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John W. Kendall (Morgan County, lawyer and soldier)

b. 1834-06-26 d. 1892-03-07

Morgan County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Morgan County native. Married to Martha A. Davidson Kendall in 1860. Father of Joseph M. Kendall, John Rebel Kendall, and Lula May Kendall. Attorney in Morgan County in 1860. Private in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. Private and acting adjutant of batallion in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) from November 25, 1862 to 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 109. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, West Liberty, p. 1. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 55 and 110. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 720-721. United States Congress, Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of John W. Kendall, a Representative from Kentucky: Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893).

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 186-87.

Find A Grave, "John Wilkerson Kendall (1834-1892)," Memorial #20813614, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20813614 (accessed on July 19, 2018).

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Kendall, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210215 (November 12, 2026).

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