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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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James W. Bullock, farmer and resident of the First District of Sumner County, is a son of James P. and Mildred (Didlake) Bullock He was born in Winchester, Clark Co., Ky., in 1817, being one of twelve children, five of them living. The father was born in Virginia in 1789, and moved to Kentucky in boyhood, where he married in 1811 moving to Sumner County in 1849, and engaged in farming until his death in 1858. He was a man of ability and energy. He served as a volunteer in the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison. In 1814-15 he was appointed clerk of the Clark County Kentucky Court, and held the office until 1845, when he was succeeded by our subject, who filled the office until 1851. David Bullock, our subject’s grandfather, was the first clerk of the circuit and county court of Clark County having been appointed to the office in 1793, and was succeeded by his son, James P. The mother of James W. was born in Virginia in 1790, and died in Summer County at the advanced age of eighty-six years. Both parents were members of the Christian Church. Our subject was raised and educated at home. July 30, 1846, he married Miss Susan, daughter of Nathan and Sallie R. Divine. They have two children: Sallie R., wife of Harvey Chenault, and Nathan Divine. Mr. Bullock moved to Sumner County in 1854, and settled on a farm where he now resides, owning 300 acres of rich land, highly cultivated and well improved, six and one-half miles east of Gallatin. He has obtained his handsome property by his own industry and good management; and is one of the best farmers in Sumner County. Politically he was formerly a Whig, but cast his first presidential vote for Van Buren in 1840; since the war he has been a Democrat. The entire family are members of the Christian Church. Mrs. Bullock was born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Ky., in 1829. Her parents were natives of Virginia. He was of Irish, and her mother of French extraction.

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This family biography is one of 115 biographies included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of Sumner County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee

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