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Alexander C. Cross (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman)

b. 1831? d. 1866-05-19

Louisville, Kentucky, policeman. Iowa native. Married to Eliza J. Cross. Father of Mary L. Cross, Charles W. Cross, and Ida E.Cross. Policeman in Louisville in 1860. Night policeman in the 1st Ward of Louisville in 1861. Policeman in Louisville in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 445.
Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 323.
“An Efficient Policeman Dead” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 21, 1866, p. 1.

Citation

Cross, Alexander C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198108 (November 12, 2026).

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