George Parmalee Webster

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1828-06-24

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1899-01-11

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"George Parmalee Webster" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00017648, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and soldier. Litchfield County, Connecticut, native. Son of George Butler Webster and Eliza Jane Noys Webster. Married to Agnes Hayman Webster in Campbell County, Kentucky, on July 24, 1855. Father of Elizabeth "Bettie" M. Webster, Evan S. Webster, and Mary Eliza Webster. Attended the Lancasterian School in New Haven County, Connecticut. Elected City Attorney of Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1854. Attorney in Newport, Campbell County, in 1860. Employed Mary Rent and Agnes Limpking as domestic servants in Newport, Campbell County, in 1860. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1861-1862. Served in the United States Army as a captain and assistant quartermaster of United States Volunteers from May 12, 1862 through December 31, 1865. Brevetted major and lieutenant colonel on December 13, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 584.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, New York, New York County, Ward 12/District 8, p. 243B.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994030, Campbell County Marriages, p. 7.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, New York, Application #790033, Certificate #646320.
Francis B Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 vol. 1, pt. II (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903), 1013.
Proceedings of the New York State Bar AssociationVol. 23 (Albany, NY: Argus, 1900), 359-361.

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