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James Harvey Tullis (1838 - 1914)

James Harvey Tullis
Born in Wayne, Indiana, USAmap
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Husband of — married 10 Sep 1865 in Kosciusko, Indiana, USAmap
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Died at age 75 in Bartlett, Labette, Kansas, USAmap
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Biography

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Object

Object: @M3981@
Object: @M3984@
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Note: James Harvey Tullis was born on December 28, 1838, in Wayne Co., Indiana, the second child and first son of John Tullis and his wife Mary. He was probably born at the home of his parents in rural Clay Township, Wayne Co., Indiana. Six months prior to his birth, James’s parents had purchased a forty-acre farm consisting of the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section twenty-one, township seventeen, range thirteen east1 located approximately two miles east of Hagerstown, Indiana. As a young child, James moved with his parents to north central Indiana, locating in the Fulton Co./Kosciusko Co. area, where he grew to adulthood. The extent and nature of James’ formal education is unknown. However, based on some of the public offices he held during his later life, one would assume James had completed at least a minimum of schooling available in rural Indiana during the mid-1800’s. According to family tradition, handed down from Blanche (Tullis) Graue to her daughter Betty Graue, James taught school for a brief period before his marriage. Although James was a young, unmarried adult during the Civil War period (1861-1865), there is no record that he served in any military unit during that time. His father, John, had died at a young age several years earlier leaving James, the eldest son, the head of the household and responsible for the welfare of his mother and younger siblings. For this reason, it is believed, James was not pressed into military service. His younger brother’s name, Arthur C. Tullis, appeared on a Civil War draft list in the November 17, 1864, edition of the Rochester (IN) Chronicle.2 However, no record of military service has been located for Arthur C. Tullis either.
On September 10, 1865, James married Lavina Dorothy Meredith, the daughter of Simon C. and Mary Ann (Middleton) Meredith, in Kosciusko Co., Indiana. Lavina had been a resident of Kosciusko Co. since moving there with her parents in 1850. She was born June 15, 1845, in Mahoning Co., Ohio. She was probably named after her maternal grandmother Dorothy (Sharp) Middleton. Lavina’s parents were Quakers just as their people had been for generations before them. Lavina’s mother, Mary Ann, passed away shortly after James and Lavina were married. Since she was the oldest child, Lavina helped her father, Simon, care for her younger brothers during the next few years. Her father later remarried and had more children with his second wife, Sarah.
In 1868, James, Lavina, and their two young children, Fernando and Mary, joined a wagon train of several local families, many of which were relatives, heading for southeast Kansas to take up land which had recently been opened for settlement. Permanent settlement of this part of Kansas by white settlers had been arranged by an 1865 treaty between the United States government and the Osage Indian tribe. Upon their arrival in southeast Kansas, it is said that the families from Indiana found the native prairie grasses to be horseback high. The only account of this migration from Indiana to Kansas was written years later in 1935 by Lucile (Holman) Leonard and her father, G.W. Holman, in their Genealogy of the Burns Family written for a family reunion held that same year. Their account reads as follows: "... the families of George Byrd, John Brown, Jim Tullis, Ike Lyons, Vandegrifts, Gordons, Mullenhours, Stanley Foland and others left for Kansas in covered wagons, forming the caravan at the home of Charles W. Holman in Kosciusko Co., Indiana." Tullis family members that joined the caravan included James and Lavina (Meredith) Tullis, Zane and A. Ellen (Tullis) Russell, and Samuel and Lavina (Tullis) Blue. Another brother’s family, Arthur C. and Rebecca (Cellers) Tullis, had left for Labette Co., Kansas from LaPorte, Indiana, the summer before as part of another wagon train including several Cellers family members. Notes inscribed within the Arthur Tullis family Bible say the family traveled by covered wagon pulled by oxen and horses and the trip from north central Indiana to southeast Kansas took twenty days.
