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WILLIAM B. CULLISON

He was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 17, 1831. His father, Jeramiah Cullison, was a native of Maryland, and a farmer. He emigrated to Ohio in 1810, and there married Rebecca Coulter, who was a native of Pennsylvania. He moved to Illinois in 1842, settling on Haw creek, near Gilson, Knox county. In 1845 he removed to the vicinity of Victoria, in the same county. The subject of this sketch was engaged in farming until 1852, when he crossed the plains to California where he was engaged in mining and packing until 1856, when he returned to Illinois, arriving home in December of that year. In the spring of 1860 he again went to California where he remained until 1862, arriving in Illinois, on his return, in February.

The following summer he enlisted in company E. 102d Ill. Vol. Inf.; was with the regiment through all its varied experiences until the 17th of July, 1864, at the Chattahoochie river in Georgia ; he was sent to the hospital at Nashville, thence to Evansville, Indiana, thence to Quincy, Illinois, where he was discharged at the close of the war. September 16, 1868, he married Ellen Bradford, daughter of A. B. Bradford, of Greene township, this county, who was a native of Pennsylvania, but lived some time in Ohio before coming to Illinois. Her mother, Margaret Hall, was a native of Ohio, where Ellen was born January 11, 1840. After his marriage Mr. Cullison settled on a farm, the E.4 S.W. Sec. 21, in Rivoli township, to which he has added from time to time until his farm now comprises three hundred and twenty acres.

In.1879 he built a new house, which is very finely finished, on the N.W. 4 of Sec. 27 where he now resides. The chil dren are Sadie, born June 4, 1872, and Arthur, born May 9, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Cullison are both members of Zion Methodist Episcopal church, find Mr. Cullison is a member of Oxford Lodge, No. 377, A.F.A.M. Mr. Cullison engages quite largely in stock raising, feeding, and in buying and shipping stock.

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