Benjamin F. Trabue

Birth Date

1822-10-06

Death Date

1905-11-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Barren County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Lelia Anderson Trabue in Mercer County, Kentucky, on June 12, 1855. Father of Henry B. Trabue, Kate Trabue, Helen C. Trabue, and Bura Trabue. Graduate of the University of Louisville. Physician in Barren County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Barren County in 1860. Elected member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Barren County in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 1063.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 30.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 544A.
Find A Grave, "Dr. Benjamin Franklin Trabue (Oct 6, 1822-Nov 29, 1905)," Memorial #111841830, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111841830 (accessed April 27, 2020).
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191862 , p.103 of microfilm.
U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935University of Louisville, p. 15.
"Election Returns,"The Courier-Journal(Louisville, Ky.), August 14, 1865, p.3.
"Trabue Family," http://www.so-ky.com/dickinson/book/trabue.htm (accessed April 27, 2020).

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