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Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

b. 1826-11-05 d. 1878-12-14

Madison County, Kentucky, artist and soldier. Vermont native. Married to Eliza Boswell Stratton in Preble County, Ohio, on October 12, 1856. Artist in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as adjutant, major, and lieutenant colonel from June 20, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 420.

Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Ohio, Preble County Marriages, Film #000564963, p. 470.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 490.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 451.

Find A Grave, "Col. Philos Stratton (1826-1878)," Memorial #73746551, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73746551 (accessed June 22, 2020).

Citation

Stratton, Philos. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207537 (February 11, 2026).

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