Thomas Bull (Pennsylvania politician)
Thomas Bull | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the Chester County district | |
| In office 1793–1801 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Whelen, Charles Dilworth, John Hannum III, Samuel Sharp |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Park, James Fulton, Edward Darlington, Thomas Taylor, Methuselah Davis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 9, 1744 |
| Died | July 13, 1837 (aged 93) |
| Spouses | Ann Hunter (m. 1771–1817)Lydia Crowell (m. 1819) |
| Children | 8 |
| Relatives | Thomas K. Bull (grandson) |
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Thomas Bull (June 9, 1744 – July 13, 1837) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1793 to 1801.
Early life[edit]
Thomas Bull was born on June 9, 1744, to William Bull.[1]
Career[edit]
Bull was manager for Potts & Rutter at the Warwick Furnace.[1][2]
Bull was appointed lieutenant colonel in 1776[1] and later commissioned as a colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.[3][2] He was taken prisoner and imprisoned in New Jersey and Long Island.[1] After returning from the war, he continued to work as a manager at the Warwick Furnace.[1] He held an interest in Joanna Furnace in Robeson Township, Berks County until about 1831.[1]
Bull was a delegate to the convention which framed the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 or 1790, sources differ.[1][3] He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1793 to 1801.[3][4] Around 1810 or 1812, he was associated with the construction of a road from Lancaster Turnpike to Welsh Mountain.[1]
Bull helped build St. Mary's Church in East Nantmeal (later Warwick Township).[1]
Personal life[edit]
Bull married Ann Hunter, daughter of John Hunter, of Whiteland on February 28, 1771. She died in 1817. He married Lydia Crowell, a widow, of Cape May, New Jersey, in 1819.[1] He had eight children, Elizabeth (born 1771), Mary (1774–1798), Ann (1776–1850), Martha (1779–1850), Sarah (1779–1817), Levi (1780–1859), James Hunter (1782–1797) and Margaret (1787–c. 1819).[1] His son Levi was an Episcopal clergyman and lawyer. His grandson Thomas K. Bull was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[3] He lived near Warwick Furnace[2] and purchased some land from the Warwick Company near the south branch of French Creek.[1] He was a vestryman of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.[1]
Bull died on July 13, 1837.[1] A few years prior to his death, an act of Congress paid Bull an annual pension of US$575 for his service in the Revolutionary War.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Futhey, J. Smith; Cope, Gilbert (1881). History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches. Louis H. Everts. pp. 114, 489–491. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ a b c Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society, 1918. 1918. p. 47. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ a b c d McClune, James (1885). "History of the Presbyterian Church in the Forks of Brandywine, Chester County, PA., from A.D. 1735 to A.D. 1885". J.B. Lippincott Company. p. 129. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Thomson, W. W., ed. (1898). Chester County and Its People. The Union History Company. p. 438. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Archive.org.
- 1744 births
- 1837 deaths
- Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Continental Army officers
- American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by Great Britain
- Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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