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Adam D. Caplinger (Carroll Co, KY, blacksmith and postmaster)

b. 1824?

Carroll County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Married to Adaline Teague Caplinger in Trimble County on August 21, 1845. Father of James F. Caplinger, Elizabeth F. Caplinger, Nancy E. Caplinger, and Isadore M. Caplinger. Married to Eliza Ellen Sandifer Caplinger in Carroll County on October 2, 1856. Father William K. Caplinger. Appointed postmaster in Sandifer's Store, Carroll County, Kentucky in 1856. Blacksmith in Carroll County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Mill Creek, District 1, p. 137.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trimble County Marriages, Film #000420389.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994030, Carroll County Marriages.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

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Caplinger, Adam D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203973 (November 12, 2026).

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