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Jefferson A. Benseman (Jefferson County, KY, saddler and farmer)

b. 1816? d. 1883-06-24

Louisville, Kentucky, saddler and farmer. Pennsylvania native. Married to Catherine Lentz Benseman. Father of Emma Benseman, Ida Benseman, and Alice Benseman. Saddler in Louisville in 1850. Farmer in Louisville in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 245A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 822.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 897.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 12, p. 570B.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #7007127: Jefferson County, Books 5-6, p. 336.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #21513.

Citation

Benseman, Jefferson A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196806 (November 12, 2026).

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