John Walter Rutherford

Birth Date

c1820

Death Date

1892-08-20

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant. Kentucky native. Son of William Rutherford and Martha Rutherford. Married to Ethelinda R. Long Rutherford in Christian County, Kentucky, on June 9, 1849. Father of Andrew J. Rutherford, James M. Rutherford, and Mary C. Rutherford. Barkeeper in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Book merchant in Crittenden County in 1860. Merchant in Crittenden County in 1863. Charged with perjury in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, in 1865. Fugitive from justice in Crittenden County in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 213B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, Marion, West Half, p. 408.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 376A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 004260144, p. 160.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Crittenden County, KY, June 1863, p. 20.
"At a Ripe Old Age," Leaf-Chronicle, (Clarksville, TN), 20 Aug 1892, p. 2.
KYR-0001-006-0056.

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