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Samuel T. Fruit (Christian County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut 25th Ky Inf; 2nd lieut & captain 17th Ky Inf USA)

b. 1833? d. 1905-06-27

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from January 1, 1862, to April 4, 1863. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from April 13, 1863, to July 23, 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 627.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 301.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #835.359, Certificate #608.214.

Find A Grave, "Capt. Samuel Thompson Fruit Sr. (1838-1905)," Memorial #88084516, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88084516 (accessed November 29, 2020).

"Capt. Fruit Dead," Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY), June 29, 1905, p. 1.

Citation

Fruit, Samuel T.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202381 (November 12, 2026).

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