H. D. BULLOCK

BULLOCK

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/21/2020 at 12:06:04

H. D. BULLOCK, an agriculturist of section 17, Nodaway township (postoffice East Nodaway), was born in Morgan county, Ohio, December 19, 1839, the son of Marshall and Rhoda Bullock, the eldest of their nine children. He was brought up to farm life, received a good schooling and
taught school several terms with signal success.

Under President Lincoln’s call for “300,000 more” volunteers to suppress the great insurrection, he enlisted in Company D, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until August, 1864, participating in the battles of Bull Run, South Mountain, etc., receiving a wound from a minie-ball in the latter engagement, in his right hip. Was in the field and judicial hospital five weeks. Afterward he was at the siege of Vicksburg, the surrender of Chattanooga and battle of Missionary Ridge, where he was again wounded, this time losing a toe from his left foot, and lie was confined to the hospital for some time, and from there went home on furlough when able to travel, and was taken prisoner and paroled by Morgan while on his raid through Ohio, Morgan keeping his horse in exchange for one tired out. After Morgan’s capture he returned to the army,
and was with Sherman through the Atlanta campaign, and honorably discharged in August, 1864.

After spending a few months at his Ohio home, he came to Iowa and settled on ninety acres of wild land, near where his father has located. He now owns there one of the best farms in the county,—290 acres of rich ground, a large portion of it being bottom land on the Nodaway river. He also has here one of the best orchards in the county, and an ornamental grove. He has a good two-story house on a beautiful building site, well ornamented with trees and shrubbery,
and a large barn, etc.,—everything in good trim. The home is appropriately named “Orchard Place.” Mr. Bullock is a Republican, a member of Meyerhoff Post, G. A. R., a member of Villisca Lodge, No. 270, F. & A. M., and is a class-leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has held the office of township clerk several terms, serving faithfully and satisfactorily. He is a reliable gentleman, cordial in manner and upright in all his dealings.

Mr. Bullock was married in 1867, to Susan Pierce, a native of Morgan county, Ohio, and
a daughter of William Pierce, also a native of that State. Their six children are Albert, Chester V., Nellie Belle, Lily Maud, Cora and Elmer Marshall. Two other children, Rosa and Frank Leslie, are deceased.