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Robert G. Purdy (Marion County, KY, blacksmith and soldier (U.S.A.))

b. 1842 d. 1887

Marion County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Purdy. Blacksmith in Marion County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as sergeant from October 28, 1861 to September 31, 1863. Served in 37th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from October 24, 1863 to December 29, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District No. 1, p. 334.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District No. 1, p. 547.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 16.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 374.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 09.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 419.
Find A Grave, "Robert G. Purdy (1842-1887)," Memorial #97483584, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97483584 (accessed July 14, 2018).

Citation

Purdy, Robert G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206193 (November 12, 2026).

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