Person

Frank B. Machen (Caldwell County and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1818-04-11 d. 1890-10-07

Caldwell County and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Adelia F. Jackson Machen in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 6, 1839. Father of Mary A. Machen, Nancy Machen, Grace G. Machen, Smith M. Machen, and Henrietta Machen. Married to Sarah E. Machen. Father of Fanny A. Machen, Harry G. Machen, and Edward Machen. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860. Employed John McElroy as an overseer in Lyon County in 1860. Owned thirty-nine enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 313A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 832.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 705.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 412B-413A.

"Frank B. Machen (1818-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #32102380, accessed June 16, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32102380.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 239.

Citation

Machen, Frank B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206687 (November 12, 2026).

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