Ernest Labon Bullen

Ernest Labon Bullen, clerk of justices’ courts at Grand Rapids and well known attorney at law, was born in Ingham county, Michigan, March 10, 1868, a son of James T. and Eliza J. (Hulse) Bullen was called away in 1890, but her husband still has his home in Ingham county and is engaged in the manufacture of brick, tile and lumber, and is, moreover, a gentleman of great prominence in the community, being possessed of ample means and now serving as supervisor of his township. Ernest L. Bullen graduated from high school at Mason, the county seat of Ingham, and in 1885 entered the Agricultural college at Lansing, where he passes two and half years. For four years he taught school in Ingham county, in the meanwhile studying law, and for one year confined himself exclusively to this study prior to his admission to the Kent county bar, July 20, 1895, and in 1896 graduated from law department of the Michigan university. From June, 1896, until the spring of 1897 he was engaged in active practice in Grand Rapids, and was then elected to, his present office, which he has very ably filled and in which he has established for himself an excellent reputation as a conscientious and careful, painstaking official. Mr. Bullen was married in Grand Rapids, August 17, 1892, to Miss Rena B. Van Wert, who was born in Ingham county, February 17, 1870, a daughter of Thomas R. and Eliza J. (Dibble) Van Wert. Mr. and Mrs. Bullen have a pleasant home at No. 23 Woodlawn avenue, and their religious duties are paid at the Immanual Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Bullen is treasurer of Aurelius township, Ingham county, and for four years was postmaster of North Aurelius, under Postmaster general Vannamaker. He and his wife are great favorites in the social circles of Grand Rapids, and both are great esteemed for their many excellent personal traits of character. Upon the expiration of his term of office as clerk of justice’s courts, he was appointed law clerk to the city attorney’s office, under L. K. Salsbury.