Martin Bijur

Birth Date

1833-02-28

Death Date

1882-05-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Native of Prussia. Married to Harriet Bijur. Father of Bertha Bijur, William F. Bijur, and Anna Bell Bijur. Practiced in partnership with Byron Bacon and later with Peter B. Muir. Commonwealth's attorney in Jefferson County in 1864. Elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1865.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 185.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), p. 211.
“Death of Hon. Martin Bijur,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 1, 1882, p. 2.
Find A Grave, "Martin Bijur (unknown-1882)," Memorial #100677226, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100677226 (accessed June 5, 2017).
KYR-0001-004-1388.

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