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Hiram M. Witherspoon (Caldwell County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1807-08-03 d. 1877-12-17

Caldwell County, Kentucky, merchant. Livingston, Kentucky, native. Married to Jane M. Armstrong Witherspoon in Caldwell County on January 3, 1839. Father of Mary M. Witherspoon, George L. Witherspoon, and Alfred M. Witherspoon. Postmaster of Fredonia in Caldwell County from February, 13, 1838, to March 29, 1842. Merchant in Caldwell County in 1850. Dry goods merchant in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed George L. Witherspoon as a dry goods clerk in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 310A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 108-09.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 218A.

"Hiram M. Witherspoon (1807-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial #66282708, accessed September 28, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66282708.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Caldwell County, Kentucky, vol. 12A.

Citation

Witherspoon, Hiram M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201657 (November 12, 2026).

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