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James Speed Pirtle (Louisville Banker and Attorney.)

b. 1840-11-08 d. 1917-09-25

Louisville, Kentucky, banker and attorney. Louisville native. Son of Henry Pirtle and Jane Anne Rodgers Pirtle. Married to Emily Bartley Pirtle. Father of Robert T. Pirtle, Jane Pirtle, William B. Pirtle, and Emily Pirtle. Graduated from Louisville Male High School. Graduate from University of Louisville Law School. Practiced law in partnership with George W. Caruth. Unsuccessfully ran for a legislative seat on the Democratic ticket in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Alwin Seekamp, Roger Burlingame, eds. Who’s Who in Louisville (Lousiville, The Louisville Press Club, 1912), 178.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 119.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016198, Jefferson County Deaths.

"Well Known Citizens," The Courier-Journal, August 17, 1884, p. 12.

Find A Grave, "Judge James Speed Pirtle (November 8, 1840-September 25, 1917)," Memorial #69115646, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69115646 (accessed July, 11, 2017).

Citation

Pirtle, James Speed. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199124 (November 12, 2026).

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