Person

Charles Allen Purdy (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

b. 1841 d. 1907

Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Aaron Purdy and Elizabeth Purdy. Attended school in Kenton Count in 1850. Laborer in Kenton County in 1860. Served in the Fremont Body Guard (U.S.A.) as a private from August 1861, to November 30, 1861. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from November 28, 1862, to April 1, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, p. 147A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 6, p. 851.

Eleventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1890), Veterans Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Falmouth, p. 5.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0110.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 292.

"Charles Allen Purdy (1841-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial 170697598, accessed August 16, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170697598.

Citation

Purdy, Charles Allen. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196791 (November 12, 2026).

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