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James Robert Engle (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, Baptist minister, and justice of the peace)

b. 1824-05-31 d. 1880-01-21

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, minister, and justice of the peace. Knox County, Kentucky, native. Son of Peter Engle and Mildred Chick Engle. Married to Elizabeth Miller Engle. Father of Sarah M. Engle, Alice J. Engle, and Reason Engle. Married to Mary Jane Hays Engle in Jackson County, Kentucky, on November 24, 1859. Father Stephen A. D. Engle, Nancy A. Engle, and Margaret F. Engle. Farmer in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Baptist preacher in Jackson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1862. Farmer in Jackson County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky, p. 152B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, My Division, p. 848.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, McKee, p. 212B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jackson County, KY, July, December 1863, p. 50.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Clay County Births, p. 3.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Jackson County Marriages, p. 203-04.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, National #63801, State #7431.

KYR-0001-031-0076.

Citation

Engle, James Robert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207893 (November 12, 2026).

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