Edgar Needham

Birth Date

1813-03-19

Death Date

1873-03-09

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, marble dealer, tax assessor, and notary public. Native of Sussex, England. Married to Sarah S. Needham. Father of William Needham, John Needham, Charles K. Needham, Fanny Needham, Mary Needham, George S. Needham, Harriett Needham, and Edward Needham. Marble stonecutter in Louisville in 1850. Marble dealer in Louisville in 1860. Commissioned as a notary on November 13, 1862. United States tax assessor for the Third Collection District of Kentucky in 1862. United States tax assessor for the Third Collection District of Kentucky in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, District 4, p. 64A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 66.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 54.
"Edgar Needham (1813-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #87233260, accessed June 13, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87233260/.
"Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862.
"U.S. Internal Revenue," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), June 1, 1863.
KYR-0001-031-0056.

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