Joshua Bullitt

Joshua Fry Bullitt (February 22, 1821 – February 16, 1898) was a justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Early life Bullitt was born to William Christian Bullitt and Mildred Ann Fry in Jefferson County, Kentucky on February 22, 1821. He was named after Joshua Fry, a notable figure in American colonial history and one of Mildred's ancestors. He was the oldest of ten children, though only six lived past age 25. Among his siblings were John Christian Bullitt, Susan Peachy Bullitt (who would later marry Senator Archibald Dixon) and Thomas Walker Bullitt, father of William Marshall Bullitt. Bullitt attended Centre College, then studied law at the University of Virginia. Early career Bullitt was admitted to the bar in 1844.