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JAMES & ISABELLA DUNN BULLOCH
Family 1809- 1874
(My Great Great
Grandparents)
James Bulloch was born January 4, 1809 in Paisley,
Renfree, Scotland to Robert and Marion Legget Bullock,. They were
humble farmers living at in the verdant hills of their ancestry, known
as the Bullock Hills.
James met and married Isabella Dunn, daughter of David
Dunn and Christina Adams Dunn.
Within the next ten years, they were
impressed by two American missionaries, and were baptized members of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Disowned by their families for such a
bold and unheard of decision, they turned to the fellowship of the Saints.
On February 20, 1848, James and Isabella, along with their three young
children.
Robert, Christina and David Dunn, set
sail with the first group of Saints, known~ as the Franklin Richards
Company, that sailed from Europe, booked for the Salt Lake Valley. After
fifty-nine days on the water, the ship, Carnatic, arrived in New Orleans
on April 19,1848. The company proceeded up the Mississippi and Missouri
Rivers to St. Louis, Missouri.
James ,and a man by the name of Matthew
Cruthers, purchased a farm near St. Louis, where they worked to provide
for their families. While in St. Louis, cholera broke out , and Isabella,
along with her new baby, died from the disease. Both were buried in
unmarked graves.
After losing his wife, James wanted to
continue with the dream he and his wife had shared, so he and his little
family, became part of the Independent Scotch Company that arrived in the
Salt Lake Valley in the late summer of 1851.
Five weeks after their arrival in the
Valley, Brigham Young called James and his family to join a small group of
sturdy pioneers to continue on and settle the land southward at Coal
Creek, or what he termed to be the "Iron Mission." While
stopping at Summit Creek, (south of Parowan) the family caught up with a
man from Parowan who was taking supplies on to Coal Creek, a little ahead
of the main company. As he got off the wagon, Brother Henry Lunt,, Sr.,
took off David’s hat and laying his hands on David’s head said,
"My boy, you have the honor of being the first white boy on the
Creek."
On November 11, l851, this group of
Latter-day Saints crossed a stream, now called Coal Creek, where? they
began to establish their own community which became the town of Cedar
City, Utah.
The Bulloch’s brought with them from
Scotland their experience with livestock and farming. This is the trade
they followed after the iron mining industry failed.
When James arrived in Coal Creek, he
worked hard to provide for his three children: Robert, now 13 years of
age, Christina, 12 and David 7 who were his greatest support. He never
remarried.
Christina had been taught well the
household duties by her mother before she died, so she was able to carry
on with them, with the help and advice of those early pioneer wives,
throughout their journey as well as giving young David the care he needed.
Robert was a great strength to his
father. At a young age, he was expected to do a man’s work. He helped
his father establish their new home and develop the farm. With the help of
these earlier experiences, he became instrumental in helping many during
his lifetime.
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James Bulloch and his family were
best known for their business and agricultural Ventures,, They
became a respected and an admired family in the community.
The posterity of James and Isabella Dunn
Bulloch include Robert, who married Marcia Fife.
Their children are: Annabell
Bulloch Keel, Mary Jane Bulloch Williams, Maria Bulloch Simkins,
Elizabeth Bulloch Adams:, James Bulloch, Robert Fife Bulloch, Alice
Bulloch Schoppman Lunt, Cora Bulloch Bamson, arid Peter Fife
Bulloch.
Christina Bulloch married John
Sherratt, and their children are: Sarah Isabell Sherratt Baker,
Obadiah Sherratt, John Sherratt, Mary Ann Sherratt, James Bulloch
Sherratt, Roselia Sherratt Rosenberg, Alice Maria Sherratt Smith,
David Dunn Sherratt, Robert Bums Sherratt, and William Bulloch
Sherratt.
David Dunn Bulloch had two wives:
Alice Bladen and Sarah Ann Higbee. David and Alice Bladen Bulloch’s
children are: James Bulloch, David Cattle Bulloch, Robert William
Bulloch, John Taylor Bulloch, Marybelle Bulloch Mackelprag, Thomas
Bladen, Melvin and Leonard Bulloch, (twins), and Angus Bulloch.
David Dunn and Sarah Ann Higbee Bulloch’s children are: Warren and
Norine Bulloch.
These were the ambitious men and
women who did the things that needed to be done in the early days of
Cedar City. They were among the men of Cedar City who raced against
time during the bitter winter of 1898 to bring timber out of the
mountains to build the Branch Normal school in Cedar City. In spite
of the bitter cold, they broke the trail to the Jensen
Sawmill on the Mammoth, and sawed the lumber for Old Main.
Undaunted by the adversities, they mortgaged their homes to build
the heat plant and to pay the early school teacher’s
salaries. They were the brave and courageous men who didn’t
recognize the word "can’t." The Bullochs and the
Sherratts have contributed generously toward education and other
endeavors in Cedar City and Southern Utah.
They were among the civic leaders,
educators, and teachers. They were successful businessmen and women
in various ways. They became successful families with livestock and
farming.
James Bulloch died November 8,
1874, a great giant, was laid to rest in the Cedar City Cemetery,
among the hills he loved and in the valley he proudly helped
develop.
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