The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 296 J. ALVA BULL. J. Alva Bull, one of the leading young farmers living in the vicinity of Ellensburg, was born in Kittitas county, Washington, September 10, 1891, a son of Walter A. and Rebecca (Nelson) Bull. The father was born in New York, while the mother's birth occurred in Norway, whence she came to the new world, arriving in the Kittitas valley in 1878. Mr. Bull had previously become a resident of this section of the state in 1869 and as the years passed on he engaged extensively in farming and stock raising, having seventeen hundred acres of fine land, which he brought under a high state of cultivation and improvement, converting the place into productive fields and rich meadow land. He died in the year 1898 and his widow survives, making her home with her son, J. Alva. Walter A. Bull had been twice married and had four children by his first wife and two by his second wife. J. Alva Bull received liberal educational advantages. He attended the University of Washington, where he pursued a law course, and in 1913 he took up farming on his own account by renting the old homestead, which he has since managed. He now has one hundred and sixty acres planted to hay and grain and he also manages an additional tract of three hundred and twenty acres not far from the old home. He is persistent and energetic in carrying on his work, follows the most progressive methods and by reason of his capability in business and his undaunted enterprise has won a place among the representative agriculturists of his section of the state. On the 24th of December, 1915, Mr. Bull was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Porter, of Columbus, Montana, and to them has been born a son, John A. Fraternally Mr. Bull is connected with the Elks Lodge No. 1102, of Ellensburg. In politics he casts an independent ballot, voting for men and measures rather than party. He is fond of hunting and indulges in that sport when leisure permits but the greater part of his time and attention is occupied by his business affairs and he has won a place among the leading young farmers of Kittitas county. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.