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Note: N7 William is found on U.S. Census in 1850 living with Andrew Potter (age 34) in Grant County, WI. One of Andrew’s neighbors is Benjamin Bull, age 51, a farmer. This Benjamin Bull came to Grant County from Indiana in 1848 and practiced law there until 1852.
Grant County did have small Morman churches, members of which may have moved to Utah.
There are no records found for Nathaniel. There are no records for William from 1850 until 1880 when he is found living in Kansas.
Family story: After death of his Cherokee wife Nathaniel left son William with a family name Bull. He returned to get him after his remarriage when William was 4 (1850?). After Nathaniel’s death in 1855 William was raised by Nathaniel’s brother Jared. Jared moved to Illinois in the 1940s and about 1870 to Denver, Colorado.
Another family story: An Easling man (Nathaniel?) married an Indian woman who died in childbirth giving birth to a son. The father "wigged out" at his wife's death and left the baby with a preacher, I believe called "Bull". They housed the boy under the front steps like a dog because he was a "half breed".
Eventually, the father pulled himself together and returned for the son. When he saw how they were treating him, he was very angry and took him. He decided to join a Mormon group that was headed west to Utah with his son. The son (William?) eventually married a blind woman and they had about 19 children. They were Mormon. They went out from there and many are in Oregon and Washington now.
William lived from 1880 - 1925 in Kansas. His daughter Ida and his son Alpha moved to Oregon. His son Angus lived in Utah.
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