James Nicholas Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, merchant and cashier.)
b. 1825-03-06 d. 1894-09-30
Graves County, Kentucky, merchant and cashier. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, native. Married to Macerina L. Beadles. Father of Martha M. Beadles. Married to Catherine Mayes in Caldwell County in 1858. Father of Robert Mayes Beadles. Merchant in Graves County in 1850. Merchant in Graves County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Graves County in 1860. Cashier at branch of Bank of Ashland in Mayfield, Graves County, in 1861.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1, p. 423B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 334.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 17.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 187C.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #007719556.
KYR-0001-017-0219
"James Nicholas Beadles (1825-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial #39879185, accessed June 27, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39879185/james-nicholas-beadles.
"Martha M. Beadles (1851-1851," Find A Grave, Memorial #10123971, accessed June 27, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10123971/martha-m-beadles.
Citation
Beadles, James Nicholas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200770 (November 12, 2026).
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