Thomas Brockway Bullene (August 10, 1828 – December 4, 1894) was mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1882.
[1][2] Around 1849, Bullene opened a country store in Lyons, Wisconsin with his older brother Lathrop.
Bullene and his brother, along with Kersey Coates, started the store Coates & Bullene at Main Street and Missouri Avenue to supply travelers on the Santa Fe Trail.
[1][2] In 1867, W. E. Emery joined the business and in 1870–1871, the Moore brothers bought an interest in the establishment.
[1][3] Bullene wrote a fairy story for his daughter that was published in the Journal of Commerce in 1877.