Frank B. Machen

Birth Date

1818-04-11

Death Date

1890-10-07

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Adelia F. Jackson Machen in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 6, 1839. Father of Mary A. Machen, Nancy Machen, Grace G. Machen, Smith M. Machen, and Henrietta Machen. Married to Sarah E. Machen. Father of Fanny A. Machen, Harry G. Machen, and Edward Machen. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860. Employed John McElroy as an overseer in Lyon County in 1860. Owned thirty-nine enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 313A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 832.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 705.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 412B-413A.
"Frank B. Machen (1818-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #32102380, accessed June 16, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32102380.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 239.

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