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Edmund Merkley (Louisville, Kentucky, tinner, merchant, and )

b. 1829-12-23 d. 1884-03-03

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tinner, merchant, and saloon keeper. Native of Germany. Married to Catherine Masset Merkley in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 6, 1851. Father of Mary Merkley. Tinner in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Louisville in 1860. Saloon keeper in Louisville in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 147A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 3, p. 654.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000819593.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 438.

"Edmund Merkley (1829-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial 239753861, accessed July 25, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239753861.

Citation

Merkley, Edmund. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200964 (November 12, 2026).

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