Thomas Edrington

Birth Date

c1830

Death Date

1881-04

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of Jeremiah Edrington and Melinda Lowell Edrington. Married to Mary E. Edrington. Carpenter in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1850. Resident of Jefferson County in 1860. Convicted of the murder of Mary E. Edrington in the Jefferson Circuit Court on January 20, 1863. Sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville, p. 162B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 532B.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 117.
"Police Court," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 10 Jan 1860, p. 1.
"Inquest No. 62," Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), 30 Dec 1862, p. 3.
"Jefferson Circuit Court- Criminal Term," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 21 Jan 1863, p. 3.

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