Sam Bulloch - not a pretty story

If we record the good stories, we should record the bad also.

If Sam Bulloch was born in 1891, he was 3 years older than Mabel. At twelve his father died. At twenty four he died. This article says he was 28. I wonder how his father's death changed his life. This article (word for word) was on the front page of the Atlanta Journal.

HOTEL MAN KILLED; SLAYER IS DYING
9 Sept 1915 , Bullochville, GA

In Dying Condition, Hotel Proprietor Wrests Pistol From Slayer and Returns Three Deadly Bullets.
Columbus, Ga., September 9. - (Special.) -- G.A. Thompson, agent of the Southern railway and proprietor of the Tuscawilla hotel at Bullochville, Ga., and member of a leading family at Bullochville, is in a dying condition early tonight, the result of a sensational shooting affray in the dining room of the hotel this afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Reports from Bullochville are that Bulloch was in the dining room of the hotel creating a disturbance and that Thompson reproved him and then stepped out to get the town marshal to have him removed. Not seeing the marshal, he asked W.B. Butts, a friend of Bulloch's, to remove him. Butts induced Bulloch to leave the dining room and Thompson asked the guest to leave the dining room, saying that he feared trouble. It is stated that just then Bulloch broke loose from Butts and ran inside the dining room, drawing his pistol and shooting Thompson, who seized him. Thompson, Bulloch and Butts were all struggling for the pistol, but Thompson succeeding in getting it and remarking that he was going to die and that he would get the man who shot him, began firing at Bulloch despite earnest pleas. The first shot struck Bulloch in the breast and he fell to the floor and Thompson then shot him three times, two of the bullets lodging in his head. With the last shot Thompson fell to the floor, dying almost before anyone could reach him.

Thompson has been railroad agent at Warm Springs for a good many years and a year or two ago bought the handsome three-story Tuscawilla hotel from W.B. Butts at a reported consideration of $10,000. He leaves a family.

Bulloch is a 28 years old and unmarried. He is a member of the prominent Bulloch family for whom Bullochville is named.

Various versions have reached Columbus as to the reason of the original disturbance in the hotel, in which Bulloch is said to have figured. One report is that Bulloch became angered at one of the waiters and was about to punish him when the proprietor of the hotel interfered. Whatever the nature of the trouble Thompson thought it best to have Bulloch removed from the dining room.

A long-distance message from Bullochville early tonight stated that Bulloch was shot in the chest, over the eye and in the head, that his spinal column was struck by one of the bullets and that there is seemingly no possible hop for him to recover.

The Atlanta Constitution Sept 10,1915 Front page

Usually there is time to change direction in life. If there was time, Sam didn't take advantage of it.

Celebrating Women's History Month

The article is written about homes on the National Historic Registry and I am posting the opening and the portion about the family home. Important details were omitted in this article. I have added a comment which I hope is helpful.

Dont Forget the Wife and Kids! by Gretchen Brock, National Register & Survey Program Manager

"Documenting all the residents of your historic house
Celebrating Women's History month in March is a fairly recent phenomenon. Just a little over 30 years ago, the National Women's History Project (NWHP) was created to bring attention to the absence of womens history in the countrys K-12 curriculum and in the publics general knowledge. President Jimmy Carter signed the first National Women's History Week proclamation on March 8, 1980, and in 1987, March was designated as National Women's History Month.

In honoring this years theme, Writing Women Back into History, it is appropriate to explore the importance of documenting the women and children of a household when researching the history of your historic house.

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The architectural style of the Bulloch Family Home in Warm Springs in Meriwether County (listed January 11, 2002) is a direct result of the female residents updating the house to a more modern style. The house was built in 1892 for Cyprian Bulloch, Jr., as a two-story Folk Victorian-style house.

From 1887 to 1903, Cyprian Bulloch, Jr., was the co-founder, real estate developer, business-owner, promoter, establisher of the first U.S. fish hatchery, and entrepreneur of the community of Bullochville (renamed Warm Springs in 1924). After his death in 1903, his business interests were handled jointly by his wife, Julia Parkman Bulloch, and their two sons, both of whom died at an early age. By 1928, Julia Bulloch (1853-1936) assumed the role of matriarch for the family businesses, which included a general store, a business block with several storefronts, and several farms. Her four daughters, Mattie Bulloch, Minnie Bulloch, Ira Gene Bulloch Worth, and Mabel Bulloch Harry, lived with their mother in the family house. In 1927, the women had the house remodeled into the new fashionable Craftsman style. The house demonstrates the rapid change in architectural fashions from the ornate late 19th-century Folk Victorian style to the simpler Arts and Crafts Movement in the early 20th centuryto the point where the family remodeled a perfectly good house just to keep current.

