Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Jefferson County, Kentucky, minister and principal. Native of England. Married to Elizabeth McDevitt. Father of Mary McDevitt and Sarah McDevitt. Minister of First Presbyterian Church in Louisville in 1860. Principal of the Louisville Industrial School in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 281.

Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 160, 337.

American and Foreign Christian Union, vol. 3 (New York, 1857), 240, 364.

Citation

McDevitt, John J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205455 (November 12, 2026).

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Bridget Kearney to James F. Robinson

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