Kentuckiana Genealogy: Biographies: Bullington, Charles A. A.

By Dee Pavey (Dee) on Wednesday, July 21, 1999 - 07:09 pm:

CHARLES A. A. BULLINGTON, lawyer, was born at White Sulphur Wells, Crawford county, Ind.,
January 26, 1858, and is a son of Dr. Wm. H. Bullington,. who was born at Marengo, in this
county, August 16, 1822, and has been a practicing physician in this county for thirty-seven
years; he studied medicine with Dr. R. R. Houston, of Stephensport, Ky. He was first
lieutenant of Co. H., Twenty-third Indiana Vols., in the late war. His wife's maiden name
was Louisa Kennedy, and she was born at Brandenburg, Ky., in 1823. Her parents died when
she was very young, and she was raised by the Warfield family, of Kentucky. She married
Dr. Bullington in 1843. Charles A., the subject, was brought up on the farm, and educated
at Marengo Academy. He studied law, and graduated from the law department of the University
of Louisville, April 13, 1888. He located at English, having lived there before graduating
in the law; he was postmaster of English under Presidents Garfield and Arthur. He was in the
mercantile business at English, the firm being Bullington & Temple Brothers; the partnership
was formed in 1881, and continued for three and a half years. After this he went into the
law school, and entered upon the practice at English. He is a Mason and a member of Crawford
Lodge, No, 470, English, Ind. His grand-father, Robert Bullington, was born in
Jonesboro, Tenn., and moved to Crawford county in 1800, among the pioneers. His Grandmother
Bullington was Mary Weathers, of Marengo, who was born in North Carolina. Mr. Bullington's
brothers and sisters are-Willis W., Edward L., Lewis M., Delila A., Martha F., George Ann
and William Louisa.