Person

Thomas S. Kern (Lyon / Caldwell co. blacksmith )

b. 1815?

Lyon County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Tennessee native. Married to Nancy Oliver Kern in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on May 25, 1850. Father of Missouri E. Kern, John J. Kern, Samuel T. Kern, William H. Kern, Joseph F. Kern, James M. Kern, Jefferson Kern, and Susan Jane Kern. Blacksmith in Caldwell County in 1850. Blacksmith in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 339A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 718.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Harmony, p. 460B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 277.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #15494.

Citation

Kern, Thomas S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209401 (November 12, 2026).

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