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Isaac Newton Cardwell (Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, attorney)

b. 1827? d. 1899?

Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married Joanah Cardwell in Owsley County, Kentucky, in 1855. Father of Florence Cardwell and Lena Cardwell. Served in the 5th Tennessee Volunteers as a private and sergeant in the Mexican-American War. Attorney in Booneville in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a major from September 22, 1861, to February 15, 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, Boonville, p. 341.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine District, p. 555A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-58, Owsley County Marriages, p. 4 of 21 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 748-9.

Find A Grave, "Major Isaac Newtown Cardwell (1827-1899)," Memorial #75393087, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75393087 (accessed August 21, 2020).

Citation

Cardwell, Isaac Newton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199835 (November 12, 2026).

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