Martha Bullock

Martha Eccles Bullock (* September 1851, † March 1939 Deadwood ) was the wife of the Western hero Seth Bullock.

Life

Martha Eccles Bullock Seth Bullock married in 1874 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

When Seth left for 1876 Deadwood, she moved with her daughter Margaret to her parents in Michigan because Deadwood was at that time still an uncivilized and dangerous storage of gold diggers and adventurers.

It was only after her husband had become sheriff in town and first laws came to fruition, they also moved to Deadwood. She soon became a leading member of the local women's community and was several times President of The Round Table Club, a literary women's community with the motto: " Dare to be wise".

In Deadwood the couple had a daughter ( Florence ) and a son ( Stanley ).

After her death in 1939 she was buried in the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood in her husband's grave.

TV Series

The character of Martha Bullock from the HBO TV series Deadwood is based on the historical figure. For dramatic reasons, however, some historical facts have been changed. So the real Martha was not, for example, the widow of Seth's brother and had with him a son. In the series, the character of the actress Anna Gunn is presented.