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| FOUNTAIN GREEN CEMETERY HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS |
WILLIAM BULLOCK Died June 23, 1872 Aged 65 Years CHRISTINA
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Thomas [Bulloch] married Janet Boyle, (born near Glasgow, Scotland.) ~~~~~ They came to Canada in 1820 in a sailing vessel. ~~~~~ Thomas and Janet settled in Hopetown [Ontario, Canada], where they died. Born to them in Kirkintilloch, Scotland ~~~~~ William ~~~~~ William, second child of Thomas and Janet, married Christina McDougal, (born in the Highlands of Scotland,) in Ontario, where all their children were born. In 1842, they came to Illinois with James [William's elder brother, who subsequently went west with the Mormons] and settled near Fountain Green, Ill.
From the Gregg WILLIAM BULLOCK, father of John H., was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1807; came to Canada in 1818 with his parents, settling at Lanark, in Lanark county. He was married about 1830, to Miss Christina McDougal, a Highland Scotch lady. His children were all born in Canada, namely, Catharine, Thomas A., John H., Andrew R. and James S. Mr. B. came to Hancock county in 1842, and resided in Fountain Green tp. until his death, June 23, 1872. His wife died May 24, 1845. Two of Mr. B.'s sons were in our last war, Thomas A., a member of Co. A, 118th Ill. Vol. Inf., and John H. in Co. G, 2nd Ill. Cav. The company was raised by Col. B. F. Marsh, as good a commander as ever drew a saber.
Excerpted from When our subject was a child of only four years, his parents left their Canadian home and with their family emigrated to Illinois, settling in Nauvoo, Hancock County. In the spring of 1843 they removed to Fountain Green Township, and John H. Bullock has here since made his home.
Excerpted from A Genealogy of James Bullock and Mary Hill, Latter Day Saint Pioneers, by Kenneth C. Bullock, Author, Editor, & Compiler, Published at Provo, Utah Jan. 1964, chapter 6: page 73
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1. Catherine Bullock, b. 4 Sept. 1830, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; d. 4 July 1891. * 2. Thomas Bullock, b. 14 May 1834, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; md. 3 Jan. 1863 [sic], Jeannette Robertson. 3. Christine Bullock, b. 24 June 1836, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. * 4. John H. Bullock, b. 15 Feb. 1838, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; md. 10 Feb. 1887, Linda McConnell. * 5. Andrew R. Bullock, b. 8 Mar. 1840, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; md. Margaret Latherow. * 6. James S. Bullock, b. 1 Jan. 1842, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; md. 10 Nov. 1862 [sic], Carrie Conn.
The above references offer two spellings for the family's surname (Bulloch or Bullock), two locations for William Bullock's place of birth (Kirkintilloch, Scotland or Glasgow, Scotland), a location for his christening (Campsie, Stirling, Scotland), either 1818 or 1820 for the year the Bullock family arrived in Canada, and either 1842 or 1843 for the year the family took up residence in Fountain Green Township. This resource, We pick up the threads once the William Bullock family arrived in Hancock County, Illinois. The Bullock children:
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enumerated September 19, 1850, dwelling #407 Bullock, William, 47, male, farmer, value of real estate 135, born Scotland
enumerated July 27, 1860, dwelling #3523 William Bullick, 54, male, farmer, value of real estate 4000, value of personal estate 3000, born Scotland
enumerated June 4, 1870, dwelling #115 Bullock, William, 75 [sic], male, white, retired farmer, value of real estate 12000, value of personal estate 800, born Canada, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
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