Francis Henry Dallam

Birth Date

1812

Death Date

1866-03-31

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Henderson, Kentucky, attorney. Hopkinsville, Kentucky, native. Son of Nathan Smith Dallam and Sarah Hicks Dallam. Married Camilla Barbour Dallam. Studied law under Frank Blair in Frankfort, Kentucky. Admitted to the bar in Frankfort in 1833. Practiced law in Livingston County, Kentucky, from 1833 to 1853. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Livingston County from 1844 to 1845. Practiced law in Henderson from 1853 to 1866. Partner in the law firm of Hughes, Dallam, and Hughes with Willis G. Hughes and Samuel Casey Hughes.

H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 888-89; Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 479; History of Union County, Kentucky (Evansville, In: Courier Co., Printers, Binders and Engravers, 1886), 193; "Union Meeting," Louisville Daily Courier, November 15, 1860.

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