Alex H. Major

Birth Date

c1837

Death Date

1878-11-16

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Frankfort, Kentucky, and Henderson County, Kentucky, teacher. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel J. M. Major and Martha N. Major. Married Annie K. McClain in Henderson County, Kentucky, on February 25, 1863. Father of Lulie Major in 1865. Resident in Franklin County in 1850. Teacher in Franklin County in 1860. Teacher in Henderson County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 72A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 241.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Upper Town Precinct, p. 234B.
Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky (Henderson, Kentucky, 1887), 813.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Henderson County, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p.92.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Henderson County, KY, July 1863, p. 254, (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "Alex H. Major (1837-1878)," Memorial #85736619 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85736619 (accessed April 14, 2019).

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