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Bullock, Thomas, one of the original Utah pioneers of 1847, was born Dec. 23, 1816, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, the son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. His experiences as a clerk, which stood him in such good stead throughout the latter part of his life, was obtained under John Cruso, a solicitor in Leek, and he was afterwards employed as excise man in various districts in England. He was baptized Nov. 20, 1841, and left his native land to emigrate to America in 1843, crossing the Atlantic in the ship "Yorkshire." After his arrival at Nauvoo, Ill., he filled the position as clerk to Joseph Smith the Prophet until Joseph's martyrdom. As an exile from Nauvoo he traveled through Iowa with the camp of the saints and was selected as one of the original band of pioneers who traveled with Pres. Brigham Young over the plains and mountains, arriving in G. S. L. Valley in July, 1847. He returned to Winter Quarters in the fall of 1847, but came to the Valley a second time in 1848 and was elected recorder of Salt Lake county, a position which he held until he left on a mission to Great Britain in 1856. When the "Deseret News" was founded in 1850 he was one of the four men chosen to turn out the first number of that paper. He was chief clerk of the House of Representatives for several sessions and also chief clerk in the Historian's office under Church Historians Willard Richards and Geo. A. Smith. He moved to Wanship, Summit co., Utah, in 1868 and there served as clerk of the probate court and recorder of said county. He died at Coalville, Feb. 10, 1885, and his remains were interred in the Salt Lake City cemetery Feb. 14, 1885. Brother Bullock was married three times. His first wife was Henrietta Rushton, whom he married in 1838. His second wife, Lucy Clayton, was married to him in 1843. His [p.600] third wife was Betsey Howard, whom he married about 1856. By these three wives he had twenty-five children. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p.599 |
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