Life on the Kansas prairie in the late 1860’s and early 1870’s was filled with hardships and sacrifices as chronicled in the book Little House on the Prairie later written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. During this time, the Ingalls family (Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura, and Carrie) lived the next county over, Montgomery Co., Kansas, from where the Tullis families had settled in 1868. Homesteading life in Kansas was hard on the Tullis families too. Several young children born to the families just before or after their arrival in Kansas died within the first several years. About six years after arriving in Kansas, the families of Zane Russell and Samuel Blue "starved-out" and decided to return to north central Indiana. In 1881, the Arthur Tullis family sold their farm in Labette Co., Kansas and moved to Jasper Co., Missouri. The James Tullis family remained on their homestead in Hackberry Twp., Labette Co., Kansas, where many of their descendants still live in the area some 130 years later.
It is believed James and Lavina settled on a 160 acre farm consisting of the northeast quarter of Sec. 23, Twp. 34 S, R. 20 E, immediately upon their arrival in Labette Co. However, it appears that disposal of the land ceded by the Osage Indians was not approved by the U.S. Congress until Aug 1876. Finally in 1877, James and Lavina purchased this land for $1.25 per acre ($200 Total). A Patent for this land was subsequently issued by the Land Office at Independence, KS, on 20 Jun 1882.4
James and Lavina had a total of twelve children as follows: Fernando Study (named after a family friend of the same name from Wayne Co., IN), Mary (drowned in a well on family farm at 3 yrs of age), John Meredith, Emma J., Harry (d. at 1 yr of age), Edna Browning, Leroy, Arthur (d. at 2 yrs of age), Homer (d. at 6 yrs of age), Julia (d. as infant), Robert Bruce (my grandfather), and Blanche Della.5
On November 16, 1892, James and Lavina purchased an eighty-acre farm consisting of the east half of the northwest quarter of Sec. 27, Twp. 34 S, R. 20 E, in Labette Co.. This farm adjoined the new town of Bartlett, Kansas, which was established in June 1886 by R.A. Bartlett. When James and Lavina bought this farm near Bartlett, it had a single story home. In 1902, during the months of Aug-Oct, James had this old house demolished and a new two-story, seven-room, home constructed on the same site (see picture below). Levi Middleton, a cousin of Lavina’s and also a native of Indiana, was the carpenter in charge of construction. While their house was being built, James and Lavina temporarily lived in the smokehouse that was adjacent to their old home.
From all accounts James was a lifelong farmer. In his later years, he and his cousin, T.P. Burns, opened an implement sales and hardware business in Bartlett, Kansas. He was also a long-time buyer of grain at the elevator in Bartlett. James served in several elected and appointed positions in Labette Co. and Hackberry Twp.. Politically a Democrat, James is known to have held the following offices: Bartlett School Board Member, Assessor for 1875 Kansas Agricultural Census (Hackberry Twp.), Hackberry Twp. Trustee, President of Lake Creek Union Cem Assoc., Justice of the Peace, Hackberry Twp. He is also known to have served as Justice of the Peace for Franklin Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN.6 In his many terms as Justice of the Peace, James acted as executor of estates, arrested lawbreakers, presided over jury trials and conducted marriage ceremonies in the small community of Bartlett.
James Harvey Tullis passed away at his home near Bartlett, Kansas, on August 31, 1914, approximately one week following an operation associated with a kidney ailment. Lavina D. Tullis passed away shortly after her husband on September 16, 1914.
Source: 'Tullis Trees,' Vol. 2, Nr. 1, by Jeff Tullis, RR 5 Box 26, Coffeyville, KS 67337, <jtullis@ieee.org>, http://www.tullistrees.org/Vol2No1/James&LavinaTullis.htm

