File:Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans (1906) (14774966724) (3x4a).jpg
DescriptionMen of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans (1906) (14774966724) (3x4a).jpg
Text Appearing Before Image: of Morgan G., was graduated from Yale College in 1824,studied law, and after a brief residence in East Haddam moved toHartford, where, during a long career, he was prominently identifiedwith the financial institutions of the city. He also took an activeinterest in politics, and was one of the founders of the Eepublicanparty. Among other offices he was Judge, Commissioner of the SchoolFund, State Senator, Speaker of the House of Eepresentatives, etc.He married Lydia S. Morgan of Colchester—a woman of strong char-acter and uplifting influence. Morgan Gardner Bulkeley was born at East Haddam, Connecti-cut, December 26th, 1837. Eobust and adventurous, at the age offourteen he left school to tempt fortune in the great world. Enter-ing the house of H. P. Morgan & Co., of Brooklyn, ISTew York, aserrand boy, in seven years he was admitted to the partnership. Inanswer to the call for volunteers he enlisted in the Thirteenth NewYork regiment, and served under General McClellan during the Text Appearing After Image: MORGAN GARDNER BULKELEY 49 Peninsular campaign. At the close of his term of military servicehe resumed business in Brooklyn, but on the death of his father in1872 returned to Hartford to supervise the financial interests ofthe family. As organizer and first president he launched the UnitedStates Bank, at first named the United States Trust Company, whichto-day has by far the largest percentage of surplus of any bank inHartford. In 1879 Governor Bulkeley was elected president of the ^tnaLife Insurance Company, having long been intimately connected withthe management of its affairs. His father, as president from the dateof its birth in 1850 till his death in 1872, had safely piloted theenterprise through the wealoiess and perils of infancy. Thus, forover half a century, with the exception of seven years between 1872 and1879, father and son in succession have guided the destinies of theinstitution. Viewed in the light of strength and symmetry of develop-ment its record has nowhere been s
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