Eldridge Busby

Birth Date

1831-08-13

Death Date

1898-05-19

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Campbell and Fleming County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Fleming County, Kentucky native. Married to Emily Downey Busby. Father of Mary Busby, Anna Busby, Richard Busby, and William Busby. Resident of Bath County in 1850. Carpenter in Fleming County in 1860. Carpenter in Campbell County in 1863. Served in the 53rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from September 12, 1864, to September 15, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District No. 1, p. 101A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District No. 2, p. 733.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Hillsboro District, p. 448A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0455.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Campbell County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 29.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994034, Fleming County Births, p. 337.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 521.
"Eldridge E Busby (1831-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #69694217, Accessed July 13, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69694217.

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