The lives of the Bulloch daughters are all remarkable in their own right. Mattie was a college-educated teacher and traveled extensively along the east and west coasts, unusual for a single Southern woman at the time. Minnie assumed direct control of many of the family businesses after the death of her mother in 1936. Minnie also bought and sold land throughout the county and was celebrated in her obituary in 1961 as a prominent Warm Springs businesswoman. Ira Gene moved back into the family home after the death of her husband in 1931. She also managed the family businesses and was prominent in the local womens club and helped host social events in the community, including events where Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were guests and speakers. Mabel suffered from life-long health problems and moved into the house with her husband in 1930, but she still taught school and participated in womens club activities. Although Cyprian Bulloch started the town, for 62 years, the history of Warm Springs (Bullochville) and a large part of Meriwether County was directly shaped and influenced by the Bulloch women"

Comment:
All the Bulloch girls had college educations.

Sometime after her sons died, Julia Bulloch asked Mabel and family to return to help her. Granddaddy Harry was the pastor of a church in Gastonia, NC close to his family. He probably would have be pleased to remain in North Carolina. However, Mabel missed being surrounded by family and her mother wanted her nearby.

There probably was not a really good way for Granddaddy to help on the business side. Minnie was self assured and capable. Several years had passed by and the older sisters stepped in to fill the gaps created by their brothers deaths. Mabel was 14 years younger than Minnie; so she may have always seemed less capable to an older sibling. Her role was mother to three children, wife to a pastor and daughter.

As for Mabel being sickly, to the best of my knowledge she became ill around 1950 and was hospitalized at Emory with a high fever and complications for about six weeks. She never recovered from that illness. Prior to that she had been active and involved in the community, first graduating from college in Milledgeville, teaching, parenting and supporting her husband as the wife of a minister and mayor of Warm Springs.

Mabel's Wedding

Wedding's are never forgotten. Everyone hopes for a special day when everything goes just as planned. Great attention is paid to flowers, dresses,food, seating. Nothing is too small to deserve consideration.

Sometimes a little detail causes the event to become memorable in an unexpected way. It is important to remember it isn't the wedding "event" that is important. It is the marriage that follows.

Enjoy the letter. Happy Valentines to all I love!


City of Manchester
J H Ables, Clerk and Treasurer


Jany 6-1920.

Mr. H.E.Bulloch,
Bullochville, Ga.

Dear Mr. Bulloch:-

Mr. I.N.Johnson told me to day that you all were disappointed that you did not have the lights on at Miss Mabel’s wedding yestoday. And I am taking this means to let you know how much I regret that you were so disappointed. In the first place Mr. Johnsons information is the first I have had that you wanted lights. And I have tried to find out who answered the phone when the call for lights came in. We are getting our lights in the day time from the Cotton mill which is only until twelve oclock as the mill shuts down at that time and the light plant starts up about three thirty or four oclock owing to whether it is cloudy or sunny. This would require a notice of an hour to raise steam to run after twelve or clock – I would have been glad to have done this had I known the circumstances. I remember a call a few mornings ago from you asking for lights and although it is our custom to refer people from Bullochville to Mr. Butts I was glad to put them on at your request. And I assure you that my regard for you – together with our love for Miss Mabel and Mr. Harry would been a pleasure to do any thing to honor them. Please express my regrets to the family and all concerned And as stated at first this is my first knowledge of the request. Any time I can serve you –or any of your family you know I am ready.

Yours very truly,
L.E.Hudson.

(I love the way this letter is put together. It was typed in one very long paragraph. I used original punctuation and spelling, but can not achieve the original format or the typing variations. The blogspot software forces all lines to the left; so you can't see the creative indentation Mr Hudson used in the heading.

By the way H.E. Bullock is Mabel's brother. Her father, Cyprian, passed away when she was nine.)

Lucinda Gray Bulloch

Lucinda was born in 1814. Her father was Samuel Gray (born 1772 in South Carolina) and her mother was Patience Wheeless (born ab0ut 1775 also in South Carolina). They were married in 1792.

Lucinda married Cyprian Bulloch in 1833. They had 10 children - 8 sons and 2 daughters. Her son, Cyprian Bulloch, Jr., is our ancestor.