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Bushrod W. Foley (Covington, Kentucky attorney and mayor.)

b. 1809 d. 1867

Covington, Kentucky attorney and mayor. Virginia native. Married to Elwinna Walton Foley. Father of James Foley and Bushrod Foley. Attorney in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Kenton County in 1850. Mayor of Covington, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Lizzie Smith, Ellen Dugan, and Julia Lally as servants in Covington in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 2, p. 235B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington/Ward 4, p. 656.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000355062.

"Funeral of B.W. Foley," Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), March 20, 1867, p. 3.

"Bushrod Washington Foley (1809-1867," Find A Grave, Memorial 94192591, accessed September 19, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94192591.

Citation

Foley, Bushrod W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202965 (November 12, 2026).

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