Benjamin F. Byard

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c1831

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"Benjamin F. Byard" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015011, (accessed January 9, 2025).

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, cooper, farmer and soldier. Ohio native. Son of John D. Byard. Married to Nancy Davis Byard in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on January 23, 1857. Father of Cynthia Byard, Oriana O. Byard, and James H. Byard. Stepfather of Mary E. Davis. Resident in Hopkins County in 1850. Cooper in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1863. Served in the 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private on October 21, 1861 to February 16, 1862. Reported as deserted from Fort Donelson, Tennessee, on February 16, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 51A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 710.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film #000558428, p. 175.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0125.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, KY, June 1863, p. 2.

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