John Stacker, Jr.

Birth Date

c1828

Death Date

1887-04-25

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant, county examiner, and postmaster. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary E. Gracey Stacker in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 16, 1854. Clerk in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned eighty-two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Merchant in Lyon County in 1860. County examiner in Lyon County in 1865. Postmaster for Eddyville in Lyon County from March 30, 1865, to September 22, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 382A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 770.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 43B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000546372.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Lyon County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 126.
"John Stacker (1828-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 55453805, accessed June 17, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55453805.
KYR-0001-004-2297.

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