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John Dishman (Knox County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney.)

b. 1820-06-23 d. 1894-05-03

Knox County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Virginia native. Son of William Dishman and [Unknown] Branau Dishman. Married to Jane T. Atchison Dishman. Father of Mary Lou Dishman, Eliza E. Dishman, James Dishman, Laura Dishman, Silas Benjamin Dishman, Carrie Dishman, and Maggie Dishman. Attorney in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1850. Resident of Knox County, Kentucky, in 1852. Attorney in Knox County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Knox County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the 12th Judicial District of Kentucky in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 73B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barbourville, p. 26.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barbourville.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Subdivision 93, p. 427B.

"Death of a Well Known Lawyer," The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), May 4, 1894, p. 1.

Charles Kerr, William Elsley Connelley, and E.M. Coulter, History of Kentucky (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1922), p. 423.

"John Dishman (1820-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial 15309240, accessed January 5, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15309240.

Citation

Dishman, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199881 (November 12, 2026).

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