married Lydia Morgan Jan. 31, 1830
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 22 Feb 1872 p2: "Hon. E. A. Bulkeley, President of the Etna Life Insurance Company, died in Hartford Thursday last, aged 69. He has been twice a member of the State Senate and once Speaker of the House."
Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
memorial only buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery Harford, CT see #6688427
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Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, son of John C. and Sarah (Taintor) Bulkeley, was born in Colchester, Conn., in June, 1804.
He studied law with Wm. J. Williams, of Lebanon, and began to practice his profession in East Haddam, Conn. After serving as Judge of Probate Court, County Judge, and member of the Legislature, he removed in 1847 to Hartford, where he resided till his death, from paralysis, 13 Feb., 1872. While in Hartford he was Judge of the City Court and State Senator. He was also prominently connected with the insurance business of Hartford. He was the first president of the Conn. Mutual Company, which he assisted in organizing; and subsequently in 1850 organized the Aetna Life Company and held its presidency till his death. He was also the first president of the JEtna Bank.
He married, Jan. 31, 1830, Lydia S., daughter of Col. Avery Morgan, of Colchester, who survives him, with three of their six children. One son, who graduated at this College in 1856, died in the late war.
(Yale Alumni Obituary Manuscript)
married Lydia Morgan Jan. 31, 1830
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 22 Feb 1872 p2: "Hon. E. A. Bulkeley, President of the Etna Life Insurance Company, died in Hartford Thursday last, aged 69. He has been twice a member of the State Senate and once Speaker of the House."
Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
memorial only buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery Harford, CT see #6688427
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Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, son of John C. and Sarah (Taintor) Bulkeley, was born in Colchester, Conn., in June, 1804.
He studied law with Wm. J. Williams, of Lebanon, and began to practice his profession in East Haddam, Conn. After serving as Judge of Probate Court, County Judge, and member of the Legislature, he removed in 1847 to Hartford, where he resided till his death, from paralysis, 13 Feb., 1872. While in Hartford he was Judge of the City Court and State Senator. He was also prominently connected with the insurance business of Hartford. He was the first president of the Conn. Mutual Company, which he assisted in organizing; and subsequently in 1850 organized the Aetna Life Company and held its presidency till his death. He was also the first president of the JEtna Bank.
He married, Jan. 31, 1830, Lydia S., daughter of Col. Avery Morgan, of Colchester, who survives him, with three of their six children. One son, who graduated at this College in 1856, died in the late war.
(Yale Alumni Obituary Manuscript)
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