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446 BULLARD, Talbot, physician, b. in Sutton, Mass., IG Aug., 1815; d. in Indianapolis, Ind., 18 June, 1863. He was educated at Marietta, and then studied medicine in the Cincinnati medical college. After settling in Indianapolis he followed his profession and acquired a lucrative practice. Soon after the beginning of the war he became interested in the welfare of the soldiers, and at the battle of Pittsburg Landing he assumed the superintendence and care of the Indiana wounded. The devotion he showed at that time was such that his service was called for by Gov. Morton after every subsequent battle in which Indiana troops were engaged. At Pittsburg Landing he contracted a complaint from which he never recovered, and when called on by the governor to go to Vicksburg, he did so contrary to the advice of his friends, and, after the mission was accomplished, returned to his home and soon died.

BULLIONS, Peter, clergyman, b. in Moss Side, Scotland, in December, 1791; d. in Troy, N. Y., 13 Feb., 1864. He received an excellent early education, and assisted his parents on the farm. In 1810 he entered the University of Edinburgh, supporting himself during his three years' course by teaching. He then studied theology under Prof. Paxton, and late in 1817 came to the United States. In March, 1818, he was ordained pastor at Argyle, N. Y., where he remained until 1824, when ill health compelled his resignation. He then became professor of languages in the Albany academy, and continued as such until 1848. From 1882 till 1852 he was pastor of the United Presbyterian congregation in Troy, N. Y., and again from 1853 until his death, having in the meanwhile spent some time in travel. He published an extensive series of classical text-books, which came into use very extensively. Among them are "Principles of English Grammar" (New York, 1834); "Analytical and Practical English Grammar " (1850); "Cicero's Select Orations " (1851); "Principles of Greek Grammar" (1840) ; "Principles of Latin Grammar" (1853); "Latin Exercises" (1855); "Latin and English Dictionary" (1862). He also published a "Life of Alexander Bullions."

BULLITT, Alexander Scott, statesman, b. in Prince William co., Va., in 1761; d. in Jefferson co., Ky., 13 April, 1816. In 1784 he settled in Shelby co., Va. (now Kentucky), but the continual depredations of the Indians caused him to remove to Jefferson co., and he settled near Sturgus' Station. He was a delegate to the convention that met at Danville in 1792 to frame the constitution of Kentucky. After its adoption he represented his county in the state senate, and was the first speaker, serving as such from 1792 till 1804. In 1799 he was a delegate to the convention that met at Frankfort for the purpose of amending the state constitution, and presided at its meetings. He became in 1800 the first lieutenant-governor of Kentucky, He retired from politics in 1808. and passed the latter portion of his life on the farm in Jefferson co., where he died.

BULLOCH, Archibald, lawyer, b. in Charleston, S. C, about 1730; d. in Savannah, Ga., 22 Feb., 1777. He received a liberal education, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and settled in Georgia. In 1772 he became speaker of the commons house, in 1775 was elected a member of the provincial congress, and became its president, and during the following year he was again called upon to preside over the second provincial congress, and sent as a delegate to the continental congress meeting at Philadelphia. He would have been one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence had not official duties called him home ; but he was the first person in Georgia to receive a copy of that document, which he read publicly to the citizens of Savannah. He was chosen first republican president of Georgia, holding that office from 20 June, 1776, till 5 Feb., 1777, when the state constitution came into existence. Gov. Bulloch was one of the most eminent men of his time, and had great influence in shaping the course of his state.—His son, William Bellinger, U. S. senator, b. in Savannah, Ga., in 1776; d. there, 6 March, 1852. He received a classical education, after which he studied law. As a lawyer he became prominent, and in 1809 was elected mayor of Savannah. Subsequently he became collector of the port, and during the war of 1812 served in the Savannah heavy artillery. He was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William II. Crawford in the U. S. senate, and served from 24 May, 1813, till 6 Dec, 1813. From 1816 till 1843 he was president of the state bank of Georgia, having been one of the founders of that institution.

BULLOCK, Alexander Hamilton, governor of Massachusetts, b. in Royalston, Mass., 2 March, 1816; d. in Worcester, 17 Jan., 1882. He was graduated at Amherst in 1836, and for three years he taught school in Princeton, N. J., after which, from 1839 till 1841, he studied law with Emory Washburn and in Harvard law-school. In 1841 he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Worcester. He soon became interested in politics, and was a member of the lower branch of the legislature from 1845 till 1847, and again from 1862 till 1866, acting as speaker during the latter period. In 1849 he was elected to the state senate, from 1853 till 1856 was commissioner of insolvency, and in 1856-'8 judge of the court of insolvency. In 1859 he was elected mayor of Worcester, and from 1866 till 1868 was governor of Massachusetts. From 1848 till 1850 he edited "The Ægis" in Worcester. Pie was elected trustee of Amherst college in 1852, and received the degree of LL. D. from Harvard in 1866. Gov. Bullock published addresses, both political and literary, Among which is "The Centennial Situation of Women" (Worcester, 1876). He was a member of the Massachusetts historical society, and his death was commemorated by an address by the president. See Winthrop's "Addresses" (Boston, 1886).

BULLOCK, Jonathan Russell, b. in Bristol, R. I., 6 Sept., 1815. He was graduated at Brown in 1834, studied law in his father's office, and admitted to the bar in 1836. Soon afterward he removed to Alton, Ill., where he practised his profession till April, 1843, when he returned to Rhode Island, and was associated in practice with the late Joseph M. Blake, then attorney-general until 1849. when he was appointed collector. In 1844 and the two succeeding years he was chosen first representative to the general assembly from the town of Bristol; but in 1847, having been retained as counsel from that town in an important question affecting its boundaries, then pending before the legislature, he declined re-election. In 1849 he was selected as one of a committee of three to inquire into the validity of the state (revolutionary) debt, and in the same year was appointed collector of Bristol and Warren, an office which he held until 4 March, 1854. In April, 1859, he was elected to the state senate, and in December, 1860, was chosen lieutenant-governor. In December, 1861, he was appointed by the governor a special commissioner to adjust the accounts between Rhode Island and the United States, growing out of the expenses incurred by the state in raising troops to suppress