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John H. Reddish (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1822 d. 1906

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace. Benson, Kentucky, native. Son of Joseph Reddish. Married to Joan Welch Reddish. Father of George M. Reddish, Martha T. Reddish, and Joan Reddish. Married to Catherine "Kate" Macey Reddish in Franklin County on December 21, 1863. Served in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry in the U.S.- Mexican War as a private from 1846 to 1848. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Employed John Hathaway as a laborer in Franklin County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Franklin County in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 66B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky,Franklin County, District 2, p. 327.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Bridgeport, p. 56B.

Index To Compiled Service Records Of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During The Mexican War, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M616, Roll 031.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Film #994027-994058: Franklin, 1856, p. 6 of 7 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, “John H. Reddish (1822-1906)," Memorial # 6973430, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6973430/john-h.-reddish (accessed March 1, 2021).

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Reddish, John H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204029 (November 12, 2026).

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