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Franklin Benjamin Rust (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1816?

Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer. Frederick County, Virginia, native. Married to Theodosia Rust. Father of Elizabeth Rust, Mary Rust, Virginia Rust, Katie Rust, Franklin Rust, and William Rust. Farmer in Boone County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Boone County in 1850. Farmer in Kenton County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Kenton County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, District No. 2, p. 209A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, District No. 2, p. 21.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District No. 1, p. 351.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District No. 1, p. 1.

"Franklin Benjamin Rust (1816-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #154296747, accessed June 30, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154296747/franklin-benjamin-rust.

Citation

Rust, Franklin Benjamin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207020 (January 18, 2026).

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