Bias Henry Pulliam, born in 1859,
the son of Nicholas and Maria Pulliam, resided in Middle Tennessee until he was
29 years old. He was married first to
Mary Jane Bell, daughter of Jim and Roxie Bell.
He and his wife were the parents of four children; Maria, Roxanah,
Nicholas James and Minnie, all born in Tennessee. Soon after the birth of her last child, the
mother died and was buried in Tennessee. The father’s second wife was May
Comfort. She lived only a year or two
and was buried in Tennessee..
In 1888, Bias Henry Pulliam brought
his four children by train to Tarrant
County, Texas. Their point of arrival was eleven miles east
of Keller, at Grapevine. Bud Bourland
met them there and brought them by horse drawn wagon to the home of relatives
north east of Keller.
Bias Pulliam settled permanently as
a farmer in the Keller area. His third
marriage was to Mary Parker. No death
dates are available, but both are believed buried in Bourland Cemetery.
The four children grew up and
married in the Keller community. Maria,
born in 1879, was married to Bert Flanagan, a farmer west of Keller. Roxanah, born in 1880, was married to Andy
Reynolds. Nicholas James was married to
Hattie May Flanagan April 5, 1903 and later, to Ella Fay Russell. Minnie married Arthur C. Neace.
