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Thomas Jefferson Megibben (Cynthania, Kentucky, distiller.)

b. 1831-03-28 d. 1890-01-23

Harrison County, Kentucky, distiller. Clermont County, Ohio native. Son of William Megibben and Emily Stratton Megibben. Married to Elizabeth David in Harrison County, Kentucky on June 22, 1853. Father of Mary Loraine Megibben, Martha J Megibben, James William Megibben, Nancy Megibben. Distiller in Washington, Ohio in 1850. Chief Distiller at Findley and Foley Distillery in Harrison County, Kentucky from 1850 to 1853. Owner of Edgewater Distillery in 1856. Farmer in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Harrison County in1860. Distiller in Harrison County in 1863.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Clermont, Washington, p. 31A

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison, District 2, p. 474.

Eight Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison, p.110A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Harrison County, KY, June/July 1863, p. 304.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216887.

Perrin, William Henry, ed.. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1882), p. 227-8, 664, 667.

Find A Grave, "Thomas Jefferson Megibben (1831-1890)," Memorial #11270704, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11270704 (accessed April 25, 2019).

Citation

Megibben, Thomas Jefferson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201373 (November 12, 2026).

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