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Alexander Clay Semple (Louisville resident and soldier, served as assistant to General Boyle.)

b. 1835-02-24 d. 1904-12-30

Louisville, Kentucky, soldier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native. Son of Alexander B. Semple. Married to Sarah Slaughter Semple on May, 13, 1858. Father of Hattie M. Semple, George Castleman Semple, and Lily Semple. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Served as a captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Kentucky from September 29, 1862, to March 18, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 161B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville 5th Ward, p. 551B.

“Erysipelas: Causes death of Alexander C. Semple,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), December 31, 1904, p. 12.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 80.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 961.

"Alexander C. Semple (1835-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #150082990, accessed December 7, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150082990.

Citation

Semple, Alexander Clay. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201058 (November 12, 2026).

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