ALLEN BULLIS has been a resident of Wright Township since 1870. He was born in Racine County, Wisconsin, June 6, 1847, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bullis, natives of England. His parents were married in England, and subsequently removed to the United States and became residents of Racine County, Wisconsin. They had a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters, Allen being the fifth child. He was only eight years old when his father died; was brought up on the farm and was educated in the public schools.

January 1, 1864, he enlisted in Company E, Nineteen Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served to the close of the war. He was in the battles of Duvall's Bluffs, Cold Harbor and Seven oaks; was honorably discharged at Richmond, Virginia; returned to Wisconsin and received his final payment at Madison. He then engaged in agricultural pursuits, and remained in Wisconsin until 1870. In that year he came to Iowa and located in Wright Township, Pottawattamie County, where he had relatives and acquaintances. The first land he bought was 160 acres in Section 4, which he improved and afterward sold. Then he purchased eight acres in Section 8, and later 120 acres more, now owning 200 acres of well-improved land. He has a comfortable house, good stables and other out buildings, a grove and orchard, and a modern wind pump. Much of his attention is being devoted to stock-raising. At this writing he is feeding thirty-six head of cattle and sixty-five hogs.

Mr. Bullis was married in 1873 at Lewis, Cass County, Iowa to Mary Harmes, who was born in Ohio and is a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Harmes, residents of Wright Township. Mr. and Mrs. Bullis have one son, Freddy J., a youth of fifteen years. Mr. Bullis casts his vote and influence with the Republican Party. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., Lewis Lodge, No. 140.

Contributed by: Darlene Vergamini