BULLOCK, Daniel P.

BULLOCK

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Date: 5/31/2021 at 17:32:43

Daniel P. Bullock
born July 21, 1838, New York

D. P. Bullock, a farmer of Douglas Township, Ida County, was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, July 21, 1838, a son of Daniel B. Bullock, a native of Fulton County, that State. His father, also named Daniel, was a soldier in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject, nee Eunice Buckley, was also born in New York, a daughter of Peter Buckley, a native of Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock were the parents of eight children, five now living, two sons and three daughters. The father died in Kansas in his sixty-sixth year, and the mother still resides in Lee County, Illinois, aged eighty-two years. The former was a Republican in his political views, and was a member of the Methodist Church, in which he was a local minister.
D. P. Bullock, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in New York to the age of fifteen years, when he located near Sycamore De Kalb County, Illinois, and was employed in farming until the fall of 1861, when, at St. Charles, Illinois, he enlisted in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, Company K, under Captain E. J. Farnsworth, in the well-known fighting regiment which was stationed in Virginia. Mr. Bullock took part in 300 battles and skirmishes, notably those at Antietam, seven days’ fight before Richmond, Gettysburg, where his captain was killed; and was honorably discharged in 1864, as Corporal. He then remained in Lee County, Illinois, one year, next located on Indian land in Cherokee county, Kansas, seven years later commenced work in the car-shops of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, in Aurora, Illinois, and in 1880 purchased eighty acres of land in Douglas township, Ida county, Iowa. His farm is now under a fine state of cultivation.
Mr. Bullock was married December 1, 1870, in Cherokee County, Kansas, to Miss Delia E. Lake, a native of Somonauk, De Kalb County, Illinois, and a daughter of Thomas D. and Sarah A. (Skinner) Lake, the former a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, and the latter of Pennsylvania. The father was a soldier in both the Mexican and civil wars. He now resides in Cushing, Woodbury County, Iowa. Our subject and wife have had four sons: Frank, deceased at the age of eight months; Alfred H., born at Aurora, Illinois, October 22, 1873, now attending school at Carroll, Iowa; Walter D., born at Amboy, Illinois, April 11, 1876 and George in Lee county, Illinois, December 22, 1879. Mr. Bullock votes with the Republicans and has served as Justice of the Peace, as Trustee two or three terms, Assessor one term and a member of the School Board most of the time since coming to this county. He takes an active interest in education and religion, and is earnestly promoting the welfare of this community in which he resides. He and wife are members of the Methodist Church in Cushing, Iowa.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.597

Daniel P. Bullock family
Daniel P. Bullock was born in Governur, New York, on July 22, 1838. His wife, Delia Lake bullock, was born in Somonauk, Illinois on September 6, 1852. Daniel P. Bullock, his wife and 3 sons: Alfred "Fred", Walter, and George moved from Illinois to Cushing in 1881. They were part of the "Illinois Settlement," 3 miles north of Cushing.
They lived north of town for a few years and then moved to town. Daniel was one of the early postmasters for several years.
Alfred "Fred" was born October 22, 1873, went to medical school in school in Sioux City, and came back in 1900 and practiced medicine in Cushing for 45 years. He married Georgia Lyman. Walter, born April 11, 1876, managed a garage and was in the auto business. He married Alice Kabisch. Their son, George, born Dec. 21, 1879, went into the ministry and moved to Oregon.
From Cushing, Iowa, Centennial Book 1883-1983

Dr. A. H. and Georgia Lyman Bullock
Dr. Alfred Henry Bullock was born near Peoria, Illinois, to Daniel and Delia Lake Bullock on Oct. 22, 1874. Georgia Lyman was born July 21, 1877, to Burtt and Julia Kellogg Lyman at Ashton, Iowa. "Fred" came with his parents from Illinois in 1881. They lived on a farm 3 miles north of Cushing for a few years and then moved to town. Georgia came to Cushing in 1896. They had 3 children (born in Cushing, Iowa): Helen Bullock Russell, Dr. Alfred Lyman Bullock, and Dr. Grant Bullock.