Person

Moses Block (Louisville, Kentucky, fancy store owner)

b. 1809 d. 1882

Louisville, Kentucky, fancy store owner. Native of Bavaria. Married to Fanny Oberdorfer Block. Father of Dora Block, Carolina Block, Clara Block, Joseph Block, and Amelia Block. Owner of fancy store in Louisville in 1860. Member of the German Hebrew congregation of Adath Israel in Louisville.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 226.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 9, p. 10.

Find A Grave, "Moses Block (1809-1882)," Memorial #64946875, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64946875/moses-block (accessed June 21, 2017).

Citation

Block, Moses. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209650 (November 12, 2026).

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