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James B. Mershon (Pendleton County, Kentucky, blacksmith and soldier/18th Kentucky Infantry)

b. 1826?

Pendleton County, Kentucky, blacksmith and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to George A. Mershon. Father of Beckett Mershon and Henry C. Mershon. Married to Catherine "Kate" Scott Pendleton Mershon in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in July 1854. Father of Malinda Mershon and Mary E. Mershon. Blacksmith in Washington County in 1850. Blacksmith in Pendleton County in 1860. Served in the 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal and sergeant from February 1862 to December 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 167B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Pendleton County, p. 93.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Precinct 5, p. 471A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lincoln County Marriages, 1854-1857, Film #001904131, p. 198 of 216 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film 7020454: All Counties, Grant County, 1939, File #17200.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 314.

Find A Grave, "Sgt. James B. Mershon (1826-1902)," Memorial #76018490, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76018490/james-b-mershon (accessed May 30, 2017).

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Mershon, James B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203568 (November 12, 2026).

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