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LTC William Douglas Bulger
1 Mar 1843 – 5 Dec 1894
| Birth | 1 Mar 1843 |
| Death | 5 Dec 1894 |
| Cemetery | Dadeville City Cemetery Dadeville , Tallapoosa County , Alabama , USA |
| Added by | Angela Eden Bice on 28 Jul 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50665283 |
Bio
Col. William D. Bulger, one of the best known attorneys in Alabama and a prominent member of the Birmingham bar, is a native of Tallapoosa county, Ala., where he was born March 1, 1844 [1843 a/c tombstone], and where he secured his primary education. He then went to Dadeville, Ala., where he worked for five years in a printing office and then went to Marrysville, Tenn., where he attended school, until the spring of 1861, when he entered the Confederate service, enlisting in a company organized by Capt. Thrasher, while was assigned to the Thirty-eighth Tennessee infantry, and on the reorganization of that regiment, in the summer of the same year, private Bulger, was made commissary, and served in that capacity for about a year. He then resigned and enlisted as a private soldier, in the Forty-seventh Alabama regiment, which was organized by his father, M. J. Bulger, who soon became its colonel. He served in this regiment until the battle of Chickamauga, where he was wounded, and after partially recovering, he was assigned to detailed duty at Mobile, Ala. And commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Third Alabama reserves, which rank he held at the close of the war. He was in the battles of Cedar Run, Second Manassas, Chantilly Farm, Fredericksburg, Sharpsburg or Antietan, Gettysbufg and Chickamauga. He was wounded in the right hip at Sharpsburg, and in the knee at Chickamauga. At the close of the war, Col. Bulger returned to this native county, and located at Dadeville, where he at once commenced the study of law, and in March, 1866, was admitted to the bar. He at once opened an office in Dadeville, and soon built up a lucrative practice remaining there until 1888, when he removed to Birmingham, Ala. where he has a large practice. He was elected to represent Tallapoosa county in the lower house in 1870, and served one term. Col. Bulger was married in December, 1866, to Miss Amanda Crabb, daughter of James B. Crabb, of McConough, Ga., and to this union were born ten children, of whom six now survive. Col. Bulger's father is Michael J. Bulger, who is a native of South Carolina, born in Richland district, that state. He came to Alabama about 1820, locating in Tallapoosa county, where he now resides. He has served repeatedly in both houses of the Alabama legislature, and early in 1862, organized the Forty-seventh Alabama regiment, of which he was afterward made colonel, and served all through the war, receiving three wounds, while in service. He married Elizabeth M. Bozeman, a native of Alabama and to them were born four children, two of whom now survive, viz.: Col. W. D. Bulger of Birmingham, and Thomas L. Bulger of Tallapoosa county, Ala. ["Memorial Record of Alabama," Volume 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), page 249]
Inscription
COL W. D. BULGER BORN MARCH 1, 1843 DIED DEC. 5, 1894 ------ His many virtues form the noblest monument to his memory.
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- Rev Pierce Donald Bulger 1828–1923
- Mary Ann Bulger Shackelford 1831–1919
- Permelia T "Pamela" Bulger Banks 1835–1900
- Mrs. Caroline Tyler "Carrie" Bulger Burns 1841–1880
- Thomas LaFayette Bulger 1850–1930
Children
- Henrie A "Hennie" Bulger 1869–1947 FaG
- Frances Elizabeth Bulger 1874–1942 FaG
- Roscoe Bulger 1878–1913 FaG
- Ruby Bulger Parker 1886–1919 FaG
- Bozeman C. Bulger 1890–1932 FaG
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