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John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.)

b. 1811-09-17 d. 1865-08-29

Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician. Washington County, Ohio, native. Son of John Brough and Jane Garnet Brough. Married to Achsah Pruden Brough in Athens County, Ohio, on November 30, 1832. Father of Mary Brough. Married to Caroline A. Nelson Brough. Father of Emma Brough, Caroline Brough, and Anna Brough. Owner of the Washington County Republican from 1831 to 1833. Clerk of the Senate of the State of Ohio from 1835 to 1838. Member of the House of the Representatives of the State of Ohio from 1838 to 1839. Auditor of the State of Ohio from 1839 to 1845. Railroad president in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1850. Railroad president in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1860. Employed Mary [Unknown], Ann [Unknown] and John Coon as servants in Cuyahoga County in 1860. Governor of the State of Ohio from January 11, 1864, to August 29, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Jefferson County, Madison War 8, p. 124A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ward 2, p. 748.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Athens County Marriages, 1805-1864, Film 000311592.

"John Brough," The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), August 30, 1865, p. 2.

Osman Castle Hooper, "John Brough," Ohio Archæological and Historical Publications, vol. XIII (Columbus: Fred. J. Heer, 1904), 40-70.

"John Brough (1811-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 18779, accessed October 18, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18779.

Citation

Brough, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207143 (November 12, 2026).

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