ELIZABETH OLMSTEAD BULLIS

ADDITION AND CORRECTIONS

BY DOREEN DOLLEMAN

 

There are several corrections and additions to my previous article (April 2004) on Elizabeth Olmstead Bullis that need to be mentioned.

1.    On page 3, number 3. Jabez, a child Justin 1808, should be           added following Priscilla 1807-1846.

2.        On page 3, number 3. Jabez. The entire “ Mary 1821-1846, m. Jeremiah Cornell, children: Seth, Ordelia, Harmonious” line should be deleted.

3.        On page 3, number 4. Richard, a note to be added, that in the 1815 Wolford census Richard Bullis 26 is enumerated with Diana Bullis 20, and Moriah Bullis 1. In my article I have Diana and Moriah Bullis as the wife and child of William Bullis who died in the War of 1812-1815. Either Richard was married to Diana Fuller and divorced her before he married Jeanette Fickler (Diana remarried also) or Richard was just residing with Diana in the 1815 census as her brother-in-law. Another puzzle!

4.        On page 3, number 7. Hannah, a note to be added, that in the Wolford Twp. Town Book, Hannah Bullis, age 18, Marlborough Twp, was “removed” in 1816. Her age should have been 24. I have no idea what removed meant – possibly died or left the township?

5.        On page 3, number 10. Gideon, a son Chapman should be added to the list with the following details:

Chapman 1829, m. Lovina, served in Civil War, lived in Macomb Co, MI, children: Ansley, Polly, Marietta, Hattie, Ella.

 

        A correction to Gideon’s daughter Elizabeth M. is a second marriage to John Kline and a son John Kline Jr.

 

        Additional information on Gideon’s son Tunis obtained from his death certificate which arrived just after the newsletter was mailed: He was born in 1839 and died in 1927 in Idaho. His wife was Mary Marshall and he had one living son John. They spelled their last name Bulis.

 

      Lastly, but most important is new information obtained by a contact in Albany, NY. She made a trip for me to the NY State Library and went through the Howard Bullis books and boxes of research. The results were that Howard found information that proves Elizabeth Olmstead was only married to Daniel Bullis. Daniel’s brother William Bullis was married to an unknown woman first and then to a Lucy Clark in 1819 in Newport, VT. William died in 1825.