Lydia Ann (Shaw) Bull (1826 - 1901)

Born 24 Oct 1826 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio

Ancestors

Wife of Albert Ebenezer Bull — married 19 Nov 1846 in Volinia, Cass, Michigan

Wife of Albert Eaton Bull — married about 1866 in Rutland, Barry, Michigan

Died 21 Nov 1901 at age 75 in Irving, Barry, Michigan

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Biography

Lydia was born in 1826. She was the daughter of Samuel Shaw and Nancy Anderson. She passed away in 1901.

Named for grandmother, father's mother. Had one child, but none living at the time of her death. Died of "poor circulation from weak heart and general disability from old age".

Below from: Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Mich. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1891 [Google Books] pp 633-34

MRS LYDIA A. BULL. This highly respected lady has lived in Barry County for a number of years and is numbered among its wealthy residents. She was born near Circleville, Fairfield County [Circleville is in Pickaway County], Ohio, October 24, 1826, and is a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Anderson) Shaw. She comes of old Southern families and was carefully reared in accordance with the customs of the period during which her girlhood was passed. She obtained a good education in the schools of the day and a practical knowledge of the household duties which belong to woman's province, and at the same time acquired the principles and habits which make her a valued member of society.

Mrs. Bull is a grand-daughter of William Shaw, who was born in Maryland and went to Virginia before his marriage. In 1810 he removed to Ohio, where he remained until 1831 when he removed to Michigan, in which State he spent the later years of his life. He reared three sons and three daughters, the second son being Samuel, father of our subject. Samuel Shaw was born December 8, 1798 in the Old Dominion [Virginia], and was just entering his teens when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. There he grew to manhood and married Nancy Anderson, who was born in Kentucky May 4, 1798. Her parents, Elijah and Marian Anderson, were natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively and were of the Baptist faith.

In the fall of 1831 Samuel Shaw and his wife came with a party of more than a score of men and women to Cass County, Mich., making the journey with teams according to the primitive fashion. The Shaws settled on forty acres of land in Galena Township and there Mrs. Shaw died August 13, 1847. The bereaved husband made his home with his children from that time until his death, January 29, 1877. He and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To them were born twelve children, viz.: Marian, William B., John A., Thornton A., Lydia A., Richard B., Sarah, Elijah, Lelia K., Abner, Alice I. and Erastus S. The last-named died in infancy and the others lived to establish homes of their own. Richard served in the Union army and died at Covington, Ky., and Elijah was a soldier for three years, and died while on a visit to our subjects March 9, 1891.

The marriage of Miss Lydia A. Shaw to Albert Ebenezer Bull was solemnized at the bride's home November 19, 1846. Mr. Bull was born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., and reared on a farm, although his father, William Bull was a physician. After completing his preliminary studies Mr. Bull studied surveying, which he followed more or less during his life. He did professional work in Florida and in Michigan, and while surveying in this State located a large tract of land that is known as Bull's Prairie. It is in Rutland Township, Barry County. At the time of his death Mr. Bull owned five hundred acres there and two hundred in Irving Township. When he left home his capital consisted of $500 and when he died he was one of the wealthiest citizens of Barry County. He was a merchant in Schoolcraft for many years and also carried on commercial life at White Pigeon. He moved onto his farm about 1857 and lived there until his death, March 5, 1865. He was then sixty-three years of age. He was a liberal donator to public enterprises and during the war contributed generously to free the township from the draft. He was a stanch Union man and as he was beyond the age of army service he did what he could to aid the cause in other ways.

Mrs. Bull made a second marriage. The man to whom she gave her hand being Albert Eton Bull, a nephew of her former husband and a son of William J. Bull. He came to Michigan in 1864. She of whom we write was a second time left a widow, November 12, 1878, when her husband died at the age of forty-six years. She subsequently traded her interest in the estate for two hundred acres on section 1, Yankee Springs Township, and section 36, Thorn Apple Township, where she now makes her home. This farm is one of the finest in the township, with many substantial improvements, including an attractive residence and all the modern conveniences in the way of farm buildings. Mrs. Bull has been a member of the Congregational Church for twenty-five years and is a liberal contributor to church work and all benevolent enterprises. Her second husband was a Deacon in that religious body and was one of its strong pillars, and contributed of his means to that body.

Residence

"United States Census, 1850," Irving, Barry, Michigan^[1]

"United States Census, 1860", Rutland, Barry, Michigan^[2]

"United States Census, 1870," Rutland, Barry, Michigan^[3]

"United States Census, 1880," Rutland, Barry, Michigan^[4]

"United States Census, 1900," Irving township, Barry, Michigan^[5]

Marriages

Lydia married Albert Ebenezer Bull of Sheffield, Massachusetts on 19 November 1846.

After Albert's death she married his nephew, Albert Eaton Bull, in 1866.

After her second's husband's death it seems she contracted a brief marriage to a 19 year old man working on her farm, Frank Newton Culver, on 1 December 1880.^[6]

Death and Burial

"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch [7]; citing Irving, Michigan, reference v B p 105; FHL microfilm 1,008,318.

Buried in Rutland Cemetery, Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 47596486: [8]

Sources

1. ↑ database with images, FamilySearch [1]; citing family 549, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ database with images, FamilySearch [2]
3. ↑ database with images, FamilySearch [3]; citing p. 23, family 185, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,160.
4. ↑ database with images, FamilySearch [4]; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 93D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0570; FHL microfilm 1,254,570.
5. ↑ database with images, FamilySearch [5]; citing sheet 1A, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,700.
6. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," FamilySearch [6]