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Ralph Robinson Maltby (Mason County, Kentucky, merchant, adjutant, and lieutenant colonel (U.S.A.) )

b. 1830-04-10 d. 1920-01-16

Mason County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. New York native. Married to Mary Lettita Goggin Maltby in Washington, Kentucky, on May 17, 1855. Father of Lucian G. Maltby. Merchant in Washington in 1860. Employed George T. Maltby as a clerk in Washington in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Mason County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as adjutant from January 9, 1862. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from September 10, 1862 to October 1, 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Washington, District 2, p. 101.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 13A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994048, Mason County Marriages.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #2055.

"Ralph Robinson Maltby (1830-1920)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99271130, accessed July 23, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99271130.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 250, 926.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1057987, Certificate #791079.

Citation

Maltby, Ralph Robinson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204756 (November 12, 2026).

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