Pages 6 & 7, Susan Crowley's document:
"Perhaps because of declining health, Charles Bullis deeded the farm to his physician son, Abraham, in 1863. Dr. Bullis graduated from the Geneva Medical School, which soon afterward became noted for graduating America's first woman physician, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. Abraham Bullis was touched by the fame of an even more aggressive feminist. His cousin was women's suffrage leader, Susan B. Anthony. In later years his own granddaughter would become a leader in the corporate world. Dr. Abraham Bullis married Lydia Lapham, a member of one of Macedon's founding families. The oldest of their seven children, John Lapham Bullis, became renowned as a military man, fighting in the Civil War, and going on to become a legendary Indian fighter.
John Lapham Bullis, son of A.R. and Lydia Bullis, was born in New York state on
April 17, 1841 and was educated at Macedon Center and Lima, New York. On
August 8, 1862 he enlisted in the 126th New York Volunteer Infantry; in 1864 he
was captain of the 118th Infantry. He served on the Texas border during 1865 and
1866 and entered the regular army in 1867. The greater part of his military career
was spent in Indian warfare in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. He gained national
recognition for his work with the Seminole scouts along the Rio Grande, and the
Texas Legislature adopted a resolution thanking him for his service against the
Indians and other enemies of the frontier .. President Theodore Roosevelt approved his
appointment as brigadier general on April 13, 1905 ... He lived in San Antonio from his
retirement until his death on May 26, 1911. Camp Bullis was named in his honor.
Dr. Bullis was a popular and dedicated physician adding the teaching of anatomy at the academically fine Macedon Academy to his list of accomplishments. Charles H. Bullis and his son Dr. Abraham Bullis both died in 1866, within a month of each other. The cobblestone house was bequeathed to Abraham's son, Abraham R. Bullis, III."
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