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Charles Lee Stancliff (Jefferson County, Kentucky, architect and police chief. )

b. 1815? d. 1873-01-10

Jefferson County, Kentucky, architect and police chief. Connecticut native. Married to Caroline G. Read Stancliff in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 24, 1844. Father of Maria Stancliff, Mary Stancliff, Joseph Stuart Stancliffe, Albert Stancliff, Anna Stancliff, and Clay Stancliff. Architect in Jefferson County in 1860. Employed Mina Stroeman and Josephine Barger in Jefferson County in 1860. Appointed chief of police in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 8, 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 744.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 11, p. 499B.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007126, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 249.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000817888.

"Board of Common Council," Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), May 12, 1862, p. 1.

Citation

Stancliff, Charles Lee. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207879 (January 24, 2026).

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