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James C. Gedge (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, Master Tobacconist.)

b. 1808?

Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and master tobacconist. Native of England. Married to Mary J. Gedge. Father of William H. Gedge, Mary F. Gedge, Jane E. Gedge, Julius F. Gedge, Clara H. Gedge, Lilly B. Gedge, George A. Gedge, and Emma J. Gedge. Merchant in Covington, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Master tobacconist in Covington in 1860. Employed Mary Dulaney and Margaret Malena as servants in Covington in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 2, p. 238A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 1, p. 529.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington First Ward, p. 311B.

Citation

Gedge, James C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208296 (November 12, 2026).

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