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Benjamin Pulford (Louisville, Kentucky, confectioner and tavern keeper)

b. 1829? d. 1880-03-08

Louisville, Kentucky, confectioner and tavern keeper. Native of Germany. Son of Catharine Pulford. Married to Ellen O'Connell Pulford in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 17, 1854. Father of Olivia Pulford and Josephine Pulford. Confectioner in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Confectioner in Louisville in 1858. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1860. Partner with Patrick Dillon in the Dillon & Pulford Saloon in Louisville in 1861. Partner with Patrick Dillon in the Dillon & Pulford Saloon in Louisville in 1864. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, p. 423B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, p. 723.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 654.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Marriages.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 140.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 73, 199.

J.D. Campbell's Louisville Business Directory for 1864, (Louisville: L.A. Civill, 1864), 135.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 484.

Citation

Pulford, Benjamin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203588 (November 12, 2026).

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