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Edgar Needham (Louisville, Kentucky, tax assessor, marble dealer & notary public)

b. 1813-03-19 d. 1873-03-09

Louisville, Kentucky, marble dealer, tax assessor, and notary public. Native of Sussex, England. Married to Sarah S. Needham. Father of William Needham, John Needham, Charles K. Needham, Fanny Needham, Mary Needham, George S. Needham, Harriett Needham, and Edward Needham. Marble stonecutter in Louisville in 1850. Marble dealer in Louisville in 1860. Commissioned as a notary on November 13, 1862. United States tax assessor for the Third Collection District of Kentucky in 1862. United States tax assessor for the Third Collection District of Kentucky in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, District 4, p. 64A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 66.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 54.

"Edgar Needham (1813-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #87233260, accessed June 13, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87233260/.

"Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862.

"U.S. Internal Revenue," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), June 1, 1863.

KYR-0001-031-0056.

Citation

Needham, Edgar. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209972 (November 12, 2026).

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