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John R. Pirtle (Louisville, Kentucky, physician and soldier)

b. 1833-02-15 d. 1896-02-24

Louisville, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elmira K. Schwing Pirtle on March 10, 1852. Father of Laura and Alice Pirtle. Physician in Louisville in 1860. Surgeon in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) until December 19th, 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 131.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007129, Louisville Deaths, p. 127.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994040, Jefferson County Marriages, p. 3.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 942.

Find A Grave, "John Rowan Pirtle (February 15, 1833-February 24, 1896)," Memorial #69115742, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69115742 (accessed April 30, 2018).

Citation

Pirtle, John R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199667 (November 12, 2026).

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