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John William McGough (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer)

b. 1840-01-11 d. 1867-02-16

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas M. McGough and Ann McGough. Married to Elizabeth Jane Hale McGough in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on November 5, 1861. Father of Thomas Henry McGough. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Farm laborer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 294B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 41-42.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Williams Mill, p. 482C.

"John W. McGough (1840-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial #24815836, accessed January 28, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24815836.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #29026.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film #000558428, p. 203.

Citation

McGough, John William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198448 (November 12, 2026).

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