Elisha G. Bingham

Birth Date

c1840

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Howard Bingham in Harlan County, Kentucky, on April 6, 1839. Father of Charles J. C. Bingham, Benjamin J. A. Bingham, Elijah S. Bingham, Burdine Bingham, Calvina Bingham, Eli Bingham, Robert Bingham, Esther Bingham, Mary Bingham, Julien Bingham, and Greene A. Bingham. Farmer in Harlan County in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 14th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private from March 1, 1863, to March 24, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 1, p. 33A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 106-107.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Yates, p. 311A-B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0128.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harlan County Marriages, Film 000834238, p. 356.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 385.

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