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James M. Boles (Cumberland County, Kentucky, merchant, clerk, and postmaster.)

b. 1826-04-24 d. 1902-06-30

Cumberland County, Kentucky, merchant, clerk, and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah E. Boles. Father of Elizabeth H. Boles, John H. Boles, Elam F. Boles, Adda B. Boles, and Robert B. Boles. Merchant clerk in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Postmaster for Burksville in Cumberland County from December 10, 1851, to November 4, 1853. Merchant and trader in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Mary Taylor, John Taylor, and Ellen Taylor as servants in Cumberland County in 1860. Clerk of the Cumberland Circuit Court in 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burksville, p. 278B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland Division.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District 2, p. 575.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 616A.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Cumberland County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 593.

"James M. 'Jim' Boles (1826-1902)," Find A Grave, Memorial 112630402, accessed November 16, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112630402.

KYR-0001-004-2061.

Citation

Boles, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201770 (November 12, 2026).

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