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William David Boswell (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and commissioner)

b. 1829-08-10 d. 1888-02-15

Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and commissioner. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Married to Nannie V. Crutchfield Boswell in Fayette County, Kentucky, in November 1859. Father of Fannie Boswell and William Boswell, Jr. Student in Fayette County in 1850. Attorney in 1864. Fayette County Commissioner in 1864.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington District 1, p. 183B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 193B.

Find A Grave, William David Boswell (1829-1888), Memorial #100461377, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100461377 (accessed June 17, 2019).

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994033, Fayette County Marriages, p. 89-90.

Williams & Co., Williams' Lexington City Directory, for 1864-5, (Lexington, KY, 1864), 11, 31.

Citation

Boswell, William David. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204589 (November 12, 2026).

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