Person

John Edmiston (Lincoln County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1826-08-06 d. 1916-12-13

Lincoln County, Kentucky, merchant and trustee. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Edmiston and Cynthia Edmiston. Married to Rebecca C. Shaw Edmiston in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on September 21, 1857. Father of Walter G. Edmiston, Minnie Edmiston, and Mary L. Edmiston. Peddler in Lincoln County in 1850. Merchant in Lincoln County in 1860. Trustee of the town of Crab Orchard in 1861.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 2, p. 286A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Crab Orchard, p. 53.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Crab Orchard, p. 20B.

"John Edmiston (1826-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial #77873025, accessed June 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77873025.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lincoln County Marriages, Film #001904136, p. 42.

“Oldest Odd Fellow Gone,” Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky.), Dec. 15, 1916, p. 1.

KYR-0001-017-0112.

Citation

Edmiston, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199542 (November 12, 2026).

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