Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Louisville, Kentucky, laborer and river man. Kentucky native. Married to Tamson Webster Boston in 1837. Father of Rozella Boston, James Boston, Sarah Boston, Laura Boston, and John Boston. Laborer in Louisville in 1850. River man in Boston in 1861.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, stamped p. 29.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 6.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019799, Jefferson County Deaths, File #3686
Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 38.

Citation

Boston, Matthew. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199903 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
J. H. Myers et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-29

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