Capt Moses Bulkley Homestead
Subject Southport, Connecticut
Description This house was built c1820-25 by Capt Moses Bulkley. He later bult 176 Main St for his son, Oliver. The house at 104 Main St was built by Capt Moses' brother, Capt Charles Bulkley. The people on the porch are believed to be members of the Moses Bulkley family. See comments with photos #303 and #304. (4/90) This photo is a variant of photo #660, presumably taken the same day. Adults on the porch from left to right: standing, Frederic Bulkley, son of Moses Bulkley; Elizabeth Bulkley/Aunt Betsey? (see comments photo 660); Mrs Oliver Bulkley (Amelia Gilbert); Moses Bulkley; Mrs William (Georgianna Bulkley) Nichols; Annie M Gilbert, sister of Mrs Nichols. Sitting on steps: Oliver Bulkley of 176 Main, holding son Gilbert; the other children are those of Oliver Bulkley and of Georgianna Nichols--see photo #660 for identification. (11/03)
Creator V Louise Higgins
Publisher Pequot Library Association
Date c1867
Format photograph
Captain Moses Bulkley, Captain George Bulkley, and Captain Jonathan Godfrey were all close friends of Pomeroy. Warren D. Gookin was the only Oak Lawn stockholder who had grown up outside Southport. His brother-in- law, William Webb Wakeman, himself an Oak Lawn stockholder, convinced Gookin to invest in the cemetery even though he resided in Brooklyn, New York. The last of the ten men and one woman who provided the funds to open the cemetery was Frederick Marquand. Once one of New York’s wealthiest residents, he spent his retirement organizing the Southport Savings Bank, serving as its president before Edwin Sherwood took over that post, and endowing hospitals and schools of theology.
