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Claudius Tifft (Campbell County, Kentucky, printer and soldier)

b. 1817-03-27 d. 1910-03-14

Campbell County, Kentucky, painter and soldier. Madison County, New York, native. Son of Reuben Tifft and Betsy Decolan Tifft. Married to Mary E. Mullen Tifft on May 9, 1846. Father of Mary Tifft, Elizabeth Tifft, Scott D. Tifft, Kate Tifft, and Annie Tifft. Painter in 1845. Served in the 3rd United States Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a captain from September 10, 1845, to September 10, 1850. Painter in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 23rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant and captain from December 8, 1861, to October 17, 1864. Discharged on account of disability on October 17, 1864. Charged with with a felony in Campbell County in 1864. Fugitive from justice in Wisconsin in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell, Newport, p. 481.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0364.

Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M233, Roll MIUSA1798 102880.

_Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 134.

"Veteran of Three Wars," The Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA), January 22, 1906, p. 5.

"Iowa's Oldest Veteran," The Register and Leader (Des Moines, IA), February 4, 1906, p. 3.

"Octogenarian Crosses the Bar," The Sanborn Pioneer (Sanborn, IA), March 17, 1910, p. 5.

George W. Schee and O.H. Montzheimer, Biographical Data and Army Record of Old Soldiers Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co., Iowa (Primghar, IA: 1909), 168-9.

"CPT Claudius Tifft (1817-1910)," Find A Grave, Memorial 61083620, accessed May 9, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61083620.

KYR-0001-005-0121.

KYR-0001-005-0123.

Citation

Tifft, Claudius. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207148 (November 12, 2026).

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