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public  officials  and  insurance  inspectors  frequently  sought  his 
assistance. 
This  disposition  to  impart  information  and  to  encourage  others  to 
acquire  knowledge  was  one  of  his  marked  characteristics.  He  was 
a  successful  experimenter  and  capable  of  giving  instructive  exhibi- 
tions. In  connection  with  his  brother,  Dr.  Wm.  R.  Bullock,  he 
delivered  a  series  of  lectures  in  Wilmington  and  nearby  towns  upon 
electrical  subjects.  They  procured  from  Ritchie  a  large  induction 
coil,  the  largest  one  then  in  this  section  of  the  country,  and  their 
demonstrations  therewith  attracted  considerable  attention.  They 
also,  by  means  of  a  powerful  Maymoth  battery,  showed  the  defla- 
gration of  iron  and  the  electric  arc  between  carbon  points,  which 
they  were  forced  to  make  themselves,  as  at  that  time  none  were  to  i 
be  had.  On  several  occasions  he  gave  instructive  lectures  on 
technical  matters  and  illustrated  by  experiments  to  the  young  peo- 
ple of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Germantown. 
He  was  a  friend  of  Samuel  Jackson,  the  noted  pyrotechnist,  and 
associated  with  him  in  many  experiments.  Taking  considerable 
interest  in  pyrotechny,  during  the  period  of  the  Civil  War,  when 
these  displays  were  popular,  he  made  several  very  creditable 
amateur  exhibitions  with  products  of  his  own  manufacture. 
Charles  Bullock  was  married  on  February  23,  1854,  to  Miss 
Margaret  C.  Robinson,  of  Richmond,  Va.  Mrs.  Bullock  died 
July  17,  1870.  But  one  son,  Wm.  A.  Bullock,  a  graduate  of  the 
Philadelphia  College,  survives. 
Originally  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  he  retained  much 
of  the  quiet  demeanor  and  simplicity  so  characteristic  of  the  mem- 
bers of  that  faith.  His  marriage  appears  to  have  decided  his  con- 
nection with  the  Episcopal  church,  and  shortly  thereafter  we  find 
him  a  vestryman  in  old  Christ  Church  and  the  teacher  of  a  bible  class  in 
the  Sabbath  School.  Upon  removing  to  Germantown  he  united 
with  Christ  Church,  Germantown.  Owing  to  a  variance  of  opinion  of 
the  pastor  from  that  held  by  certain  of  his  parish,  some  feeling  arose, 
and  it  was  decided  by  the  pastor  and  his  friends  withdrawing  and 
organizing  the  new  parish  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Germantown,  in 
1873  Mr.  Bullock  and  Mr.  Crenshaw  were  both  members  of  the 
vestry  at  the  organization  and  by  the  death  of  the  former  the  last 
remaining  member  of  the  original  vestry  has  been  removed  to  the 
Church  Triumphant. 
