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Elias D. Secrest (Lewis County, KY, farmer and corporal 10th Cav USA)

b. 1834-06-23 d. 1908-12-21

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William B. Secrest and Catherine Secrest. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860. Household employed Ellen Cogewall as a domestic servant in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal from September 9, 1862, to September 17, 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 162B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 848.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Concord, p. 426A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 104.
Find A Grave, "Elias Davis Secrest (1834-1908)," Memorial #61816220, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61816220# (accessed December 13, 2018).

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Secrest, Elias D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207498 (November 12, 2026).

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