Rev. David Bulle
Rev. Bulle was born in Barclay County, Virginia, to which county his father had removed from South Carolina prior to the Revolutionary war. His father saw the shadows of coming events, and, turning his property over to the care of his brother, left his southern home. That brother was murdered in his own house, and the property confiscated. Mr. Bulle afterward went South to take measures toward reclaiming his property, but finding the old records were destroyed at the burning of Charleston, he abandoned all further efforts. He then went to Cincinnati and went down the Ohio on a flatboat. David Bulle went from Hamilton to Greene County, and settled on a piece of wild land. Fourteen years later he moved to Sidney, and located on North Ohio Street, on the lot now occupied by the Crozier Carriage Factory. At that time there was little business in Sidney, as the town only contained two small stores, kept by Jesse Bryan and F. W. Ruckman. Here Mr. Bulle followed cabinet-making about fourteen years, during which time he was once burned out and lost everything. He afterward turned his attention to painting, and has in his luxurious home several specimens of his artistic skill, which indicate a high order of merit. In 1855 or 1856 he joined the Central Ohio Conference, and has since labored in the ministry, at times travelling over a circuit of three hundred and fifty miles in four weeks. During his long experience as a pioneer of Methodism, Mr. Bulle has undergone a great many privations and hardships. At times he was compelled to swim his horse through streams filled with floating ice, and then build his fire at the appointed place of services. He married Miss Elizabeth Bird February 14, 1826, the ceremony being performed by Rev. William Dixon. They have reared ten children, named Mary, Ann Amelia, Rachel Ann Maria, Wilbur, Fisk, Emeline, M. Zatilla, David H., Caroline, and Elizabeth Josephine. Of these four are now living, viz., Mrs. Mary Reede, Mrs. Ann Crockett, Emeline McNutt, and Caroline Robertson.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883