James Rouse

Birth Date

1834

Death Date

1904

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Union County, Kentucky, merchant. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Rouse and Sarah K. Rouse. Married to Adeline Hatfield Rouse in Union County, Kentucky, on September 5, 1854. Father of Edward Douglas Rouse. Farm laborer in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Merchant in Union County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 267B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 541.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 418A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000562202, p. 1.
"James Rouse (1834-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #46615772, accessed July 4, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46615772.

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