Over the past nine years, we've posted information about his distinguished military career and his relationship with his parents and siblings. So today, we're sharing with you John Lapham Bullis's "husband and father side" with this photo of his second wife, Josephine Withers Bullis, holding their three daughters: Octavia, and twins Lydia, and Anita.
Josephine Withers (of San Antonio, Texas) and John Latham Bullis were married on September 8, 1891. Twins Lydia and Anita were born September 7 & 8, 1892; Octavia, on April 5, 1894.
So far, volunteers have found very few documents relating to this family's private life; however, we think that "Papa" John Lapham Bullis must have been quite proud of his family (after all, he waited over 50 years to be a dad). So we think it's fair to surmise that he doted over them as much as he could, given his demanding life. And, at the end of the day, he must have looked forward to returning home from his assignments, knowing that his four girls were waiting to greet him.
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They were all devoted Catholics Octavia married and had one son, William. William had 2 children, names Axrian and Christopher. Anita died in her 30's. Lydia never married but loved her nephew William and his two children like her own. This was a very close family.
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