Fern Smoot Brimhall, "Life of Electa Wood Bullock (1834-1911)"

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Scope and Contents

Electa was the first wife of Isaac Bullock, son of Benjamin. She lived in Salt Lake City as a girl. She was one of the cast of the first performance given in the old Social Hall. Later when living in Provo, she was a member of the First Amateur Dramatic Company. She married in 1856. In 1857 she went with her husband to Fort Supply, Wyoming, where her first child, Isaac Jr. was born. Later in 1857, he was released and they moved to Springville, Utah, and then to Provo. She helped her husband run the Bullock Hotel, a stopping place for Brigham Young and other authorities when in Provo. She was very active in the LDS Church Relief Society and the Women's Suffrage crusade.

Dates

1854-1952

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