James Franklin Vigus

Birth Date

c1841

Death Date

1927-02-10

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Adair County, Kentucky, student, farmer, and soldier. Adair County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Vigus and Susan Vigus. Attended school in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded in battle in Tennessee in November 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 64B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 184.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0269.
"J.F. Vigus Passes Away," North Arkansas Star (Berryville, AR), February 17, 1927, p. 2.
KYR-0001-003-0014.

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