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Albert Bridgeford (Frankfort, Kentucky, laborer and fugitive from justice.)

b. 1827-06-09 d. 1871-06-13

Frankfort, Kentucky, laborer and fugitive from justice. Kentucky native. Son of Mary Bridgeford. Married to Margaret Frances Combs Bridgeford in 1847. Father of William Bridgeford, Ella Bridgeford, and Charles Bridgeford. Railroad laborer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860. Resident of Franklin County in 1863. Charged with shooting Margaret F. Combs Bridgeford in Franklin County. Escaped from the Franklin County Jail on February 23, 1864. Fugitive from justice in February 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 86B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 257.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Frankfort County, Frankfort, p. 105B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 2.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 348.

"Mrs. Margaret Bridgeford Dies at Residence of Son," Lexington Leader (Lexington, KY), May 20, 1916, p. 3.

"Albert Benjamin Bridgeford (1827-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial 158685336, accessed November 28, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158685336.

KYR-0001-006-0023.

Citation

Bridgeford, Albert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201740 (November 12, 2026).

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