The William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House Association Board of Directors
Board members are elected by the Membership of the Association for three-year terms. The Board is divided into three classes of four members so that each year, the terms of only one class of four Board members expire at the August Annual Business Meeting (held at the annual picnic.) If you are a member of the Association, you will cast a vote for Board members during the Business meeting at the annual reunion. If you want to serve on the Board or on a committee, please contact President Lyle Shute at lshute@hvc.rr.com
Lyle R. Shute – President, Chair of Building & Grounds, Executive Committee
Lyle Shute is a 9th generation Line of Mary descendant, and a 50 year resident of Orange County, NY. Many of Lyle's immediate family members have been involved in the William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House Association, most notably, his great grandfather, Hamlet Roe - a Past President of the Association. Lyle has given over 15 years of dedicated volunteer service to the Association. Professionally, Lyle is a principal in an engineering and architectural consulting firm. He is a licensed professional engineer, actively involved in his community, and serves on the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Hamptonburgh. Contact Lyle Shute Linda Bull – Archivist, Chair of HIC, Secretary
Linda Bull became a member of the Bull family in 2005 upon marrying Albert C. Bull a 9th generation line of John descendant. She is retired as an Archivist Records Management Specialist with the New York State Archives. Linda and Al live in Walden, New York. In 2008, Linda was appointed as the Chair of the Historic Interpretations and Collections Committee and elected to the William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House Association Board. Linda was born in Pontiac, Michigan and raised in Romeo, Michigan. She graduated from Oakland University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver. Bill Roe
Bill is a 8th generation descendent in the Line of Mary. He begins his first three-year term August 2021. He is a resident of Sullivan County, N.Y., and grew up with the Bull Family as part of his life. His late father was Chet Roe, an active member of the family association. James Sorrell, right
James Allen Sorrell is a 9th generation descendant in the lines of John, Thomas & William. Born in Middletown and currently living in Ohio; Jim has long been immersed in the family tradition and has two past presidents in his immediate family; grandfather (Henry P. Bull Esq.) and mother (Mary Jane Bull Sorrell). Jim has two sons and two grandsons being brought up to understand and appreciate what it means to be a part of this amazing legacy. After 47 years in the trades he is currently Production Coordinator for a Design Build Remodel firm in Columbus OH and will try and bring that experience to bear in his involvement with Buildings and Grounds. |
Besty Harris –
10th Generation, Line of Thomas Barbara Sylk
Barbara Sylk is a 9th Generation Line of John Bull descendant. Her grandmother, Cora Bull Schwarzwalder, was raised in the town of Monroe, and on a Sugar Loaf Mountain farm in Orange County. Because of her grandmother and mother’s deep roots with the Bull Stone House, Barbara and her family have long attended the Annual Picnic. Barbara become active with the Association in 2016. Her background is in the visual arts, and she has a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Barbara has worked as a teacher, in arts conservation, building management, and had an art gallery in addition to being a artist. She has been actively involved in many not-for-profit organizations as a committee member and as a trustee in the Philadelphia area where she has resided for many years. Barbara is married with three children and has lived near Philadelphia for many years. She is very much looking forward to becoming more knowledgeable about all things “Bull”! Marc Nozell
Marc Nozell is an 9th generation Bull family member in the line of John. After graduating Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute he moved from New York State to New Hampshire. He has been working in the technology field, including Compaq and Hewlett-Packard and is currently with Red Hat Software, Inc. His is the President of the Merrimack Historical Society and a board member on The New Hampshire Challenge (NH's source for informing the disability community) He is on the BSH Historic Interpretations and Collections Committee leading the Bull Archive Project to digitize, transcribe and organize all the documents we have accumulated over the centuries. He credits his late grandmother Olive Ann Smith BULL Nozell for infecting him with the genealogy bug, for which is he grateful. With his wife, they have contributed six descendants to the Bull family tree. Dudley Hourigan
9th Generation Line of Sarah |