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Thomas D. Beshears (Hopkins County, Ky, farmer and pvt 17th Ky Cav)

b. 1836? d. 1865-01-20

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Hopkins County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Beshears. Married to Sarah Howell Beshears in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in November 1856. Father of Lydia G. Beshears and Willis D. Beshears. Resident of Hopkins County in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 3, 1864 to January 20, 1865. Died while in service at Russellville, Kentucky, on January 20, 1865.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 93B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 749.

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

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0137.

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Beshears, Thomas D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208363 (November 12, 2026).

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