Bio: Bullard, Andrew J. (History - 1842)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Bullard Gasser

----Source: 1891 History of Clark & Jackson Co., WI, pg. 373

ANDREW J. BULLARD, a farmer and stock-raiser of section 24, Weston Township, was born in Menominee, Michigan, June 6, 1842. His father, Sanford Bullard, deceased, was one of the earliest settlers of Milwaukee, a millwright by trade, and was temporarily employed in his trade at Menominee, residing there with his wife when Andrew was born. His mother, whose maiden name was Martha Gasser, was a native of Switzerland, and brought to America when eight years of age. Her father died on shipboard, on their voyage to this country, and the children came on and settled in Ohio. Her mother is now residing at Little Falls, Minnesota, nearly eighty years old.

Mr. Bullard, our subject, was reared to farm life, and served nearly four years in the late war, in Company D, Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, engaging in the sieges of Vicksburg, Jackson and Atlanta, and was with Sherman in the grand march to the sea. During the most of his time in service he was Corporal.

After the war he lived in Washington County, following agriculture, until the autumn of 1870, when he moved to Clark County, entering a claim to a tract of heavy timberland under the homestead laws, where he now resides. In the spring of 1871 he erected a pole shanty, and kept back while he cut the trees off of three acres. The next fall he built a log house, and during the ensuing winter was employed in the pineries. The next spring he bought a farm here. He now is the owner of a quarter section of good land, of which eighty-five acres are cleared. He devotes his attention to general agriculture and the rearing of livestock. His cattle are Holstein and short-horn. He has been Clerk of the School Board, is no Trustee of his School District, County Supervisor, and is agent and director of the Lynn Insurance Company, which is one of the best in the country, and on account of its low rates is most available for the farmers. In his political principles he is a Republican.

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Census Records

1850 Federal Census, Farmington, Washington Co., WI

Bullard Sanford 49yr. Male, Native of VT

Bullard Martha 30yr. Female, Native of Switzerland

Bullard A. J. 8yr. Male, Native of WI
Bullard George W. 7yr. Male, Native of WI
Bullard Reuben R. 4yr. Male, Native of WI

1850 Federal Census, West Bend, Washington Co., WI

Joseph Verbeck 30yr. Male, Farmer, $2,000 Estate Value, Native of PA.
Elizabeth Verbeck 27yr. Female, Native of PA.
Harriet Verbeck 3yr. Female, Native of WI
Emely Verbeck  6/12 Female, Native of WI
 

Military Records [Pension 1]

Andrew Bullard is also featured in the book, "Civil War Soldiers in the heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin."

Contributors

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