Person

William McCluskey (Ballard County, Kentucky, postmaster and tailor.)

b. 1830?

Ballard, Kentucky, postmaster and tailor. Mercer County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Mary Elizabeth Johnson McCluskey in Ballard County, Kentucky, on June 2, 1853. Father of Charles McCluskey, R. D. McCluskey, Mary B. McCluskey, James W. McCluskey, and Ida May McCluskey. Tailor in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1850. Postmaster in Ballard County, Kentucky, from August 31, 1853, to February 23, 1855. Tailor in Ballard County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trumbull County, Warren, p. 380B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 561.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 426A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Ballard County Births.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Ballard County Marriages.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Ballard County, Kentucky, vol. 14, pp. 554-555.

Citation

McCluskey, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208138 (November 12, 2026).

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