Benjamin D. Morton

Birth Date

1840

Death Date

1872-07-08

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, surveyor. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Morton and Amelia T. Morton. Student in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, in 1850. Surveyor in Madisonville, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Pigeon Ward 7, p. 368A-B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 838.
"Benjamin Morton (1840-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial #111100421, accessed September 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111100421.

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