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Napoleon B. Gosling (New York, New York, clerk, tavern keeper, and merchant)

b. 1834? d. 1865

New York. New York, clerk, tavern keeper, and merchant. New York native. Son of Leonard Gosling and Harriet Gosling. Married to Frances E. Bamberger Gosling in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 16, 1856. Father of Irvin W. Gosling. Clerk in New York, New York, in 1850. Tavern keeper in New York in 1860. Tavern keeper in New York in 1862. Merchant in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, New York, East Division, p. 63B-64A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, New York, New York, Division 4, Ward 9, p. 234.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Marriages, p. 219.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, June 1863, p. 194.

Certificate of Registration of American Citizen,. Bureau of Citizenship, Consular Registration Certificates,1907-1918. Vol. 1, p. 27. NARA RG 59.

"Wanted," The New York Herald, (New York, NY), September 24, 1862, p. 3.

Citation

Gosling, Napoleon B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210061 (November 12, 2026).

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