Résumé

First Assistant City Engineer, City of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, c. 1906.

Principal, S.Foster Bullard, Civil Engineer, Tacoma, WA, c. 1915. In 1915, Bullard had an office in Room #622 of the Provident Building in Tacoma. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1915, p. 159.)

High School/College

Graduate, University Academy, Sangamon County, IL, c. 1880.

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, 1886. (See The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois at Urbana, Frank William Scott, ed., [Urbana: University of Illinois, 1906], p. 92.)

Relocation

Born in Mechanicsburg, IL, S. Foster Bullard resided on his family's farm near Illiopolis, IL, through high school. He attended the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, between c,. 1882 and 1886.

His brothers, Samuel and George, who worked in an architectural practice in Tacoma, WA, had relocated to Washington State by about 1890. His brother, Benjamin, also worked in WA State as a teacher and school administrator between 1890 and 1897, before returning to IL. Samuel, too, returned to live in IL, becoming an architect in Springfield.

In 1910, S. Foster Bullard resided at 3001 North 29th Street in Tacoma, WA. He lived at this address with his wife, Clara, and his father-in-law, George W. Heilig, (born c. 1836 in PA) and mother-in-law, Catherine Heilig, (born c. 1836 in PA). (See 1910, U.S. Federal Census, Pierce County, U.S. Census Bureau - Foster Bullard, 1910, U.S. Federal Census, Pierce County, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, 10/05/2020.) The Bullards continued to live at this address in 1915. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1915, p. 159.)

He died in Tacoma in 1917 at age 56, and was buried at the Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechnicsburg, IL. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: Ancestry.com. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 10/05/2020.)

Parents

His parents were Wesley Bullard, (born 07/28/1816 in Shelby County, KY), and Sarah Ann Foster, (born 07/18/1824 in Montgomery County, KY). Sarah passed away prematurely in 1861, and Wesley remarried to Elizabeth Kidd Holtzman, (born 1828 in OH-d. 1908 in Springfield, IL), before 1870.

By Sarah, Wesley had the following children: W.N. Bullard, (born c. 1844 in IL), James R. Bullard (born c. 1846 in IL), John N. Bullard, (born c. 1848 in IL), Francis B. Bullard, (born c. 1850 in IL), Samuel Alexander Bullard, (born 03/25/1853 in Illiopolis, IL), George Wesley Bullard (born 07/31/1855 in Illiopolis, IL-d. 05/30/1935 in Tacoma, WA), Benjamin Franklin Bullard, (born 02/23/1858 in Illiopolis, IL), S. Foster Bullard, (born 02/13/1861 in Mechanicsburg, IL). By Elizabeth, he had two children, one of whom was Julia Bullard, (born c. 1867 in IL).

Spouse

He wed Clara Jane Heilig on 12/12/1900 in Tacoma, WA. Their wedding license indicated that she was from Reading, PA. George Wesley Bullard, (1855-1935), S. Foster's brother, served as one witness. Calvin Heilig was the other. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: prcmc_v3_140-DA2, accessed 10/05/2020.)

After Saye's death in 1917, Clara continued to live at 3001 North 29th Street in Tacoma in 1919. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1919, p. 166.)

Biographical Notes

Bullard usually went by the name "S. Foster Bullard" or "Foster Bullard," omitting his unusual first name.