Bibb-Twiggs County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bullard, Daniel September 5, 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: John Poynter Jack_Poynter@att.net April 11, 2009, 4:41 pm Macon Weekly Telegraph, 6 Sep 1894 Macon Weekly Telegraph 6 Sep 1894 page 8 Daniel Bullard is No More His Long and Useful Life Ended at High Noon Yesterday Surrounded By Loving Friends Will Be Buried in Macon He Was the Oldest and Wealthiest Citizen of Twiggs County and a Man Who Had Accomplished Much Good in His Day. Yesterday at 12:30 o'clock Mr. Daniel Bullard of Twiggs died at his home in that county. He was born in Washington county, Georgia, March 11, 1806, and had therefore reached his 90th year. He was the oldest citizen of his county. His death was due, not to any specific disease, but to the gradual decay of life in advancing years. When about 10 years of age he moved to Twiggs county, and for eight years consecutively was a resident of the same district - "Bluff district" - of that county. For many years past he was a familiar figure on the streets of Macon and was known personally to nearly all of the business men of the city. He was married four times. There survive him his last wife, whome he married Januarary 29, 1865, and who was Miss Elizabeth Bardon; and the children of their marriage, Mrs. Cora Etheridge, Mrs. Victoria Billingsly, and Daniel Bullard, Jr. His older surviving childre are J. M. Bullard and Monroe Bullard of Cochran, Mrs. Elizabeth Everett and Mrs. Dora Harrell of Twiggs. Mr. Bullard's life furnished another illustration of opportunities open to energy and frugality under the conditions of life in this country. He started life a poor boy, without a cent, without parental help, earning his first quarter by manual labor. He leaves an estate estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000. He was wont to say in his quaint manner that he worked hard for his money when he was young, and after he was old he let it work for him. He allowed his capital, unlike the rolling stone, to gather the moss of interest, and being of simple tastes and habits his income was comfortably beyond his wants. He was the first agent of the Macon and Brunswick (now the Southern) railroad at Bullard's station, which was so named after him, a position he held for thirteen years. His public spirit was shown by giving the right of way through an expensive tract of land and by his subsribing $12,000 to the stock of the road. Mr. Bullard was eminently a just man. He believed in the religion of paying debts. He rendered to every man his due, and thought that every man should do likewise by him. If he found a debtor seeking to evade or defeat a just claim he would pursue his rights to their full extent, but in many instances, where the other party showed a desire to do justice, he would cheerfully remit a part - sometimes much - to which he was just entitled. Mr. Bullard lived and died a consistent member of the Baptist church. He was universally liked and respected in the community in which he lived. He was an honest, quiet, industrious, kind-hearted, God-fearing man. Such men make valuable citizens and when they die they are a loss. He had many warm friends here. His remains will reach the city this afternoon at 4:20 by the Southern railway and will be interred at Rose Hill cemetery. Rev. J. C. Solomon will conduct services at the grave. The following gentlemen have been requested to act as pall bearers: W A Davis, J W Cabaniss, N E Harris, R H Plant, C J Toole, M R Freeman, G L Reeves, W M Wimberly, Theodore Ellis. They are requested to meet at the store of Lamar Clay at 4 P.M. Additional Comments: This article appeared in the Macon Weekly Telegraph and in the Macon Daily Telegraph; both are dated 6 Sep 1894, so his date of death is fixed at 5 Sep 1894. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb