Preston B. Morrow

Birth Date

1811-08-02

Death Date

1875-02-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Woodford County, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, police judge, and politician. Kentucky native. Filed a marriage bond to Elizabeth S. Hall Morrow in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 13, 1836. Father of Joseph C. Morrow, Samuel Morrow, and Belle Morrow Harding. Licensed to marry Rebecca A. Davis Morrow in Woodford County on August 19, 1848. Married to Emily V. Whittaker in Woodford County on September 26, 1850. Merchant in Woodford County in 1850. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860. Police court judge in Versailles in 1861. Delegate from Woodford County to the Union Democratic State Convention in Louisville in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 474 A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 835.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 528 A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000817874.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252327.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252320.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #5719.
“The Union Democracy of Woodford County,” The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), May 6, 1864.
"Preston B. Morrow (1811-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100713344, accessed August 20, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100713344.
KYR-0001-017-0151.

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