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Below is a family biography included in The History of East 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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Elijah Bull, farmer, was born in Washington County, October 20, 1824 the son of Vincent G. and Lydia (Sitzler) Bull. The father was born in Washington County the son of Jacob, a native of Maryland. Vincent G. was a gunsmith, and worked in Washington, Jefferson and Grainger Counties, and at the time of his death was working a little northeast of Morristown. He was a Methodist, and died in 1846. The mother was born in Washington County, in 1805, the daughter of William Sitzler. She is a Methodist and lives with our subject. Elijah was educated at John Ward’s school near Morristown, and has ever been a successful farmer, and a respected man. March 24, 1846, he married Susannah, a daughter of John Easterly, and born in Grainger County October 2, 1825. They had one child, and his wife died March 30, 1847. February 14, 1849, he married Mary A. Thompson, a daughter of Gideon and Charlotte Read who was born October 2, 1826, in Jefferson County. Seven of eight children are living. This wife died April 30, 1873, and December 15, 1874, he married Elizabeth (Bogard) Trotter daughter of Rev. Lemuel and Hannah Bogard. Rev. Lemuel is a retired minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and several years was a member of Holston Conference and is now living with his son-in-law, John Butler. His wife died September 16 1886. A son and a daughter of three of our subject’s children by this marriage are living. His wife is an estimable member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject owns a farm of 114 acres, and is considered one of the best farmers in his district.

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This family biography is one of 938 biographies included in The History of East Tennessee published in 1887.  For the complete description, click here: History of East Tennessee

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