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James Shanley (Nelson County, Kentucky, shoemaker and postmaster)

b. 1822?

Nelson County, Kentucky, shoemaker and postmaster. Native of Ireland. Married to Catherine Shanley. Father of Mary J. Shanley, Thomas B. Shanley, Celia Shanley, James Shanley, Richard Shanley, and Anna Shanley. Shoemaker in Nelson County, in 1860. Postmaster of Fairfield in Nelson County from January 18, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 258.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Fairfield, p. 136A.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, vol. 45, Martin-Pike County, p. 275 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Shanley, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209958 (November 12, 2026).

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