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John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney)

b. 1820-08-06 d. 1886-10-24

Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney and attorney general. Kentucky native. Married to Harriet Rodman. Father of John Rodman, Thomas Rodman, Russell Rodman, Ann E. Rodman, Susan Rodman, Hugh Rodman, and William Rodman. Attorney in Frankfort in 1860. Attorney general of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1865 to 1875.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 109.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007127, Louisville Deaths, p. 287.

The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, vol. 8, no. 23 (Franklin Printing Co, May 1910), p. 24.

Find A Grave, "John Rodman (1820-1886)," Memorial #59771654, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59771654 (accessed April 5, 2018).

Citation

Rodman, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207884 (January 24, 2026).

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