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William W. Cardwell (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1822-05-31 d. 1885-05-26

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Cardwell. Father of Thomas L. Cardwell, David E. Cardwell, and Cordelia Cardwell. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Madisonville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Madisonville in 1860. Member of the Hopkins County Christian Church in Madisonville.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 50B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 242-43.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 25.

W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 767.

"W. W. Cardwell (May 31, 1822-May 26, 1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #66862292, accessed March 23, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66862292.

Citation

Cardwell, William W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206102 (November 12, 2026).

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