiram and Jane A., 1 year, 8 months and 22 days, September 30, 1851.
6. Charles H. Bullard, son of Hiram and Jane A., 1 year and 5 days, November 13, 1855.
6a. Emma L. Bullard, 29 years 2 months and 13 days, Feb. 21, 1884.