William A. Gaines

Birth Date

c1832

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret J. Gaines. Father of Jane P. Gaines and William A. Gaines. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Postmaster of Frankfort from March 1861 to October 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, p. 259
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 115A.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Franklin County, vol. 28, p. 69.

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