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Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Sullivan Donovan in Anderson County, Kentucky in December 1835. Father of Jeremiah Donovan and John Donovan. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 335A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 568.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Anderson County Marriages, 1831-1869, Film #001550673.

Citation

Donovan, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203770 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
J. Donovan et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-11-29

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