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Edward Rumsey Weir, Jr. (Muhlenberg, County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier.)

b. 1839 d. 1906-03-30

Muhlenberg, County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, native. Son of Edward R. Weir and Harriet R. Weir. Married to Eliza Tripplett Johnson Weir in 1864. Father of Frank Weir. Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A) as a captain from December 9, 1861 to January 9, 1863. Resigned with a certificate of disability on January 9, 1863. Served in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry as lieutenant colonel from October 2, 1863 to December 29, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 272A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 731.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, p. 446A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0251.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0416.

"IN UNION ARMY," Twice-A-Week Messenger(Owensboro, Kentucky), April 3, 1906, p. 7.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 826

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 352.

Lineage Book of the Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, eds. Mary S. Lockwood and Susan Riviere Hetzel (Washington, D. C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939) vol. 12, 1896, 355.

Lineage Book of the Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, eds. Mary S. Lockwood and Susan Riviere Hetzel (Washington, D. C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939) vol. 118: 1915, p. 56.

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Weir, Edward Rumsey, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210008 (November 12, 2026).

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