Bulfinch, Thomas
banker, author, was born July 15, 1796, in Boston, Mass.
He was a Boston banker, whose leisure was devoted to literary pursuits. He was the author of Hebrew Lyrical History; The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; Boy Inventors; Legends of Charlemagne; Poetry of the Age of Fable; Oregon and Eldorado, or Romance of the Rivers. He died May 27, 1867, in Boston, Mass.
BULKELEY, ELIPHALET ADAMS, lawyer, jurist, was born June 29, 1803, in Colchester, Conn. In 1857 he was a second time elected to the state legislature, becoming speaker of the house. During the latter portion of his life he was interested in the business of life insurance, and associated in the organizing of both the Connecticut Mutual company, becoming its first president, and the Ætna Life Insurance company. He died Feb. 13, 1.872, in Hartford, Conn.
BULKELEY, MORGAN GARDINER, financier, was born Dec. 26, 1838, in Hartford, Conn. On the death of his father he became president of the United States bank of Hartford, Conn., and later was elected to the presidency of the Ætna Life Insurance company. He is prominent in Connecticut politics as a republican, and has four times been elected mayor of Hartford.