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Russell Weir Wake (Eddyville, Kentucky, attorney)

b. 1834-08-05 d. 1888-06-27

Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, attorney. Webster County, Kentucky, native. Son of Alice Wake. Married to May Lyon Wake. Father of Mary L. Wake. Married to Ellen “Nellie” Gracey in Lyon County on February 19, 1861. Father of Frank Gracey Wake and P. B. Wake. Resident of Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Eddyville in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 30B0.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lyon County Marriages, Film #000321364, p. 239.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 762.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 116A.
Find A Grave, "Russell Weir Wake (1834-1888)," Memorial #6567722, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6567722 (accessed June 18, 2017).
_Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7020455, Hopkins County Deaths, p. 424.

Citation

Wake, Russell Weir. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205631 (November 12, 2026).

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