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James L. Sallee (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1838-05-30 d. 1918-03-26

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Sallee and Elizabeth Sallee. Married Catherine Burns Sallee in Mercer County, Kentucky in December 1855. Father of John S. Sallee, William H. Sallee, Isaac Sallee, Martha J. Sallee, Mary L. Sallee, and Nancy A. Sallee. Student in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Accused of murdering Emeline Dean in Mercer County in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 298B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 553.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 132, p. 21B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191862, p. 67.

Find A Grave, "James Lewis Sallee (1838-1918)," Memorial #64978850, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64978850 (accessed May 26, 2021).

Citation

Sallee, James L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199999 (November 12, 2026).

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