Fayette County Genealogy Project
BULGER, p. 48
Contributed by Keely Deuschle
This family was founded in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, by Samuel
Bulger, an early settler of the Brownsville section, where he died aged
eighty-one years, leaving issue.
(II) Jesse H., son of Samuel Bulger, was born in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, in 1822, died July, 1903. He was a molder by trade, became
an expert workman and rose to positions of trust, having charge of
important operations. He was foreman of the Miles Greenwood foundry at
Cincinnati, Ohio, for ten years, 1852 to 1862, having previously had an
attack of "gold fever," spending about two years in California, where he
met with fair success in his mining ventures. He returned east and after
his connection with Miles Greenwood was for a great many years
superintendent of the Snowden foundry in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, also
the Herbertson foundry of that place. He superintended the building of
several gunboats turned out by the Snowden plant that were used by the
government on southern rivers during the war between the states. He was
a Republican in politics, for twenty-five years was treasurer of South
Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and prominent in public affairs. He was a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Mary Scott,
of Scotch ancestry, tracing to the same family as Sir Walter Scott, the
novelist. Children, six now living: 1. Miles G., married Ada, daughter
of Samuel Cropp, of Brownsville. 2. William H., married Minnie Harvey,
of Fayette county. 3. Rinard R., married Kate Shallenberger, of
Brownsville. 4. Thomas W., of whom further. 5. Howard H., married Elma
Cock, of Brownsville. 6. Jessie, married James M. West, of Pittsburgh.
(III) Thomas W., son of Jesse H. and Mary (Scott) Bulger, was born in
Brownsville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1865. He was
educated and grew to manhood in Brownsville, where he began business
life as a clerk in a carpet store. He later entered the tailoring
establishment conducted by his brothers, William H. and Rinard R., in
Brownsville, and thoroughly mastered the merchant tailoring business. In
1896 he came to Uniontown and opened a tailoring establishment, which he
yet successfully conducts. He is a Republican in politics, served two
years as councilman at Brownsville and is actively interested in local
affairs. He is a member of Uniontown Chamber of Commerce, serving on the
board of directors. He is past exalted ruler of Uniontown Lodge No. 370,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a member with his family
of the First Presbyterian Church of Uniontown.
He married, December 16, 1890. Flora, daughter of Charles Thomas and
Maria (Gaskell) Brawley, of Brownsville, granddaughter of Edward H. and
Sophia (Marquis) Brawley, of Brownsville, and a greatgranddaughter of
Patrick Brawley, born in Ireland, came to the United States, settled in
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, becoming one of the early iron
manufacturers of the Brownsville district. Charles Thomas Brawley was an
engineer and ran on steamboats plying the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
between Cincinnati, Ohio, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Children of Thomas
W. Bulger: 1. Maurice Scott, born November 9, 1892, now a student at
Amherst College. 2. Madelon, born April 17, 1896. 3. Thomas W., Jr.,
born August 2, 1899.
Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County by John W.
Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1912.
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