Notes: According to family sources, Benjamin Hart Bullock was born 27 Oct 1878 in Provo, Utah,
Utah. His parents were Benjamin Kimball Bullock and Martha Elizabeth Hart. Nora Alice
Broadbent was born 22 Jul 1882 in Spring Lake, Utah, Utah. Her parents were Thomas Broadbent and
Chana Ellen Spainhower. According to family sources, Benjamin and Nora were married 20 Apr 1904
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. The Marriage Index sources give Utah County as place of marriage.
In the 1910 U.S. census, Benjamin Bullock, 31, and his wife, Nora B. Bullock, 27, were living on 3rd
South in Provo Ward 7, Utah, Utah. Benjamin was a farmer. Married for five years, Nora had
had two children, both then living. These were Grace, 5, and Benjamin V., 2. Living in
the household was Martha Bullock, 72, mother of Benjamin, and a widow. She had had 13 children,
six then living.
In the 1920 U.S. census, Benjamin H. Bullock, 40, and his wife Nora A. Bullock, 36, were living on East
Arileen Street in Provo Ward 1, Utah, Utah. Benjamin was a mine worker in a copper mine. They
owned their house with a mortgage. Their children were Grace, 14, Benjamin Vern, 11, Alice, 8,
Tomas, 5, and Leah, 1 5/12. Benjamin Vern and Alice attended school.
In the 1930 U.S. census, Ben H. Bullock, 51, and his wife Nora Bullock, 47, were living at 189 North 3rd
East Street in Provo Ward 5, Utah, Utah. Ben was a promoter in the mining industry. They owned
their house, with a value of $3,000. They did not own a radio set.
Their children were Grace, 24, Vern, 22, a laborer in the mines, Alice, 19, Tom, 15, and Leah, 12.
Alice and Tom attended school.
In the 1940 U.S. census, Ben Bullock, 60, and his wife Nora B. Bullock, 57, were living at 184 E. Fifth
North in Provo, Utah, Utah. Ben had his own business as a mine promoter. He had completed
4 years of high school. Nora had completed one year of college. Their only child still at home
was Thomas S., 25, a new worker. He had completed three years of college.
Benjamin was very active in the mining industry. The Provo, Utah, City Directories list him
variously as a miner and a mining engineer. In 1929 he is the pres-mgr of the Tintic Bower Mining
Co.; in 1930, the pres of the Delmarva Minerals Co.; and in 1958 and 1959 he is the pres-genl mgr of the
Syndicate Oil & Mineral Co.
Nora died 10 Apr 1954 in the Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, Utah. Cause of death was arterior
myocardial infarction. She was buried 14 Apr 1954 in the
Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
Benjamin married again to Maurine Olson on 13 Mar 1958
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He died 12 Jul 1962 in Provo, and was buried 16 Jul 1962
alongside his first wife in the Provo City Cemetery.
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