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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
the Chapman V. S. Bulla (§2) at Howard length; the heading/birth portion stands before the portion opened, and the entry is registered from the portion read whole: wife Elizabeth (McKenzie) Bulla, b. 9 Sept. 1854, La Porte Co., daughter of Daniel R. (b. 25 Jan. 1818, Caledonia, N. Y.; d. 8 Aug. 1891; La Porte Co. pioneer from 1841) and Elizabeth A. (Travis) McKenzie (d. 1 June 1894, aged 65-9-24) (Part 73). Mrs. Bulla was two when her parents came to North Liberty, was reared and educated there, and began married life on the present estate in Liberty Township; in the cyclone of July 1877 their home and outbuildings were completely destroyed, Mrs. Bulla and daughter Mary inside and unhurt (Part 73). The Bulla estate comprises 280 acres, “one of the finest in Liberty township,” stocked with high-grade cattle, Poland China hogs, and standard-bred stock (Part 73). He is a Republican, first presidential vote for Grant, often a delegate to county conventions (Part 73). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: Chapman’s 240 acres (Secs. 31–32, 1880) grown to a 280-acre show farm by 1907, with the 1877 cyclone as the family’s disaster datum. His sister-in-law Mary E. McKenzie is Geo. R. Flood’s wife (§2) — the McKenzie web ties the two registers together.