Reuben Reasor

Birth Date

1834-09-10

Death Date

1927-08-11

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Union County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Reasor and Rebecca Reasor. Married to Sarah Whitecotton Reasor in Union County, Kentucky, on July 24, 1855. Resident in Bullitt County in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as private and corporal from August 20, 1862 to February 15, 1865. Captured at Cheshire, Gallia County, Ohio, on July 20, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois, from August 22, 1863, to February 15, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on February 16, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, p. 157A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 511.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0058.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film 000562202.
U.S. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M598, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, p. 67.
"Vet of Morgan's Brigade Is Dead," The Evansville Courier (Evansville, IN), August 12, 1927, p. 5.
"Reuben Reasor (1834-1927)," Find A Grave, Memorial 105576995, accessed September 30, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105576995.

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