Person

Richard Whittington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagon maker and grocery merchant)

b. 1820-04-20 d. 1884-03-07

Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagon maker and grocery merchant. Native of Wales. Married to Mary M. Mercer Whittington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 18, 1848. Father of Mary Whittington. Wagon maker in Caldwell County in 1850. Grocery merchant in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 330A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 111.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 511A-B.

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

"Richard Whittington (1820-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #117494176, accessed March 1, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117494176.

Citation

Whittington, Richard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202084 (November 12, 2026).

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