Burial

Burial:
Cemetery: Lake Creek Cemetery
Date: AFT 31 AUG 1914
Place: Bartlett, Labette, Kansas, USA
Note: James Harvey Tullis, Birth: Dec. 28, 1838, Wayne County, Indiana, USA, Death: Aug. 31, 1914, Labette County, Kansas, USA,
Obituary. - James H. Tullis was born in Wayne County, Indiana, Dec. 28, 1838. He was united in marriage to Lavina D. Meredith, Sept. 10, 1865. They came to Labette County, Kansas in 1868 where they have since resided and where Mr. Tullis' death occurred Aug. 31, 1914 his age being 76 years, 8 months and 3 days. He is survived by Mrs. Tullis and seven children as follows: Fernando S. Tullis of Bartlett, John M. Tullis, Carthage, Mo., Mrs. Emma Sanderson, Bartlett, Mrs. Edna B. Crane, Bartlett, Leroy Tullis, Russell Creek, Okla., Robert Bruce Tullis, Bartlett, and Mrs. Blanche Graue, Bartlett. All the above and an only brother of the deceased, Arthur C. Tullis of Carthage, were present at his death bed. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian church conducted by Rev. J. H. Summer and the interment was in Lake Creek Cemetery. There was a large attendance. Mr. Tullis was among Hackberry Township's earliest settlers and foremost citizens. He has held many of the township offices and his public and private life were ever noteworthy. The relatives have the sympathy of all in this hour of sadness. A good man is gone. Peace to his ashes.
Among the out of town people here to attend the funeral of J. H. Tullis were Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tullis of Chetopa, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tullis and 2 youngest children and Arthur Tullis of Carthage, Mo., Mrs. Lauderback of Coffeyville, Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Byrd of Oswego, and Mr. and Mrs. John Meredith of Akron, Indiana. Mr. Meredith is a brother of Mrs. J. H. Tullis.
Chetopa Clipper, Chetopa, KS, Sept. 9, 1914.
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Home of James H. and Lavina (Meredith) Tullis, Bartlett, Kansas, 1900. Lavina is shown with their youngest daughter, Blanche. House shown here was replaced by a two-story home on the same site in 1902. Photo donated by Robert Peterson of Rochester, IN.
Parents: John Tullis (1812 - 1855), Mary Burns Tullis (1815 - 1901), Spouse: Lavina Dorothy Meredith Tullis (1845 - 1914), Children: Fernando Study Tullis (1866 - 1956), Edna B. Tullis Crane (1873 - 1968), Leroy Tullis (1875 - 1953), Blanche Della Tullis Graue (1889 - 1973)
Burial: Lake Creek Cemetery, Bartlett, Labette County, Kansas, USA, Plot: Section 7, Lot 102, Grave 2
Object: @M3984@

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer
Date: 1900
Place: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, USA[1]
Note: 1900 United States Federal Census - Name: James H Tullis, Age: 61, Birth Date: Dec 1838, Birthplace: Indiana,
Home in 1900: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, Race: White, Gender: Male, Relation to Head of House: Head, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Levina Tullis, Marriage Year: 1863, Years Married: 37, Father's Birthplace: Ohio, Mother's Birthplace: Ohio, Household Members: James H Tullis 61, Levina Tullis 54, Fernando S Tullis 31, Robert B Tullis 15, Blach Tullis 11
Object: @M3985@
Occupation: Farmer
Date: 1880
Place: Fairview, Labette, Kansas, USA[2]
Note: 1880 United States Federal Census - Name: James H Tullis, Age: 42, Birth Year: abt 1838, Birthplace: Indiana,
Home in 1880: Fair View, Labette, Kansas, Race: White, Gender: Male, Relation to Head of House: Self (Head), Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Levina D Tullis, Father's Birthplace: Ohio, Mother's Birthplace: Ohio, Occupation: Farmer, Household Members: James H Tullis 42, Levina D Tullis 35, Fernando Tullis 13, John Tullis 11, Emma Tullis 9, Edna Tullis 6, Leroy Tullis 3, Arthur Tullis 2, Homer Tullis 7m
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Date: 1860
Place: Perry, Wayne, Indiana, USA[3]
Note: 1860 United States Federal Census - Name: James Tullis, Age in 1860: 21, Birth Year: abt 1839, Birthplace: Indiana,
Home in 1860: Perry, Wayne, Indiana, Gender: Male, Post Office: Economy, Household Members: George Manning 26, Susan Manning 20, Orillas Manning 1, Mary Manning 63, James Tullis 21
Occupation: Farmer
Date: 1910
Place: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, USA[4]
Note: 1910 United States Federal Census - Name: James H Hallis [James H Tullis], Age in 1910: 71, Birth Year: 1839,
Birthplace: Indiana, Home in 1910: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, Race: White, Gender: Male, Relation to Head of House: Head, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Louisa D Hallis, Father's Birthplace: Ohio, Mother's Birthplace: Indiana, Household Members: James H Hallis 71, Louisa D Hallis 56, Blanch Hallis 20
Occupation: Farmer
Date: 1870
Place: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, USA[5]
Note: 1870 United States Federal Census - Name: James R Sullis, Age in 1870: 30, Birth Year: abt 1840, Birthplace: Indiana,
Home in 1870: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, Race: White, Gender: Male, Post Office: Chetopa, Household Members: James R Sullis 30, Lawrence Sullis 25, Fernando Sullis 4, Mary Sullis 2, John Sullis 1

