Delos T. Bligh

Birth Date

1823-03-19

Death Date

1890-03-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, bricklayer, soldier, police officer and detective. Delaware County, New York, native. Married to Cassandra "Kate" Davis Bligh. Father of Mary Bligh and Emma Bligh. Married Kate Ovington Bligh in 1859. Father of Anna Bligh, Amy Bligh, and Lois Bligh. Served in the Louisville Legion (U.S.A.) as a private from May 1846 to November 1846. Deputy city marshal in Louisville in 1847. Bricklayer in Louisville in 1850. Police officer and detective in Louisville from 1856 to 1890.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 321B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 3, p. 702.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 507A.
"His Life Ended," The Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), March 2, 1890, p. 9.
Morton O. Childress, Louisville Division of Police: History and Personnel (Louisville, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 2005), 11, 76.
"Delos Thurman Bligh (1823-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6942591, accessed May,18, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6942591.

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