Sebastian Eifort

Birth Date

c1817

Death Date

1893-12-11

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Carter County Kentucky, furnace owner and state representative. Neustadt, Germany native. Son of Henry Eifort and Catherine Eifort. Married to Rachel Jackson Eifort on March 17, 1842. Father of William H. Eifort, James M. Eifort, Catherine Eifort, Mary J. Eifort, Sebastian Eifort, and Joseph Eifort. Worked at Jackson, Scioto, and Bloom furnaces in Scioto County, Ohio in 1839. Co-founded Harrison Furnace in Scioto County in 1852. Built and owned Boone Furnace in Carter County, Kentucky from 1856 to 1866. Served in the Kentucky state legislature from 1863.

Marriage Records: Ohio Marriages, (Various Ohio County Courthouses), film no. 000292694, p. 216. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, p. 60. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Precinct 5, p. 24. Find A Grave, "Sebastian Bartran Eifort (1817-1893)," Memorial #87131513, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87131513/sebastian-bartran-eifort (accessed December 19, 2018). W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 8th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 807-808.

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