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JOHN T. TULLIS; born in Georgetown, Franklin Co., Ky., July 14, 1794; at the age of 10 he came with his father, Aaron Tullis, to Lebanon, Ohio, and in the succeeding year, 1805, the family pushed on toward Miami by way of Dayton; leaving their father, mother and sister at the cabin of Col. Patterson, our subject, with the other boys, drove on with the wagons, cows and calves, to the farm now owned by Mr. Turner, which then was all a forest; the cows and horses were belled and turned loose, and the calves were tied up with ropes; the boys woke up next morning to find the horses gone, and the calves calling loudly for their dams, which were not there; Mr. T.’s father, having married a second time, left the farm to him; after remaining here some time, during which he was elected Justice of the Peace, he disposed of his real estate and moved to Troy, where he entered into the dry-goods business; subsequently elected Surveyor, he served for some time, and in 1841 was appointed Postmaster of Troy; previous to this, however, he, in partnership with a Mr. Drake, published the Troy Times; from this, he started a book-bindery and store, which, in those early days, was not very lucrative; at this juncture, when Mr. T. was anxiously looking for a more lucrative business, Mr. Malin Morris came into the store one day and asked him how he would trade his store for his farm; terms were agreed upon at once, and Mr. T. once more became a farmer, the new purchase being located two miles west of Troy, on the Covington pike; he put up a neat little cottage and prepared to end his days here, but, his health failing, he was compelled a second time to remove to Troy, where, Aug. 25, 1877, he died; Mr. T. was one of the early pioneers of this county, and for a number of years the last survivor of a family of ten. Aug. 5, 1816, he married Margaret Murray, born Jan. 6, 1796, who bore him a numerous family, only one of whom, Mary, survives; after living together nearly three-score years, his wife left him alone while she joined “the immortal caravan.” Of the nine children born to them, Sarah, the oldest, died at 6; James Watson studied medicine, married a daughter of Dr. Lindsey, had five children, and died of consumption at 40; Gilbert died of consumption at 23; Henry Gilmore and Charles Bayless, born 1830—the former died in his 5th year, the latter in his 20th; Mary Tullis, the only survivor, through severe sickness in early youth, became permanently afflicted in mind and body, but was preserved to be the comfort of her parents in their declining years, a charge which she most nobly and unselfishly fulfilled. Though a most devout Christian, eschewing the very appearance of evil and yielding not to temptation, Mr. Tullis was naturally disposed to look upon the gloomy side of life, so much so that the cheerful voice of his wife and the studious care of his devoted daughter could scarce remove his sadness.