Residence

Residence:
Date: 1905
Place: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, USA[6]
Note: Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 - Name: J H Tullis, Census Date: 1 Mar 1905, Residence County: Labette,
Residence State: Kansas, Locality: Hackberry, Birth Location: Indiana, Family Number: 140, Gender: Male, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839, Race: White, Line: 7, Roll: ks1905_77, Household Member(s): J H Tullis 66, Lavina D Tullis 59, R B Tullis 20, Blanche Tullis 15
Residence:
Date: 1895
Place: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, USA[7]
Note: Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 - Name: James H Tullis, Census Date: 1 Mar 1895, Residence County: Labette,
Residence State: Kansas, Locality: Hackberry, Birth Location: Indiana, Family Number: 7, Gender: Male, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839, Race: White, Line: 23, Roll: v115_73, Household Member(s): James H Tullis 56, Lavina D Tullis 49, John W Tullis 26, Leroy Tullis 19, Robert B Tullis 10, Blanch Tullis 5
Residence:
Date: 1850
Place: Newcastle, Fulton, Indiana, USA[8]
Note: 1850 United States Federal Census - Name: James H Lullies, Age: 11, Birth Year: abt 1839, Birthplace: Indiana, Home in 1850: Newcastle,
Fulton, Indiana, Gender: Male, Family Number: 65, Household Members: John Lullies 38, Mary Lullies 35, Adaline Lullies 14, James H Lullies 11, Arthur Lullies 9, Levina Lullies 6, Melia E Lullies 2
Residence:
Date: 1885
Place: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, USA[9]
Note: Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 - Name: J H Tullis, Census Date: 1 Mar 1885, Residence County: Labette,
Residence State: Kansas, Locality: Hackberry, Birth Location: Indiana, Family Number: 1, Marital Status: Married, Gender: Male, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839, Race: White, Line: 1, Roll: KS1885_68, Household Member(s): J H Tullis 46, Savina Tullis 39, Fernands Tullis 18, John Tullis 16, Emma Tullis 14, Eana Tullis 11, Roy Tullis 8, Homer Tullis 5, Rhoda Johnson 70

Event

Event: Wagon Train to Kansas
Type: Wagon Train to Kansas
Date: 1867
Place: Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Note: In 1867 the families of James Harvey & Lavina Dorothy Meredith Tullis, George W. & Amelia Ann Burns Byrd, John M. & Mary Wharton Brown, Stanley J. & Mary L. Brown Foland, Ike Lyons, Vandegrifts, Gordons, Mullenhours, and others left for Kansas in covered wagons, forming the caravan at the home of Charles W. Holman in Kosciusko County, Indiana.
Event: Land Ownership Maps for J H Tullis
Type: Land Ownership Map
Date: 1906
Place: Hackberry, Labette, Kansas, USA
Note: U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 - Owner's Name: J H Tullis, State: Kansas, County: Labette, Town: Hackberry, Year: 1906
Object: @M3986@

Marriage

Wife: Lavina Dorothy Lavina Dorothy /Tullis/
Husband: James Harvey Tullis
Marriage:
Date: 10 SEP 1865
Place: Kosciusko, Indiana, USA[10]
Note: Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 - Name: Lavina Monteith, Spouse Name: James Tullis, Marriage Date: Oct 1865,
Marriage County: Kosciusko
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Object: @M3983@
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Wife: Mary Mary /Tullis/
Husband: John Tullis
Marriage:
Date: 02 APR 1835
Place: Wayne, Indiana, USA
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Child: Adeline Adeline /Ball/
Child: James Harvey Tullis
Child: Arthur C Tullis
Child: Lavina Lavina /Blue/
Child: Amelia Ellen* Amelia Ellen* /Russell/
Child: Delila Tullis
Child: Julia G Julia G /Callison/

Sources

  • WikiTree profile Tullis-168 created through the import of tullis.ged on Dec 30, 2012 by Thomas Adkins. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Thomas and others.
  1. ↑ Source: #S04486
  2. ↑ Source: #S17819
  3. ↑ Source: #S07386
  4. ↑ Source: #S07622
  5. ↑ Source: #S05849
  6. ↑ Source: #S17968
  7. ↑ Source: #S17968
  8. ↑ Source: #S03651
  9. ↑ Source: #S17968
  10. ↑ Source: #S17918






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