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WillIam Rial (Hancock County, KY, tailor/clothier & merchant & home guard soldier)

b. 1809-12-11 d. 1869-03-08

Hancock County, Kentucky, tailor and merchant. Native of Germany. Married to Elizabeth Rial. Father of Elizabeth W. Rial, Mary J. Rial, William Rial, Sarah F. Rial, Philip Rial, Kate Rial, George Rial, and Ed Rial. Resident engaged in manufacture and trade in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1840. Tailor and clothier in Hancock County in 1850. Employed Jacob Knoll as a tailor in Hancock County in 1850. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Employed Jacob Knoll as a tailor in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 3.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 269B-270A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 128.

"William Rial (1809-1869),"Find A Grave, Memorial #89301337, accessed April 6, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89301337.

KYR-0002-022-0048.

Citation

Rial, WillIam. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209506 (November 12, 2026).

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