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JOEL BULLAKD. 



Joel Bullard was born in the town of Barry, Mass., 

 July 2, 1809. He is the son of Joel, and grandson of 

 Samuel Bullard, natives of Massachusetts, and of English 

 origin. His father was married to Hannah Brown, Jan. 

 31, 1 800. Soon after he removed to Vermont and stayed 

 a year or two, returning to the town of Barry, where he 

 remained till he moved to Howard, Steuben Co., N. Y., 

 in 1810, and purchased and settled on the place now 

 owned and occupied by the subject of this sketch. 



When Mr. Bullard arrived in Howard it was nearlv 

 an unbroken wilderness, but he contended successfully 

 against all the hardships of a pioneer life, wild beasts 

 included. Of his two sons, Abel and Joel, Abel died 

 Dec. 21, 1819. 



Mr. Bullard died in the midst of his usefulness, April 

 6, 1820, aged forty-eight years. He is remembered as 

 being forward in the development of the country, an 

 efficient and trustworthy man. His widow resided upon 

 the homestead till her death, June 1, 1845, aged seventy- 

 six. Thus we find the subject of this narrative father- 

 less at the age of eleven, in a sparsely settled wilderness 

 country, with very little educational facilities, commenc- 

 ing the battle of life. If the youth of to-day would 

 but stop and consider how much has been ^jadured and 



accomplished by these old pioneers, a lesson of frugality 

 and temperance might be learned which should avail 

 them much. 



He was married May 4, 1831, to Agnes Winnie, 

 daughter of Jacob G. and Nellie Winnie, who came here, 

 in 1816, from Kensselaer County. She taught district 

 school several years previous to her marriage. 



By this union were born five children, vt«. : Hannah 

 Ann, widow of Jacob R. Decker ; Eleanor F., wife of 

 Andrew Sharp; Joel Henry (deceased); Hester, who mar- 

 ried John Henry Gray, both of whom have since died, 

 leaving one son, Willie S. Gray, who li^^es with his grand- 

 father ; and Judith Maria, wife of John G. White. 



Mr. Bullard is the oldest living male settler in the 

 town of Howard. In politics he has always been a 

 staunch Democrat,^ and is a good representative of the 

 indomitable perseverance of the pioneers of Steuben 

 County. Still hale and hearty, he is one of the few old 

 living landmarks, surrounded with kind% children to 

 smooth his pathway as his time of release from earth 

 draws near, having led a life of sterling integrity and 

 uprightness of character, honored by all who know Iiim, 

 and at the writing of this sketch bids fair for more years 

 of usefulness. 



