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Marcus Dunkerson (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1833-05-04 d. 1908-11-10

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Hopkins County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas H. Dunkerson and Martha Dunkerson. Married to Temperance Mitchell Dunkerson in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on January 2, 1854. Father of Rufus R. Dunkerson and Thomas L. Dunkerson. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 133B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 659.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 213.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages, p. 2.

"Mark Dunkerson (1833-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89499633, accessed January 11, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89499633.

Citation

Dunkerson, Marcus. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210358 (November 12, 2026).

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