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Edward M. Drane (Henry County, Kentucky, notary public, court commissioner, and tobacco superintendent)

b. 1830-11-08 d. 1913-12-13

Henry County, Kentucky, notary public, court commissioner, and tobacco superintendent. Kentucky native. Son of Edward Crabb Drane and Judith Coleman Dupuy Drane. Married to Alice Keats Drane in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on March 15, 1855. Father of Adele Drane, Clarence Drane, and George Drane. Notary public in Henry County in 1862. Commissioner of the county court in Henry County in 1863. Commissioner of the chancery court in Henry County in 1863. Commissioner of the county court in Henry County in 1864. Superintendent of weighing and coopering tobacco in Louisville in 1864.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 552B.

“A Fine Farm for Sale.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY). Sept. 30, 1863.

“Captain Ed. M. Drane Dies.” Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), Dec. 14, 1913.

“Capt. Ed. M. Drane Dies at Frankfort.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Dec. 14, 1913.

“Commissioner’s Sale.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Jan. 1, 1864.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Henry County, KY, June 1863, p. 122.

Georgie Hopkins Ford, Kentucky Brights and Their Kin: Including the Crabb, Drane, Ford, Hopkins, and King Families (Berkeley, CA, 1989), 93-94.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 10, Henry County, Kentucky, 1864, p. 22.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994040, Jefferson County Marriages.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #31936.

Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY), March 9, 1864.

“The Tobacco Inspectors,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 3, 1864.

KYR-0001-031-0070.

Citation

Drane, Edward M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198263 (November 12, 2026).

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