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Alban Allen Ellsworth (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier)

b. 1838-02-16 d. 1880-04-11

Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. New York native. Son of Allen Ellsworth and Nancy Ellsworth. Student in Franklin County, New York, in 1850. Merchant in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant from January 2, 1862, to November 16, 1864. Captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on July 13, 1862. Prisoner of war at Richmond, Virginia, on October 11, 1862. Paroled at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, on October 12, 1862.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Franklin County, Fort Covington, District, p. 193A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 990.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0146.

Find A Grave, "Capt Alban Allan Ellsworth (1838-1880)," Memorial #54506336, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54506336 (accessed January 10, 2021).

Citation

Ellsworth, Alban Allen. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204895 (November 12, 2026).

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