[1] He was named after Joshua Fry, a notable figure in American colonial history and one of Mildred's ancestors.

[2] Bullitt attended Centre College, then studied law at the University of Virginia.

Bullitt was arrested in July 1864 at the direction of General William Tecumseh Sherman for sympathizing with the Confederacy.

[1] Among their children was Joshua Fry Bullitt, Jr. (born 1856), who would also become a notable lawyer and political figure.

Joshua Fry Bullitt died at his home near Louisville on February 16, 1898.