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Charles C. Eaves (Muhlenberg Co, KY, attorney and state rep)

b. 1825-01-20 d. 1905-08-17

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, native. Son of John S. Eaves and Lurena Ingraham Eaves. Married to Martha G. Beech Eaves in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on March 24, 1852. Father of Rufus Eaves, Frances Eaves, Charles P. Eaves, Ridley Eaves, Ruth B. Eaves, and Marinda Eaves. Admitted to the bar in Muhlenberg County in 1846. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Muhlenberg County from 1857 to 1859. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 222B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, District 2, p. 732.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 3, p. 128B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, 1799-1875, Film 000557316, p. 74.

John Livingston, Livingston’s United States Law Register, and Official Directory (New York: John A. Gray, 1859), 304.

Otto A. Rothert, A History of Muhlenberg County (Louisville, KY: John P. Morton and Company, 1913), 242-44.

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Eaves, Charles C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200256 (November 12, 2026).

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