Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 236.  Jefferson County.

THOMAS W. BULLITT, of Louisville, was born at Oxmoor, Jefferson county,
Kentucky, on the 17th of May, 1838, and is a representative of a family
whose long and honorable identification with the history of Kentucky has
indelibly engraved its name upon the annals of the state.  His remote
ancestry were of that religious class known as French Huguenots, and one of
the number,--by name Joseph Bullitt,--left his native France in 1685 and
took up his residence at Port Tobacco, Maryland, on the Chesapeake bay,
thus founding the family on American soil.  His son, Benjamin Bullitt, the
great-great-grandfather of Colonel Bullitt, followed the peaceful pursuits
of the farm in Virginia, and the great-grandfather, Cuthbert Bullitt, was
an eminent jurist of the Old Dominion and was occupying a place on the
bench of the supreme court of that state at the time of his death. In the
history of Kentucky Alexander Scott Bullitt, the grandfather of the
Colonel, became a conspicuous figure, winning renown in connection with
the executive department of the state.  He was born in Prince William
county, Virginia, and about the time he attained his majority came to
Kentucky, in 1783.  Here he purchased one thousand acres of land, calling
the place Oxmoor, and the old family homestead has since been in possession
of his descendants.  His prominence in public affairs is shown by the fact
that he occupied the exalted position of president of the convention which
framed the constitution of Kentucky in 1799 and was the first lieutenant
governor of the state under that constitution.  He died in 1816 and was
laid to rest in the old family burying-ground,--the oldest cemetery in
Kentucky,--where now sleeps all the descendants of this worthy pioneer and
honored statesman.  In 1785 he had married a daughter of Colonel William
Christian, whose wife was a sister of Patrick Henry, the renowned patriot
and statesman of Virginia.
     William Christian Bullitt, father of Colonel Bullitt of this review,
was born at Oxmoor in 1793 and spent the greater part of his life there as
a leading planter.  For only a short period did he leave the old homestead,
and during that time he resided in Louisville, engaged in the practice of
law, but ill health forced him to abandon the profession.  His deep
interest in questions of the day that concerned the welfare of state and
nation was strongly felt, yet he never sought the honors of public office.
He, however, served as a member of the constitutional convention of
1849-50, where he labored earnestly for the adoption of a constitution that
would prove a firm foundation on which to rest the commonwealth.  In early
life he advocated Whig principles, but in 1852 supported Franklin Pierce
for the presidency and was afterward a stalwart Democrat.  He married
Mildred Ann Fry, a native of Albemarle county, Virginia, who when three
years old came to Kentucky with her parents, Joshua and Peachy (Walker)
Fry, who settled in Danville.  She possessed a beautiful Christian
character and held a membership in the Presbyterian church.  With her
husband she delighted to extend the warm welcome of their truly
hospitable home to their many friends and to the traveler who found rest
within their gates, and Oxmoor was usually filled with a happy party
enjoying the many pleasures which formed the charm of Kentucky home-life a
half century ago and won the state its reputation for hospitality. William
Christian Bullitt died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Chenowith, near Oxmoor, August 28, 1877, at the age of eighty-four years,
and his wife died in 1879, aged eighty-one years.
     Surrounded by the influences of a cultured home, THomas W. Bullitt
passed his childhood and youth, and his elementary education was acquired
there and in attendance on the common schools of the neighborhood.  He
afterward entered Center College, where he was graduated in 1858, and in
order to prepare for the legal profession he went to Philadelphia, where
he read law with the aid of his brother, John C. Bullitt.  His course was
completed in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, and in
1861 he was licensed to practice at the Philadelphia bar, where he entered
upon his professional career in the office of his brother.  The war,
however, was now in progress, and his sympathies were all with the south.
He remained with his brother only a few months and in the spring of 1862
returned to Kentucky, where he offered his services to the Confederacy,
joining the forces under General John Morgan.  He later accompanied that
dashing officer in his Ohio raid and was captured, landing with Morgan
and his officers in the Ohio penitentiary.  Several of his comrades
afterward succeeded in effecting an escape, but he remained in prison at
Columbus for eight months after which he was transferred to Fort Delaware
and detained there until within a month of the close of the war, when he
was paroled and sent to Richmond.
     On the restoration of peace Colonel Bullitt established himself in
the practice of law in Louisville, where at the bar he has won high
honor, becoming distinguished as one of its most successful and brilliant
members.  His specialty has been corporation law, and his mastery and
skillful handling of the intricate problems therein involved have won him
a large patronage, and he now handles the legal business of a number of
large corporations, banks, railroads and other enterprises.  In a number
of these companies he is also a director, and his varied business ability
is manifest in the Fidelity Trust Company of Louisville, of which he was
the organizer.  This was the first trust company formed west of the
Alleghenies, and afterward he organized the Kentucky Title Company, in
which he is a director.
     In 1871 Colonel Bullitt married Anna Priscilla Logan, daughter of
Hon. Caleb Logan, of the Louisville chancery court.  Her mother was the
daughter of Dr. Louis Marshall, a brother of Chief Justice John Marshall.
Their six living children are: William Marshall, James B., Agatha M.,
Alexander S., Keith L. and Myra L.
     Colonel Bullitt belongs to the Presbyterian church, and contributes
liberally to the support of church and charitable work.  His political
faith is in harmony with Democratic principles, but his time and attention
is given to the law, and his talents adorn the profession which has had
so many eminent representatives in Kentucky.

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