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John D. Absher (Adair County, Kentucky, resident and soldier (13th KY Inf))

b. 1842-03-17 d. 1911-07-03

Adair County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William H. H. Absher and Talitha J. Wheat Absher. Married to Sarah Jane Humphress Absher in Adair County, Kentucky, on February 26, 1863. Resident of Russell County in 1850. Resident of Adair County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded in battle in Tennessee in November 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, District 1, p. 224B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 29.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Neatsville District, p. 120B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0262.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 16924.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film 001904584.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 859, 866.

Citation

Absher, John D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200609 (November 12, 2026).

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