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WILLIAM BULL was born July 25, 1830, on the homestead farm near Stony Ford, Orange County, N. Y. The present
owner, William Bull, of this historic old house, which was built in 1791, is the fifth of that name to occupy the
homestead. The third William Bull, who erected the house, was with Washington at Valley Forge and at the battle
of Monmouth. Our subject acquired his education at Mount Pleasant Academy at Ossining. He entered Princeton College
in 1847 and graduated in 1851. He returned to the farm and has always followed agricultural pursuits. He married
Phoebe Bull, one of eight daughters of Ebenezer Bull, of Hamptonburgh, November 22, 1859. Their children are: Elizabeth
Green; Sarah, wife of Charles F. Wells, of Newburgh, N. Y.; Ebenezer Henry, and Bartow W. In politics Mr. Bull
is a republican and has served the town as justice of peace for fourteen years, has been past master at Stony Ford,
and held other town offices. He is a member of the Zetapsi college fraternity, Stony Ford Grange No. 951, and Pomona
Grange. He attends the Presbyterian Church of Campbell Hall.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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