The Princeton union., 1910-09-22
THE WEEKS DEATHS

ESEEy OulllS, AlVn war veteran,
Dies Suddenly From Heart
Disease on Sunday.
George Siebert of Bogus Brook and
Mrs. q. w. Coates of st. Paul
Also Depart This Life.
Perry Bulls, an old soldier who
for A years had been a resident of
Princeton, died suddenly from heart
disease on Sunday evening, Septem-
Der Is. He had gone to the pasture,
about two blocks from his home, to
fetch the COWS and was discovered
lying in the road dead by Fred
Young's small boy, who ran to the
Bulls home and notified the family.
Mr.. Bulls had turned the COWS from
the pasture and was on his way to his
house when he dropped dead.
On Tuesday afternoon funeral SER
vices were conducted at the M. E.
church by Rev. W. Fl. Koenig, who
paid deserving tribute to the worth
of the deceased veteran. Mrs. G. A.
Galley, Mrs, L. S. Briggs, Guy Ewing
and Adna Orton composed a quartet
which rendered three pretty vocal Sc
lections. Wallace T. Rines post, G.
A. r., of which Mr.. Bulls was
member, had charge of the funeral
and about rs old soldiers attended the
obsequies. At the grave, in Oak
Knoll cemetery, the rites were con-
Quoted by the G.. A. r., VIM. Giltner
reading the burial service and A. z.
Norton Offering short prayer.
There were many beautiful floral
tributes placed upon the casket.
The pallbearers we're members of
Company G, M. N. G., and were as
follows: Sergeants A. II. Johnson,
Thos. Tomlinson, Corporal G. Gerth,
Privates Jos. Swanson, Sidney
Schmidt, Ralph Carr. The funeral
procession was one of the largest
Princeton has ever seen, showing the
high regard in which Mr.. Bulls was
held. -"
Perry Bulls was born in Mount
Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, on
February 3, 1912. When a mere boy
be moved with his parents to Peru,
Indiana, upon the Indian reservation
on the Wabash river, where he re-
NAMED about q year. From there the
family moved by OK team to Lake
county, Indiana. There Mr.. Bulls
enlisted, on August Is, 1862, in Com
pany G, Goth Indiana Volunteer in
fantry, and served throughout the
war under General Sherman and was
with him in his famous march to the
sea. He saw much active service and
lost an eye in battle. He was mus
tered out at Washington, D. c., be-
fore President Andrew johnson on
June 5, 1865. He then returned to
Lake county, Indiana, and, at the ex-
piration of a year, in June, 1866, with
his parents, moved by team to Mime
sofa and located in Princeton, where
he resided to the time of his death.
He was married on January 2, 1870,
to Miss Eva Brown. Four children
were born of the union, three sons
and daughter, of whom two sons
survive, Hiram J. and Charles E. of
Princeton. He is also survived by
his wife, one brother and two sisters,
the latter three being Andrew j. Bull
lis, Princeton; Mrs. Carrie Carus,
Brainerd: and Mrs. Harriet Reem,
Hope, Idaho.
Mr.. Bulls was an honorable gentle
man who commanded the respect of
every one who knew him, and his
friends were legion. He was true
patriot and one of the best of citizens.
For many years he had been a men,
Der of Wallace T. Rines post, No.
l42, G. A. r., and his comrades all
speak in high terms of him.
mo more the bugle calls the weary one.
Rest, noble soldier in the grave alone'
Mrs. Perry Bulls and sons appre-
ciate the kindness of their friends and
neighbors for the assistance rendered
and sympathy shown in their bereave-
ment, and take this means Of return
ing their sincere thanks.
Geooge Slebert.
? George Siebert passed away at his
home in the town of Bogus Brook on
Sunday afternoon, aged 70 years.
Heart disease was the immediate
cause of death. Mr.. Siebert had
been sick about three months.
Funeral services were conducted in
the German Lutheran church in the
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