James Calvert Foy

Birth Date

1826-02-15

Death Date

1864-07-26

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, stable keeper and soldier. Washington, D.C., native. Married to Francis Foy. Father of Ada Foy. Livery stable keeper in Covington, Kentucky in 1860. Employed Nancy Lovelace in Covington, Kentucky in 1860. Served in 23rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from December 16, 1861 to July 24, 1864. Died in military service near Atlanta, Georgia on July 24, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 666. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 132. U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861-1865, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780-1917, RG 94, National Archives at Washington, D.C. Find A Grave, "James Calvert Foy (February 15, 1826-July 26, 1864)," Memorial #86250878, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86250878 (accessed January 13, 2020).

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