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Joseph Willey (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1809?

Louisville, Kentucky, merchant. Native of Bavaria. Married to Cecilia Willey. Father of Elizabeth Willey, Alexander Willey, and Charles Edward Willey. Merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant 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, District 1, p. 35A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 598.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 368A/B.

Citation

Willey, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198764 (November 12, 2026).

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