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Robert B. McCrackin (Newport, Kentucky, brickmason and mayor)

b. 1813-04-23 d. 1867-11-22

Campbell County, Kentucky, brickmason and mayor. Native of Ireland. Married to Rebecca E. McCrackin. Father of Henry E. McCrackin. Married to Mary A. McCrackin. Father of Sarah E. McCrackin, Mary A. McCrackin, and Alido McCrackin. Brick mason in Newport in 1850. Brick mason in Newport in 1860. Mayor of Newport in Campbell County from 1861 to 1866.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 39.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 186.

"Election of City Officers," Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), March 5, 1861, p. 3.

"The Mayor of Newport Suspended," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), November 2, 1862, p. 1.

"Mayor's Proclamation," The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), February 9, 1866, p. 1.

"Robert B. McCrackin (1813-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89659986, accessed July 11, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89659986.

KYR-0001-029-0592.

Citation

McCrackin, Robert B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208666 (November 12, 2026).

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